Appellate review labels shown without predicting outcomes.
highlighted = computed this step
Foundations honesty note
Honesty note: simplified standard model; jurisdiction US; as of 2026-06-24; jurisdictions vary; not legal advice; the chart models a process description, not the law itself.
US model as of 2026−06−24
Review standards are posture labels
A standard of review labels how an appellate issue is framed. It is a posture label, not an outcome predictor.
review posture labels
Example appellate issue
The toy issue first asks whether the issue was preserved, then routes to law, discretion, or fact labels in the simplified map.
preservation then standard label
The map governs routing
This map has 1 decision point and then routes to standard labels.
review decisions=1
Diagram note
The diagram names review posture. It does not predict affirmance, reversal, or any appellate result.
posture labels only
Jurisdiction: US; as of 2026-06-24; not legal advice; Code encodes the stated-rule interpretation.
Narrow summary
Use review standards to label the question being reviewed, not to predict the appellate result.