This is the same scam a lot of trial court judges run. They will find a defendant guilty at bench trial with no evidence, or massively over-sentence them, then

This is the same scam a lot of trial court judges run. They will find a defendant guilty at bench trial with no evidence, or massively over-sentence them, then when the appellate court reverses it they can just jump up and down and blame out-of-touch appeals court judges.