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Some types of appeals are not heard before the Appeals Court. For example, an appeal from a conviction of First Degree Murder goes directly to the Supreme Judicial Court . In the District Court Department , appeals in certain Civil Cases are made first to the Appellate Division of the District Court. The Appeals Court usually hears cases in three-judge panels, which rotate so that every judge has an opportunity to sit with every other judge. However, single judges will often hear interlocutory appeals from such things as court orders, stays of Civil Proceedings , and awards of Attorney's Fees . The Appeals Court is located at the John Adams Courthouse at Pemberton Square in Boston , the same building which houses the Supreme Judicial Court and the Social Law Library . The current Chief Justice of the Appeals Court is Phillip Rapoza . EXTERNAL LINK |
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