State Courts
Authorized to hear only less serious crimes, usually involving misdemeanors, traffic violation, family disputes and small claims.
What is Courts of Limited Jurisdiction?
"One Supreme Court and ... such inferior courts as the congress may from time to time ordain and establish"
What is Article III, Section I?
The number of Justices required to hear a case in the U.S. Supreme Court
What is at least four?
What was 1776?
What is a Trial De Novo?
The number of Judicial Systems
What is 94?
Served the longest amount of time as a U.S Supreme Court Judge
Who is. William O. Douglas?
First appellate level in state courts
What is Court of General Jurisdiction?
This case extended the right to appointed counsel for indigents in any criminal case.
What is Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)?
The lawful authority of a court to hear or to act on a case from its beginning and to pass judgment on the law and the facts. The authority may be over a specific geographic area or over particular types of cases.
What is Original Jurisdiction?
The number of U.S Court of Appeals
What is 13?
Chief Justice of U.S Supreme Court?
Who is John G. Roberts, Jr.?
Amount of appeals granted to individuals
What is one?
The U.S. Supreme Court extended the right to legal counsel for juveniles charged with a delinquent act.
What is In re Gault (1976)?
A non profit organization found in 1971 that assist court administrators.
What is the National Center for State Courts?
Cannot surpass this age in order to be the Chief Judge
What is 65?
Sent to the lower courts from the U.S. Supreme Court when the court agrees to hear a case.
What is a Writ of Certiorari?
What is the Judiciary Act of 1789?
Qualification of a Judge
What are hold a law degree, be a licensed attorney, and be a member of their state bar association?
Must be based on claims of U.S Constitutions violations or rights under federal law
What is an appeal to U.S. Supreme Court?
Brought primarily because of the demands in litigants, even though the probability of reversal is negligible.
What is Ritualistic Appeals?
Entails major questions of law and policy and on which there is considerable professional disagreement among the courts and within the legal profession.
What is Nonconsensual Appeals?
U.S. Supreme Court ruled that “state prosecutors are absolutely immune from liability…for their conduct in initiating and presenting the state’s case.”
What is Imbler v. Pachtman (1976)?