Assignment:
Analyze the basis for classifying courts into jurisdictions, and differentiate between the key elements of courts of limited jurisdictions and courts of general jurisdictions.
- Describe a court of general jurisdiction in your state in which you mention two types of cases that it can hear.
- Imagine that you are a new judge of a court in your state with limited jurisdiction.
- Determine three (3) kinds of cases that you believe you will be receiving as part of the caseload for your court.
- Provide specific examples of your chosen case types. determine two (2) key factors that determine whether a defendant found guilty of a crime is able to direct his / her appeal to the appellate court or whether the appeal is sent to the state supreme court for handling.
- Provide specific examples of recent cases in your state where your chosen factors applied to support your rationale.
- Describe the hierarchy of the federal court system of the United States and its subject matter jurisdictions.
- Discuss two methods that allow for a case to be heard in federal court.
- Provide specific examples of cases heard within the federal court hierarchy to support your rationale.