Please correct me if I'm wrong....what scares me is that appellate issues only apply for JA to appeal, get a new trial, etc. but the PT has no 'do over' if she is found guilty of a lesser charge or acquitted (not an option here).
So if the judge is allowing things that would have been issues in an appeal for JA's benefit, there is no recourse if what the judge allows puts the prosecution at a true deficit.... Those scales of justice aren't swingin quite level IMO.
Also, if I would have used Time Magazine as source for a college paper my profs would have laughed their tails off at me....