Florence is located in the coastal plain of South Carolina. The average elevation above sea level is around 140 ft (43 m). Jeffries Creek is a tributary of the Great Pee Dee River and is the main waterway that flows through the city of Florence.
In different jurisdictions, appellate courts are also called appeals courts, courts of appeals, superior courts, or supreme courts. The specific procedures for appealing, including even whether there is a right of appeal from a particular type of decision, can vary greatly from state to state.
The Supreme Court gets to choose the appellate cases it will considerâit grants certiorari (or âcertâ) when it agrees to decide a case. Grants of cert are quite rareâthe Court typically agrees to take on somewhere between 100 and 150 of the 7,000 cases it comes across each year. (See â About the Supreme Court .â). For further reading on a related topic see State vs. Federal Prosecution.