Tuesday, March 05, 2024

Procedure Rules

This is not Trump making a “demand.” Granted, Trump has his lawyers do a lot of stupid things. This,  however, just sounds like a Motion for New Trial.
In court filings made on Tuesday, attorneys for Trump "said Kaplan erred when he stopped Trump from testifying about 'his own state of mind' and when he gave an 'erroneous jury instruction on the definition of common-law malice.' Trump’s lawyers said the jury should have been told they needed to find that it was Trump’s 'sole, exclusive desire to harm' Carroll."
That presents grounds for an appeal. Good grounds? I don’t know enough to even speculate. But this is how an appeal is made. And from the trial court, this is how you start an appeal to the Court of Appeals (this case is federal).

Separate and apart is Trump’s request for more time to make bond, which is pending. The trial judge has to consider whether the Appeals Court will agree with his decision, so he’s wise to not act precipitously. I don’t think Trump deserves any special privileges, but I don’t know the record before the court. Details matter.

That bit is odd and unusual. This bit is how appeals run. Trump has to get that motion in within 30 days of the judgement. Frankly, I’m surprised it’s taken this long.

So, we’ll see.
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