Across
- 3. Type of case about someone accused of committing a crime
- 7. When there is more than one judge, the group of judges is called
- 9. This court gets to choose which cases to hear
- 10. Choosing between the federal or state court system depends on the ____ involved in the case
- 12. Court system that deals with United States laws
- 15. The document that created the judicial branch
- 18. Type of case relating to peoples’ rights
- 22. The first court to hear a case
- 23. When an appellate court rejects a verdict
- 24. Number of justices on the Supreme Court
- 25. One kind of evidence
Down
- 1. Type of trial that has no jury
- 2. This court gets to choose which cases to hear
- 4. Type of court that reviews the trial court’s decision
- 5. Asking an appellate court to review a case
- 6. What an appellate court does with a case
- 8. The Supreme Court’s power to decide what is constitutional
- 11. When an appellate court upholds a verdict
- 13. Something that goes against the Constitution
- 14. Group of citizens who decide a case after hearing the evidence
- 16. People or things that can prove one side’s version of what happened
- 17. The lowest court in the federal system
- 19. Number of court systems in the U.S.
- 20. What appellate judges look for when they review a case
- 21. What a judge wears