Which of the following is a characteristic of courts of appeals in Texas?
a. There are fourteen intermediate appellate courts with eighty justices.
b. Each court of appeals hears cases with a twenty-member jury.
c. Cases from the intermediate appellate courts go directly to the U.S. Supreme Court.
d. Court of appeals justices serve four-year terms.
e. Courts of appeals are administered by county governments.
a. There are fourteen intermediate appellate courts with eighty justices.
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