On Mon, 20 Dec 2010, omd wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 1:16 PM, Kerim Aydin <[email protected]> wrote:
> > AFFIRM.
> >
> > I think both the judge's opinion and the gratuitous arguments provided
> > by ais523 in response to the defendant's appeal are generally reasonable.
>
[snip]
>
> Again, the test for GUILTY is not that the arguments against me are
> reasonable (sufficiently more reasonable than mine to be considered
> correct), but that my arguments are inherently unreasonable.
You are correct that I did not sufficiently up the standards of proof at
the appeals level (should have asked myself if the judge was beyond-a-
doubt reasonable, not simply generally reasonable). At the same time, in
criminal courts, appeals of previous convictions do in fact have different
standards (once convicted, the defendant has a higher bar to clear for
appeals to be admitted). I urge the other justices to consider this
particular point.
-G.
