I'd be very interested to know "what evidence was suppressed" and how it makes the OP innocent. If indeed the OP created 5k+ accounts and intended to deceive OfficeMax then this is anything but innocent.
"I didn't know it was a crime" perhaps.
Worse still the iOS app provides no value whatsoever. Which makes it seem like this is just a marketing ploy for a useless app.
Here[1] is a court opinion mentioning at least one type of evidence that was excluded: testimony regarding OfficeMax's accounting of rewards that would show that the rewards were not "property" that could be stolen. Not sure if that's what OP is referring to.
Incidentally, looking at all the different court opinions from this case [2] and the motions they refer to, I can't imagine how expensive it must have been to litigate this. Probably much more than what they had to pay back to OfficeMax.
Suffice it to say, [1] is not what was being referred to (though it’s still a fair point).
Let’s talk about the costs of this case. It’s been dragging on for 7+ years now and I’d love to share an official accounting of what it cost every party involved, but no such accounting will ever exist. I’m sure it’s immense and well into the 7 figures by now.
We’ve been unable to afford our own counsel (a situation verified by, and kinda forced by, the government) so our defense has been paid for by your tax dollars. The 4 prosecutors in this case have been paid for by your tax dollars. The judge and jury? Yep, you guessed it. (BTW, judge earns more each day than the entire 14-member jury does). The 17+ agent FBI assault team armed with M4 assault rifles and hundreds of hours of “billable” phone hours by certain agents who couldn’t recall under oath the names of the people they spent those hours talking to? Your tax dollars.
Even if that company gets that amount of money from us (and gets to keep it), I’m certain the amount they’ve paid their own people to tilt at this particular windmill will make it a loss even to the company. That’s before the upcoming news of the consumer data leak makes it out there.
Dear taxpayer, you’re not done paying. The only question left is whether the bureau of prisons or yours truly, or both, will be cashing those checks.
So, that indictment doesn't just describe an elaborate scheme for cashing in more printer cartridges than OfficeMax allowed individuals to recycle, but also a scheme where you claimed the unrelated purchases of strangers as your own to earn store credits.
The evidence in this case to support that indictment was fabricated (its author even disavowed its authorship under oath).
Many judges feel that if a computer is used to produce evidence, it is self-authenticating. This is the issue we plan to take up, since we (and our experts) were never allowed access to the evidence against us.
According to your appeals case, you were convicted for both, the fraudulent scheme to bypass OfficeMax's limits on the number of printer cartridges you could sell them, and the use of bogus accounts to claim the purchases of strangers as your own.
I'm not sure publicizing this whole story was your best move here.
Given the limitations of this messaging forum and your interest in the discussion, I hope it’s all right if I continue this discussion directly. For the benefit of everyone else on the thread, they can likewise reach me directly.
I understand the coder’s urge to distill the argument down to a missed OR operator, but it wrongly oversimplifies a matter that can take hours to fully get across.
As to the wisdom of the publicity, it remains to be seen. If you were wrongfully convicted, how quiet would you be?
"I didn't know it was a crime" perhaps.
Worse still the iOS app provides no value whatsoever. Which makes it seem like this is just a marketing ploy for a useless app.