If an appellate court decides to uphold the trial court's judgment in a case, the appellate court has __________ the trial court's judgment.
a. Reversed
b. Affirmed
c. Remanded
d. Overruled
Q. 2The items that are submitted during the trial (such as pleadings, motions, briefs, exhibits, and the transcript of the trial proceedings) and are forwarded to the appellate court for review when a case is appealed are called:
a. The trial court's file
b. The trial notebook
c. The record on appeal
d. None of these choices are correct
Q. 3The party against whom an appeal is taken and who is sometimes referred to as the respondent is called:
a. A plaintiff
b. An appellee
c. An appellant
d. A defendant
Q. 4The party who takes an appeal from one court to another and is sometimes referred to as the petitioner is called:
a. A plaintiff
b. An appellee
c. An appellant
d. A defendant
Q. 5In an appellate court:
a. No new evidence will be presented
b. There is no jury
c. There are no opening statements
d. No new evidence will be presented and there is no jury
e. There is no jury and there are no opening statements
Q. 6The process of seeking a higher court's review of a lower court's decision for the purpose of correcting or changing the lower court's judgment or decision is called a(n):
a. Record on appeal
b. Appeal
c. Appellant
d. Appellee
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