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lower district courts
Lower courts are where cases are initially started. If they are appealed, they are taken to higher courts.
It remained undetermined by a lower court. It slowly moved its way to the Supreme Court.
The appellate court with jurisdiction over cases heard in the relevant trial court.
No. Plessy didn't have a trial in the US Supreme Court; they heard an appeal of his case. After the Court made its decision, Homer Plessy was rearrested for the original "offense" on January 11, 1897 (according to a New Orleans warrant) and paid a $25 fine, but was not sent to jail.More InformationThe Supreme Court considered Plessy v. Ferguson, (1896) under its appellate jurisdiction, meaning they reviewed the decisions of the lower courts on appeal, to ensure the Constitution was being upheld, but did not conduct a trial or rule on Plessy's guilt or innocence. By the time the case reached the Supreme Court, the issue under consideration was whether the Louisiana Separate Car Act that required racial segregation in railroad transportation violated the 13th and 14th Amendments of the Constitution.Homer Plessy's trial was before Judge John Ferguson (the Ferguson named in the case) in the Criminal District Court for Orleans Parish. Plessy refused to enter a plea, arguing instead that the Separate Car Act was null and void because it violated his constitutional rights under the 13th and 14th Amendments. He was found guilty without entering a plea.Plessy's attorney then appealed and filed for a writ of prohibition (an order from a higher court to a lower court preventing the court from exercising its jurisdiction) in the Criminal Court of Appeals, then in the Louisiana Supreme Court, and finally in the Supreme Court of the United States.Homer Plessy didn't actually enter a "guilty" plea until January 11, 1897, more than four months after the Supreme Court ruled on his case.Homer Plessy was rearrested for the original "offense" on January 11, 1897, according to a New Orleans warrant, and paid a $25 fine, but was never sent to jail.Case Citation:Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 US 537 (1896)
misdemeanor
It depends on the setup of your state's judicial system. In some states, cases heard by a magistrate or other lower court can be appealed to a court of common pleas, or "general trial court". Generally, however, cases are appealed to appellate courts and not to trial courts.
The US Supreme Court serves as the final court of appeal
Lower Courts or District Courts. In a nutshell original jurisdicition, the first to claim power, is given to Supreme court because those guys are big. But the lower courts first get the case and if someone is not satisfied then they appeal to supreme court which is known as appellate jurisdiction. Most cases that supreme court get are appellate jurisdiction which means they have already been heard in lower courts.
The Supreme Court of the United States was created in 1789. Most of the cases the court hears come from lower courts. Each year, the Supreme Court receives 7,000 or more requests to hear cases from lower courts.
The Supreme Court is the court of last resort. When all appeals and lower courts have heard and ruled on a case it may go to the Supreme Court, but the court doesn’t have to hear it and may let the lower ruling stand or kick it back to the lower federal court.
In the United States the lower courts are trial courts: the courts that first hear or try cases both civil and criminal. The decisions in lower courts can be appealed to higher courts.