There are several courts to which an appeal may be made, depending on the circumstances. The following site contains a discussion:
The US Court of Military Appeals.
Courts of Appeal.
Yes, appeals courts hear cases that are being appealed from lower court decisions. That's what they are for.
They don't. Appeals courts ONLY hear cases appealed to them from lower/inferior courts.
All federal courts hear cases on appeal or original jurisdiction cases.
All I can say is it is not State Courts (Sorry GradPoint users)
petition is a request to hear an appeal
They are in different places on the hierarchy of jurisdiction. Appellate jurisdiction is higher. Courts with appellate jurisdiction can hear appeals, whereas courts with original jurisdiction can hear cases for the first time.
No. Appellate courts have broad discretion to decline to hear cases in which the lower court's decision was obviously correct.
(in the US) The state and federal courts of appeal and the state and federal supreme courts get to review the cases submitted to them before deciding to accept them for their review or not.
No. In both State and Federal systems, appellate Court Judges alone render a decision on the merits of the appeal based on the evidence contained within the record of the trial court. There are no juries empaneled in an appellate courts.
Chapter 18 section 2. The inferior courts those beneaththe Supreme court are the core of the federal judicial system, hearing nearly all of the cases tried in federal courts. they hear cases, both originally and on appeal, and both criminal and civil cases.
No. An appellate court does not hear evidence. Appellate courts review the record and determine whether or not a mistake of law has been made.