The following may delay and/or reduce a refund: A tax return that has errors A taxpayer and/or spouse, if filing a joint return, who has any outstanding unpaid assessments,
Overall, for all areas of the law, federal civil trials have declined 60 percent since the mid-1980s. In 2002, less than 2 percent of those cases ended in a trial â down from 12 percent in 1962 and 20 percent in the 1920s. Less than 5 percent of criminal cases go to trial; most result in plea bargains.
The Supreme Court receives the direct appeal of. all criminal cases in which the defendant is sentenced to death. Appeals from. prosecutions for relatively minor crimes (misdemeanors) and from civil cases in which. the plaintiff asked for less than $25,000 go to a special appeals department of the superior. court.