Ralph dewey has been charged with a violation of the electronic espionage act, a federal statute that prohibits the transfer, by computer or disk or other electronic means, of a company's proprietary data and information. ralph is curious. what type of court has jurisdiction

Jurisdiction is an interesting question because there are two forms, original and appellate. For this case, because the statute is federal Ralph Dewey is going to be tried in a federal district court. However if Ralph is found guilty and chooses to appeal, the Supreme Court of the United States would have appellate jurisdiction over his case.