Court System Paper

Court System Paper

Tonya L Huff

AJS/502

July 7, 2014

Brian Robinson

Court System Paper

The United States courts have numerous parts that work together to preserve justice, as well as following the United States Constitution, federal, state, and local laws.  The court system as well as the corrections system and police force play a role in maintaining the people trust, and the system is not perfect, but if the people believe in the system, in due time the system will improve as we improve technology.

The Federal Judiciary

The Federal Judiciary system is one of the branches of the federal government that is organize by the Constitution of the United States, and the key players are the Judges that is appointed by the president and Senate have to approve the president choice.  The state of Georgia is the Eleventh court of appeal and has jurisdiction over federal cases originating in the states of Alabama, Florida, and Georgia   (United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 2014).  The Federal Judiciary has improved since 1910 now a person can check the update of the case and lawyers are able to file their brief online and according to the (Court of Appeal Georgia, 2014) the process of the appeal done online.  The Appeal court is already using projective in the courtroom when presenting documents that can easily view by everyone in the courtroom.

Court System State Level

There are lower courts in all the states; there are four levels within the state court, and tin the first level of state court is a limited Jurisdiction, which the state handle the minor cases (Administrative Office of Court, 2014).  The second level of state court general jurisdiction, which handle the criminal courts, the district court, the circuit court, the superior court.  The Supreme Court is the highest court on the state level, this court rules on question pertain to the state statute, and all cases that deal with the death sentence, and petitions to the court of appeals (Administrative Office of Court, 2014).  The level of the court does not have a trial and a selection of case review by one of the seven judges to give his or her opinion after the judge had review trial transcripts, case records, and the accompanying legal briefs prepared by attorneys (Administrative Office of Court, 2014).  Then all the judges will discuss the cases in which an opinion is approve or rejected.  The key players are the judges, because cases that he or she is being reviewed, and there is nobody else involved in this process.

Court of Appeals

In this part of the state court, the cases are review not to overturn the verdict from a jury or judge and to correct legal error and law error.  There are twelve judges assigned to one of four sections made up of the three panel of judges each, however once the judges are assign to a panel the judges review the case paper and submitted  document by the attorneys for the parties (Administrative Office Of Court, 2014).  Some panels occasionally listen to oral argument, and the panel decision is the final unless one judge on the panel disagrees of the case, and then the case listened by all twelve judges.

Superior Court

              The superior court is the state of Georgia general jurisdiction trial court and special, legitimate power over felony cases, divorce, equity and cases regarding title to land (Administrative Office of Court, 2014).  These courts correct the error made by the lower courts, in addition to issuing writs of certiorari.  The Superior court dividing into ten judicial districts and there is forty-nine judicial circuits, there is a judge in each county, but some judge may have more than one county.  The high-ranking Judge handles managerial responsibilities for each circuit, and these judges chosen to his or her bench.

State Courts

        State court is responsible for control the misdemeanor violations, as well as handing traffic cases and civil case with no limit on the amount unless the superior court jurisdiction.  The Georgia state statue gives the state court the right to review lower court decisions and the General Assembly creates state courts by local legislation (Administrative Office of Court, 2014).  The Legislation determines how many judges that are in the state court, as well as if these judges are fulltime or part-time.