These are the lowest courts of the state that hear primarily only misdemeanor, petty offense and traffic cases.
What are county courts?
100
Federal Courts have this many tiers.
What are three?
100
This is when the prosecutor and defense attorney sit down and work out an agreement in which the defendant pleas guilty to a lesser charge or has certain conditions for his sentence in exchange for his plea.
What are plea negotiations/plea bargains/plea discussions?
100
This many justices of the US Supreme Court must agree to hear the case before a case can be heard by the US Supreme Court.
What is four (4)?
100
There are this many counties in the State of Colorado.
What is 67?
200
These are state courts that are trial courts that hear felony criminal cases as well as divorces and a variety of other types of general jurisdiction cases.
What are district courts?
200
These judges are appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate and serve their entire life.
What are all federal judges?
200
This is when the prosecution and defense agree to take the case to a neutral third party for a hearing outside of the court system. Witnesses are presented and the decision of the arbitrator is binding on the parties.
What is arbitration?
200
This is a petition that is filed with the US Supreme Court asking for the Court to hear the case and decide as to whether there is a question of constitution law that must be decided.
What is a writ of certiorari?
200
There are this many districts in the State of Colorado?
What is 22?
300
These are courts that only hear appeals. They do not hear testimony of witnesses. In Colorado, there are 16 judges and they sit on 3-member panels with 5 panels and 1 judge conducting research.
What are Colorado Court of Appeals?
300
There are 11 of these located across the United States. This is another name for the federal Court of Appeals.
What are Circuit Courts?
300
These courts concentrate on working on people with substance abuse problems to get them help, monitor sobriety, and make sure that they stop using illegal drugs.
What are drug courts?
300
Despite over 7,000 cases being requested to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court on a yearly basis. The U.S. Supreme Court never hears more than this many cases.
What is 100?
300
Unlike federal judges who can serve for life, judges in the State of Colorado are required to retire at this age.
What is 72?
400
This is the top court in Colorado, which has 7 justices on it and is considered the court of last resort in Colorado.
What is the Colorado Supreme Court?
400
This is the highest court in the United States and has 9 justices.
What is United States Supreme Court?
400
If you are over the age of 10 and less than the age of 18 and are charged with a crime, you will probably end up in this type of specialized court.
What is juvenile court?
400
This is when an opinion is written by the justices of the Supreme Court court who DO NOT agree with the majority's holding and want to write their own opinion. Their opinion is called this.
What is a dissenting opinion?
400
This is the number of candidates that the Judicial Nominating Committee (made up of 7 members - 4 non-attorneys and 3 attorneys) sends up to the Governor of the State of Colorado to consider for appointment as a judge.
What is 3?
500
This is the "Plan" that is utilized to appoint judges in the State of Colorado. It is composed of a nominating commission, then the Governor appoints the judge, and then the judge runs for retention against their own record. This "Plan" is named after another state.
What is the Missouri Plan?
500
Colorado is located in this federal district number, which includes Wyoming, Utah, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Nebraska.
What is the 10th Judicial District?
500
This is considered to be the "court of last resort" in either the state court system or the federal court system.
What is the supreme court?
500
This is when certain Supreme Court justice agree with the overall resolution and holding of the majority of the Supreme Court justices, but they feel that there is different reasoning for the decision to be the way that it is. They do not dissent. However, they normally write a separate opinion that is called this.
What is a concurring opinion?
500
For most urban jurisdictions (Arapahoe, Denver, Adams, and Jefferson counties), to be an applicant for a judge, you need to be a licensed attorney and have practiced law for at least __ years.