Answer:
C Trial courts must persuade a citizen jury.
Explanation:
A trial court refers to a court of original jurisdiction and as such it is the court where issues of fact, evidence, laws, and testimony for a litigation are first received, considered and decided.
An appellate court is also known as court of appeals and can be defined as a court of law of the judicial system that is empowered by law (jurisdiction) and saddled with the responsibility of hearing and reviewing an appeal of a trial-court or other lower court (tribunal).
This ultimately implies that, all appellate courts are empowered by law to review both questions of fact and questions of law. The appellate court can review questions of law as "De novo" or plenary review (legal error standard).
Additionally, the citizen jury are legally empowered by law to carry out an investigation with respect to a potential criminal case, engage in legal proceedings and determine whether or not an evidence is quite sufficient to warrant trial in a court of competent jurisdiction.
Hence, trial and appellate courts are different in that, trial courts must persuade a citizen jury.
