It's good to keep in mind, too, that much of what's contained in the appeal was iiuc presented in the hearing, regarding Gull replacing RA's counsel. The higher court ruled that Gull was fair and impartial, spanked her for firing them with improper form (IMO they DIDN'T say they weren't fire-able).
I don't see this appeal going anywhere. Bad counsel with bad strategy is not appearance IMO.
Yes, LE investigated rituals as a matter of course, in the absence of other leads, but they abandoned that line of investigation after exhausting it.
BW arriving home at 2:44, if accurate, does not impeach BW nor exonerate RA. It cements RA presence, below the bridge, within one half hour of Libby's video. It's damping as hell, whether 2:28 or 2:44. Whether it's what compelled RA to force the girls across the creek or to silence them fatally doesn't change the facts that they are dead, the phone stopped moving at a time where RA was there.
Judge Gull made sure to make absolute sure that RA was of sound mind when he said he wanted his original defense team to continue to represent him.
If they had real grounds for appeal, they wouldn't need 24,000 words to name it.
JMO