AMSCOpo 298-304

All of the following are constitutional courts EXCEPT

• Lincoln Municipal Court
• US District Courts
• US Circuit Courts of Appeals
• US Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has original jurisdiction 

• on cases in which a state is a defendant
• on all violations of federal law
• on cases of treason
• on cases where the federal government is prosecuting

Most violent criminal cases fall under the jurisdiction of

• state courts
• federal district courts
• US Court of Appeals
• US Supreme Court

In the common law system the concept of stare decisis means

• to follow the established precedent
• to change the lower court decision
• to refuse the appeal
• to delay the decision

The process where a defendant pleads guilty to a lesser charge to avoid a stricter sentence and save the government time and money is called

• plea bargain
• stare decisis
• certiorari
• habeas corpus