Scott v. Boykin’s Empirical Analysis

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1. ““In [Russell ], the appellee in the circuit court moved to dismiss the appeal to the circuit court for want of jurisdiction. The circuit court agreed with the mov-ant as to its lack of jurisdiction, but instead of dismissing the appeal it corrected the notice of appeal so as to effect a transfer of the appeal to the Supreme Court. This Court approved of that resolution of the matter, stating: “ ‘Accordingly, when the circuit court is not the proper appellate court, it does not abuse its discretion in correcting the notice of appeal in accordance with Rule 3(c), Ala. R.App. P., and transferring the appeal to the proper appellate court. Thus, Mrs. Russell’s appeal is properly before this Court, and Peacock’s motion to dismiss the appeal is denied.’ ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 67 So. 3d 73 - Oliver v. Shealey