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.
Hamptonville is an unincorporated community located in southwestern Yadkin County, North Carolina, United States. Hamptonville is named for Henry Hampton (1750-1832), a colonel in the Revolutionary Army . Hampton set aside land for a town in 1806. As of the United States 2000 Census, the CDP of Hamptonville had a population of 5,901. It is a Piedmont Triad community. The community is primarily rural and agricultural.