Eisemann prosecutors filed an appeal, and requested another 15 days to submit appeals brief. They want to overturn the ruling that tossed the convictions and called for a new trial.
Rabbi Eisemann's lawyer submitted a letter opposing an extension.
In the prosecutor's request letter, they wrote that they were busy with other cases and didn't have time to work on a brief. Eisemann's lawyer wrote that this is not an excuse. It's a 7-page letter, but here's the final two paragraphs:
"Mr. Eisemann has been laboring under this case for years... Had prosecutors fulfilled their basic constitutional obligations, Mr. Eisemann’s saga through the courts would have ended long ago. Now, when it is finally nearing its end, the state asks for more time. The deputy attorney general’s schedule is not more important than Mr. Eisemann’s interest in vindicating his name and getting his life back.
If the state wanted to appeal, it should have appealed in the time allotted. Having failed to do so, the Court should deny the state’s motion and allow the case to proceed to trial so that a new jury can hear from the bookkeeper who the state has so desperately tried to keep silent."
It's still likely that they will get their extension, as courts generally allow more time upon request.
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