BL - Judicial Branch in a Flash

When someone is accused of a crime, the type of case is ____________.

• civil 
• criminal

If you appeal a case, you are going to ____________.

• appellate court 
• trial court

The court that gets to decide what is constitutional _____________.

• Supreme Court
• Court of Appeals

If the appellate court thinks a decision was wrong, it will_____________.

• affirm the decision
•  reverse the decision

If a group of people gives the verdict after a trial, that trial was a __________.

•  jury trial 
• bench trial

A word that means “relating to the rights of citizens” ___________.

• criminal
• civil 

The Supreme Court has _______  justices.

• three (3)
• nine (9)

If an appellate court sends a case back to the trial court, it has _________the case.

• affirmed 
• remanded 

If you go to the Court of Appeals, you will see _______ judge(s).

• three (3)
• one (1)

The decision in a case is called the ________.

• evidence 
• verdict