Defense lawyers typically have an advantage in retrials, and they undeniably have the upper hand here, according to legal experts. Without the evidence that prosecutors hung their arguments on three years ago, the defense attorneys are now poised to attack even harder, said St. John’s University law professor Anthony Sabino.
“If that’s the best they could’ve thrown at Sean Stewart, now the defense has an opportunity,” Sabino said. “That’s a point of vulnerability.”
