The Judicial Process

The U.S. Constitution creates which court(s)?

• The Supreme Court

• The Federal Courts

• The State Courts

• All of the above

What are the two court systems in the United States?

• Federal and State

• Supreme and Original

• Judicial and Legal

• National and Federal

What are the two main classifications of court cases?

• Misdemeanor and Constitutional

• Criminal and Basic

• Civil and Wrongful

• Civil and Criminal

_______ is what lawyers use to try to prove their client's side of the story is what really happened.

• The verdict

• Evidence

• The jury

• The judge

The 12 people who listen to evidence and decide a case are called the

• plaintiffs

• jury.

• defendants.

• litigators.

The decision of a jury is called the

• trial.

• evidence.

• verdict.

• appeal.

In a bench trial, there is/are no

• jury.

• chairs.

• judge.

• lawyers.

If a person loses a trial, they can go to the courts above the trial court. These higher courts are called the ___________.

• appellate courts.

• Supreme Courts.

• state courts.

• second trial courts.

Which of these is something an appellate court CANNOT do?

• Affirm a decision

• Reverse a decision

• Remind a case

• Retry a case

A case in an appellate court will never have a

• jury.

• judge.

• lawyer.

• decision.