Term Name |
Term Heading |
Definition |
Case Type |
Term
Usage* |
| Affirmed |
Affirmed |
A court opinion that agrees with a trial court or administrative agency decision in substance, interpretation of legal authority, and method used to reach a decision. |
ApPetition |
D |
| Affirmed |
Affirmed |
A court opinion that agrees with a trial court or administrative agency decision in substance, interpretation of legal authority, and method used to reach a decision. |
ApDeath |
D |
| Affirmed |
Affirmed |
A court opinion that agrees with a trial court or administrative agency decision in substance, interpretation of legal authority, and method used to reach a decision. |
ApOther |
D |
| All Other Criminal Appeal Case |
Other Criminal - All Other |
An appeal of a criminal trial court conviction, sentence, or both of a violation of unknown specificity or a criminal appeal not attributable to one of the previously defined criminal appeal categories. |
ApAppeal |
F |
| All Other Criminal Petition for Review |
Other Criminal - All Other |
A petition for review of a criminal trial court conviction, sentence, or both of a violation of unknown specificity or a criminal petition for review not attributable to one of the other previously defined criminal petition for review categories. |
ApPetition |
F |
| All Other Felony Appeal Case |
Felony - All Other Felony Appeals |
An appeal of a trial court conviction and sentence for some other felony crime that is not included in the categories above. These crimes include illegal use of weapons, driving while intoxicated or under the influence of alcohol or drugs, or some other violation of public order. |
ApAppeal |
F |
| Appeal after a Re-sentencing |
Appeal after a Re-sentence |
An appeal that challenges the conviction, sentence, or both that resulted in the imposition of the death penalty when the case has been reviewed by a state appellate court, remanded for a new sentencing hearing, and, after the new sentencing hearing, filed with the appellate court. |
ApDeath |
F |
| Appeal after a Retrial |
Appeal after a Retrial |
An appeal that challenges the conviction, sentence, or both that resulted in the imposition of the death penalty when the case has been reviewed by a state appellate court, remanded for a new trial, and, after the new trial, filed with the appellate court. |
ApDeath |
F |
| Appeals from Limited Jurisdiction Courts Case |
Appeals from Limited Jurisdiction Courts |
A major classification subcategory of criminal cases. An appeal case is one in which a trial court, in those states where statutes give those courts the authority, reviews the judgment of another trial court--most frequently a court of limited jurisdiction. Criminal case appeals heard in trial courts include appeals of other trial courts. These cases can be heard de novo, on the record, or de novo on the record. The filing in a trial court having incidental appellate jurisdiction of a notice of appeal or of a complaint should be considered the beginning of an appeal case—the unit being counted. If the reviewing court uses some other event, such as filing of record, to determine the number of appeals, it should explain that it does so. If the notice of appeal in an appellate court case is filed in the trial court, do not count it as an appeal case in the trial court. |
Criminal |
F |
| Application for a Writ |
Application for a Writ |
A case that seeks the review of an appellate court decision and the issuance of an order either prohibiting or requiring a specific action. |
ApOther |
F |
