Where do the federal and state courts obtain their authority?
What is the structure of the federal and state court systems, and what type of cases are addressed at the separate court levels?
Before the trial starts, pretrial discovery is conducted. What is pretrial discovery, and what purpose does it have in a trial?
Define direct, circumstantial, and character evidence.
What are the Federal Rules of Evidence, and what do they cover? Do states use them or at least follow them?
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