CRJU 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: United States District Court, Appellate Jurisdiction, Misdemeanor
17 Oct 2016
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Civil law is separate from criminal law. Suing someone person filing the charge: plaintiff, person that is being sued: defendant: contract dispute. Has to be an offer, has to be an acceptance. Consideration: both sides have to give something up, without that, no contract. Breach: someone chooses to not carry their half of the contract. Jurisprudence: philosophy of the law: we are all subject to two courts at any given time. Federal courts: you will go to federal court if you commit a federal crime: will tell you what law you violated, united states magistrate courts. Set (cid:271)ail i(cid:374) federal (cid:272)ases, e(cid:448)e(cid:374) if they (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t take it to trial. Original jurisdiction: the first court that has the authority to take the case all the way to verdict. They (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t try a federal (cid:373)urder: united states district courts. Federal felonies, federal misdemeanors: united states court of appeals. Trial court decides guilty or not guilty.
