When Data is made to bend the rod of steel during his hearing, he bends it almost right in half with a kink at the top where it is bent and there is no more than an inch between each side. When Riker places the bent steel on the table, it is clearly bent in an arch by machine, likely a pipe-bender, with a much larger gap and has no kink were it is bent. It barely resembles the piece Data bent by hand.
While preparing his case, Riker is reviewing Data's schematics and discovers a manual control located in between Data's shoulder blades, which is later revealed as his on/off switch. Riker smiles as if this is the first time he learned of such switch. Riker then uses this during the trial to shut Data off trying to prove his case. In season one's Datalore (1988), Data confides in Dr. Crusher about having an on/off switch located on his right hip and that he wanted to keep it secret. Later Lore, pretending to be Data, is confronted by Dr. Crusher on the bridge about announcing his on/off switch and Lore states that he felt the bridge crew should know about it, which would include Riker.
During the trial, Picard clasps his hands in front of him and looks down; the shot then changes to show Picard still looking down but his arms are apart.
The rod Data bends is bent to a more acute angle when Data hands it to Riker that it is when Riker puts it on the desk.
Data tells Wesley that he can utilize the wrapping paper again. However, it is safe to say the paper is replicated. That is may be but that doesn't mean that had it not been torn up Data's argument would still have been valid and it would also save the replicator energy necessary to replicate a new piece of wrapping paper.
Commander Bruce Maddox was the only member of the admissions board to object to Data's entry into Starfleet. Data entered the Academy in 2341. The events of the trial take place in 2365, 24 years later. Commander Maddox appears to be about 30 years old, thus he would have been 6 when Data entered the Academy.
Data tells Picard that Maddox was the only dissenting member of a screening committee that approved his entrance into Starfleet. This implies that the majority approved him. Since only sentient beings can take the oath of a service personnel officer, this would be the grounds for Data's status as a living being, but this is overlooked at the trial.
The whole trial revolves around the argument of whether Data is, or is not, the property of Starfleet. However, when Dr. Pulaski first joins the Enterprise she says "your Starfleet service record does state that you are alive". If Starfleet had already decided that Data was alive, they could not proclaim him to be their property.
Maddox's whole case is to establish Data as property and not a sentient crew member. This is to gain the right to dismantle Data and learn about his construction. Data objects because something unique (Lt. Cmdr Data) would be lost.
Guinan later leads Picard down the idea that Maddox's work could result in a form of slavery imposed upon a race of androids.
In previous stories, it was established that the security buffer for the transporter could recreate someone even though they weren't in active transport. However, this was never mentioned during the trial. Doing this would have strengthened Maddox's argument to gain an exact example of Data while giving Guinan's discussion with Picard a poignant immediacy.
Guinan later leads Picard down the idea that Maddox's work could result in a form of slavery imposed upon a race of androids.
In previous stories, it was established that the security buffer for the transporter could recreate someone even though they weren't in active transport. However, this was never mentioned during the trial. Doing this would have strengthened Maddox's argument to gain an exact example of Data while giving Guinan's discussion with Picard a poignant immediacy.
When Riker calls Data to the stand, the computer reads out Data's medals and commendations. Riker tries to skip the reading, but Picard objects and insists the full record be read, and the judge sustains the objection. Later, however, when Picard calls Maddox to the stand and the computer begins to read out his accomplishments, Picard tries to skip the reading, and Riker does not object. The judge had already warned Riker that any laxity on his part in prosecuting the case would result in a summary judgment against Data, and this would seem to qualify.
During the discussion of Maddox's plan for Data, Data asks "You've constructed a positronic brain?" It has been established that Data does not use contractions, but some writers forget this.
Louvois tells Picard, "Call me". However, a later episode established that the phrase "to call" someone is no longer in the vernacular.