The court said it was a simple mistake on the part of an inexperienced prosecutor. That was our position all along.

We made a mistake. It's as simple as that,

Be wary, be wary, of the prosecutor who feels it necessary to deceive the court,

Those kind of dilemmas are commonplace when you're a prosecutor. You're always in that position with the flipper witnesses.

[Roberts] is in exactly the same position that O'Connor and others have been, ... he's going to be on the court for 30 years, and those issues will continue to come before the court. There's no legal or ethical obligation to get rid of your holdings. But the other justices seem to have made a pragmatic decision that (doing so) is best for the operation of the court.

Simple but never ordinary...