• Nougat@fedia.io
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    61
    ·
    edit-2
    5 months ago

    That’s not how appeals courts work. EDIT: Except in New York State. Please refer to this comment for more details.

    Appeals courts only address matters of law, not matters of fact. There would need to have been a legal error in the process of the first trial so large that it would have impacted the jury’s decision. In the best case for Trump, the appeals court would find that, and then send the case back to be retried (though depending on the error identified, the prosecution can choose whether to retry the case or not).

    Appeals courts don’t just say “No, we decided you’re innocent! OVERTURNED!” and we know this because of Trumps previous appeal attempts on other shit.