Idaho has two courts that are for appeals coming out of magistrate and district courts (the trial courts in Idaho): the Idaho Court of Appeals and the Idaho Supreme Court. The Idaho Supreme Court is the highest Idaho state court, and its legal rulings are binding on all lower courts. In addition, for misdemeanor criminal appeals there is an intermediate stage of the appellate process—the first step in a misdemeanor appeal is heard by the district court, and the district court’s ruling thereafter may be appealed to the Idaho Supreme Court or Idaho Court of Appeals.