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In states without intermediate appellate courts, state courts of last resort _____ hear all criminal appeals.

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Question 22

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Litigants in state courts are most often

A) large and small businesses.
B) individuals and small businesses.
C) large businesses and governmental bodies.
D) individuals and governmental bodies.

E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

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Which of the following is not an essential element of therapeutic jurisprudence?

Technology is shaping the future of courts through _____ communications.

One of the key components of court unification is diversified administration.

Courts of therapeutic jurisdiction do not include which of the following?

What judges typically authorize search warrants?

Explain why intermediate courts of appeals (ICAs) were created? How are ICAs structured differently? How is the court system different in states with and without ICA's?

What is the name of courts that use therapeutic jurisprudence?

The _____ of courts in the United States impacts the processing of cases in several ways.

The major trial courts decided felony cases.

Most of the nation's judicial business takes place at what level?

In most states with the death penalty, if the judge imposes the death penalty, then the case is automatically appealed to the state's highest court, thus bypassing the intermediate courts of appeals.

What is a form of settling disputes, such as unruly children annoying neighbors, through less adversarial means than the traditional court system designed to deal with issues?

A decision made by a state's intermediate appellate court is appealed to the U.S.Supreme Court for most cases.

Which of the following occurs with the imposition of tougher laws?

The principal objective of a unified court system is to shift judicial administration from local control to centralized management.

Citizens are more likely to have contact with a trial court of limited jurisdiction than with any other type of court.

What type of cases do major trial courts decide?

What is the principal objective of a unified court system?