Both criminal and civil cases having to do with the regulations and statutes promulgated and passed into law by THAT state's legislature. State Courts try ONLY cases having to do with violation of THAT particular state's laws.
State courts hear any and all cases having to do with the laws of their particular state which were passed by their state legislature. They do not hear cases involving the laws of other states nor do they hear Federal cases.
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They don't. Appeals courts ONLY hear cases appealed to them from lower/inferior courts.
The lowest court in the Maryland state court system is District Court. District Courts hear limited civil and criminal cases. District courts have lesser jurisdiction than Circuit Courts, which may hear all civil and criminal cases, but usually only hear cases that are beyond the jurisdiction of District Courts. There is a third type of court in the Maryland state trial court system -- Orphans' Courts, but Orphans' Courts hear only limited probate and guardianship matters. In terms of hearing the least egregious types of cases, such as small claims and traffic violations, District Court is the lowest court. For more information on Maryland district courts and the Maryland state court system, visit the Maryland Courts Directory related link.
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The Supreme Court
The United States judiciary comprises the individual state courts as well as the federal courts. Each court has a specified jurisdiction that dictates the type of cases it may hear and/or the area in which the case must have originated. State and federal jurisdictions sometimes overlap.
District courts most often hear appeals from people who have been accused of misdemeanors or low-level offenses.
There is a concept called "jurisdiction", which refers to the power and authority of a court to hear and decide both civil and criminal matters. The identity of a court having jurisdiction will depend upon many factors. These include, depending upon the nature of the case, the amount of money in dispute, the nature of the dispute (for example, all family law cases are generally within one court's jurisdiction irrespective of the existence of children or length of marriage), or the severity of the crime or infraction charged (felony, misdemeanor, or noncriminal infraction such as many traffic tickets). Different states have different names for the various "levels" of court that may have jurisdiction over a given type of case. Likewise, the names will be different if the state court system or the federal court system is implicated. Therefore, at the least, you will have to know the identity of the state involved.
federal and state.
A state may have concurrent jurisdiction with a federal court when, for example, a crime defined under state law is committed on federal property, and certain offenses involving Indian tribal members.
The Supreme Court hears any cases that involve the interpretation of the Constitution.