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.
Porterville (also Maryville) is an unincorporated community in Kemper County, Mississippi, United States. It lies a slight distance away from U.S. Route 45 southeast of the city of De Kalb, the county seat of Kemper County. Its elevation is 200 feet (61 m), and it is located at 32°41′16″N 88°28′20″W / 32.68778°N 88.47222°W / 32.68778; -88.47222 (32.6879121, -88.4722596). Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 39352. It is adjacent to Lake Porterville.