Court Structure Crossword Puzzle

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