A Writ of Certiorari Is ______

question 61

Multiple Choice

A writ of certiorari is ______.

• A) a brief filed by interested parties to encourage the court to make a certain decision
• B) a petition by the losing side in a lower court for the Supreme Court to hear an appeal
• C) an order that a defendant be brought into court to hear the charges against him or her
• D) an order by the Supreme Court to a lower court to rehear a case
• E) a ruling in a criminal appeal that overturns a conviction

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