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"General Trials Courts" is not a term of art. Most states have 2 levels of courts-sometimes called a County Court with the other sometimes called a Circuit Court. Other states call them by different names. They are usually further subdivided into those that hear civil and those that hear criminal cases. Lower dollar-amount cases are heard in county court, as are lower-severity crimes (usually misdemeanors). The reverse is true for the Circuit courts. Each state specifies the jurisdiction of each court. What they all have in common is that they are the trial-level courts. Witnesses testify, evidence is presented, and the judge or jury makes a decision based upon prevailing law. This is contrasted to an appeals court that determines is the correct law was applied correctly, and does not re-hear the evidence. There is a similar dichotomy between levels of Federal Courts. The trial courts are called U.S. District Courts and the appeals courts are called U.S. District Courts of Appeal.

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