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.
Milnesand is a small unincorporated community in southern Roosevelt County, in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of New Mexico. The village is located about 35 miles south of Portales on New Mexico State Route 206. Milnesand is home to the Prairie Chicken Festival.