Elliot Williams
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I have never seen an argument like that made. If a judge says you're guilty, if it's a bench trial, you're guilty right then, regardless of whether the judge memorializes it in writing. If the judge says, I hold you in contempt of court, if the judge says, I sentence you to 10 years in prison, all of those things have weight on the judge's words.
Now, of course, a written ruling has, you know, it explains things and so on. But I've never seen, appeared in front of dozens of judges, clerked for two of them. When they say something, it has the weight of a ruling in court, full stop. So I'm curious to see what happens with this hearing and where they go with that point.
And not just manslaughter, right? I mean.