Courts in Wisconsin:

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Courts in Wisconsin
(Have a sheet out for notes.)
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Levels of Courts
2. Levels of Governments with Courts
3. Types of Courts
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ReviewWISCONSIN Courts
2. Levels of Governments with Courts
WI Supreme Court
3. Types of Courts
WI Appellate Court
WI Circuit Court
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Is this all of the courts that exist in WI? NO!
2. Levels of Governments with Courts
Municipal courts
WI Supreme Court
3. Types of Courts
WI Appellate Court
WI Circuit Court
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How many total levels of courts are in there
Wisconsin?
2. Levels of Governments with Courts
How many total levels of courts are in the
Wisconsin court system?
WI Supreme Court
3. Types of Courts
WI Appellate Court
WI Circuit Court
Municipal courts
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1. Levels of Courts
Levels of Governments with Court systems
2. Levels of Governments with Courts
3. Types of Courts
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ReviewWISCONSIN Courts
1. Levels of Courts
Are these the ONLY governments with courts in WI?
WI Supreme Court
3. Types of Courts
WI Appellate Court
WI Circuit Court
Municipal courts
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1. Levels of Courts
WI Supreme Court
3. Types of Courts
WI Appellate Court

• Which level of government would charge you with
  the crime if you
• killed someone while DWUI?
• mailed a pipe bomb to the governor of WI?
• brought drugs or alcohol to a AHS football game?
• disturbing the peace. (Too loud of a party.)

WI Circuit Court
Municipal courts
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Did you take notes?
1. Levels of Courts
2. Levels of Governments with Courts
What do you need to record as notes from this
presentation?
3. Types of Courts
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1. Levels of Courts
Types of Courts
2. Levels of Governments with Courts
3. Types of Courts
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Write down
1. Levels of Courts
as many Types
2. Levels of Governments with Courts
of WI courts as you can.
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Criminal?
Did you say.
1. Levels of Courts
2. Levels of Governments with Courts
Civil?
Good but it isnt actually that simple.
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1. Levels of Courts

• Answers
• based on real life
• Waukesha County website

2. Levels of Governments with Courts
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Criminal
1. Levels of Courts
You will only be expected to know two types
2. Levels of Governments with Courts
Civil
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1. Levels of Courts
Branches of Government in the Courts
2. Levels of Governments with Courts
3. Types of Courts
4. Branches of Government in the Courts
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Whose law does this guy enforce? (What level of
govt?)
Wisconsins!
Hes listed on the county level page for
Milwaukee, but who does he work for??
State!!!
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Which branch of government is this?
Executive - not judicial
What is the job of the executive branch?
Enforce laws
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REVIEW
WI Exec Branch!!
Defendant
Prosecutor
WI Exec Branch!!
WI Exec Branch!!
WI Exec Branch!!
who runs these courts?
Judicial Branch
who shows up in these courts?
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Write down
what branches are involved WI courtrooms.
What can we learn from the Milwaukee county
website?
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WI Supreme Court Case of the Month