CRM/LAW C7 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Mandatory Sentencing, Habitual Offender, District Attorney
7 Feb 2016
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Courtroom players: prosecutor, defense attorney, judge (next class) Intermediate appellate courts: county courts, district courts, circuit courts. Minor trial courts: municipal courts (city-level, magistrate courts, police courts, domestic relations courts, probate courts (cid:1) Courts of limited jurisdiction (lower courts: minor criminal offenses, initial appearances, preliminary hearings, and bail decisions for felonies, 90% of all criminal cases, often presided over by a justice of the peace, you know, tv courts . Appellate courts: **civil = not end up in jail; citizen vs. citizen, review judgment of trial court, examining errors of law. Did the judge do the right thing: most appeals come from civil cases, act as another filter before state supreme court supreme court, court of last resort, usually 5-9 judges. Us magistrate"s courts (cid:1) (cid:1: similar to courts of limited jurisdiction, lesser misdemeanors, setting bail, and assisting district courts in various legal matters, presided over by a magistrate.
