Section 12-3-16
Decisions of Supreme Court to govern holdings and decisions of courts of appeals; decisions and proceedings of courts of appeals subject to general superintendence and control of Supreme Court.
The decisions of the Supreme Court shall govern the holdings and decisions of the courts of appeals, and the decisions and proceedings of such courts of appeals shall be subject to the general superintendence and control of the Supreme Court as provided by Constitutional Amendment No. 328.
(Acts 1969, No. 987, p. 1744, §10.)