okay so let's talk about the difference between original and appellate jurisdiction let's take the word jurisdiction first when thinking of the court's jurisdiction is the power of a court to hear and decide a particular type of case so there's different kinds of jurisdiction whether you're talking about state courts or federal court two types of jurisdiction for our state courts would be original jurisdiction and appellate jurisdiction let us start with original jurisdiction the court was original jurisdiction has the power to hear and decide a case first all right it has the power to hear and decide a case first generally we think of the courts with original jurisdiction as the trial court's whether it is a criminal case or a civil case a court that hears and decides the case first has original jurisdiction original being first right verse one these courts is jump this is where you generally see things like a jury you might see just the judge if there's been a decision not to have a jury which is possible but you would see in a court with original jurisdiction you'd see a jury you'd hear evidence being presented other D witnesses and testimony and decisions in the court with original jurisdiction are made generally on the facts that's the focus the facts of the case whether it is a criminal case or a civil case the focus is on the facts a court with appellate jurisdiction does not do trial they don't do do a different trial if people aren't happy out back at the court with original jurisdiction rather a court with appellate jurisdiction is not going to focus so much on the facts their focus is going to be on the law what decisions made at the trial level that violated the state constitution more decisions made by the judge when he instructed the jury did those violates the state constitution or the federal constitution for that matter you're not going to see juries and witnesses in courts with appellate jurisdiction because there's no trial there is no child's going to happen here they're just going to review the record from the lower court savings of judges on the court with appellate jurisdiction they'll review the record from the lower court they will hear and read arguments by the attorneys for both sides of the case and then they'll make their decisions and decisions by courts with appellate jurisdiction no matter which court you're looking at are always made by majority but courts with original jurisdiction you're going to have one judge courts with appellate jurisdiction you're going to have a panel of judges and after reading and listening to the argue to the arguments by the attorneys reviewing the record of the case they'll make a decision by majority but very different types of lks court which with original jurisdiction and courts with appellate jurisdiction so check it out look at our state courts which are which