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.
Lamar is a city in Barton County, Missouri, United States. The population was 4,425 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Barton County. Lamar is well known as the birthplace of President Harry S. Truman.