courts of appeals
Higher review bodies
Courts of appeals are intermediate appellate courts that review decisions from lower courts.
In the U.S. federal system, thirteen circuit courts of appeals sit between district courts and the Supreme Court.
Most states have similar structures.
These courts typically review for legal error rather than retrying facts: The case went to the court of appeals after the defendant's conviction.
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- tribunalJudicial decision-making body
- rulingFormal legal determination
- intermediateBetween two levels
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First-level judicial bodies
district courts · lower courts · municipal courts · county courts · superior courts
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