I know Cindy Brackett professionally....have worked many many cases with her when she was a district court prosecutor ....for around 20 years.
The portrayal proffered by the author.... of her demeanor and lack of rectitude .....cause me to consider the narrative to be, I suspect, fabricated in some respects; and, obviously, flush with weighted adjectives and bias.
I support the position of the defendant. But please keep your circumspection regarding the actual proceedings of the court....the testimony. I, rather, would trust a transcript of the case.
There would be a massive difference between being judge and being a assistant prosecutor. She may well turn out to be an awesome judge but it seems, if the report is correct, that she should have made sure the jury got to see the sign. The Police officer referred directly to the sign and it’s content so when asked for it to be shown it should have been. It would have shown the Police Officer to be unreliable. There is no way to tell from a transcript whether the jury actually saw the front of the sign when it was displayed so as to show it’s size. There are some things that transcripts do not tell.