PLA 3104-Chapter 4

State Constitutions may not violate the Federal Constitution or any other federal statute in place.

3) Court of Last Resort

2)Int Appellate Court

1)Trial Court

3)Supreme Court (located in Tally)

2.)District Court of Appeals (DCA)

1.)Circuit Court (felonies

-67 counties in florida each belonging to a judicial circuit

• -Judicial jurisdictions are called circuits
• -20 judical circuits

-Circuits are generally divided by population

3.) Supreme Court

2.)Circuits (Florida is in the 11th Circuit)

1.)District Courts ( There are 3 in Florida)

• *USA divided up into appellate juridisctions known as circuits
• -The 9th Circuit in Florida is not the 9thcircuit court of appeals

-Only a judge can decide how persuasive or mandatory and case law is

• -Cases from own DVA are extremely powerful
• -Most judges have a healthy respect for other DCA's

-It is the judges job to push each sides logic to the limit

• -Has jury/ judge and parties at repsective places
• *Main goal is to determine the facts
• -The fact finder is typically the jury
• -Function to credibilty... who is the judge going to believe

• Appellate process vastly different from trial (setting)
• -Panel of judges questioning counsel about appellate brief
• -Judges intentionally directly juxtapose attys
• -Appellate court CAN NOT overtrun the facts
• -Appellate judges not in situtation to determine credibilty