LEGL 020 Lecture 29: LEGL 20 – Lecture 29
31 May 2017
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States and federal are 3 tiers system: Trial courts if you lose this trial you appeal to: Middle court if you lose this trial you appeal to: Higher courts if you lose you lose. Cross out the green stuff and circle blue things as state trial courts. Appeal is a review of the law that applies to the fact, the facts that go to appeal are determined as facts at trial. If you lose you file an appeal of something just in case, you will want to appeal. Getting an appeal to the middle court is relatively easy, but not automatic. Getting an appeal to the higher courts is hard and not automatic it has to have a degree of importance. Each state has different names for courts: in ny the low courts are called supreme, the middle are called appellate division, higher are called court of appeals.
