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