What is the job of the NC Court of Appeals?

What is the job of the NC Court of Appeals?

The North Carolina Court of Appeals is the state’s intermediate appellate court. Currently 15 judges hear cases in panels of three. The Court of Appeals reviews the proceedings that occurred in the trial courts for errors of law or legal procedure; it decides only questions of law not questions of fact.

What kind of cases do the Court of Appeals hear?

A court of appeals decides appeals from any of the district courts that are in its federal judicial circuit. The appeals courts also can hear appeals from some administrative agencies. Decisions of the federal appeals courts can, in turn, be appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States.

Which courts are appellate courts in North Carolina?

The North Carolina Court of Appeals is the state’s only intermediate appellate court. Our judicial system has three levels of courts: Trial courts (District courts and Superior courts), the Court of Appeals, and the Supreme Court of North Carolina.