Mississippi Court of Appeals

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intermediate appellate court state court

The Mississippi Court of Appeals is an intermediate appellate court that reviews decisions from lower state courts to help manage the caseload and ensure consistent application of Mississippi law.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Mississippi Court of Appeals canonical	4
Court of Appeals of Mississippi	1
Miss. Ct. App.	1
Mississippi Court of Appeals, State of Mississippi	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	intermediate appellate court ⓘ state court ⓘ
aimsTo	expedite appellate review in Mississippi ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Mississippi Court of Appeals ⓘ surface form: Miss. Ct. App. Mississippi Court of Appeals ⓘ surface form: Mississippi Court of Appeals, State of Mississippi
appliesJurisdiction	State of Mississippi ⓘ
beganOperationsInYear	1995 ⓘ
cannotHear	certain cases reserved to the Mississippi Supreme Court ⓘ death penalty direct appeals ⓘ
capital	Jackson, Mississippi ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
courtType	intermediate court of last resort for assigned cases ⓘ
createdBy	Mississippi Legislature ⓘ
createdInYear	1994 ⓘ
decisionsReviewableBy	Supreme Court of Mississippi ⓘ surface form: Mississippi Supreme Court
ensures	consistent application of Mississippi law ⓘ
governsArea	state law issues in Mississippi appeals ⓘ
handles	error correction in assigned appeals ⓘ
hasAuthorityFrom	Mississippi Constitution ⓘ Mississippi Code ⓘ surface form: Mississippi statutes
hasChiefJudge	Chief Judge of the Mississippi Court of Appeals ⓘ
hasNumberOfJudges	10 ⓘ
hears	appeals assigned by the Mississippi Supreme Court ⓘ civil appeals ⓘ criminal appeals ⓘ domestic relations appeals ⓘ workers’ compensation appeals ⓘ
helpsManage	caseload of the Mississippi Supreme Court ⓘ
higherCourt	Supreme Court of Mississippi ⓘ surface form: Mississippi Supreme Court
judgesElectedBy	voters of Mississippi ⓘ
judicialSelectionMethod	nonpartisan election ⓘ
jurisdictionType	appellate jurisdiction ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalSystem	common law ⓘ
locatedInJurisdiction	Mississippi ⓘ
partOf	Judicial branch of the State of Mississippi ⓘ surface form: Judicial Branch of Mississippi
publishes	unpublished opinions ⓘ written opinions ⓘ
reviews	decisions of Mississippi Chancery Courts ⓘ decisions of Mississippi Circuit Courts ⓘ decisions of Mississippi County Courts ⓘ decisions of Mississippi trial courts ⓘ
seat	Jackson, Mississippi ⓘ
state	Mississippi ⓘ
termLengthYears	8 ⓘ
website	https://courts.ms.gov ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Supreme Court of Mississippi → oversees → Mississippi Court of Appeals ⓘ

Supreme Court of Mississippi → hasPrecedenceOver → Mississippi Court of Appeals ⓘ

Government of Mississippi → hasComponent → Mississippi Court of Appeals ⓘ

this entity surface form: Court of Appeals of Mississippi

Judicial branch of the State of Mississippi → includesCourt → Mississippi Court of Appeals ⓘ

Judicial branch of the State of Mississippi → hasIntermediateAppellateCourt → Mississippi Court of Appeals ⓘ

Mississippi Court of Appeals → alsoKnownAs → Mississippi Court of Appeals ⓘ

this entity surface form: Miss. Ct. App.

Mississippi Court of Appeals → alsoKnownAs → Mississippi Court of Appeals ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Court of Appeals, State of Mississippi