Oklahoma Courts System is the judicial system for the State of Oklahoma USA. Based in Oklahoma City, the court system is an integrated state court system that functions under the Chief Justice of Oklahoma who is his administrator-in-chief.
Under the judiciary, five types of court functions: the Court of Restricted Jurisdiction, the Courts of General Jurisdiction, the Court of Appeals Immediately, the Special Court, and the Court of the Last Resort. Also, the Oklahoma court contains two independent courts. Two Courts of Last Resort arrangements exist only in Oklahoma and neighboring Texas.
All judges and judges in need of appointment are appointed by the Governor of Oklahoma. The first candidate must go through the nomination process through the Oklahoma Judicial Revocation Commission, which elects three candidates to submit to the Governor for a single election to the office.
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Administration
The Oklahoma Supreme Court is charged with the administration of the state court system as a whole. Courts typically undertake this responsibility through the adoption of rules governing the judicial system and the conduct of lawyers in state courts. The main justice is the person who is responsible for these rules.
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Court
Under the judiciary, five types of court functions: the Court of Restricted Jurisdiction, the Courts of General Jurisdiction, the Court of Appeals Immediately, the Special Court, and the Court of the Last Resort. Also, the Oklahoma court contains two independent courts. Two Courts of Last Resort arrangements exist only in Oklahoma and neighboring Texas.
The Supreme Court and the Criminal Court of Appeal are the final tribunals. The Civil Appeals Court is the intermediate appeals court. The District Court is a court of general jurisdiction. Workers' Compensation Tribunal, Court on Tax Review, and City Court are special courts with limited jurisdiction. The Court on the Judiciary and the Court of Impeachment is a court independent of the administration of the Supreme Court; there is no appeal from this court decision.
Supreme Court
The Oklahoma Supreme Court is the last court in Oklahoma in all civil affairs and all matters concerning the Oklahoma Constitution. It consists of nine judges appointed by the governor to serve a life sentence, but unlike the US Supreme Court Justice, they are subject to election every six years in which voters choose whether to defend it or not. Every justice must be at least 30 years old, previously licensed as a lawyer for five years, and has lived for at least a year in the Supreme Court justice district from which they were elected.
Five of the nine judges are required to affirm, alter, or cancel lower court rulings. Once the Court has reached a decision, a justice is elected to write a court opinion. Once published, opinion becomes a controlling factor in the laws of the country surrounding the issues in question. This is known as "stare decisis". The judge chose from among his members a Supreme Court Justice and Vice Chief Justice to serve a two-year sentence.
The Oklahoma Supreme Court is also charged with the administration of the state court system as a whole. Courts typically undertake this responsibility through the adoption of rules governing the judicial system and the conduct of lawyers in state courts. The main justice is the person who is responsible for these rules.
Criminal Court of Appeal
The Oklahoma Court of Appeals Court is the last last court involving all criminal matters. The five judges are appointed by the Governor with the judge electing the Chief Judge at the beginning of each trial period. Like a judge in the Supreme Court, the judges serve a lifetime but must run every six years to maintain their position.
Regardless of where the appeal originated, the Criminal Court of Appeal is always the first court to hear an appeal involving the death penalty.
Whenever there is a dispute involving whether a case is under the jurisdiction of the Oklahoma Supreme Court or the Criminal Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court determines, finally and authoritatively, from which both courts have jurisdiction.
Civil Appeals Court
Because the Supreme Court has neither the time nor resources to hear all the cases brought before it, the legislature creates an Oklahoma District Court of Appeals. When a case is brought to the Supreme Court, the judges may choose to send the case to one of the four Civil Law Court divisions, where two are in Tulsa and two in Oklahoma City. Each court division has three judges; they are appointed to live, but they must run for election every six years to maintain their position.
Two of the three judges may choose to reaffirm, modify, or invalidate lower court rulings. However, if the Oklahoma Supreme Court rejects the court's decision, they can review the decision.
District Courts
The Oklahoma judicial backbone, district court, has general jurisdiction over almost all civil and criminal matters within their sphere of influence. Oklahoma has 77 district courts, each with one or more district judges and an associate district judge. The judges were elected, in a non-partisan way, to serve a four-year term. In the case of vacancies in one of the district courts, the governor appoints a judge to serve until the next election. A special judge may be appointed to assist in cases of heavy burden.
Oklahoma is divided into nine District Administrative Courts, which involve several district courts to ensure a well-organized system. From the district court judges, one is elected to serve as Chief Judge, who is in charge of their district administration. The Chief Judge is accountable to the Oklahoma Supreme Court.
Prospective district judges must be lawyers or judges who have practiced for the last four years and must stay in the district in which they are seeking elections. The judge of the association must have practiced lawyers or judges for the past two years.
Civil appeals are heard by the Oklahoma Supreme Court and criminal appeals are heard by the Oklahoma Court of Appeals Court.
Workers' Compensation Courts from Existing Claims
Oklahoma Workers 'Compensation Tribunal of Existing Claims is a temporary court hearing a workers compensation claim for injuries occurring before February 1, 2014. This replaces the Workers' Compensation Tribunal, dissolved by SB1062, codified in 85A O.S. Title 85A created a new Employee Compensation Commission, an administrative agency to hear workers compensation claims arising on or after February 1, 2014. Claims submitted to the Court of Claims Existent were heard by a judge in Tulsa or Oklahoma City. Parties who disagree with the judge's verdict may request an en banc hearing, and appeals from such hearings will be heard by the Oklahoma Supreme Court. The court's mandate is due to expire in 2020.
Court on Tax Check
The Oklahoma Court on Tax Inspection is a special court in Oklahoma court charged with a hearing involving illegal taxes levied by local and municipal governments. All tax audit cases are sent to Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice, who then sends the claim to the administrative district chief judge from where the claim originated. The presiding judge then appointed three judges to serve as the Court on Tax Inspection. An appeal from the court was heard by the Oklahoma Supreme Court.
Municipal Court
With the exception of the Oklahoma City City Court and the Tulsa City Court, the City Court is a no-record court operating under the administration of the Supreme Court but not part of the state court system. The judges, unlike other judges, were appointed directly by the mayors of Oklahoma towns. Courts exist to oversee the administration of justice within the city and have jurisdiction only on violation of city regulations, which are criminal. They have no civil jurisdiction. Appeals from the City Court are heard by the District Court.
Court of Justice
One of two independent judiciary courts in Oklahoma Judiciary, the Oklahoma Court of Justice is the court responsible for issuing judges from their positions if they have committed illegal acts. One of the three such trials in the country (the other is in Texas and Alabama), the Court of Justice ensures that other courts are best at administering justice.
Any judge (other than a judge of the Supreme Court) may be forcibly removed from office if proven to waive heavy duty, office corruption, drunkenness, temporary commissions at offices of any offense involving moral hatred, office suicide, office repression, or other reasons as determined by the legislature. A forced pension may occur if the court finds the judge in question mentally or physically unable to do the work. No other penalty may be imposed by this court, though other courts may hear other allegations.
The Court of Justice consists of nine members of the Trial Division and the five-member Appeals Division. Court jurisdiction may be enforced by the Governor, the Attorney General, the Oklahoma Supreme Court, the Oklahoma Bar Association, or by the House of Representatives. Also, private citizens may file an official complaint against a judge to be heard by Oklahoma's Board of Justice Complaints. The complaint was approved, the case was heard by the Trial Division of the Court.
All cases brought to trial are tried by the Trial Division, and all appeals are heard by the Appeals Division. There is no appeal from the decision of the Appeals Division, and even the Oklahoma Supreme Court can not change its decision.
Impeachment Court
The second independent court in Oklahoma Judiciary is the Oklahoma Impeachment Court, which is the seat of the Senate. Impeachment indictments are brought by the House of Representatives, and they are heard by the Senate, with the Chief Justice of Oklahoma presiding, unless Supreme Court Justices or members of the Oklahoma Supreme Court are prosecuted, in which case the Senate will elect one of its own members to lead.
Impeachment charges can only be filed against the Governor and all state elected officials of the state (including the Supreme Court Judge of Oklahoma) to ignore intentional tasks, office corruption, drunkenness, incompetence, or any offense involving moral hatred done while in office. A dismissed official was postponed from duty until the end of the impeachment process. If impeachment fails, the relevant officer returns to his/her job. However, if the impeachment succeeds and the defendant is found guilty, he is expelled from his post.
Officer
All judges and judges in need of appointment are appointed by the Governor of Oklahoma. The first candidate must go through the nomination process through Oklahoma's Judicial Revocation Commission, which elects three candidates to submit to the Governor for a single election to the office.
See also
- The Oklahoma government
References
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