Types of Courts Trial Courts
Appellate Courts
Case is heard for the first time.
Two sides are presented by attorneys.
A jury hears the case and determines a verdict.
Reviews a case already heard by a lower court.
Can determine whether a verdict should be overturned.
Judges make decisions without a jury.

Which of the following is the most likely reason that juries are not found in appellate courts?
A.
Appellate courts focus on technical details of the law that non-lawyers would not understand.
B.
Appellate-court judges travel a circuit of major cities and are not in one place long enough for juries to be practical.
C.
Attorneys who argue cases before appellate courts have not been trained to speak to juries.
D.
Allowing a case to be heard by juries in both courts would violate the constitutional rule against double jeopardy.