The role of appellate courts is generally not to judge the facts of the case, but to judge whether the law has been applied correctly. If you got convicted bec

The role of appellate courts is generally not to judge the facts of the case, but to judge whether the law has been applied correctly. If you got convicted because the prosecutor and the trial judge didn't know what the law was, that's not right. That's what the Supreme Court decision here was about, not about whether or not Arthur Andersen had committed a crime. In many cases, having your verdict overturned doesn't preclude the prosecutor from trying the case again.