In Part One of this Blog, we considered the organization of the trial courts, appellate courts and post-conviction courts which comprise the criminal justice system. When diagramed, it looks like this:
The Pyramid of Trial, Appellate and Post-Conviction Litigation
Justice – The Goal
/ "newly discovered" claims \
/ "federal habeas" for state inmates \
/ state and federal post-conviction & appeal \
/ Direct appeal courts – state and federal \
/ Trial courts \
In the next entry, we will closely examine the processes at work in the "direct appeal courts," which is where cases proceed if the defense loses at a trial.
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