The Different Courts
This court is the lowest court in the court system and hears cases first.
What is a trial/district court?
Marbury v. Madison established this.
This is the term for the person who is being accused.
What is the defendant?
This is the only court that has original AND appellate jurisdiction.
What is the Supreme Court?
This is the group of citizens that decide on a verdict.
What is the jury?
Appellate courts can do three things to a case: reverse, remand, and...
What is affirm?
This case overturned the decision of Plessy v. Ferguson.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This is given at the beginning of a trial to summarize the case.
What is an opening statement?
This is the term for a court hearing a case for the first time.
What is original jurisdiction?
This is the name of the action a defendant can make if they think there was a mistake in their trial.
What is an appeal?
The Supreme Court will hear a case if it receives this from a lower court.
What is a petition?
Tinker v. Des Moines dealt with this amendment.
What is the 1st Amendment?
Photos, recordings, and witnesses are all examples of this.
What is evidence?
Appellate courts have appellate jurisdiction, which means...
What is being able to hear appealed cases?
This is the name for a decision made by a higher court that lower courts must follow.
What is a precedent?
There are this many judges in an appellate court.
What is 3?
This was guaranteed for all indicted people after the decision of Gideon v. Wainwright.
What is an attorney?
This is the step of a trial right before the verdict.
What is the deliberation of the jury?
With crimes committed on the ocean, this court system has jurisdiction.
What is the federal court system?
Double Jeopardy: This is the name of a trial without a jury and with one judge.
What is a bench trial?
This is the length of a Supreme Court justice's term.
What is lifetime?
This case established Rule of Law.
What is Nixon v. U.S.?
The prosecution acts on behalf of this.
What is the government?
This is the term for being tried for the same crime in the same jurisdiction.
What is double jeopardy?
This is a type of a crime that is punishable by death.
What is a capital offense?