CHAPTER 16 CRJ 320 MULTIPLE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%
CORRECT
The party who lost in the lower court and files the first appeal is called the - ANSWER-c.
appellant.
If the appellate court affirms the judgment of the lower court, this means the appellate
court - ANSWER-a. agrees with the lower court decision.
Which of the following is a primary purpose of the appellate process? - ANSWER-a.
error correction
What is the name of the situation where a case is heard by all the judges on the
appellate court? - ANSWER-d. en banc
A court that must hear an appeal has what kind of appellate jurisdiction of that appeal? -
ANSWER-c. mandatory
A court that has a choice as to whether or not to hear the appeal is said to have what
kind of appellate jurisdiction? - ANSWER-a. discretionary
Which of the following statements is true about appellate courts? - ANSWER-d.
Appellate courts do not hear evidence at trials.
The error-correction function of appellate review protects against arbitrary, capricious,
or mistaken legal decisions by a - ANSWER-a. trial court judge.
Discretionary decisions made by a judge will receive what kind of deference in the
appellate review process? - ANSWER-d. very high.
Why do appellate courts often find no reversible error was committed during the trial
court proceedings? - ANSWER-a. in large part because of the harmless error doctrine.
When lawyers think an error is being made at trial, they must object in order to -
ANSWER-a. give the trial court judge the opportunity to correct the error.
A legal error by a lower court that does not require reversal is called a(n) - ANSWER-a.
harmless error
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%
CORRECT
The party who lost in the lower court and files the first appeal is called the - ANSWER-c.
appellant.
If the appellate court affirms the judgment of the lower court, this means the appellate
court - ANSWER-a. agrees with the lower court decision.
Which of the following is a primary purpose of the appellate process? - ANSWER-a.
error correction
What is the name of the situation where a case is heard by all the judges on the
appellate court? - ANSWER-d. en banc
A court that must hear an appeal has what kind of appellate jurisdiction of that appeal? -
ANSWER-c. mandatory
A court that has a choice as to whether or not to hear the appeal is said to have what
kind of appellate jurisdiction? - ANSWER-a. discretionary
Which of the following statements is true about appellate courts? - ANSWER-d.
Appellate courts do not hear evidence at trials.
The error-correction function of appellate review protects against arbitrary, capricious,
or mistaken legal decisions by a - ANSWER-a. trial court judge.
Discretionary decisions made by a judge will receive what kind of deference in the
appellate review process? - ANSWER-d. very high.
Why do appellate courts often find no reversible error was committed during the trial
court proceedings? - ANSWER-a. in large part because of the harmless error doctrine.
When lawyers think an error is being made at trial, they must object in order to -
ANSWER-a. give the trial court judge the opportunity to correct the error.
A legal error by a lower court that does not require reversal is called a(n) - ANSWER-a.
harmless error
