| That same person goes free if proceedings are stayed, or when a trial court acquits or when, as in this case, a conviction is quashed on appeal. |
| The state took him to court for drunk driving, but the trial court threw out the charges. |
| All they can achieve, they assume, is the preservation of a clean trial record for appeal, and the reversal of the trial court ruling. |
| In such cases, trial court judgments may be reviewed by appellate tribunals, with the Supreme Court having final judgment. |
| However, a superior court should generally defer the exercise of its jurisdiction to the trial court unless there are special circumstances. |
| The school argued it should be immune from such negligence lawsuits, and a trial court had agreed. |
