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COURTS - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Right of appeal in criminal cases
- - - - 94
      - Have original jurisdiction
        
        starting point for cases falling under federal statutes
    - - 13
        
        The 50 states are divided into 13 regions
      - Appeals to these courts are heard by a panel
        
        Then the next step is the oral argument
      - Only the defendant has the right to appeal (in most states) in a criminal case (though NOT a retrial)
    - - “has the power to decide appeals on all cases brought in federal court or those brought in state court but dealing with federal law”
      - 1
    - - Federal government
        bringing criminal prosecutions only to federal court