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lol get fucked traitors
Good!
I was gonna say, that's hilarious but nah. I think that's what the judge thinks as well.
Legally speaking that's some bullshit.
Saving us clicks : many thanks :)
"I don't believe we are at the point where a mistrial is warranted," Merchan said.
Objection!
On what grounds?
It's devastating to my case!
"Your Honor! How can my client possibly get a fair trial after the jury has heard what he did? This bell can not be unrung!"
--Trump's Laywers, probably
| Trump’ lawyers actually
I'm not a lawyer, so interested in learning...
Isn't this what the purpose of objecting is? If the defense fails to object while it's happening... Isn't that kinda on them?
Yes. The judge pointed it out to them:
"I was surprised that there were not more objections" from the defense team, the judge added.
"At one point, the court ... objected, because there was no objection coming from the defense," he said
Because this was their plan all along.
Edit: request already rejected, but I’m sure they’ll mention it on appeal.
That's fine.
Convicts in New York start their sentence during the criminal appeal process.
Is the second quote saying that the judge stepped in because the defense was being so shit?
Yes
If you object and stop it you can't ask for a mistrial.
IANAL but if you don't object you still can't ask for a mistrial unless you argue that the defense given by the lawyers was literally incompetent, and I'm far from an expert but i think that's a pretty hard bar to reach. Especially if pre-trial they would put that lawyer on the stand and ask why they didn't object during the testimony but only complained after the testimony, and i can't imagine any valid argument that would be accepted by a court.
Bottom line, I'm not an expert at all, but if they purposely didn't object so that they could ask for a mistrial, I'm pretty sure that won't work at all
Trump lawyer: I move for a bad court thingy.
Judge: You mean a mistrial?
Trump lawyer: Yeah. That's why you're the judge and I'm the law talking guy.
Judge: The lawyer.
Trump lawyer: Right.
"Your Honor, I move that I be disbarred for introducing this evidence against my own clients. "
Interesting. Harvey Weinstein's conviction in New York was thrown out over something like that. He is likely to be retried there though, and his California conviction still stands.
In Weinstein's case the prosecution brought in testimony from women who weren't part of the charges that were actually being tried, though, which is a pretty big difference from what happened here. Clifford is kind of central to this case.