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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:01:54,840 --> 00:01:58,140 He was a law clerk? 2 00:01:58,820 --> 00:02:03,080 Terry Lasher. I met him that day at the courthouse. I had no idea that's who I 3 00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:04,080 was talking to. 4 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:07,760 Makes sense, though. Two of the suspects are judges. The other one's an 5 00:02:07,760 --> 00:02:12,020 attorney. Yeah, I guess he stumbled onto whatever it is they're up to and didn't 6 00:02:12,020 --> 00:02:13,020 know what to do about it. 7 00:02:14,020 --> 00:02:15,120 Should've just turned him in. 8 00:02:15,900 --> 00:02:16,900 Bad career move. 9 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:19,440 Nobody likes a whistleblower but the press. 10 00:02:20,380 --> 00:02:21,480 Wouldn't have tipped him off. 11 00:02:24,330 --> 00:02:25,350 I think I did. 12 00:02:26,530 --> 00:02:27,369 You did? 13 00:02:27,370 --> 00:02:30,650 I must have shaken them up so bad today they started following me. 14 00:02:31,110 --> 00:02:34,170 I recognized him, figured out what was going on, and shot him. 15 00:02:36,450 --> 00:02:38,310 I just found the slug. 16 00:02:38,530 --> 00:02:39,530 38 caliber. 17 00:02:40,250 --> 00:02:43,450 Lab will know quick enough whether it came from the same gun that killed 18 00:02:43,450 --> 00:02:44,450 Wright. 19 00:02:45,310 --> 00:02:47,810 Did you check up on Tom O 'Hara? 20 00:02:48,030 --> 00:02:50,550 I sent a unit to his house as soon as I got your call. 21 00:02:50,910 --> 00:02:54,600 He was there. Said he had... Come home at 7 and been there ever since. 22 00:02:54,900 --> 00:02:55,900 Alone. 23 00:02:56,700 --> 00:03:00,720 I don't suppose he told you where he was the night Howard Wright was murdered. 24 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:02,480 Working in his office. 25 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:03,680 Alone. 26 00:03:04,260 --> 00:03:05,300 So what do we do now? 27 00:03:05,620 --> 00:03:09,660 I'm damn fine though, Conrad. I guess we just keep doing what he said. 28 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:11,680 Look for the money. 29 00:03:17,980 --> 00:03:18,980 Here's another one. 30 00:03:21,900 --> 00:03:26,920 $370 ,000 was deposited into the Conner Corporation account on 8 -28 -90. 31 00:03:27,460 --> 00:03:31,720 That makes close to $3 million, all coming into the company within the last 32 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:32,539 three years. 33 00:03:32,540 --> 00:03:33,540 But where's it coming from? 34 00:03:34,620 --> 00:03:36,240 It has to be money they've gotten illegally. 35 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:39,420 Maybe they're using the Conner Corporation to launder it. 36 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:42,900 Well, we're talking about judges and attorneys here, not drug dealers. 37 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:45,800 I mean, what could they be into that involves that kind of money? 38 00:03:46,140 --> 00:03:47,140 Anybody want more coffee? 39 00:03:47,380 --> 00:03:48,420 Yeah, I do. Thanks. 40 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:50,280 What do you have? 41 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:55,540 Sam Bergstrom. Who's Sam Bergstrom? 42 00:03:55,840 --> 00:03:57,920 Connor Corporation wrote him a lot of big checks. 43 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:01,300 Every time Tom O 'Hare and David Bennett got one, he got one too. 44 00:04:01,540 --> 00:04:05,980 Only his were for deposit only into an account at the South Security Bank of 45 00:04:05,980 --> 00:04:06,980 Savannah. 46 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:10,080 How much gas you got in your car? 47 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:19,140 Superior Court is now in session. 48 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:21,720 The Honorable Judge Diana Levin is cited. 49 00:04:24,049 --> 00:04:27,370 Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, have you reached a verdict? 50 00:04:29,050 --> 00:04:30,450 Yes, Your Honor, we have. 51 00:04:30,930 --> 00:04:36,130 The jury finds for the plaintiff on all causes of action, damages for lost 52 00:04:36,130 --> 00:04:41,010 profits are found in the amount of $2 .2 million, for general damages in the 53 00:04:41,010 --> 00:04:46,410 amount of $5 million, and for punitive damages in the amount of $1 .3 million. 54 00:04:47,070 --> 00:04:48,070 Thank you. 55 00:04:48,150 --> 00:04:49,690 There's been a long, hard case. 56 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:53,320 We appreciate your performing your civic duties. You are discharged. 57 00:04:54,300 --> 00:04:58,100 This court will stand in recess until 2 o 'clock. 58 00:04:58,940 --> 00:05:00,740 I can't believe it. 59 00:05:04,040 --> 00:05:06,920 I still can't believe it. We did it. We won the case. 60 00:05:07,180 --> 00:05:08,880 You deserve to win, Jim. It's called justice. 61 00:05:09,260 --> 00:05:10,260 You think they'll appeal? 62 00:05:10,300 --> 00:05:14,600 They might, but I doubt it. $8 million for Maxwell Toys is not that much money. 63 00:05:14,740 --> 00:05:16,500 It may be cheaper for them just to pay off. 64 00:05:16,760 --> 00:05:19,440 You know about that letter? No, that doll was your idea. 65 00:05:19,950 --> 00:05:22,470 You sent them a letter, and they stole what was in it, right? 66 00:05:22,710 --> 00:05:25,310 Right. You are entitled to the money, Jim. 67 00:05:26,090 --> 00:05:29,710 So there's no need to talk about that letter now or ever again. 68 00:05:30,110 --> 00:05:31,570 Okay? Okay. 69 00:05:32,150 --> 00:05:33,150 You take care. 70 00:05:37,650 --> 00:05:38,650 Hey, 71 00:05:39,950 --> 00:05:40,950 Mr. O 'Hare. 72 00:05:42,310 --> 00:05:43,310 Congratulations. 73 00:05:43,850 --> 00:05:44,990 Thanks. Yeah. 74 00:05:45,750 --> 00:05:48,250 What's your usual contingency? One -third? 75 00:05:49,150 --> 00:05:50,150 Boy, hell, 76 00:05:50,930 --> 00:05:54,630 you just made nearly $3 million in there. 77 00:05:55,430 --> 00:05:58,530 Is this what a special prosecutor does all day, Mr. Matlock? 78 00:05:59,010 --> 00:06:01,030 Hangs around the courthouse harassing people? 79 00:06:01,870 --> 00:06:06,530 Oh, no, no, no. I never harass people unless I'm thinking of prosecuting them. 80 00:06:07,570 --> 00:06:10,250 Now, I told you before, I barely knew Howard Wright. 81 00:06:11,170 --> 00:06:12,550 Maybe that's why you killed him. 82 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:17,820 Maybe you weren't sure of how he would react when the police started 83 00:06:17,820 --> 00:06:22,600 him about that evidence that he misplaced in the Jimmy Giles case. 84 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:28,700 You're out of your mind. I know about the money you've been getting from the 85 00:06:28,700 --> 00:06:31,480 Conner Corporation, you and Judge Bennett. 86 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:37,360 And when I find out why you've been getting it, I may just come after you 87 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:40,100 the murder of Terry Lashley. All right, that's it. 88 00:06:40,590 --> 00:06:44,310 I've had it with cops showing up on my doorstep every time somebody dies in 89 00:06:44,310 --> 00:06:45,450 town, and I've had it with you. 90 00:06:45,750 --> 00:06:50,950 If I hear you've repeated this preposterous story to anyone, I'll thaw 91 00:06:50,950 --> 00:06:55,330 defamation suit that will leave you financially crippled for life. 92 00:06:55,690 --> 00:06:56,790 Do you hear me? 93 00:07:01,750 --> 00:07:04,310 I think everybody in the parking lot heard you. 94 00:07:06,050 --> 00:07:07,050 No. 95 00:08:15,340 --> 00:08:16,340 it, please. 96 00:08:16,520 --> 00:08:18,840 I'm too old for this. Will you stop it? 97 00:08:19,160 --> 00:08:20,160 Stop it. 98 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:24,200 Hey, wait a minute. 99 00:08:26,980 --> 00:08:29,940 Hey, sir. 100 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:38,059 Is his bark worse than his bite? 101 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:41,360 Actually, his bite's pretty bad. 102 00:08:54,570 --> 00:08:57,630 Do you take him a walk every night at this time? 103 00:08:58,230 --> 00:09:02,570 Well, it's good to keep a dog on schedule. Makes things more predictable. 104 00:09:02,810 --> 00:09:05,250 7 .53 p .m. every night. 105 00:09:05,510 --> 00:09:07,950 Bethany's lawn, come rain or come shine. 106 00:09:08,350 --> 00:09:09,350 Hey. 107 00:09:10,630 --> 00:09:16,750 Last Wednesday night, when you passed the Wright's house over there, did you 108 00:09:16,750 --> 00:09:19,350 or hear anything out of the ordinary? 109 00:09:21,550 --> 00:09:23,470 Last Wednesday night. 110 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:25,660 The night Howard Wright was killed. 111 00:09:28,620 --> 00:09:32,300 No. No, I'm sorry. You did see something. 112 00:09:33,500 --> 00:09:34,500 Wait a minute. 113 00:09:34,640 --> 00:09:35,880 Who are you? 114 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:38,100 My name is Ben Matlock. I'm a lawyer. 115 00:09:39,580 --> 00:09:41,560 Well, I don't want to get involved. 116 00:09:42,100 --> 00:09:45,060 If you saw something, you have to get involved. 117 00:09:45,340 --> 00:09:46,340 It's your duty. 118 00:09:47,340 --> 00:09:50,480 I just don't want some killer coming after me next. 119 00:09:50,980 --> 00:09:52,680 That won't happen. 120 00:09:52,970 --> 00:09:54,550 That won't happen. I promise. 121 00:10:05,170 --> 00:10:06,170 Mr. 122 00:10:10,230 --> 00:10:11,230 O 'Hare? 123 00:10:11,350 --> 00:10:14,930 Mr. O 'Hare, you're under arrest for the murder of Howard Wright. 124 00:10:16,430 --> 00:10:20,010 What? We have an eyewitness who saw you leaving the scene of the crime. 125 00:10:20,560 --> 00:10:22,740 That's it, Matlock. You were warned and you're going to pay. 126 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:24,500 Just come with us, Mr. O 'Hare. 127 00:10:25,040 --> 00:10:28,460 That's it, Mr. O 'Hare. You can't have enough practice insurance to cover the 128 00:10:28,460 --> 00:10:32,060 charges I'm going to bring against you. Your career is over, Mr. Matlock. 129 00:10:32,340 --> 00:10:33,560 You'll never make another mistake. 130 00:10:34,140 --> 00:10:35,140 You're going to die. 131 00:10:35,480 --> 00:10:36,620 You're going to die. 132 00:10:36,860 --> 00:10:41,520 You'll never make another mistake. 133 00:10:42,940 --> 00:10:43,940 You'll get over it. 134 00:11:13,160 --> 00:11:15,040 Wild gets used to sitting over here. 135 00:11:17,700 --> 00:11:20,040 Who's Mr. O 'Hare got defending him? 136 00:11:20,500 --> 00:11:25,360 Chester Gaddis, member of the bar in five states, hasn't lost a murder one 137 00:11:25,360 --> 00:11:26,360 yet. 138 00:11:32,580 --> 00:11:34,820 There's something I want you to find out about him. 139 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:36,040 How much he charges. 140 00:11:36,180 --> 00:11:37,180 Yeah. 141 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:40,220 Moving right along to the matter of bail. 142 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:41,900 Does the, uh... 143 00:11:42,120 --> 00:11:43,700 prosecution have any recommendations? 144 00:11:45,480 --> 00:11:46,840 Ah, yes, sir. 145 00:11:47,580 --> 00:11:53,420 Not only has the defendant been charged with the heinous crime of premeditated 146 00:11:53,420 --> 00:11:58,800 murder, but he is considerably wealthy and has no family to bind him to the 147 00:11:58,800 --> 00:12:05,280 community. The defense prosecution therefore recommends bail be set at one 148 00:12:05,280 --> 00:12:06,280 million dollars. 149 00:12:07,460 --> 00:12:08,460 Defense? 150 00:12:13,520 --> 00:12:19,040 My client has been accused of a heinous crime, yes, but proven guilty, no. 151 00:12:19,760 --> 00:12:25,200 Not only has he been an officer of the court for 15 years, but his 152 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:30,620 to various philanthropic activities have made him a pillar of the various 153 00:12:30,620 --> 00:12:33,340 community the state would now have you believe he wishes to flee. 154 00:12:34,900 --> 00:12:36,580 I see no risk here, whatever. 155 00:12:37,020 --> 00:12:39,960 I recommend bail not exceed $100 ,000. 156 00:12:40,810 --> 00:12:42,690 I tend to agree, Mr. Ganders. 157 00:12:44,110 --> 00:12:46,250 Bill is set at $100 ,000. 158 00:12:46,830 --> 00:12:47,830 Thank you, Your Honor. 159 00:12:48,150 --> 00:12:49,150 He's good. 160 00:12:50,430 --> 00:12:51,850 Your dress is funny. 161 00:13:05,690 --> 00:13:06,690 Hi. 162 00:13:07,990 --> 00:13:09,470 I'm looking for Sam Bergstrom. 163 00:13:10,010 --> 00:13:11,150 What can I do for you? 164 00:13:11,410 --> 00:13:12,410 You're Sam Bergstrom? 165 00:13:12,770 --> 00:13:15,430 The one that has an account over at the South Security Bank? 166 00:13:16,670 --> 00:13:19,790 Life is too short to be writing Samantha out all the time. 167 00:13:21,010 --> 00:13:22,010 Who are you? 168 00:13:22,910 --> 00:13:25,350 I'm Russell Yeager, ma 'am. I'm from the IRS. 169 00:13:25,890 --> 00:13:26,890 May I come in? 170 00:13:28,030 --> 00:13:32,290 Invite somebody from the biggest group of crooks in the country into my home? 171 00:13:33,970 --> 00:13:34,970 Not in your life. 172 00:13:36,290 --> 00:13:38,670 Well, I need to ask you a few questions, ma 'am. 173 00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:43,960 Go ahead. 174 00:13:45,860 --> 00:13:50,300 We know some rather large checks from the Conner Corporation up in Atlanta 175 00:13:50,300 --> 00:13:54,720 been deposited in your account over the last couple of years. Are you an 176 00:13:54,720 --> 00:13:55,720 employee of theirs? 177 00:13:56,160 --> 00:13:59,700 No. Well, then why are they paying you all that money, ma 'am? 178 00:14:01,100 --> 00:14:04,620 Why do you want to know? Well, there have been some irregularities at the 179 00:14:04,620 --> 00:14:05,620 Corporation. 180 00:14:05,720 --> 00:14:07,320 We're auditing all their expenditures. 181 00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:11,220 You're not auditing me. You? No. No. 182 00:14:14,570 --> 00:14:16,130 That money belongs to my niece. 183 00:14:16,490 --> 00:14:17,409 Your niece? 184 00:14:17,410 --> 00:14:21,290 Yes. Her accountant suggested that she keep it in my name for tax purposes. 185 00:14:22,270 --> 00:14:26,790 I don't understand all the ins and outs, but I'm sure it's quite legitimate in 186 00:14:26,790 --> 00:14:28,030 view of her job and all. 187 00:14:28,570 --> 00:14:29,570 Which is what? 188 00:14:29,830 --> 00:14:30,830 She's a judge. 189 00:14:32,330 --> 00:14:33,610 Judge Diana Levin. 190 00:14:35,350 --> 00:14:37,170 Got your message. What's up? 191 00:14:39,310 --> 00:14:41,830 I'm a bad man, Your Honor. 192 00:14:42,930 --> 00:14:45,470 I'm the one who slipped your clerk that note. 193 00:14:45,850 --> 00:14:47,310 We need to talk. 194 00:14:47,770 --> 00:14:48,770 Yes. 195 00:14:50,710 --> 00:14:57,210 An associate of mine spoke to your aunt down in Savannah today, and you've been 196 00:14:57,210 --> 00:15:01,450 getting payoffs from the Connor Corporation, just like Judge Bennett 197 00:15:01,450 --> 00:15:02,450 Tom O 'Hare. 198 00:15:02,470 --> 00:15:05,810 Those aren't payoffs. Those are consulting fees. 199 00:15:06,450 --> 00:15:07,450 I don't think so. 200 00:15:08,010 --> 00:15:10,130 I think the three of you... 201 00:15:10,380 --> 00:15:14,680 are using the Connor Corporation to hold and distribute money that you've come 202 00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:15,680 by illegally. 203 00:15:15,860 --> 00:15:20,840 You are dead wrong. I know your scheme has something to do with Maxwell Toys. 204 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:26,940 And when the truth comes out in court, and it will, you'll go down right along 205 00:15:26,940 --> 00:15:32,020 with Mr. O 'Hare. So unless prison is something you're just dying for, if I 206 00:15:32,020 --> 00:15:33,740 you, I'd tell me what's going on right now. 207 00:15:34,400 --> 00:15:38,300 You called this meeting to offer us a deal? One time only. 208 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:41,500 Oh, and to give you this. 209 00:15:43,580 --> 00:15:47,980 Rapina, you are wasting your time and mine. 210 00:15:48,520 --> 00:15:54,520 Well, I don't have anything more to say to you either. 211 00:15:54,860 --> 00:15:55,860 Okay. 212 00:15:57,360 --> 00:16:00,440 I guess I'll see you both in court. 213 00:16:02,260 --> 00:16:03,260 Joe. 214 00:16:27,630 --> 00:16:29,350 To be honest, I'm not sure why I'm here. 215 00:16:29,910 --> 00:16:30,910 Please. 216 00:16:34,730 --> 00:16:36,370 Some wine? No, thank you. 217 00:16:42,130 --> 00:16:43,130 Michelle. 218 00:16:48,950 --> 00:16:54,890 Michelle, I, uh... I swear to you, I didn't have anything to do with Howard 219 00:16:54,890 --> 00:16:55,890 Wright's murder. 220 00:16:55,920 --> 00:16:57,840 I didn't do it, and I don't know who did. 221 00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:02,380 You've got to tell Ben Matlock to back off before he ruins me. 222 00:17:04,880 --> 00:17:06,260 That's why you asked me to come here? 223 00:17:07,060 --> 00:17:08,880 I meant something to you once, Michelle. 224 00:17:09,339 --> 00:17:11,079 I don't deserve this, and you know it. 225 00:17:11,660 --> 00:17:15,020 Just tell him the truth. Tell him it wasn't me. I can't believe you try to 226 00:17:15,020 --> 00:17:16,020 me like that. 227 00:17:16,119 --> 00:17:17,220 What choice do I have? 228 00:17:17,780 --> 00:17:20,040 My back's against the wall. I can't do anything else. 229 00:17:20,300 --> 00:17:21,300 You can tell it the truth. 230 00:17:21,480 --> 00:17:22,480 I am, I swear. 231 00:17:22,780 --> 00:17:24,619 The money you get from the Connor Corporation. 232 00:17:25,600 --> 00:17:26,660 Where did it come from? 233 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:37,740 I'm sorry. If you want it to help you, you're going to have to tell it the 234 00:17:37,740 --> 00:17:38,740 truth. 235 00:17:41,640 --> 00:17:47,640 You, uh... You've turned into one tough lady, Michelle. 236 00:17:49,720 --> 00:17:50,840 I'm not sure it becomes you. 237 00:17:51,840 --> 00:17:53,600 David, you're in a great deal of trouble. 238 00:17:55,850 --> 00:17:56,850 I'd like to help you. 239 00:18:01,850 --> 00:18:04,650 Not to you. 240 00:18:15,510 --> 00:18:16,830 What did you see? 241 00:18:17,440 --> 00:18:22,480 When you walked your dog past Howard Wright's house that night, Mr. Spalding, 242 00:18:22,480 --> 00:18:27,600 saw a man rushing out of the garage, jump into his car, and go tearing out of 243 00:18:27,600 --> 00:18:32,800 there. And is the man you saw that night in this courtroom today? 244 00:18:33,100 --> 00:18:34,100 Oh, yeah. 245 00:18:34,180 --> 00:18:35,560 He's sitting right over there. 246 00:18:36,860 --> 00:18:42,360 Let the record show that the witness has pointed to the defendant, Tom O 'Hare. 247 00:18:42,820 --> 00:18:45,920 You remember what time it was you saw him? Around 8 o 'clock. 248 00:18:46,180 --> 00:18:47,149 You sure? 249 00:18:47,150 --> 00:18:51,670 Positive. It's always around that time that Otis and I pass the Wright's house. 250 00:18:51,950 --> 00:18:54,190 It's good to keep a dog on schedule. 251 00:18:54,390 --> 00:18:55,830 Yes, you told me that. 252 00:18:56,290 --> 00:19:02,210 So you're sure the man you saw leaving the scene of the crime at about 8 o 253 00:19:02,210 --> 00:19:07,570 'clock, which the coroner has established to be the approximate time 254 00:19:07,570 --> 00:19:11,850 murder, you're sure that man was the defendant Tom O 'Hare? 255 00:19:12,850 --> 00:19:13,850 Positive. 256 00:19:14,470 --> 00:19:15,470 Thank you. 257 00:19:17,800 --> 00:19:18,800 Cross -examine. 258 00:19:26,060 --> 00:19:27,060 Mr. 259 00:19:28,840 --> 00:19:29,840 Spalding. 260 00:19:32,420 --> 00:19:39,260 Where were you and Otis the night you saw this person leaving 261 00:19:39,260 --> 00:19:40,139 the garage? 262 00:19:40,140 --> 00:19:41,900 At the end of the driveway. 263 00:19:42,960 --> 00:19:47,260 And could you see his face clearly after he entered the car? 264 00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:48,720 No. 265 00:19:50,220 --> 00:19:57,000 So the only time you saw him was after he exited the garage and just 266 00:19:57,000 --> 00:19:59,620 before he entered the car. Is that correct? Right. 267 00:20:01,640 --> 00:20:07,900 And approximately what distance was it from the garage to the car? 268 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:12,200 Oh, maybe ten feet. 269 00:20:13,220 --> 00:20:16,440 And approximately how long did it take him to cover that distance? 270 00:20:17,480 --> 00:20:18,960 Six, seven seconds. 271 00:20:19,580 --> 00:20:20,620 Six seconds? 272 00:20:20,840 --> 00:20:22,120 To cover ten feet? 273 00:20:22,480 --> 00:20:24,100 I thought you said he was in a hurry. 274 00:20:24,880 --> 00:20:30,540 Well, uh... Maybe three, four seconds. 275 00:20:30,760 --> 00:20:32,720 Three seconds. Tops. I timed it. 276 00:20:33,440 --> 00:20:37,200 I also measured the distance from the end of the driveway to the garage. 277 00:20:37,900 --> 00:20:39,880 That's 38 yards. 278 00:20:40,420 --> 00:20:41,600 Does that sound about right to you? 279 00:20:42,080 --> 00:20:43,120 I guess so. 280 00:20:45,610 --> 00:20:50,410 Can you guess how many lights illuminated the garage door? 281 00:20:51,430 --> 00:20:52,990 Two, three, one. 282 00:20:55,250 --> 00:20:57,550 How's your eyesight, Mr. Spalding? You wear glasses? 283 00:20:58,130 --> 00:20:59,130 Only for reading. 284 00:20:59,250 --> 00:21:04,190 So your vision isn't exactly perfect. No, it's not perfect, but I don't find 285 00:21:04,190 --> 00:21:07,850 Did you happen to catch the license plate on the car that night, Mr. 286 00:21:08,210 --> 00:21:10,430 No. Did you catch the make of the car? 287 00:21:11,370 --> 00:21:12,370 No. 288 00:21:14,510 --> 00:21:15,530 How about the color? 289 00:21:17,650 --> 00:21:18,650 Color? 290 00:21:21,870 --> 00:21:23,530 Beige, yellow, something like that. 291 00:21:25,210 --> 00:21:27,670 How about the man's clothes? What color were they? 292 00:21:30,250 --> 00:21:31,250 Dark. 293 00:21:34,130 --> 00:21:35,130 Dark. 294 00:21:36,910 --> 00:21:40,450 Mr. Spalding, I don't doubt you saw someone that night. 295 00:21:40,810 --> 00:21:42,330 But whoever it was. 296 00:21:43,110 --> 00:21:50,110 You saw him from a distance of 38 yards by the light of a single 40 -watt 297 00:21:50,110 --> 00:21:53,910 bulb for a grand total of maybe three seconds. 298 00:21:55,310 --> 00:21:58,890 He can't remember what his car looked like. He can't remember what his clothes 299 00:21:58,890 --> 00:21:59,629 were like. 300 00:21:59,630 --> 00:22:05,310 Mr. Spalding, you can't say for sure that was my client, can you? 301 00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:15,820 I guess I can't. 302 00:22:16,640 --> 00:22:17,640 Thank you. 303 00:22:25,900 --> 00:22:26,980 I hate him. 304 00:22:27,580 --> 00:22:28,580 I don't. 305 00:22:28,880 --> 00:22:30,140 He reminds me of you. 306 00:22:31,100 --> 00:22:35,480 Michelle, he's sneaky, conniving, deceitful. That's the cruelest thing you 307 00:22:35,480 --> 00:22:39,100 said to me. Oh, Ben, I just meant he's good, that's all. I mean, you gotta give 308 00:22:39,100 --> 00:22:39,739 him that. 309 00:22:39,740 --> 00:22:40,740 Like hell I do. 310 00:22:43,840 --> 00:22:44,840 He's not good. 311 00:22:45,220 --> 00:22:49,520 Okay. He's probably the best beating the devil out of us. 312 00:22:53,920 --> 00:22:55,220 I'm ready to cut a deal. 313 00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:08,580 You've known the defendant for how long? 314 00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:10,600 About ten years. 315 00:23:11,060 --> 00:23:12,060 Friends? 316 00:23:12,780 --> 00:23:17,200 They're not close friends, more like business associates. 317 00:23:18,640 --> 00:23:20,580 What kind of business, Judge Bennett? 318 00:23:22,920 --> 00:23:29,460 A couple of years ago, shortly after I was appointed presiding judge, Tom O 319 00:23:29,460 --> 00:23:31,400 'Hare came to me with a proposition. 320 00:23:32,040 --> 00:23:36,020 He said if I'd assign myself to a multi -million dollar lawsuit that he'd... 321 00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:40,960 just filed and use all my powers as presiding judge to see to it that the 322 00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:47,820 ruled in his client's favor, he would split his one -third of the 323 00:23:47,820 --> 00:23:48,820 judgment with me. 324 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:52,780 So that's what we did. 325 00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:54,280 Did it work? 326 00:23:55,740 --> 00:23:57,420 So well that we did it again. 327 00:23:57,740 --> 00:23:58,740 Many times. 328 00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:04,440 Do you mean to tell me that a judge can actually fix a trial? 329 00:24:04,780 --> 00:24:05,780 Well, it's a... 330 00:24:06,120 --> 00:24:11,040 Obviously a very subtle thing, but... Yes? Weren't you afraid that somebody 331 00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:13,720 would catch on to your scheme? 332 00:24:14,740 --> 00:24:17,860 Very. That's why we eventually got a second judge involved. 333 00:24:19,440 --> 00:24:20,700 Judge Diane Eleven? 334 00:24:21,340 --> 00:24:22,340 Yes. 335 00:24:23,940 --> 00:24:26,880 Instead of assigning all these cases to myself, I was able to assign some to 336 00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:29,580 her. That way, I could avert suspicion. 337 00:24:32,440 --> 00:24:33,359 Go ahead. 338 00:24:33,360 --> 00:24:37,500 She had a friend named Glenn Connor who... owned a holding company, the 339 00:24:37,500 --> 00:24:38,500 Corporation. 340 00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:46,680 I'm showing you a ledger which was seized by search warrant from 341 00:24:46,680 --> 00:24:53,380 the Conner Corporation offices and which by stipulation with counsel will be 342 00:24:53,380 --> 00:24:57,580 marked People's Exhibit 37 and entered into evidence. 343 00:24:58,180 --> 00:25:00,160 Now, how was the money laundered? 344 00:25:02,140 --> 00:25:05,500 After winning a judgment, Tom would instruct his client to... 345 00:25:05,820 --> 00:25:10,600 Pay as usual, one -third contingency fee in the form of a cashier's check made 346 00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:12,040 payable to a bank in the Bahamas. 347 00:25:12,620 --> 00:25:17,840 Like these three checks here for $125 ,000 to each of you. 348 00:25:18,380 --> 00:25:19,380 Yes. 349 00:25:19,860 --> 00:25:26,280 And that was ostensibly for consulting work. 350 00:25:26,900 --> 00:25:27,900 That's correct. 351 00:25:28,380 --> 00:25:31,200 But you never did any consulting work for them, did you? 352 00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:32,400 No. 353 00:25:33,880 --> 00:25:40,600 Now this... This check here, I hear, for $75 ,000, made out to 354 00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:44,560 Howard Wright. What was that for? That was his payment for losing a vital piece 355 00:25:44,560 --> 00:25:48,540 of evidence in a case he was prosecuting against Jimmy Giles, the man accused of 356 00:25:48,540 --> 00:25:49,800 breaking into Maxwell Toys. 357 00:25:50,100 --> 00:25:53,340 And who directed the Connor Corporation to make the payment? 358 00:25:54,720 --> 00:25:55,720 Tom O 'Hare. 359 00:25:56,180 --> 00:26:00,020 He was protecting Giles, whom he'd hired to plant evidence for him. 360 00:26:00,300 --> 00:26:01,300 How do you know? 361 00:26:01,500 --> 00:26:02,500 He told me. 362 00:26:03,120 --> 00:26:04,400 Did he tell you anything else? 363 00:26:04,860 --> 00:26:05,860 Yes, he did. 364 00:26:06,060 --> 00:26:10,540 He told me that he was afraid that Howard would break down and confess if 365 00:26:10,540 --> 00:26:11,540 confronted by the police. 366 00:26:12,620 --> 00:26:13,620 Oh. 367 00:26:14,540 --> 00:26:18,820 Oh, and if that had happened, what would have happened to Mr. O 'Hare? 368 00:26:19,340 --> 00:26:22,700 He would have been disbarred and probably gone to prison. 369 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:25,420 But that never happened, did it? 370 00:26:26,760 --> 00:26:28,460 Instead, Howard Wright was murdered. 371 00:26:30,180 --> 00:26:31,180 Nothing further. 372 00:26:34,540 --> 00:26:36,200 Does defense wish to cross? 373 00:26:39,480 --> 00:26:45,460 I've been sitting here quietly, Judge Bennett, because I've been waiting 374 00:26:45,460 --> 00:26:48,040 for proof. 375 00:26:51,920 --> 00:26:56,980 And the problem is that you don't have any. 376 00:26:58,380 --> 00:27:00,660 I mean, you can't prove... 377 00:27:00,910 --> 00:27:05,630 that my client was involved in this ingenious plan of yours, can you? 378 00:27:05,950 --> 00:27:07,870 Of course I can. Just look at that ledger. 379 00:27:09,510 --> 00:27:15,670 Oh. Well, this doesn't prove that my client never did any consulting work for 380 00:27:15,670 --> 00:27:18,070 the Connard Corporation, does it? Well, I know I didn't. 381 00:27:18,710 --> 00:27:24,770 I don't give a damn if you took money under false pretenses, Judge Bennett. 382 00:27:25,390 --> 00:27:29,950 The question is, can you prove that my client did? 383 00:27:32,010 --> 00:27:38,930 Well, can you prove that he paid Howard Wright to deliberately lose a 384 00:27:38,930 --> 00:27:39,930 piece of evidence? 385 00:27:39,950 --> 00:27:45,050 No, but he... Oh, but can you prove that he told you that he was afraid Howard 386 00:27:45,050 --> 00:27:51,330 Wright was going to get him disbarred? No, but... No, but you cannot prove 387 00:27:51,330 --> 00:27:57,390 a single word of your testimony against my client. 388 00:27:57,630 --> 00:28:00,950 You certainly haven't offered any evidence that would involve him in 389 00:28:00,950 --> 00:28:01,950 Wright's death. 390 00:28:02,150 --> 00:28:05,170 Nor can you offer such evidence, can you? 391 00:28:06,470 --> 00:28:07,470 Judge Bennett. 392 00:28:07,590 --> 00:28:08,610 It's what happened. 393 00:28:08,850 --> 00:28:11,050 Just because I can't prove it doesn't mean it isn't true. 394 00:28:11,310 --> 00:28:12,930 Were you supposed to take your word for it? 395 00:28:14,290 --> 00:28:15,290 Yes. 396 00:28:15,950 --> 00:28:17,370 I think not. 397 00:28:20,790 --> 00:28:21,910 No further questions. 398 00:28:24,250 --> 00:28:25,610 Witness may step down. 399 00:28:25,830 --> 00:28:26,830 Yeah. 400 00:28:27,190 --> 00:28:30,050 Ben, Bob Brooks just got this from the police lab. 401 00:28:34,470 --> 00:28:36,230 This is inexcusable. 402 00:28:36,890 --> 00:28:41,430 Mr. Matlock has had the police department at his full disposal since 403 00:28:41,450 --> 00:28:46,250 For them to produce evidence on his behalf this late in the day, it's 404 00:28:46,250 --> 00:28:47,250 outrageous. 405 00:28:47,730 --> 00:28:53,130 Mr. Gaddis is absolutely correct, Your Honor. The police lab took way too long 406 00:28:53,130 --> 00:28:54,210 to complete this analysis. 407 00:28:54,970 --> 00:28:57,310 I wish we could have gotten it to him much earlier. 408 00:28:58,990 --> 00:29:04,090 Well, I just resent being thrown a curve this halfway through a trial. 409 00:29:05,270 --> 00:29:09,230 You had full disclosure, Mr. Gaddis, and you knew they were running tests. 410 00:29:09,770 --> 00:29:14,310 A half -day recess should give you ample time to work the result into your 411 00:29:14,310 --> 00:29:15,310 defense. 412 00:29:15,510 --> 00:29:17,850 Now, let's get back in there. 413 00:29:18,550 --> 00:29:22,390 We'll put your witness on the stand, Mr. Matlock, and then recess till tomorrow. 414 00:29:26,090 --> 00:29:27,090 I don't like this one bit. 415 00:29:27,910 --> 00:29:29,050 I don't blame you. 416 00:29:32,310 --> 00:29:39,210 Lieutenant Brooks, when the police arrived at Howard Wright's house the 417 00:29:39,210 --> 00:29:44,530 night of the murder, they found a fresh puddle of transmission fluid outside his 418 00:29:44,530 --> 00:29:45,530 garage. Is that correct? 419 00:29:45,870 --> 00:29:46,809 Yes, we did. 420 00:29:46,810 --> 00:29:47,810 Where did it come from? 421 00:29:48,150 --> 00:29:52,870 A comparative analysis performed after the defendant was arrested shows it came 422 00:29:52,870 --> 00:29:53,870 from his car. 423 00:29:54,120 --> 00:29:58,900 Meaning the defendant's car was parked outside his garage that night? 424 00:29:59,140 --> 00:30:03,260 Yes. Doesn't necessarily mean the defendant was in the garage, though, 425 00:30:03,420 --> 00:30:09,160 No, but we also found a varnish on the floor of Howard Wright's workshop that 426 00:30:09,160 --> 00:30:11,660 night. Apparently it had spilled during the shooting. 427 00:30:12,200 --> 00:30:17,240 Forensics has isolated traces of that exact same varnish on the fibers of the 428 00:30:17,240 --> 00:30:19,800 floor mat on the driver's side of the defendant's car. 429 00:30:20,350 --> 00:30:22,170 as well as on the bottoms of his shoes. 430 00:30:22,410 --> 00:30:26,810 In other words, the defendant was in Howard Wright's garage the night of the 431 00:30:26,810 --> 00:30:28,150 murder, wasn't he? Objection. 432 00:30:28,750 --> 00:30:29,750 Calls for a conclusion. 433 00:30:29,990 --> 00:30:30,990 Withdraw the question. 434 00:30:31,690 --> 00:30:34,710 Thank you, Lieutenant Brooks. 435 00:30:35,510 --> 00:30:36,510 Nothing further. 436 00:30:38,490 --> 00:30:39,490 Mr. Gattis? 437 00:30:40,570 --> 00:30:41,570 No question. 438 00:30:41,890 --> 00:30:43,110 Witness may step down. 439 00:30:44,110 --> 00:30:46,610 This court is in recess until 9 a .m. tomorrow. 440 00:30:51,880 --> 00:30:53,020 You lied to me, Tom. 441 00:30:54,360 --> 00:30:55,680 Chester, I didn't kill him. 442 00:30:57,140 --> 00:30:58,140 You were there. 443 00:30:58,560 --> 00:31:00,920 The jury knows you were there. I was there. 444 00:31:01,240 --> 00:31:06,360 But I swear I didn't kill him. The whole subject of my case was proving that you 445 00:31:06,360 --> 00:31:07,360 weren't there. 446 00:31:08,180 --> 00:31:11,580 I discredited the eyewitnesses. I discredited the police. 447 00:31:12,640 --> 00:31:14,320 And now I look like a fool. 448 00:31:15,820 --> 00:31:19,600 But you, Tom, you look like you're guilty. 449 00:31:22,960 --> 00:31:23,960 What do we do now? 450 00:31:27,340 --> 00:31:28,600 I'm putting you on the stand. 451 00:31:31,380 --> 00:31:32,400 Is that a good idea? 452 00:31:33,540 --> 00:31:34,680 It's the only idea. 453 00:31:36,220 --> 00:31:40,020 I don't want to put any pressure on you, but this better be the greatest 454 00:31:40,020 --> 00:31:41,260 performance of your life. 455 00:31:42,020 --> 00:31:45,240 Because if it's not, you'll spend the rest of your life in prison. 456 00:31:59,470 --> 00:32:01,030 Everything David Bennett said is true. 457 00:32:03,510 --> 00:32:08,570 I conspired with him and Judge Levin to fix the outcome of certain cases. 458 00:32:10,210 --> 00:32:15,310 And I paid Howard Wright to lose the case against someone who was 459 00:32:15,310 --> 00:32:18,090 in my winning a multi -million dollar lawsuit. 460 00:32:19,650 --> 00:32:21,110 But I did not kill him. 461 00:32:23,770 --> 00:32:26,010 What were you doing in his workshop that night? 462 00:32:27,810 --> 00:32:33,010 Well, he was afraid the police were on to him, so he asked me for $100 ,000 to 463 00:32:33,010 --> 00:32:34,150 leave town. 464 00:32:35,890 --> 00:32:41,350 So I got the money, and I stopped by at 8 to deliver it like we'd arranged. 465 00:32:42,770 --> 00:32:44,810 Only when I got there, he was dead. 466 00:32:47,170 --> 00:32:48,730 Somebody else had shot him. 467 00:32:50,290 --> 00:32:55,490 I swear under oath that I did not kill Howard Wright. 468 00:32:58,250 --> 00:32:59,250 Thank you. 469 00:33:00,550 --> 00:33:01,550 Mr. Matlock? 470 00:33:05,610 --> 00:33:12,370 So... So you paid Howard Wright to lose the 471 00:33:12,370 --> 00:33:16,310 evidence in a case against Jimmy Giles. Is that right? 472 00:33:16,970 --> 00:33:18,370 I already said that, yes. 473 00:33:19,650 --> 00:33:25,210 Well, you had a very good reason to kill him. I mean, if he had gone to the 474 00:33:25,210 --> 00:33:26,210 police, why... 475 00:33:26,700 --> 00:33:28,200 You would have been ruined, wouldn't you? 476 00:33:29,080 --> 00:33:31,860 Yes. So you were paying him off. 477 00:33:32,860 --> 00:33:38,660 What would keep him from asking for another $100 ,000? 478 00:33:41,400 --> 00:33:43,700 Nothing. So you couldn't be sure. 479 00:33:44,380 --> 00:33:48,080 I mean, you couldn't be sure he wouldn't ask for more. You couldn't be sure he 480 00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:51,860 wouldn't go to the police. So you did the only thing you could be sure of. You 481 00:33:51,860 --> 00:33:53,820 went to his house that night, didn't you? 482 00:33:54,260 --> 00:33:55,260 Yes or no. 483 00:33:55,630 --> 00:33:58,030 Yes, I went to his house. And you killed him? No. 484 00:33:58,770 --> 00:34:01,410 He was dead when I got there. I swear. 485 00:34:01,970 --> 00:34:08,389 So just like your counselor said to my witness yesterday, we're just supposed 486 00:34:08,389 --> 00:34:09,810 take your word for it. Yes. 487 00:34:10,989 --> 00:34:12,429 I left the money there. 488 00:34:13,909 --> 00:34:14,909 You what? 489 00:34:15,270 --> 00:34:19,670 I was so frightened when I saw him that I ran away without the money. 490 00:34:20,270 --> 00:34:22,590 You left $100 ,000? 491 00:34:23,600 --> 00:34:26,020 The first thing I saw when I went in was him on the floor. 492 00:34:26,420 --> 00:34:29,400 I thought he flipped in the varnish and hit his head. 493 00:34:30,580 --> 00:34:32,900 I put my briefcase down and went over to him. 494 00:34:34,300 --> 00:34:35,300 Then I saw the blood. 495 00:34:36,199 --> 00:34:39,500 All of a sudden, the alarm on his watch went off. 496 00:34:41,060 --> 00:34:42,900 I ran out of there as fast as I could. 497 00:34:44,060 --> 00:34:46,520 I didn't even remember the money till the next morning. 498 00:34:48,280 --> 00:34:52,199 There was no briefcase found, let alone $100 ,000. 499 00:34:53,900 --> 00:34:54,900 Well, that may be. 500 00:34:55,679 --> 00:34:56,940 But I left it there. 501 00:35:02,840 --> 00:35:03,840 Mr. Matlock? 502 00:35:04,880 --> 00:35:05,880 Are you finished? 503 00:35:08,360 --> 00:35:14,960 Your Honor, I'd like to ask for a recess till tomorrow 504 00:35:14,960 --> 00:35:21,060 morning. We just had a recess, Mr. Matlock. Do you have any idea how 505 00:35:21,060 --> 00:35:22,060 this court is? 506 00:35:22,380 --> 00:35:23,800 It's personally a good honor. 507 00:35:24,120 --> 00:35:26,460 I don't feel so good. 508 00:35:26,700 --> 00:35:28,800 It must be something I ate for breakfast. 509 00:35:30,440 --> 00:35:33,640 This court is in recess until 9 .30 a .m. tomorrow. 510 00:35:39,820 --> 00:35:40,820 You all right? 511 00:35:43,460 --> 00:35:44,460 I'm fine. 512 00:35:44,580 --> 00:35:48,040 I just had to make sure he gave me the recess. 513 00:35:48,480 --> 00:35:50,660 But you had that guy. Why'd you stop? 514 00:35:51,400 --> 00:35:52,860 Because he's telling the truth. 515 00:35:53,580 --> 00:35:54,660 The truth? 516 00:35:54,860 --> 00:35:56,740 Ben, that story about the money is crazy. 517 00:35:57,460 --> 00:35:59,900 That's why he's got to be telling the truth. 518 00:36:06,300 --> 00:36:12,420 I don't remember seeing a briefcase. 519 00:36:13,480 --> 00:36:15,940 What did you do after you walked in and found your husband? 520 00:36:17,040 --> 00:36:19,840 I ran into the house, called 911. 521 00:36:20,810 --> 00:36:22,870 And I stayed in the house until the police came. 522 00:36:23,450 --> 00:36:26,310 And you don't remember seeing or picking up a briefcase? 523 00:36:27,530 --> 00:36:32,710 All I remember is seeing my husband lying there, dead. 524 00:36:34,550 --> 00:36:35,550 I'm sorry. 525 00:36:36,550 --> 00:36:37,550 I got it. 526 00:36:38,610 --> 00:36:40,030 I got the money right here. 527 00:36:52,330 --> 00:36:55,930 I just got a call from a man who said he was a special prosecutor or something 528 00:36:55,930 --> 00:36:56,970 up there in Atlanta. 529 00:36:57,410 --> 00:36:58,410 Ben Matlock? 530 00:36:58,530 --> 00:37:00,010 Yes, Ben Matlock. 531 00:37:00,590 --> 00:37:06,070 Anyway, he asked me about the $100 ,000 you just wired to your account down 532 00:37:06,070 --> 00:37:07,070 here. 533 00:37:07,390 --> 00:37:09,230 I mean, you know, our account. 534 00:37:09,850 --> 00:37:10,850 What do you want to know? 535 00:37:11,110 --> 00:37:12,490 Where the money came from. 536 00:37:13,050 --> 00:37:14,050 What did you tell him? 537 00:37:14,230 --> 00:37:15,230 I didn't know. 538 00:37:16,710 --> 00:37:17,890 That's all I could tell him. 539 00:37:18,890 --> 00:37:20,070 Uh, dear. 540 00:37:20,940 --> 00:37:22,740 Is everything all right with you? 541 00:37:24,660 --> 00:37:25,860 Everything's fine, Aunt Sam. 542 00:37:26,120 --> 00:37:27,120 It's nothing. 543 00:37:27,700 --> 00:37:32,740 But thank you for calling. And if he calls you again, you let me know, okay? 544 00:37:33,320 --> 00:37:34,320 All right, dear. 545 00:37:35,340 --> 00:37:36,340 Goodbye, dear. 546 00:37:36,400 --> 00:37:37,400 Bye. 547 00:37:46,800 --> 00:37:50,260 The first -in -hand delivered some documents to Frank Scansley. Where's his 548 00:37:50,260 --> 00:37:51,740 office? They're doing the right. 549 00:38:45,450 --> 00:38:46,450 Be seated. 550 00:38:48,990 --> 00:38:55,130 Well, did breakfast agree with you this morning, Mr. Matlock? Oh, very well, 551 00:38:55,150 --> 00:38:56,430 Your Honor, very well. 552 00:38:56,670 --> 00:38:57,670 Good. 553 00:38:58,090 --> 00:39:00,030 Mr. Gaddis, next witness. 554 00:39:01,110 --> 00:39:07,250 Your Honor, the state would like to reopen its case in order to present an 555 00:39:07,250 --> 00:39:10,150 additional witness. I've already spoken to Mr. Gaddis. 556 00:39:10,990 --> 00:39:11,990 Mr. Gaddis? 557 00:39:12,770 --> 00:39:14,590 I have no objections, Your Honor. 558 00:39:15,600 --> 00:39:17,020 Very well. Call your witness. 559 00:39:17,840 --> 00:39:20,300 The state calls Judge Diane Eleven. 560 00:39:22,220 --> 00:39:27,300 Approximately how much money did this conspiracy between you and Tom O 'Hare 561 00:39:27,300 --> 00:39:29,820 Judge Bennett net you over the years? 562 00:39:30,220 --> 00:39:31,780 What conspiracy is that? 563 00:39:32,020 --> 00:39:36,360 The same conspiracy that Tom O 'Hare and Judge Bennett admitted to in this 564 00:39:36,360 --> 00:39:38,240 courtroom. I don't know anything about it. 565 00:39:38,600 --> 00:39:39,600 Okay. 566 00:39:40,600 --> 00:39:43,920 You have an aunt named... 567 00:39:44,380 --> 00:39:46,920 Samantha Bergstrom down in Savannah, don't you? 568 00:39:47,140 --> 00:39:48,140 Yes, I do. 569 00:39:48,900 --> 00:39:55,140 And there are deposits that you make into her bank account and 570 00:39:55,140 --> 00:39:57,300 she does not. Is that correct? 571 00:39:57,740 --> 00:39:58,900 My aunt is elderly. 572 00:39:59,140 --> 00:40:04,040 I worry about her, so I send money that I earn as a consultant to her bank in 573 00:40:04,040 --> 00:40:05,040 case of emergency. 574 00:40:05,160 --> 00:40:06,480 Come on now, come on. 575 00:40:08,180 --> 00:40:09,680 Sam Bergstrom. 576 00:40:11,100 --> 00:40:12,500 $125 ,000. 577 00:40:13,810 --> 00:40:17,310 Sam Bergstrom, $110 ,000. 578 00:40:18,330 --> 00:40:22,090 Sam Bergstrom, $95 ,000. 579 00:40:24,490 --> 00:40:30,430 That's exactly the same amount of money that Tom O 'Hare and David Bennett got. 580 00:40:30,590 --> 00:40:35,870 And they admitted in this courtroom that they were payoffs. Not consultant fees. 581 00:40:36,110 --> 00:40:40,210 Payoffs. I can only speak for myself, Mr. Matlock. 582 00:40:40,850 --> 00:40:42,050 That money... 583 00:40:42,380 --> 00:40:45,300 was for services I rendered as a legal consultant. 584 00:40:47,700 --> 00:40:54,480 I subpoenaed the records of your aunt's bank 585 00:40:54,480 --> 00:41:01,480 account, and all the deposits that were made match exactly the checks 586 00:41:01,480 --> 00:41:07,000 the Connor Corporation made out to her. All except this last one, this last one 587 00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:08,600 here. $100 ,000. 588 00:41:09,920 --> 00:41:14,450 Deposited. The day after Howard Wright was murdered. Where'd that come from? 589 00:41:16,770 --> 00:41:19,870 That was money I was keeping in a safe deposit box. 590 00:41:20,430 --> 00:41:25,770 Are you sure it wasn't the money Tom O 'Hare left in Howard Wright's workshop? 591 00:41:26,750 --> 00:41:27,750 I'm positive. 592 00:41:28,430 --> 00:41:33,450 What if Howard Wright had told the police about this conspiracy that Tom O 593 00:41:33,450 --> 00:41:34,450 roped him into? 594 00:41:34,590 --> 00:41:37,010 That would have been the end of your career, too, wouldn't it? 595 00:41:37,330 --> 00:41:40,680 Again. I don't know anything about a conspiracy. 596 00:41:44,560 --> 00:41:51,400 Did Tom O 'Hare tell you he was going over to Howard Wright's 597 00:41:51,400 --> 00:41:53,060 house at 8 o 'clock that night? 598 00:41:53,460 --> 00:41:54,460 No. 599 00:41:55,260 --> 00:41:56,520 He told me he did. 600 00:41:56,860 --> 00:41:57,900 Must have lied. 601 00:41:58,380 --> 00:42:01,740 You sure you didn't get there ahead of him and shoot Howard Wright to death? 602 00:42:01,940 --> 00:42:05,240 And then when Tom O 'Hare arrived ahead of schedule... 603 00:42:05,900 --> 00:42:08,640 You hid so he wouldn't see you, didn't you? No. 604 00:42:09,400 --> 00:42:13,520 And then after he went tearing out of there, you thought, well, why waste all 605 00:42:13,520 --> 00:42:15,000 this money on a dead man? 606 00:42:15,520 --> 00:42:19,900 So you took it and deposited it in your aunt's account, didn't you? 607 00:42:20,340 --> 00:42:22,660 No. Bet you wish you hadn't done that. 608 00:42:22,900 --> 00:42:24,500 That's what put us on to you. 609 00:42:25,360 --> 00:42:26,360 Mistake. 610 00:42:26,660 --> 00:42:30,620 She should have kept that cash and bought some new shoes or a robe or 611 00:42:31,980 --> 00:42:32,980 Now, see you watch. 612 00:42:35,980 --> 00:42:39,840 Oh, it's got one of those alarms that goes off every hour. 613 00:42:40,320 --> 00:42:41,320 Another mistake. 614 00:42:41,420 --> 00:42:42,980 You should have left this at home. 615 00:42:43,680 --> 00:42:45,580 Howard Wright didn't have a watch like this. 616 00:42:45,820 --> 00:42:49,180 Neither did Tom O 'Hare. It was your watch that went off that night, wasn't 617 00:42:49,800 --> 00:42:53,000 Thousands of people have a watch like this. That doesn't prove a thing. 618 00:42:55,520 --> 00:42:58,280 But now, a murder weapon. 619 00:42:59,600 --> 00:43:01,660 There would be proof. 620 00:43:02,340 --> 00:43:03,340 There would be proof. 621 00:43:05,070 --> 00:43:11,330 The gun that killed Howard Wright and a law clerk named Terry Lasher. The 622 00:43:11,330 --> 00:43:16,190 riflings on both bullets and both murders match exactly. 623 00:43:16,910 --> 00:43:20,530 Unfortunately, the gun has never been found. 624 00:43:21,770 --> 00:43:25,270 That is, until yesterday. 625 00:43:26,130 --> 00:43:30,770 The police found it in a desk drawer in the defendant's office. 626 00:43:31,430 --> 00:43:33,690 Then why on earth am I up here? 627 00:43:34,060 --> 00:43:35,220 Because you put it there. 628 00:43:40,600 --> 00:43:47,360 I called your aunt down in Savannah about that $100 629 00:43:47,360 --> 00:43:48,360 ,000. 630 00:43:48,900 --> 00:43:50,440 She called you, didn't she? 631 00:43:50,880 --> 00:43:55,940 And then you did just what I figured you'd do when you figured I was getting 632 00:43:55,940 --> 00:43:56,940 close. 633 00:43:57,860 --> 00:43:59,940 You killed two birds with one stone. 634 00:44:00,780 --> 00:44:04,260 You got rid of the murder weapon and you did it in such a way as to strengthen 635 00:44:04,260 --> 00:44:06,700 the case against the defendant, didn't you? 636 00:44:06,980 --> 00:44:07,980 No. 637 00:44:14,040 --> 00:44:17,060 You ever see yourself on TV, Judge Levin? 638 00:44:19,260 --> 00:44:23,620 We had TV cameras hidden all over Mr. O 'Hare's office. 639 00:44:24,160 --> 00:44:26,840 But this is my favorite angle right here. 640 00:44:27,370 --> 00:44:30,390 It shows his desk real clearly. 641 00:44:31,470 --> 00:44:33,390 And there you are. See? 642 00:44:33,630 --> 00:44:34,630 Isn't that you? 643 00:44:36,910 --> 00:44:40,210 Hiding that unregistered gun in his desk. 644 00:44:42,650 --> 00:44:46,070 The gun that killed Howard Wright and Terry Lasher. 645 00:44:48,650 --> 00:44:49,650 Why? 646 00:44:52,590 --> 00:44:55,810 So no one would ever know a person 647 00:44:56,970 --> 00:44:58,330 We really killed them. 648 00:45:02,050 --> 00:45:03,050 Was you. 649 00:45:14,010 --> 00:45:16,890 Very nice, Mr. Matlock. Back at you. 650 00:45:19,470 --> 00:45:22,230 Mr. O 'Hare has asked me to inquire. 651 00:45:22,720 --> 00:45:26,620 Whether you would represent him in his forthcoming trial for obstruction of 652 00:45:26,620 --> 00:45:29,660 justice, fraud, and about 12 other felony counts. 653 00:45:30,800 --> 00:45:32,960 Oh. Why don't you do it? 654 00:45:33,800 --> 00:45:36,260 I've had about all I can take of Mr. O 'Hare. 655 00:45:37,340 --> 00:45:38,340 Me too. 656 00:45:44,000 --> 00:45:45,000 Nice suit. 657 00:45:46,100 --> 00:45:47,100 Nice tie. 48967

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