Teri Kanefield (@[email protected])

People are asking me about appeals. Take out your notebooks. It is time for Appellate Law 101. A trial court does two things: It applies the law and it finds the facts. Generally the jury finds the facts and a judge then directs with applying the law. Appellate courts are not fact finders. You don't get a new trial on appeal. When appellate courts review the factual finding of a lower court decision, they look to see if sufficient evidence exists to support the jury findings . . . 1/