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.
Mud Butte is an unincorporated community in northern Meade County, South Dakota, United States. It lies along U.S. Route 212 northeast of the city of Sturgis, the county seat of Meade County. Its elevation is 2,871 feet (875 m), and it is located at 45°0′17″N 102°52′40″W / 45.00472°N 102.87778°W / 45.00472; -102.87778 (45.0047115, -102.8776692). Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 57758.