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The government would normally file an application for leave to file a brief in excess of the appellate rules' word limit. U.S. federal courts normally grant these applications when made by the government. When made by defendants in criminal cases, it's much more of a maybe. However, courts as a rule do not like verbose briefs.

On another note, it seems to me that in these computer cases the law really doesn't care what's "under the hood." It doesn't matter if it's javascript or java, or if maybe someone could have jumped on an open Wi-Fi network.

The law lives in a conservative analogue world and will continue to do so for years to come.



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