State supreme court

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In the United States, the state supreme court (known by various names in various states) is the highest state court in the U.S. state court system. Notably, the "New York Supreme Judicial Court" is not the highest court in New York; in New York the "Supreme Court" is the trial court and the "Court of Appeals" is the highest court.

Generally, the state supreme court is exclusively for hearing appeals of legal issues. It does not make any finding of facts, and thus holds no trials. In the rare case where the trial court made an egregious error in its finding of facts, the state supreme court will remand to the trial court for a new trial. This responsibility of correcting the errors of inferior courts has resulted in a variety of names for state supreme courts.

The court consists of a panel of judges selected by methods outlined in the state constitution.