why isn t that in favor of the appellate court in connecticut saying no, you don t get another trial. retrying it is a huge prejudice, we re not going to allow it. it is possible that the connecticut supreme court will reinstate the conviction but this is a very detailed decision. i have to say, the judge obviously put a tremendous amount of energy into it. under the subtext of this opinion is not about infectiveness of counsel. he thinks that michael skakel is innocent. if the judges up the chain believe that, i think it will stand. vito colucci, you worked this case, know it top to bottom. do you believe that there is a solid basis of argument to say that michael skakel did not commit this crime? not just that it was about mickey sherman, his lawyer, he didn t do it. do you believe that? i believe it with all my heart, chris. in a cop s life, private
investigating the case, shouldn t have been put on the jury but he was. why? well, you know, when i heard that mickey picked a cop, a working cop to be on the jury, i called him that night late and i said, mick, what did you do today? what you picked a cop? he said, trust me on this one, vito, really. all the cops are talking about it. this guy rides a motorcycle, he s on the police department now as we speak. how can you do that? it s a horrible move. i mean, we have jeffrey on the phone. i remember jeff from the trial, very intelligent guy. if he was running the case, ask him if he would put a cop on a jury on the biggest case in the country at that time. all right, vito, i ll come back to you in a second. when we look at this legally, let s talk about how unusual, the strength of the basis and whether it results in a new trial. your take? incredibly unusual. this is a very common thing that defendants raise after the