State supreme court
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The state supreme court is, in most states, the highest court in the state court system. In New York, however, the state supreme court is a trial court, analogous to a state circuit court or superior court in other states. In New York and Maryland, the highest state court is called the Court of Appeals. In Texas and Oklahoma, the state Supreme Court hears appeals only from civil matters; criminal appeals go to a separate court of last resort, called the Court of Criminal Appeals.