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Originally Posted by mrscoach
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Apple's lawyers ask for judgement before the trial, once evidence had been submitted? They were hoping there wasn't enough evidence to support the prosecution and could avoid the trial by having the case thrown out?
If this is so, then Apple supporters should not complain about her saying, in effect, "no, I think there is enough here that they can proceed to prove their case. Go to your corners and come out fighting." She could have said "this is all you got? Go home and don't waste my time because the evidence doesn't come close to being enough to proving anything," which is what supporters and Apple lawyers wanted.
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Apple might have asked the judge to rule that the prosecutors did not have a case (i.e. summary judgement) , but that is very different that asking for a judgement before the trial. They are very different things. There are a lot of things that happen as a matter of course in a trial. There are many pro forma motions that sound impressive if you don't know the normal procedures, but in real life rarely mean anything.
The basic issue that people point to is the fact that Judge Cote wrote the majority of her final decision _before_ the trial actually started. That doesn't have anything to do with motions filed before the trial, nor does it have anything to do with Judge Cote denying the motion for summary judgement.