Editing State court (United States) (section)

===Appellate court===
If one of the [[litigant]]s is unsatisfied with the decision of the lower court, the matter may be taken up on [[appeal]] (but an [[acquittal]] in a criminal trial may not be appealed by the state due to the [[Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Fifth Amendment]] protection against [[double jeopardy]]). Usually, an intermediate appellate court, if there is one in that state, often called the state court of appeals, will review the decision of the trial court.  If still unsatisfied, the litigant can appeal to the highest [[appellate court]] in the state, which is usually called the [[state supreme court]] and is usually located in or near the [[state capital]]. Appellate courts in the United States, unlike their [[Civil law (legal system)|civil law]] counterparts, are generally not permitted to correct mistakes concerning the facts of the case on appeal, only mistakes of law, or findings of fact with no support in the trial court record.