* The right to remain silent; any statement made can be used against you in court.
* The right to have an attorney present during any questioning.
* The right to have a court-appointed attorney if you cannot afford one.
* The right to stop answering questions at any time.
Civil and juvenile cases
Texas has two final appellate courts: The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals is the highest appellate court for criminal cases; the Supreme Court of Texas is the highest court for juvenile and civil cases.
Yes. Texas has two "supreme courts," although only one carries that name. The Supreme Court of Texas is the highest appellate court for civil and juvenile cases, and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals is the highest appellate court for criminal cases.
Any appellate cases arising out of Texas state civil or juvenile matters. Texas is somewhat unusual in that it has two courts-of-last-resort, the Texas Supreme Court for civil cases and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals for criminal cases.
The difference is the type of case each court has jurisdiction over. The Supreme Court of Texas is the state's highest appellate court for civil and juvenile cases; the Court of Criminal Appeals is the state's highest appellate court for criminal cases.
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.
Texas has two final appellate courts: The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals is the highest appellate court for criminal cases; the Supreme Court of Texas is the highest court for juvenile and civil cases.
Yes (sort of). Each US State has a supreme court or an equivalent high appellate court that goes by another name.In most cases, the high court is identified as a supreme court: for example, The Supreme Court of Ohio or the Florida Supreme Court. Some states use different naming conventions. New York refers to its trial courts as "supreme courts," and its top appellate court as the New York Court of Appeals. Texas has two courts that function at the supreme court level: The Supreme Court of Texas, which hears juvenile and civil cases, and The Court of Criminal Appeals, which hears criminal cases.
The Supreme Court justices hear cases in the courtroom of the Supreme Court Building in Washington, DC.
In re Winship, 397 US 358 (1970)In Winship, the Court elevated the standard of proof for conviction in juvenile court cases from "a preponderance of the evidence" to "beyond reasonable doubt," as required in adult criminal proceedings.
This was the first sitting Supreme Court of the USA. Every decision made by that court established the original precedent for all subsequent cases in the USA. Perhaps the most important was Marbury vs Madison where the precedent was established for the Supreme Court to review laws for "Constitutionality".
The two final appellate courts in the Texas judicial system are the Supreme Court of Texas, which reviews civil and juvenile cases, and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, which reviews criminal cases. These courts a equal in elevation.