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.
Lyon Mountain is a hamlet located in the Town of Dannemora in Clinton County, New York, United States. The population was 458 at the 2000 census. Lyon Mountain is in the western part of the town. The Lyon Mountain Correctional Facility, a minimum security prison, is located nearby.