Name the three levels of Georgia’s state courts, from highest to lowest.

• A. Court of Appeals, Supreme Court, Superior Courts
• B. Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, Superior Courts
• C. Superior Courts, Court of Appeals, Supreme Court
• D. Supreme Court, Superior Courts, Court of Appeals

Answer: (B)

Georgia’s court system is arranged in a clear hierarchy. The highest level is the Supreme Court, which serves as the final authority on state-law matters and reviews important questions from the lower courts. Below it is the Court of Appeals, which handles most appeals from trial courts and decides whether the law was applied correctly. At the bottom of this trio are the Superior Courts, the general trial courts where civil and criminal cases are first heard.

So the order from highest to lowest is: Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, Superior Courts. This structure reflects how cases typically move: from trial courts up to the intermediate appellate court, and then to the highest court for final review.