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.
Waco is a city in and the county seat of McLennan County, Texas. The city has a 2007 estimated total population of 120,465. The Waco Metropolitan Statistical Area consists of McLennan County and as of 2007, has an estimated population of 224,668.