US Courts and State Courts

The lowest level of a State Court is the Trial Court. What statement describes a Trial Court?

• It sees either civil or criminal cases.

• Cases are decided by a jury or a judge.

• Both 1 and 2 are correct.

• Both 1 and 2 are incorrect.

How many people sit on a jury?

• 9

• 10

• 11

• 12

What are the 3 levels of State Courts?

• Criminal, Civil, Appeals

• State, Criminal, Civil

• Trial, Appellate, State Supreme

• Supreme, Criminal, State

What are the 3 levels of our Federal Court System?

• U.S.District, Appellate, U.S. Supreme

• County, City, State

• There are 10 levels, not 3.

• Appellate, Supreme, and Meat Lovers

Most court proceedings (about 96%) are in the state courts.

• False

• True

• Depends on the state you live in.

• Depends on who is your governor.

What is the Court of Appeals or Appellate Court?

• A court to which appeals are taken in a federal circuit or a state.

• Appellate courts review the procedures and decisions to make sure they were fair and the law was applied correctly.

• There are no jury or witnesses.

• All the above.

What is a civil law?

• Deals with a disagreement between 2 people.

• Deals with someone breaking the law.

• Deals with being sued for assault.

• Deals with the leader breaking the law.

What is a district court?

• A court that hears civil and criminal cases.

• The same as the Supreme Court.

• The same as the Appellate Court.

• There is no right answer.

Courts are in charge of this.

• Put everyone in jail no matter what.

• Interpret the laws that are in place but not listen to new laws.

• Interpret, make, and uphold the laws.

• Established the idea of Rule of Law.

What is precedent?

• No rules are established.

• A legal case that no one ever looks at again.

• A legal case that establishes a principle or rule. Courts will use this in similar cases.

• Courts will not use this as an example.