Court of Appeals
Higher judicial body
A Court of Appeals is an intermediate appellate court that reviews decisions from lower courts for legal errors.
In the U.S. federal system, thirteen Circuit Courts of Appeals sit between district courts and the Supreme Court.
Most states have their own courts of appeals.
These courts typically don't retry cases or hear new evidence—they examine whether the law was correctly applied: The defendant plans to take the case to the Court of Appeals.
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Court of Appealstrial court
First-level judicial forum
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