Yep, this ruling will likely go to the Appeal Courts first, then SCOTUS and as you say it will be in the courts for years unless it's somehow expedited. Until then people with be without relief or remedy and Clown world will still remain raison dejour.
A few more courts first, the NY supreme court is the lowest court in the state
It is absolutely not the lowest. It is the highest regular court, with only the appelet court above it. But the appelet courts do not rule on the content of the trial they are only ruling on whether all the laws were followed durimg the trial. It is not a retrial, it is a procedural technicality.
The lowest level of the New York state court system consists primarily of the New York Supreme Courts, the New York County Courts, the New York City Courts, and the New York Town and Village Courts. The Supreme Courts are trial courts with general jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases
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