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Court Of Criminal Appeals

court of criminal appeals

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

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