Explain the difference between trial and appellate courts. ...

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Explain the difference between trial and appellate courts.
 
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Question 2

Explain what happens with regard to jurisdiction if a person has committed a state and federal crime.
 
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Answer to Question 1

o Courts of original jurisdiction are trial courts where almost every case begins.
Here is where the trial or a guilty plea takes place and where the judge will
o impose the sentence if the defendant is found guilty.
Trial courts are concerned with questions of fact and determine the guilt or
o innocence of the defendant.
Appellate courts have appellate jurisdiction where usually the defendant is
o challenging a question of law that occurred from the original trial.
Appellate courts do not use juries or witnesses. Judges make decisions on
o whether the case should be reversed and remanded, which means the case will be sent back to the trial court for a new trial.
o Appellate judges write opinions that make judgments on questions of procedure.

Answer to Question 2

The federal jurisdiction prevails. For instance, both the federal courts and the Massachusetts state court system have jurisdiction over Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, suspected of carrying out the Boston Marathon bombings of April 2013 . First, Tsarnaev will face federal terrorism charges in federal court. Then, state officials have the option to try him in state court for the killing of Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer Sean Collier, even if they must take him from a federal prison cell to do so.