I didn't go to Sunny's trial, but it didn't seem to generate much drama. The idea that he was the manipulator is a "finding of fact" in legal parlance. She can

I didn't go to Sunny's trial, but it didn't seem to generate much drama. The idea that he was the manipulator is a "finding of fact" in legal parlance. She can't raise that on appeal. Maybe if the defense tried and the judge refused to allow it, that could be appealed as an "error" and thus appealed. Offhand I don't think that happened in her trial, but I could be wrong (?) Only a new trial could bring that up. An appellate court could order a new trial; that happens sometimes. And, of course, in the sentencing hearing, they can try to blame Sunny. I don't think that reduces her sentence to zero, if it works at all. IANAL, so someone who is: feel free to correct me.