Court Appeals

If you are not happy with the out come of your case at the U.S. District court level what can you do next?

• Appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court

• Appeal to the Florida Supreme Court

• Appeal to the Florida district of Appeals

• Appeal to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

How is a trial court different from an appeals court?

• An appellate court has a jury

• An appellate court reviews a case from a previous court's decisions to determine if any mistakes were made in the case.

• An appellate court hears new evidence in your case

• An appellate court will retry your case

From lowest to highest which is the correct order of courts in the U.S. Court System

• U.S. Court of appeals, U.S. District Court, U.S. Supreme Court

• U.S. District Court, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals

• U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals, U.S. District Court

• U.S. District Court, U.S. Court of Appeals, U.S. Supreme Court

From lowest to highest which is the correct order of courts in the Florida state court system?

• Florida county Court, Florida circuit court, Florida District Court of Appeals, Florida Supreme Court

• Florida County Court, Florida District Court of Appeals, Florida Circuit Court, Florida Supreme Court

• Florida Supreme Court, Florida District Court of Appeals Florida Circuit Court, Florida County Court

• Florida Circuit Court, Florida County Court, Florida District Court of Appeals, Florida Supreme Court

What are the three levels of the federal court system?

• County, Trial, Supreme

• District, Appeals, Supreme

• Criminal, Civil, Appeals

• Trial, County, District

__________ means asking a higher court to review a lower court's decision for error.

• Appeal

• Trial

• Evidence

• Witness

Federal appeals courts:

• Must overturn the decisions of lower courts

• Do not have jury trials

• Have 11 judge panels

• Have original jurisdiction on all cases

What is the “court of final appeal”?

• appellate court of Washington, D.C.

• Supreme Court

• U.S. Court of Appeals for the 13th Circuit

• U.S. district court

What is the primary function of a court of appeals?

• To conduct trials

• To review decisions of lower courts

• To hear new evidence

• To issue arrest warrants

Which court is directly below the U.S. Supreme Court in the federal court system?

• U.S. District Court

• U.S. Court of Appeals

• State Supreme Court

• County Court