PrincipleAPPELLATE PRACTICE – Findings of Fact – Limited Grounds for Appellate Interference
- Area of law
- APPELLATE PRACTICE
- Court
- Supreme Court
Appellate courts defer to trial court findings. Interference requires perversity, lack of evidence, or improper exercise of discretion. The appellant bears the burden of demonstrating error. The principle respects the trial court's advantage in seeing witnesses. The rule applies to both civil and criminal appeals.…
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