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.
Machesney Park is a village located in Winnebago County, Illinois, United States. The population was 20,759 at the 2000 census. A special census conducted in 2006 showed the population had grown to 22,426. It is part of the Rockford, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area.