Either he's an attorney or wannabe, either way I'm going to go with the guy who's been a judge since 2006 over some random dude on a comic book message board.

Yes.  The argument isn't that the prosecution had any surprise evidence.  Its that Trump didn't know exactly what he was accused of prior to closing arguments.

The reason that's important is because if prosecutors had been more transparent, Trump's attorneys may have presented their case differently, or presented different evidence to refute the accusation that he committed one of the specified violations of 17-152.

But you're still raising a good point.  In Bragg's defense, Trump's lawyers couldn't have been totally clueless about where this was going.  When attorney's disclose their witnesses and evidence during discovery, its not just a list of witnesses.  You have to disclose what each witness will be testifying about.  Also, during the trial, each side has to lay a foundation to establish the relevance of each piece of evidence, or it is inadmissible.  Surely, the basis for introducing some of the prosecution's evidence was to prove criminal intent.

Despite your point, I think the appellate court will overturn the verdicts based on the notice issue (among others).  One thing you have to remember is that our court rules are built upon the principal that we would rather see a guilty person go free, than convict an innocent person.  So when it comes to issues like this, courts tend to prioritize protecting the rights of the accused.

This is a copy of the text directly from the prosecution's memorandum of law in opposition to Defendant Trump's omnibus motions, dated November 15, 2023.

But what's ticking me off is his documents case. Judge Cannon is a perfect example of why a judge appointed by a President should not be allowed to have anything to do with that President's legal proceedings. She's obviously doing everything she can get away with to either sabotage the documnents case or delay it until after the election, so he can order the DoJ to drop it if he wins and takes office. Because his guilt is obvious in this case.

Cannon should be thrown off the bench, or at least thrown off the case and banned from interfering. 

Well, that resolves the notice issue, IMO.  Thanks for sharing.  Many media outlets, including the ABC News story you linked to above, are reporting the charges weren't disclosed until closing.