| The school argued it should be immune from such negligence lawsuits, and a trial court had agreed. |
| 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 appellate court, though it reversed the defendant's trial court victory, agreed that such an argument could be pursued. |
| The court of appeal may dismiss the appeal, quash the judgment, or request a retrial by a trial court. |
| 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. |
