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.
Lapoint is an unincorporated community in western Uintah County, Utah, United States, on the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation. It lies along State Route 121 west of the city of Vernal, the county seat of Uintah County. Its elevation is 5,568 feet (1,697 m), and it is located at 40°24′14″N 109°47′37″W / 40.40389°N 109.79361°W / 40.40389; -109.79361 (40.4038474, -109.7934788). Although Lapoint is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 84039.