Chapter 18 - WINONA’S APPEAL
Winona appealed her assault conviction.
Not the facts of the shove.
A jury-instruction issue.
The appellate court agreed the trial judge had blurred simple assault and the separate endangerment theory during one instruction.
The assault conviction remained.
A related count was vacated.
Her probation conditions adjusted slightly.
Headline:
WINONA WINS APPEAL.
Kipling was twelve.
He saw it online.
“Is she innocent?”
“No.”
“Then why wins?”
“One legal issue was wrong.”
“Can court fix bad person?”
“It can fix bad instructions.”
He thought.
“That’s fair.”
Then:
“Annoying.”
“Yes.”
He laughed.
Winona did not regain event privileges early.
Separate civil/trust ruling.
Different system.
That distinction fascinated him.
“Same thing happened, different rules?”
“Yes.”
“Why?”
“Because law is complicated.”
“Bad design.”
Maybe.
He became interested in systems.
Not law.
Transit maps.
Elevator controls.
Computer logic.
At thirteen he built a model elevator in our garage that beeped constantly until I threatened to relocate it.
“Accommodation,” he said.
May you like
“Garage.”
We negotiated.
