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Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg
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n late May, about two weeks before trial, Cote said the following:
"I believe that the government will be able to show at trial direct evidence that Apple knowingly participated in and facilitated a conspiracy to raise prices of e-books, and that the circumstantial evidence in this case, including the terms of the agreements, will confirm that."
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So she did think that Apple was guilty, and thought the trial would confirm her preconception. Not surprisingly, it did.
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Stating that the government will be able to show direct evidence confirmed by circumstantial evidence does not mean that that the party in question was found guilty.
The statement was made
after the Judge was presented with the evidence by both sides, but before the testimonies and arguments.
If a judge has seen a suicide note then the judge can say that evidence can be shown that it was a suicide but it doesn't mean that the ruling already happened.