Reading Guide 13.3 – The NC Judicial Branch
(Pages 388 – 393)
Name __________________________
1. NC counties are grouped into court ______________________.
2. Who decides the verdict in a district court?
3. Are there juries in the NC district courts?
4. Cases heard by the NC district courts
a. ___________________ cases involving __________ than $10,000
b. ____________________________, which are minor crimes.
5. How can one become a NC district court judge?
6. How long is the term for a NC district court judge?
7. Cases heard by the NC superior courts:
a. ___________________ cases involving ____________ than $10,000
b. _________________________, which are serious crimes.
8. Are there juries in the NC superior courts?
9. How can someone who is found guilty of a misdemeanor receive a trial by jury?
10. How can one become a superior court judge?
11. How long is the term for a NC superior court judge?
12. What is the role of the clerk of the superior court?
13. What can magistrates issue?
14. How can one become a magistrate?
15. How can one become a district attorney?
16. What does the district attorney do?
17. What is a public defender?
18. What are the two appellate courts in NC?
19. How can one become a NC appellate court judge?
20. Appellate court judges hear cases in _________________ of three called ________________.
21. How long is the term for an appellate court judge?
22. How many justices are on the NC Supreme Court?
23. How can one become a NC Supreme Court justice?
24. The NC Supreme Court hears appeals of all ___________________ sentences.
25. Why would the decision of a NC Supreme Court go to the US Supreme Court?
26. What is meant when we call a court case a “landmark case?”
27. What is significant about the court case Bayard v. Singleton?
28. Describe what happened in the court case State v. Mann?
29. What was the ruling of the case Leandro v. North Carolina?