the judicial consideration of a lower court judgment by an appellate court, determining
if there were legal errors sufficient to require reversal. The process requires
notice of appeal, obtaining a transcript of the trial or hearing at the trial level,
obtaining all the pleadings and other documents filed in the original trial, preparation
of briefs citing precedents and arguing that there was reversible error. Then the
respondent (winner at the trial court) may file a responsive brief, and the appellant
(the one appealing the decision) has the chance to file a brief in response to the
respondent. The next step is oral argument (if allowed) before the appellate court.
Appeals on procedural issues normally do not include oral argument. If the appellate
court denies the appeal a rehearing may be requested but is seldom granted.
See also appeal appellate court reversal reversible error
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