1. COURTS

2. DUAL COURT SYSTEM
FEDERAL
STATE

3. FEDERAL
COUNTERFEITING
KIDNAPPING
SMUGGLING
DRUG TRAFFICKING

4. STATE COURTS
FOR EVERY ONE FELONY CONVICTION IN FEDERAL COURT THERE ARE MORE THAN 20 FELONY CONVICTIONS IN STATE COURT

5. JURISDICTION
THE GEOGRAPHIC TERRITORY OR LEGAL BOUNDARIES WITHIN WHICH CONTROL MAY BE EXERCISED; THE RANGE OF A COURT’S AUTHORITY

6. FEDERAL VS STATE

7. STATE COURT STATE SUPREME COURT STATE COURT OF APPEALS
TRIAL COURTS/DISTRICT COURTS (GENERAL JURSDICTION)
TRIAL COURTS/LIMITED JURSDICTION
MUNICIPAL
COUNTY
CONCILIATION COURTS—UP TO $10,000

9. JUDGES EXPECTED TO EMBODY JUSTICE Six methods of selection
Gubernatorial appointment
Legislative selection
Merit selection
Nonpartisan election
Partisan election
Mixture of methods

10. STATE OF MN
NONPARTISAN—PARTY AFFILIATIONS ARE NOT LISTED ON THE BALLOT

11. MINNESOTA JUDGES SUPREME COURT-7 COURT OF APPEALS-19
DISTRICT COURTS JUDGES-289

12. JOB REQUIREMENTS LAWYER UNDER THE AGE OF 70 ELECTED TO 6 YEAR TERMS
IF APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR—SERVE AT LEAST ONE YEAR BEFORE AN ELECTION

13. DISTRICT COURTS TEN DISTRICTS 2ND—RAMSEY COUNTY 4TH—HENNEPIN COUNTY
10TH—WASHINGTON COUNTY
10 JUDGES

14. MN TEN DISTRICT COURTS

15. MINNESOTA SUPREME COURT
CHIEF JUSTICE LORIE SKJERVEN GILDEA
ESTABLISHED IN 1849
MN BECAME A STATE IN1858

17. MN SUPREME COURT

18. FIRST CASE
A PERSON WANTED $2 PASTURE FEE FOR A STRAY COW THAT HAD WANDERED ONTO HIS PROPERTY

19. DECISION???

21. MN COURT OF APPEALS 19 JUSTICES FINAL RULING 95% OF ITS CASES
TO MAKE IT MORE EFFICIENT THE JUSTICES FORM 3 JUDGE PANELS AND THEY TRAVEL THROUGHOUT THE STATE

22. AKA: APPELLATE COURTS
THEIR JOB IS TO REVIEW THE DECISIONS OF LOWER COURTS

23. U.S. SUPREME COURT 9 JUSTICES—NUMBER SET BY SENATE
JOHN G. ROBERTS—CHIEF JUSTICE SINCE 09/2005
APPOINTMENT FOR LIFE
APPOINTED BY THE PRESIDENT

24. JUSTICE JOHN G ROBERTS

25. U.S. SUPREME COURT

26. SUPREME COURT IS KNOWN AS:
THE COURT OF LAST RESORT

27. WARREN BURGER APPOINTED BY NIXON GRADUATE OF JOHNSON H.S.
CHIEF JUSTICE 1969 TO 1986
DIED IN 1995

28. U.S. STATE ATTORNEY Minnesota Criminal Division Civil Division
Administrative Division
Community Relations Division

29. CRIMINAL DIVISION ECONOMIC CRIMES NARCOTICS Investment Banking
Public Corruption
NARCOTICS
Works with DEA, IRS, FBI

30. MAJOR CRIMES Bank Robberies Counterfeiting
Crimes on the Red Lake and Bois Forte Indian Reservations

31. CIVIL DIVISION TORT ACTIONS Agent sued Medical Malpractice
Wrongful Death

32. U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL Part of Cabinet---Department of Justice
Appointed by President
Loretta Lynch
Appointed 04/27/2015

34. MN ATTORNEY GENERAL Chief legal officer for the State of Minnesota
Chief policy maker in areas of
Consumer protection
Health Care
Housing
Utilities

35. Lori Swanson
Elected in 2006
First female MN AG

36. PROSECUTORS District Attorney State’s Attorney County Attorney
Commonwealth Attorney

37. WASHINGTON COUNTY ATTORNEY
PETE ORPUT

39. Other duties Legal Advisor to Police Departments
Guide Police Investigations
Close Working Relationship

40. DISCRETION Prosecutorial Discretion
Lies in the power to charge, or not to charge, a person with an offense

41. TRIAL
The examination in a court of the issues of fact and law in a case for the purpose of reaching a judgment of conviction or acquittal of the defendant

42. 48 HOUR RULE Arrested without a warrant
Must go before a Judge no later than 48 hours so the Judge can determine probable cause for that arrest

43. Clock begins immediately upon the time of arrest and includes the day of arrest. Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays are also included.

44. 36 HOUR RULE/RULE 5/BAIL
Arrested without a warrant---must be brought before the judge no later than 36 hours after arrest

45. Computation does NOT include the day of arrest, Sundays or legal holidays.