appellate courts
Higher judicial bodies
Appellate courts review decisions made by lower courts, examining whether legal errors occurred rather than retrying facts.
They hear appeals from trial courts and can affirm, reverse, or modify judgments: The case went to the appellate court after the defendant's conviction.
In the U.S. federal system, circuit courts of appeals sit between district courts and the Supreme Court.
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First-level judicial bodies
lower courts · district courts · superior courts · circuit courts · county courts
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