Chapter 16 - MELIORA’S APPEAL
Meliora appealed one commercial false-statement conviction.
Her attorneys argued:
The form’s “parent/guardian” checkbox was ambiguous because the brand separately recognized production representatives.
The appellate court agreed that the jury instruction had not adequately distinguished authority to coordinate production from legal guardianship.
That count was vacated.
The child-assault conviction remained.
Probation conditions remained under separate authority.
Civil settlement remained.
Headline:
MELIORA WINS APPEAL.
People online declared:
Vindicated.
Others:
Corrupt justice.
Reality:
One count had been instructed incorrectly.
That was all.
Kerensa was six by then.
She saw Meliora’s photograph on a news thumbnail.
“Is she coming back?”
“No.”
“Why picture?”
“Court thing.”
“Did she win?”
“One part.”
“Does that mean she can do videos?”
“No.”
“Okay.”
Back to cereal.
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Good.
Law did not need to become a bedtime morality play.
