Court of criminal appeals

Definition
1  often cap C&C&A : a court of appeals in some states (as Alabama, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas) that hears criminal appeals
2  cap : the intermediate appellate military court made up of military personnel and having the power to review questions of fact as well as law
This court was called the Court of Military Review until 1994.



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best evidence rule

a rule of evidence: in order to prove what is said or pictured in a writing, recording, or photograph the original must be provided unless the original is lost, destroyed, or otherwise unobtainable


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