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Appellate courts are created to review decisions of lower courts. They promote efficiency at the federal judicial level by serving as an in between step between district courts and the Supreme Court.

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Do trial and appellate courts review a verdict to look for mistakes?

Yes, that is one reason there is an appellate court.


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Juries are not used in the appellate courts, and the appellate courts are composed solely of judges ("jurists," as they are called, but not jurors). Juries are used in trial courts to decide disputed questions of fact. Disputed questions of fact should all be resolved in the trial court and therefore are ordinarily not the subject of appeals. Appeals are taken to challenge the correctness of a trial court's rulings on the questions of law that were before it, rather than any questions of fact; and the judges in the appellate courts are ruling on whether or not the trial court committed any errors in its rulings on the questions of law that were before it during the trial and in any pre-trial or post-trial motions.


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Which courts does NOT have appellate jurisdiction?

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What term is defined as these courts review decisions made by lower courts?

An APPELATE Court - a Court of Appeals has appellate jurisdiction.


Who handles appeals from lower courts?

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Is it true the decisions of trial courts are reviewd by appellate courts?

Yes, it is true that the decisions of trial courts are reviewed by appellate courts. Appellate courts examine the trial court's proceedings to determine if there were any legal errors that could have affected the outcome of the case. However, appellate courts typically do not re-evaluate the facts or evidence presented in the trial; their focus is primarily on the application of the law.


Why dont federal appeals courts have trials?

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Do appellate courts have jurisdiction?

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The tier of state courts that reviews decisions of trial courts is called?

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