Of course the DA prosecution is absurd, and I'm glad for the conclusion BUT "the ACD was tantamount to an admission that he had no real case against the defendant" doesn't sound quite accurate. An ACD in NY usually means the parties have simply come to an agreement to settle things without any final resolution. Kind of a Gentleman's Agreement that if the defendant keeps his or her nose clean for a year, everything will be forgiven and the case is expunged from any kind of record. If is not an admission that the City had no case.
I think you missed a very critical point. The ACD was previously requested and not offered prior to Knife Rights getting involved. After we submitted our extensive brief, they changed their tune. You can view it however you want, but it is clear to us that there was no case and the DA didn't want to go to trial because he was going to lose and set a bad precedent.
An ACD isn't technically an admission by the DA to anything, clearly, but that doesn't prevent us from drawing obvious conclusions. 1+1 still equals 2
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