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City and county courts have limited jurisdiction on municipal issues. Whose case would a city or county court be most likely to hear?

a local person accused of murder
a resident fighting a ticket for parking on a city street
a state senator accused of illegal gambling
a member of a national crime ring that started locally

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
A resident fighting a ticket for parking on a city street.

Municipal/county courts generally handle local ordinance violations, traffic and parking tickets, misdemeanors, and small claims — not felonies (like murder) or major crimes that are state or federal matters.