Practicing in the Appellate Courts is for the purpose of reviewing trial court judgments to correct of errors committed by the trial court, development of the law, achieve a uniform approach across courts, and the pursuit of justice, more generally. Appellate courts are not a forum to make a new case, but instead they determine if the rulings and judgment of the court below were made correctly.
Golconda is a city in Pope County, Illinois, along the Ohio River. The population was 726 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Pope County. The entire city has been designated a state Historic District.