1 00:00:03,009 --> 00:00:04,450 Previously on L .A. Law. 2 00:00:04,830 --> 00:00:07,250 My husband, Armand Sevilla. 3 00:00:07,770 --> 00:00:08,770 The land developer. 4 00:00:09,350 --> 00:00:11,670 This divorce, he never wanted it. 5 00:00:12,130 --> 00:00:13,250 He's made certain threats. 6 00:00:13,910 --> 00:00:15,210 And you're frightened of him? 7 00:00:15,430 --> 00:00:18,610 Yes. Well, I'm not. So why don't you have dinner with me tonight, Lauren? 8 00:00:19,790 --> 00:00:23,050 Mackenzie's called me into his office this afternoon for a meeting about 9 00:00:23,050 --> 00:00:24,050 v. Gratinger. 10 00:00:24,910 --> 00:00:26,310 It can only mean one thing. 11 00:00:26,850 --> 00:00:27,850 I'm getting fired. 12 00:00:28,050 --> 00:00:30,170 Marty and I have agreed to merge and go public. 13 00:00:30,510 --> 00:00:31,510 You're kidding! 14 00:00:31,680 --> 00:00:36,060 Of all the attorneys we had, she's the only one who realized that what we 15 00:00:36,060 --> 00:00:37,600 wanted was to get back together again. 16 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:39,140 Well done, Miss Perkins. 17 00:00:39,420 --> 00:00:41,180 Not to worry. We're brothers, remember? 18 00:00:41,660 --> 00:00:43,000 Brothers help each other. 19 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:46,220 Like you're going to help me with office space nights and weekends. 20 00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:48,320 Your lovely bride, what's her name? Sheila. 21 00:00:48,580 --> 00:00:51,100 I don't know any way to say this except to be blunt. 22 00:00:52,620 --> 00:00:53,800 We have to break it off. 23 00:00:54,540 --> 00:00:55,940 I'm being blackmailed. 24 00:00:56,740 --> 00:00:57,740 Oh, no. 25 00:00:58,800 --> 00:00:59,800 Your brother? 26 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:12,980 Douglas Brackman to see Mr. Farrell. 27 00:01:13,820 --> 00:01:14,820 Oh, yeah. 28 00:01:15,300 --> 00:01:16,500 The brother, right? 29 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:18,520 Would you just tell him, please? 30 00:01:20,540 --> 00:01:21,600 It's your brother. 31 00:01:22,300 --> 00:01:24,240 Okay. He'll be out in a jiffy. 32 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:25,480 Thanks. 33 00:01:27,260 --> 00:01:28,260 Brandy ball? 34 00:01:32,700 --> 00:01:34,340 Entree, mon cher frere. 35 00:01:42,220 --> 00:01:45,180 Is this a Christmas visit or a business rendezvous? Neither. 36 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:46,980 It's quite simply goodbye. 37 00:01:47,220 --> 00:01:52,080 Goodbye? I told Sheila about my relationship with Rhonda. It cost me a 38 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:54,880 coat, an emerald necklace, and a jaguar. 39 00:01:55,370 --> 00:01:58,810 But you'll blackmail me no longer, you swine. Dougie, mon frere. 40 00:01:59,050 --> 00:02:01,590 Don't Dougie me, you cheeseball. It is Douglas. 41 00:02:02,030 --> 00:02:08,150 As a toddler, it was Douglas. As a teenager, as a collegian, at this moment 42 00:02:08,150 --> 00:02:11,690 time, and ultimately on my tombstone, it is Douglas. 43 00:02:11,990 --> 00:02:13,730 Now give me back my office keys. 44 00:02:15,210 --> 00:02:16,930 Okay. Relax. 45 00:02:18,110 --> 00:02:19,210 Don't have a heart attack. 46 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:25,780 I'm going to miss you, Dougie. 47 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:28,600 This is going to be a serious loss to me. 48 00:02:30,540 --> 00:02:31,540 Emotionally speaking. 49 00:02:33,460 --> 00:02:36,460 Especially this time of year, which that reminds me. 50 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:41,680 Merry Christmas. 51 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:48,560 Aren't you going to open it? 52 00:02:54,730 --> 00:02:55,930 I can't accept this. 53 00:02:57,590 --> 00:03:01,190 It must have cost a fortune. That's the beauty part of it. I got a client who 54 00:03:01,190 --> 00:03:02,190 deals with this stuff. 55 00:03:02,770 --> 00:03:03,770 Perfect knockoff, huh? 56 00:03:07,290 --> 00:03:08,330 Wear it in good health. 57 00:03:15,010 --> 00:03:18,910 And if you ever need a brother or a lawyer... 58 00:03:27,210 --> 00:03:29,330 Ho, ho, ho. Merry Christmas. 59 00:03:29,590 --> 00:03:33,890 Merry Christmas. 60 00:03:34,290 --> 00:03:35,290 Ho, ho, ho. 61 00:03:36,210 --> 00:03:37,930 Merry Christmas. 62 00:03:38,210 --> 00:03:39,570 Ho, ho, ho. 63 00:03:40,210 --> 00:03:44,950 Thank you. 64 00:03:57,779 --> 00:03:58,779 Same to you. 65 00:05:53,510 --> 00:05:55,130 Morning. Do you like ballet? 66 00:05:57,410 --> 00:05:58,410 Hmm. 67 00:06:00,490 --> 00:06:01,490 Ballet. 68 00:06:03,650 --> 00:06:04,650 Not my thing. 69 00:06:08,090 --> 00:06:12,450 You won't be angry then if I take my niece tonight instead of you. 70 00:06:12,730 --> 00:06:14,230 I promised her months ago. 71 00:06:20,720 --> 00:06:22,840 As long as you promise me that you'll come back. 72 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:26,280 Yeah. After. 73 00:06:30,480 --> 00:06:31,480 Yeah. 74 00:06:31,980 --> 00:06:32,980 Okay. 75 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:42,920 You don't know how much you mean to me. 76 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:53,560 I feel like this again. 77 00:07:36,460 --> 00:07:37,460 I'm paying for both. 78 00:07:37,840 --> 00:07:39,900 Trying to bribe the opposition, Conrad? 79 00:07:40,180 --> 00:07:44,080 My way of wishing you an extremely Merry Christmas, Grace. 80 00:07:44,540 --> 00:07:47,060 And an extremely Merry Christmas to you. 81 00:07:50,920 --> 00:07:54,980 How about we sit for a minute? 82 00:07:56,540 --> 00:07:59,360 Sure. Gotta be back in court in five. 83 00:07:59,800 --> 00:08:03,500 Actually, what I was thinking is we should probably save ourselves the time 84 00:08:03,500 --> 00:08:04,620 the taxpayers the money. 85 00:08:04,990 --> 00:08:10,230 Conrad, please, how many different ways can I say I am not going to dismiss a 86 00:08:10,230 --> 00:08:11,230 murder case? 87 00:08:11,430 --> 00:08:15,170 My client is every bit as much of a victim as his father, Grace. 88 00:08:15,470 --> 00:08:18,990 No, Conrad, there is one big difference. His father's dead. 89 00:08:19,210 --> 00:08:20,770 And it was pure self -defense. 90 00:08:21,170 --> 00:08:23,190 He stabbed him 11 times. 91 00:08:23,630 --> 00:08:26,290 11. His father was trying to kill him. 92 00:08:27,210 --> 00:08:31,030 I mean, he'd been physically brutalizing that kid for years. 93 00:08:31,270 --> 00:08:34,470 You tell me, what in the hell was that kid supposed to do? Well, here's a real 94 00:08:34,470 --> 00:08:35,329 original thought. 95 00:08:35,330 --> 00:08:36,429 He could have called the police. 96 00:08:37,530 --> 00:08:42,549 I'm sorry, Conrad. I don't care what kind of an ogre his father was. It 97 00:08:42,549 --> 00:08:45,870 give Reuben the right to murder him. I don't get it, Greg. I mean, what are we 98 00:08:45,870 --> 00:08:46,870 talking here? 99 00:08:46,930 --> 00:08:49,590 We're talking a basically good kid. 100 00:08:50,110 --> 00:08:51,650 No priors? No priors. 101 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:55,560 What about the two burglaries, assault, possession of a controlled substance? 102 00:08:55,800 --> 00:08:59,480 All committed as a juvenile, which means the jury is never going to hear about 103 00:08:59,480 --> 00:09:05,100 it. All they're going to see is this brutalized, terrified 18 -year -old kid, 104 00:09:05,260 --> 00:09:07,680 and they're going to acquit him. You're dreaming. 105 00:09:08,400 --> 00:09:12,700 The evidence easily supports murder, too. Your client is looking at a 106 00:09:12,700 --> 00:09:17,040 15 years to life, Conrad. Oh, and the thought of that really gets you hot, 107 00:09:17,140 --> 00:09:18,140 doesn't it, Grace? 108 00:09:18,160 --> 00:09:19,700 No, it doesn't. 109 00:09:20,940 --> 00:09:25,740 And it happens. I feel there are extenuating circumstances here. And I do 110 00:09:25,740 --> 00:09:29,440 for this kid, which is why I'm still willing to let him cop to a voluntary 111 00:09:29,440 --> 00:09:32,280 manslaughter with a recommendation for minimum sentence. 112 00:09:32,680 --> 00:09:36,020 He'd be out in three years. It's a good deal, Conrad. Take it. 113 00:09:40,220 --> 00:09:41,860 I'll see you in court, Grace. 114 00:09:43,840 --> 00:09:48,220 And would you tell us what happened then, Officer Tanana? 115 00:09:48,720 --> 00:09:51,900 At this point in time, my partner and I knocked on the door and we identified 116 00:09:51,900 --> 00:09:53,240 ourselves as police officers. 117 00:09:53,500 --> 00:09:56,820 The defendant, Ruben Mendez, opened the door. There was blood all over him and 118 00:09:56,820 --> 00:10:00,040 he had a bloody knife in his hand. I told him to put it down, at which time 119 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:01,040 complied. 120 00:10:01,580 --> 00:10:04,060 Showing you People's Exhibit 1, is this the knife? 121 00:10:06,120 --> 00:10:07,120 Yes, it is. 122 00:10:07,720 --> 00:10:10,860 Yes, I put my initials on a tag before booking it into evidence. 123 00:10:11,220 --> 00:10:14,040 And what happened after the defendant put down the knife? 124 00:10:14,430 --> 00:10:17,570 My partner and I entered the apartment where a male Hispanic, later identified 125 00:10:17,570 --> 00:10:21,210 as Jose Mendez, was dead from apparent stab wounds. At that time, we placed 126 00:10:21,210 --> 00:10:23,150 Ruben Mendez under arrest for murder. 127 00:10:23,830 --> 00:10:26,470 Did you advise him of his constitutional rights? 128 00:10:26,790 --> 00:10:28,630 Yes, in English and in Spanish. 129 00:10:28,850 --> 00:10:31,870 He said he understood his rights and he wanted to waive them and speak to us 130 00:10:31,870 --> 00:10:32,890 without an attorney present. 131 00:10:33,170 --> 00:10:34,570 Did he make a statement to you? 132 00:10:34,870 --> 00:10:38,370 He said his father was hitting him, so he got a knife and he cut him. 133 00:10:40,430 --> 00:10:41,430 Thank you. 134 00:10:42,010 --> 00:10:43,410 Nothing further at this time. 135 00:10:46,739 --> 00:10:51,600 Officer Tanana, you say that when Ruben Mendez let you into the apartment, he 136 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:53,440 was holding this knife in his hand? 137 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:59,160 Correct. Now, did he threaten you or your partner with it? No. 138 00:10:59,420 --> 00:11:02,220 Did he resist you in any way? 139 00:11:02,500 --> 00:11:03,500 No. 140 00:11:03,760 --> 00:11:07,200 Officer, you testified that Ruben made a statement to you. 141 00:11:07,560 --> 00:11:10,540 After he was merendized both in English and in Spanish. 142 00:11:10,860 --> 00:11:14,960 Right, I'm not disputing that. What I am disputing is the substance of what 143 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:15,980 Ruben said to you. 144 00:11:16,710 --> 00:11:17,710 Objection. Sustained. 145 00:11:18,370 --> 00:11:20,690 Ask a question, Counselor. Thank you, I will. 146 00:11:21,530 --> 00:11:25,510 Officer Tanana, isn't it true that Reuben told you his father said that he 147 00:11:25,510 --> 00:11:28,470 going to kill him, and that's why he got a knife, to protect himself? 148 00:11:28,810 --> 00:11:32,670 I don't remember anything like that. He just said his father was hitting him. 149 00:11:32,830 --> 00:11:33,870 You don't remember? 150 00:11:34,190 --> 00:11:37,990 Well, didn't you write down what Reuben said at the time he said it? Not in 151 00:11:37,990 --> 00:11:39,590 full, not until I got back to the station. 152 00:11:40,140 --> 00:11:43,260 Well, don't you think it would have been a good idea to do it at the scene while 153 00:11:43,260 --> 00:11:46,340 you might have had a chance to actually remember what he said? 154 00:11:46,980 --> 00:11:48,240 Objection, argumentative. 155 00:11:48,540 --> 00:11:49,540 Sustained. 156 00:11:52,120 --> 00:11:58,520 Officer Tanana, did you see any bruises or injuries on Reuben's body the night 157 00:11:58,520 --> 00:11:59,499 you arrested him? 158 00:11:59,500 --> 00:12:00,720 They look like old ones to me. 159 00:12:01,140 --> 00:12:05,480 Objection. Motion to strike is non -responsive and conclusionary. Officer, 160 00:12:05,480 --> 00:12:08,720 the defendant have bruises or injuries? A simple yes or no will suffice. 161 00:12:09,320 --> 00:12:10,360 Uh, yes, yes. 162 00:12:11,320 --> 00:12:12,520 Thank you. Nothing further? 163 00:12:14,180 --> 00:12:18,560 Officer Tanana, have you had any training and or experience in 164 00:12:18,560 --> 00:12:20,480 origin and severity of injuries? 165 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:24,300 I had training at the police academy and then ten years in the field. 166 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:25,940 Unfortunately, you see a lot. 167 00:12:26,300 --> 00:12:30,540 Based on your training and expertise, did you form any opinion regarding any 168 00:12:30,540 --> 00:12:34,040 bruises or injuries that Ruben Mendez might have had on the night that you 169 00:12:34,040 --> 00:12:35,040 arrested him? 170 00:12:35,140 --> 00:12:38,420 He had a bruise and a small cut around his left eye. 171 00:12:38,920 --> 00:12:42,180 but both injuries appeared to be a couple of days old at least. 172 00:12:42,420 --> 00:12:43,420 Thank you. 173 00:12:43,580 --> 00:12:44,580 Nothing further. 174 00:12:51,280 --> 00:12:52,600 Who's in charge here, guys? 175 00:12:53,480 --> 00:12:54,480 Over there? 176 00:12:58,960 --> 00:12:59,960 Detective? 177 00:13:00,940 --> 00:13:02,300 Hi, Victor Fuentes. 178 00:13:02,780 --> 00:13:05,720 Ah, the attorney, huh? Yeah. 179 00:13:06,080 --> 00:13:07,440 I'd like to see my client, please. 180 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:13,100 Yeah, well, the grieving widow is hiding out upstairs. 181 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:14,780 What's the attitude, Detective? 182 00:13:15,620 --> 00:13:21,060 From my experience, Counselor, a woman with nothing to hide usually doesn't 183 00:13:21,060 --> 00:13:25,220 explaining what her husband's doing shot to death in the driveway of their home. 184 00:13:40,140 --> 00:13:41,140 God, help me. 185 00:13:41,760 --> 00:13:42,699 It's okay. 186 00:13:42,700 --> 00:13:43,700 It's okay. 187 00:13:45,120 --> 00:13:46,120 Hi. 188 00:13:46,400 --> 00:13:47,400 You all right? 189 00:13:48,180 --> 00:13:49,180 I'm fine. 190 00:13:50,340 --> 00:13:51,580 I want to tell him what happened. 191 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:55,000 Oh. 192 00:13:56,240 --> 00:13:59,840 I was... pulling my car into the garage. 193 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:02,520 I thought you were supposed to come to my place after the ballet. 194 00:14:03,380 --> 00:14:04,600 After I took my niece home. 195 00:14:05,640 --> 00:14:07,000 I stopped by here to change. 196 00:14:08,780 --> 00:14:12,840 He must have been waiting. When I opened the garage door, he slipped in behind 197 00:14:12,840 --> 00:14:17,080 me and he grabbed me as I got out of the car and he started yelling. 198 00:14:18,860 --> 00:14:25,640 Then I was a bitch and a whore and... He punched me and 199 00:14:25,640 --> 00:14:26,860 said he was going to kill me. 200 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:31,520 So I took out my gun and I told him to leave me alone. 201 00:14:31,820 --> 00:14:32,820 You carry a gun? 202 00:14:32,960 --> 00:14:33,960 It was his. 203 00:14:34,560 --> 00:14:37,060 He had six or seven of them, all unregistered. 204 00:14:37,640 --> 00:14:40,220 I didn't think he'd miss one, so I took it before he moved out. 205 00:14:41,380 --> 00:14:43,740 Victor, I was scared of him. I didn't mean to use it. 206 00:14:44,660 --> 00:14:48,100 But he kept coming at me. He kept telling me he was really going to make 207 00:14:48,980 --> 00:14:49,980 I was terrified. 208 00:14:50,780 --> 00:14:53,620 So I closed my eyes and called the trigger. 209 00:14:56,900 --> 00:14:57,900 What did you do with the gun? 210 00:14:58,140 --> 00:14:59,820 I dropped it on the ground next to him. 211 00:15:00,780 --> 00:15:02,160 I came inside and called you. 212 00:15:03,020 --> 00:15:06,420 The fingerprints are probably tied to the gun. 213 00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:09,080 Oh, they don't have fingerprints. 214 00:15:09,420 --> 00:15:10,420 I had gloves on. 215 00:15:10,520 --> 00:15:11,520 Gloves? 216 00:15:11,820 --> 00:15:12,980 I wore them to the ballet. 217 00:15:13,280 --> 00:15:14,280 Where are they? 218 00:15:14,860 --> 00:15:16,960 The police will want to test them for gunshot residue. 219 00:15:18,160 --> 00:15:19,160 I burnt them. 220 00:15:19,200 --> 00:15:20,460 What? Oh, please. 221 00:15:21,820 --> 00:15:25,460 This is Armand Sevier we're talking about. The Sevier Institute of Science. 222 00:15:25,840 --> 00:15:27,780 The Sevier Collection at the County Museum. 223 00:15:28,660 --> 00:15:31,400 People don't think of him as the sort of man that sends out for teenage 224 00:15:31,400 --> 00:15:32,400 prostitutes. 225 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:34,360 Or what is his wife? 226 00:15:34,990 --> 00:15:38,210 They'll have sex with a business associate while he watches and then 227 00:15:38,210 --> 00:15:39,210 jaw for doing it. 228 00:15:42,950 --> 00:15:47,030 I also took his watch and all the cash he had in his pocket. 229 00:15:47,250 --> 00:15:48,610 Oh, Lauren. I'm sorry. 230 00:15:49,270 --> 00:15:53,290 I didn't think anyone would believe me. I thought I was doing the smart thing. 231 00:15:58,290 --> 00:15:59,290 What happens now? 232 00:15:59,490 --> 00:16:00,610 They're going to arrest you. 233 00:16:02,280 --> 00:16:05,300 Why do they have to arrest me? Why? Because that cop out there believes you 234 00:16:05,300 --> 00:16:06,660 murdered your husband. That's why. 235 00:16:06,880 --> 00:16:07,880 What about you? 236 00:16:08,740 --> 00:16:09,740 What do you believe? 237 00:16:11,540 --> 00:16:12,540 I don't know. 238 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:21,280 I don't know. 239 00:16:23,960 --> 00:16:28,000 Moving along to Lipper versus Lipper. Yeah, that's mine. The husband's 240 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:31,480 from Ed to Paul, it's some sort of a custody matter. I'll know more about it 241 00:16:31,480 --> 00:16:32,169 when I... 242 00:16:32,170 --> 00:16:33,170 See you next week. 243 00:16:33,290 --> 00:16:35,010 In re estate of Sprake. 244 00:16:35,250 --> 00:16:37,830 Still waiting for that release from Franchise Tax Board. 245 00:16:38,750 --> 00:16:42,830 Mr. Rollins, what is the status on Bass versus Capital Studios? 246 00:16:43,210 --> 00:16:44,790 We filed for a court -ordered accounting. 247 00:16:45,670 --> 00:16:47,730 We should have something scheduled by the first of the year. 248 00:16:48,370 --> 00:16:50,050 Excuse me, I gotta go. 249 00:16:51,910 --> 00:16:54,150 Victor, you sure you don't want me to take over the arraignment? 250 00:16:54,490 --> 00:16:55,449 Thanks, man. 251 00:16:55,450 --> 00:16:56,450 It's under control. 252 00:17:00,570 --> 00:17:01,710 Anybody know what happened? 253 00:17:02,120 --> 00:17:03,860 The paper said he was killed right outside the house. 254 00:17:04,359 --> 00:17:07,020 Why would I not want to defend the woman I loved in a murder case? 255 00:17:07,520 --> 00:17:08,819 You think they have a case, Mike? 256 00:17:09,079 --> 00:17:13,040 Well, people, if we can refrain from speculation after the day's headlines, 257 00:17:13,040 --> 00:17:16,240 like to get through here. Miss Perkins, why don't you bring us current on the 258 00:17:16,240 --> 00:17:17,240 Rona grading of merger? 259 00:17:17,480 --> 00:17:21,119 I'm trying to get the SEC filing put together by year end. I figure with some 260 00:17:21,119 --> 00:17:22,980 serious night work this week, we ought to be in shape. 261 00:17:23,240 --> 00:17:26,980 Excellent. As that concludes the morning's agenda, I'd like to remind you 262 00:17:26,980 --> 00:17:30,520 that our annual Yuletide festivities will be held this coming Wednesday at 5 263 00:17:30,520 --> 00:17:34,710 'clock. While attendance is not mandatory, all those present will 264 00:17:34,710 --> 00:17:35,710 Christmas bonuses. 265 00:17:35,750 --> 00:17:37,450 Anything further? 266 00:17:38,610 --> 00:17:41,250 We're adjourned. I can't believe you guys filed on this thing. 267 00:17:41,590 --> 00:17:45,190 There is absolutely nothing here to tie my client to the murder of her husband. 268 00:17:45,990 --> 00:17:49,430 Gee, I don't know, Victor. Call me cynical, or maybe I've just been doing 269 00:17:49,430 --> 00:17:53,090 job too long, but I see people every day who kill for 20 bucks and a time at 270 00:17:53,090 --> 00:17:53,929 least. 271 00:17:53,930 --> 00:17:57,050 Somehow it's not too hard for me to imagine your client doing it for 50 272 00:17:57,230 --> 00:18:01,110 Oh, that's nice, Jack, but your imagination doesn't exactly establish 273 00:18:01,110 --> 00:18:02,350 beyond a reasonable doubt. 274 00:18:02,870 --> 00:18:05,570 I've got this theory, so hang in there with me for a minute, okay? 275 00:18:06,190 --> 00:18:10,050 We start with the premise of a beautiful and very smart little cookie who's 276 00:18:10,050 --> 00:18:13,370 married to this guy with 100 million bucks. Only now he wants to unload her 277 00:18:13,370 --> 00:18:15,150 do it cheap thanks to this prenuptial agreement. 278 00:18:15,370 --> 00:18:16,990 So our cookie gets an idea. 279 00:18:17,270 --> 00:18:18,570 A do -it -yourself divorce. 280 00:18:19,090 --> 00:18:22,710 And because, as we said, this is a smart cookie, she wears gloves. 281 00:18:23,260 --> 00:18:25,300 so there's no prints or gunshot residue. 282 00:18:26,240 --> 00:18:29,680 And then they throw the police off. She lifts his watch and his wallet to make 283 00:18:29,680 --> 00:18:30,680 it look like robbery. 284 00:18:31,760 --> 00:18:33,720 Unless you think maybe she had an accomplice. 285 00:18:35,620 --> 00:18:36,620 You think that, Victor? 286 00:18:40,620 --> 00:18:44,280 Go sell it to the movies, Jack. In the meantime, you still don't have one piece 287 00:18:44,280 --> 00:18:45,900 of physical evidence that's tied to the crime. 288 00:18:46,120 --> 00:18:49,280 The murder weapon, Victor. You were able to connect it to the gun? No. 289 00:18:49,940 --> 00:18:51,820 It's unresistable and untraceable. 290 00:18:56,199 --> 00:19:00,540 Victor, how many street robbers do you know who leave their gun behind? 291 00:19:01,600 --> 00:19:05,120 Now, what jury could possibly harbor a shred of reasonable doubt after you 292 00:19:05,120 --> 00:19:07,160 present them with something as devastating as that? 293 00:19:07,860 --> 00:19:10,760 Speaking of juries, they're not going to like her. 294 00:19:11,660 --> 00:19:13,540 The accent, the look. 295 00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:15,400 Uh -uh. 296 00:19:15,420 --> 00:19:16,660 They're going to want to see her pay. 297 00:19:17,020 --> 00:19:20,880 And between you and me, that's really kind of a loss. I mean, look at her. 298 00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:23,740 Gorgeous, smarter than your average bear. 299 00:19:24,430 --> 00:19:26,310 And if you could get her off, richer than God. 300 00:19:27,550 --> 00:19:30,930 If I could only learn to overlook small character flaws like murder, this is a 301 00:19:30,930 --> 00:19:31,950 woman I could get real with. 302 00:19:32,590 --> 00:19:33,590 Maybe even get married. 303 00:19:34,590 --> 00:19:37,230 Sure, it might get a little scary every time she got mad at me, but what the 304 00:19:37,230 --> 00:19:40,190 hell is life without risk? Hey, how about you give it a rest, okay? 305 00:19:40,450 --> 00:19:44,590 What? What? What do I sense here? That our crusading lawyer has perhaps more 306 00:19:44,590 --> 00:19:46,470 than a professional interest in this case? 307 00:19:46,710 --> 00:19:47,710 No. 308 00:19:47,810 --> 00:19:50,510 Oh, great. The judge just buzzed. He's coming out. 309 00:19:51,820 --> 00:19:52,820 All rise. 310 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:54,400 This court is in session. 311 00:19:54,620 --> 00:19:57,020 The Honorable Sidney Schroeder presiding. 312 00:19:57,860 --> 00:20:00,480 It's nearly 11 o 'clock. Can we get started here? 313 00:20:01,340 --> 00:20:04,280 People versus Lauren Sevilla. 314 00:20:04,620 --> 00:20:07,600 Ready, Your Honor. Victor Cifuentes representing the defendant, Your Honor. 315 00:20:07,660 --> 00:20:08,179 We're ready. 316 00:20:08,180 --> 00:20:08,919 Wave reading. 317 00:20:08,920 --> 00:20:09,819 So waved. 318 00:20:09,820 --> 00:20:12,800 Miss Sevilla, how do you plead? 319 00:20:13,160 --> 00:20:14,160 Not guilty, Your Honor. 320 00:20:14,560 --> 00:20:17,340 Preliminary hearing set in Department 137. 321 00:20:17,820 --> 00:20:20,980 Your Honor, at this time, I would like to request an O .R. release from my 322 00:20:20,980 --> 00:20:25,340 client. O .R.? This is a capital crime, a murder with special circumstances. 323 00:20:25,720 --> 00:20:27,520 You're looking for the death penalty here, Mr. 324 00:20:27,720 --> 00:20:31,020 Angeletti? It's possible. Your Honor, I would argue that this is not a capital 325 00:20:31,020 --> 00:20:34,420 case, as it does not fall under the special circumstances murder for 326 00:20:34,420 --> 00:20:35,399 gain provision. 327 00:20:35,400 --> 00:20:38,160 Furthermore, I would like to point out that my client has never been in trouble 328 00:20:38,160 --> 00:20:39,160 with the law whatsoever. 329 00:20:39,480 --> 00:20:42,720 Further, the D .A. has an exceedingly weak case. How about save it for the 330 00:20:42,720 --> 00:20:44,280 prelim, okay, Counselor? That's enough. 331 00:20:44,840 --> 00:20:48,280 Mr. Angeletti, is the DA's office opposed to any bail whatsoever? 332 00:20:48,820 --> 00:20:51,920 A million dollars bail, Your Honor. And I would once again reassert my petition 333 00:20:51,920 --> 00:20:56,540 for O .R., or in the alternative, argue that $25 ,000 is more than sufficient to 334 00:20:56,540 --> 00:20:58,100 ensure my client's presence in court. 335 00:20:58,320 --> 00:20:59,320 Submitted. 336 00:20:59,780 --> 00:21:02,500 Bail set in the amount of $200 ,000. 337 00:21:03,900 --> 00:21:04,900 Next case. 338 00:21:09,300 --> 00:21:13,080 Mrs. Mendez, will you please tell us... 339 00:21:13,740 --> 00:21:18,940 What happened when your son Ruben pulled your husband off you? He started going 340 00:21:18,940 --> 00:21:19,940 after Ruben. 341 00:21:20,500 --> 00:21:22,440 He was crazy, drunk. 342 00:21:22,800 --> 00:21:25,060 And what did you do when your husband chased your son? 343 00:21:25,460 --> 00:21:26,640 Like I always do. 344 00:21:27,440 --> 00:21:33,280 I grabbed the baby and I ran into the bedroom and locked it. That's when, 345 00:21:33,280 --> 00:21:34,279 when I heard it. 346 00:21:34,280 --> 00:21:38,440 Now, I want you to tell the court exactly what you heard, Mrs. Mendez. 347 00:21:38,680 --> 00:21:42,680 He was, he was screaming at Ruben that he was going to kill him. 348 00:21:43,050 --> 00:21:45,970 And all of a sudden, the noise just stopped. 349 00:21:48,810 --> 00:21:52,110 I opened the door, and I'd seen it. 350 00:21:54,310 --> 00:21:55,510 Jose was dead. 351 00:21:56,570 --> 00:21:59,770 And Ruben had... He had a knife. 352 00:22:06,970 --> 00:22:09,190 Would you like to take a break, ma 'am? 353 00:22:11,840 --> 00:22:12,840 I was shamed. 354 00:22:14,220 --> 00:22:17,280 I saw him lying in all that blood. 355 00:22:17,640 --> 00:22:18,640 My husband. 356 00:22:19,120 --> 00:22:21,080 And I felt glad. 357 00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:25,520 Glad that my children didn't have to be afraid no more. 358 00:22:30,420 --> 00:22:31,900 Thank you, Mrs. Mendez. 359 00:22:35,420 --> 00:22:37,460 Nothing further, Your Honor. 360 00:22:52,110 --> 00:22:56,710 You said your husband threatened the safety of your two children on and off 361 00:22:56,710 --> 00:22:57,710 the last three years? 362 00:22:58,450 --> 00:22:59,450 That's right. 363 00:23:01,730 --> 00:23:07,590 And yet, not once did you ever call the police or notify any authority. 364 00:23:08,170 --> 00:23:09,170 Why? 365 00:23:09,630 --> 00:23:10,990 We usually got away. 366 00:23:11,730 --> 00:23:13,530 We would lock ourselves in the room. 367 00:23:14,170 --> 00:23:16,370 Only this time, Ruben didn't make it. 368 00:23:16,850 --> 00:23:18,770 Jose was going to kill him. 369 00:23:19,130 --> 00:23:20,130 I swear. 370 00:23:20,570 --> 00:23:23,030 There was a telephone in that room, Mrs. Mendez. 371 00:23:24,570 --> 00:23:29,670 If you were so sure that your son was about to be killed, why didn't you pick 372 00:23:29,670 --> 00:23:32,950 up? There was no time. No time? 373 00:23:33,690 --> 00:23:35,850 So you chose just to sit it out? 374 00:23:36,070 --> 00:23:41,250 Your Honor. There are 12 reasonable people here, and you're asking them to 375 00:23:41,250 --> 00:23:44,430 believe that while your son's life was in danger... 376 00:23:44,910 --> 00:23:49,730 You didn't go to his aid. You didn't call for help, but instead you sat and 377 00:23:49,730 --> 00:23:53,870 waited for the noise to die down. Your Honor, she's badgering. And she's lying. 378 00:23:54,170 --> 00:23:55,510 I am not lying. 379 00:23:55,950 --> 00:24:00,750 You stayed in that room because there was no reason to believe that Reuben's 380 00:24:00,750 --> 00:24:02,570 life was in danger. Isn't that right? 381 00:24:02,890 --> 00:24:04,730 He is a good, good boy. 382 00:24:04,930 --> 00:24:08,590 You don't know what he's gone through. He killed his father. 383 00:24:08,890 --> 00:24:10,090 He is a good boy. 384 00:24:10,490 --> 00:24:12,870 Nobody should have to take what he took. 385 00:24:18,600 --> 00:24:19,600 Nothing further. 386 00:25:16,660 --> 00:25:18,140 May I help you, young lady? 387 00:25:20,520 --> 00:25:21,520 And yourself? 388 00:25:21,780 --> 00:25:23,460 Abigail Perkins. I'm an attorney here. 389 00:25:23,660 --> 00:25:25,660 Oh, well, allow me to formally introduce myself. 390 00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:27,500 I'm Douglas Brackman's brother. 391 00:25:27,700 --> 00:25:30,680 Douglas Brackman doesn't have a brother. Look at this face. Look at that 392 00:25:30,680 --> 00:25:31,680 hairline. 393 00:25:36,560 --> 00:25:39,120 Senor Martinez, could you excuse me in a momento? 394 00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:40,720 Por favor. 395 00:25:41,500 --> 00:25:42,500 Gracias. 396 00:25:47,480 --> 00:25:48,720 Oh, Miss Perkins. 397 00:25:49,260 --> 00:25:52,140 You're so young to be an attorney, you must have passed the bar first shot out 398 00:25:52,140 --> 00:25:52,779 of the box. 399 00:25:52,780 --> 00:25:53,820 Just what are you doing here? 400 00:25:54,400 --> 00:25:57,460 Dougie's letting me use his office while my new space in Century City is being 401 00:25:57,460 --> 00:26:01,440 decorated. And does Douglas know you're charging these people $2 ,500 to process 402 00:26:01,440 --> 00:26:02,440 their residency forms? 403 00:26:02,620 --> 00:26:05,260 I'm providing an essential public service for these people. 404 00:26:05,500 --> 00:26:07,320 I mean, somebody's got to do it, am I right? 405 00:26:10,380 --> 00:26:11,380 Hey, wait. 406 00:26:16,380 --> 00:26:20,060 Llámame mañana por teléfono y les doy las listas de los lugares donde ustedes 407 00:26:20,060 --> 00:26:22,760 pueden conseguir la misma ayuda completamente gratis. 408 00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:26,060 Hey, what'd you tell him? That you're a crook, right? Hey, now I'm losing my 409 00:26:26,060 --> 00:26:27,420 temper when you mess with my livelihood. 410 00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:32,440 Pero él dice que nos puede poner al principio de la lista que su hermano es 411 00:26:32,440 --> 00:26:33,480 dueño de inmigración. 412 00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:36,720 You told them your brother owns the INF? 413 00:26:37,040 --> 00:26:39,940 No, no, no, no. She's confused. I said he owns this firm. 414 00:26:40,540 --> 00:26:42,980 The language thing's the real barrier, you know what I mean? 415 00:26:43,530 --> 00:26:47,590 Look, look, I'm providing a service here, and I notice that your command of 416 00:26:47,590 --> 00:26:49,050 Hispanic tongue is pretty serious. 417 00:26:49,510 --> 00:26:52,270 What do you say I cut you in? Together we do three times the volume. 418 00:26:52,470 --> 00:26:53,470 Nice cash business. 419 00:26:53,550 --> 00:26:54,550 What do you say? 420 00:26:58,090 --> 00:26:59,090 Hey, 421 00:27:07,110 --> 00:27:09,270 you just cost me close to 15 big ones. 422 00:27:10,440 --> 00:27:11,760 And that's called restraint of trade. 423 00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:14,080 Interference with business opportunity. 424 00:27:14,940 --> 00:27:15,940 Inducement to breach. 425 00:27:16,020 --> 00:27:19,400 You listen to me, Mr. Farrell. What you're doing is ripping these people 426 00:27:19,560 --> 00:27:22,200 And if the police are not interested in that, then I am sure the State Bar 427 00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:23,260 Association will be. 428 00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:25,560 Assuming, of course, that you are actually a lawyer. 429 00:27:25,760 --> 00:27:26,760 Hey, hey, take it easy. 430 00:27:27,120 --> 00:27:28,240 Of course I'm a lawyer. 431 00:27:28,580 --> 00:27:31,560 Then I suggest you pack up your things and get out of here right now. 432 00:27:31,920 --> 00:27:33,040 No need for threats, honey. 433 00:27:33,260 --> 00:27:34,560 See, that's the beauty of America. 434 00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:38,440 Even two individuals who disagree on principle can still remain respectful 435 00:27:38,440 --> 00:27:40,700 towards each other's inalienable right to turn a buck. 436 00:27:40,980 --> 00:27:42,000 Pleasure to have met you. 437 00:27:43,900 --> 00:27:44,900 Avaya con Dios. 438 00:27:45,540 --> 00:27:46,540 Ciao, baby. 439 00:27:55,280 --> 00:27:59,880 Without going into the sordid details, I knew nothing of my half -brother's 440 00:27:59,880 --> 00:28:00,880 heinous activities. 441 00:28:01,480 --> 00:28:03,640 He said that you gave him the office, Douglas. 442 00:28:03,940 --> 00:28:05,460 I won't mince words, Miss Perkins. 443 00:28:07,040 --> 00:28:08,440 He was blackmailing me. 444 00:28:08,800 --> 00:28:12,880 But that climate has been rendered hostile, and Errol Farrell will no 445 00:28:12,880 --> 00:28:14,240 blacken this firm's reputation. 446 00:28:14,660 --> 00:28:18,140 But if he has keys to the office complex... He returned the keys to me, 447 00:28:18,140 --> 00:28:20,620 Perkins. I can only assume he made a duplicate theft. 448 00:28:21,100 --> 00:28:23,040 However, not to worry. 449 00:28:23,320 --> 00:28:25,880 I've already seen to having all the locks changed. 450 00:28:26,360 --> 00:28:28,960 Nevertheless, I appreciate your diligence. 451 00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:34,360 Have you told anyone else about this? 452 00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:35,600 No. Good thinking. 453 00:28:36,040 --> 00:28:40,320 And I would take it as a personal kindness if this matter were kept 454 00:28:40,320 --> 00:28:41,320 confidential. 455 00:28:42,040 --> 00:28:43,040 All right, Douglas. 456 00:28:47,100 --> 00:28:48,720 The matter is well in hand. 457 00:28:52,820 --> 00:28:55,860 Call the building locksmith. 458 00:28:56,160 --> 00:28:59,440 I want all the locks in the complex changed by end of business today. 459 00:29:00,030 --> 00:29:01,990 She let all the appropriate people get new keys. 460 00:29:02,670 --> 00:29:04,530 Yes. Oh, Mrs. 461 00:29:04,770 --> 00:29:06,730 B called. She wants to know what time you'll be home tonight. 462 00:29:07,010 --> 00:29:08,790 The usual time, 7 .30. 463 00:29:09,370 --> 00:29:12,030 Tell her I wish to have dinner on the table at 7 .45. 464 00:29:18,670 --> 00:29:19,710 Officer Beardsley. 465 00:29:20,330 --> 00:29:21,330 Officer Beardsley. 466 00:29:22,190 --> 00:29:23,190 Yes. 467 00:29:30,320 --> 00:29:31,320 What about the bail? 468 00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:32,780 Why is it taking so long? 469 00:29:33,340 --> 00:29:34,540 I am still trying. 470 00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:39,180 But the money in your husband's estate has been frozen until the disposition of 471 00:29:39,180 --> 00:29:40,180 your case. 472 00:29:42,700 --> 00:29:43,700 I don't sleep. 473 00:29:44,940 --> 00:29:46,420 I can't stand it in here. 474 00:29:48,480 --> 00:29:49,600 Preliminary hearing is tomorrow. 475 00:29:49,940 --> 00:29:52,460 Just hang in there. What if the judge makes me stand trial? 476 00:29:52,740 --> 00:29:55,380 I don't think that'll happen. You're not even convinced I'm innocent. 477 00:29:56,200 --> 00:29:57,380 Why should the judge be? 478 00:29:57,660 --> 00:29:59,340 Lauren, you're not required... 479 00:29:59,820 --> 00:30:00,820 To prove your innocence. 480 00:30:01,040 --> 00:30:04,660 The state has to prove it. You want me to take a lie detector test? 481 00:30:05,020 --> 00:30:07,920 Courts don't put much stock in them. I'm not talking about the courts. 482 00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:09,720 I'm talking about us. 483 00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:12,800 I love you. 484 00:30:12,880 --> 00:30:14,000 I thought you loved me. 485 00:30:14,760 --> 00:30:17,620 Since the night it happened, you haven't been able to get it out of your head. 486 00:30:18,440 --> 00:30:19,440 A murder. 487 00:30:23,060 --> 00:30:24,060 What you did. 488 00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:28,080 The way you tried to cover it up. 489 00:30:31,240 --> 00:30:32,880 I'm having a lot of trouble with Lauren. 490 00:30:35,660 --> 00:30:37,080 It's not going to work for us, is it? 491 00:30:38,120 --> 00:30:39,200 I really don't know. 492 00:30:43,140 --> 00:30:44,240 Hey. Hey. 493 00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:51,460 Um... If, uh... If you can't believe me, 494 00:30:51,600 --> 00:30:55,160 should I be looking for another lawyer? 495 00:30:56,360 --> 00:30:57,740 I can still be your lawyer. 496 00:30:57,960 --> 00:30:59,180 You want to be? Yes. 497 00:31:12,830 --> 00:31:15,650 No matter what, I can't live with the thought of you spending time in prison. 498 00:31:18,890 --> 00:31:21,290 I already did my time for marrying Armand Sevilla. 499 00:31:22,050 --> 00:31:23,550 I'd die if I had to do any more. 500 00:31:57,320 --> 00:32:03,680 And then my mother locked herself in the bedroom with the baby So it was just 501 00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:06,180 you and your father in the living room at this point 502 00:32:07,150 --> 00:32:08,390 And he had me by the hair. 503 00:32:09,330 --> 00:32:10,990 Kept smashing my head into the wall. 504 00:32:11,910 --> 00:32:13,150 Said he was going to kill me. 505 00:32:14,050 --> 00:32:16,070 And then what happened? I broke free. 506 00:32:17,250 --> 00:32:21,010 That's when I went and got the knife in the kitchen. 507 00:32:21,630 --> 00:32:24,530 And I come back and I go, you stay away. 508 00:32:25,310 --> 00:32:27,570 I show him the blade and tell him keep away. 509 00:32:27,930 --> 00:32:31,110 And did he keep away, Reuben? He just came lunging at me. 510 00:32:31,990 --> 00:32:34,270 And I stuck him. 511 00:32:34,800 --> 00:32:36,620 I had to. He was going to kill me. 512 00:32:37,340 --> 00:32:38,820 It's going to be all right, Reuben. 513 00:32:43,780 --> 00:32:44,780 Your witness. 514 00:32:52,540 --> 00:32:58,780 Reuben, when you broke away and ran into the kitchen, did your father follow 515 00:32:58,780 --> 00:32:59,780 you? 516 00:33:00,100 --> 00:33:04,060 No. So it would be fair to say that the attack had stopped, correct? 517 00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:06,160 No, he came at me again. 518 00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:09,960 But only after you returned to him waving a knife. 519 00:33:10,160 --> 00:33:15,340 I told him to stay back, and he charged me. Did he continue to charge after, 520 00:33:15,440 --> 00:33:18,340 say, the fourth or fifth time you stabbed him, Reuben? 521 00:33:18,620 --> 00:33:23,840 Objection. Overruled. What about the tenth or eleventh puncture? Did that 522 00:33:23,840 --> 00:33:24,840 discourage him any? 523 00:33:25,100 --> 00:33:27,920 It was self -defense. I was scared for my life. 524 00:33:29,160 --> 00:33:33,480 There is a door at the end of the hall, and another one in the kitchen. 525 00:33:34,110 --> 00:33:39,570 Tell the jury why, instead of running away, you chose to go back in there with 526 00:33:39,570 --> 00:33:40,570 carving knife. 527 00:33:40,750 --> 00:33:44,810 I was... He could have killed my mother and sister. 528 00:33:45,170 --> 00:33:48,650 So suddenly it's not your life that you were worried about. It was theirs? 529 00:33:49,030 --> 00:33:51,550 Yes. No, both. 530 00:33:52,750 --> 00:33:54,610 I had to protect them. 531 00:33:54,910 --> 00:33:57,690 But you just said that they were locked safely in the bedroom. 532 00:33:57,950 --> 00:34:03,190 I thought maybe they came out. You went back in there for revenge, didn't you? 533 00:34:03,720 --> 00:34:04,720 You weren't afraid. 534 00:34:04,740 --> 00:34:05,900 You were angry. 535 00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:09,460 It was crazy, lady. He had to be stopped. I had to stop him. 536 00:34:09,760 --> 00:34:13,380 You stabbed him 11 times. Stopped him pretty good, didn't you? Yeah. 537 00:34:13,659 --> 00:34:16,239 Yeah. Objection. One, two. 538 00:34:17,040 --> 00:34:20,159 Objection. Three, four. Your Honor. 539 00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:26,400 Five, six, seven. Miss Van Owen, that's enough. 540 00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:31,000 Sorry, Your Honor. 541 00:34:33,389 --> 00:34:34,590 I'll stop at seven. 542 00:34:35,590 --> 00:34:36,969 But you didn't, did you? 543 00:34:38,550 --> 00:34:39,670 Objection! Withdrawn. 544 00:34:41,670 --> 00:34:42,670 Nothing further. 545 00:34:55,250 --> 00:34:56,250 Sheila! 546 00:35:05,500 --> 00:35:06,500 Sheila? 547 00:35:14,960 --> 00:35:16,260 Sheila? Douglas. 548 00:35:20,520 --> 00:35:23,680 What are you doing in my bed with my wife? 549 00:35:23,900 --> 00:35:26,440 Douglas, this is all a giant misunderstanding. 550 00:35:26,960 --> 00:35:29,360 Sheila, how could you? 551 00:35:29,720 --> 00:35:30,720 Payback, Douglas. 552 00:35:30,920 --> 00:35:33,800 Payback? What about the car? The fur? 553 00:35:35,050 --> 00:35:36,050 The jewelry. 554 00:35:36,390 --> 00:35:37,790 Just a down payment. 555 00:35:38,150 --> 00:35:39,610 Look, people. Shut up. 556 00:35:40,490 --> 00:35:43,670 Did you really think you could buy me off with a few trinkets, Douglas? 557 00:35:45,650 --> 00:35:48,730 Yeah. You guys want to be alone? Be quiet, you dog. 558 00:35:51,730 --> 00:35:53,250 How could you do this to me? 559 00:35:53,530 --> 00:35:54,530 How could you? 560 00:35:54,830 --> 00:35:55,830 Believe me, Douglas. 561 00:35:56,510 --> 00:36:00,970 Luring this sleazy little woodchuck into my bed is not my idea of a great time. 562 00:36:02,050 --> 00:36:04,390 Now, Bjorn and Roger were a great time. 563 00:36:04,760 --> 00:36:06,580 Bjorn and Roger? 564 00:36:06,940 --> 00:36:08,400 But this is strictly business. 565 00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:10,440 Quid pro quo. 566 00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:13,440 You play, you pay. 567 00:36:13,700 --> 00:36:17,880 And if you don't like it, I will divorce you and take half of everything you 568 00:36:17,880 --> 00:36:18,880 hold dear. 569 00:36:19,360 --> 00:36:25,420 Your house, your money, your kids, and your law partnership. 570 00:36:26,100 --> 00:36:27,180 Is this clear? 571 00:36:29,240 --> 00:36:30,240 Yes. 572 00:36:31,560 --> 00:36:33,020 Kids, I gotta run. 573 00:36:36,570 --> 00:36:38,030 Dougie, hand me my pants. 574 00:36:44,450 --> 00:36:49,510 I show you this, and I ask you if you recognize 575 00:36:49,510 --> 00:36:52,650 People's Exhibit 3. 576 00:36:54,650 --> 00:36:59,090 It's a picture of the deceased Armand Sevilla. And is this a fair and accurate 577 00:36:59,090 --> 00:37:02,410 representation of the victim as he appeared when you arrived on the scene? 578 00:37:02,410 --> 00:37:03,410 is. 579 00:37:04,460 --> 00:37:08,240 I offer this photograph into evidence, and I have nothing further for the 580 00:37:08,240 --> 00:37:09,240 witness. 581 00:37:10,900 --> 00:37:11,960 Mr. Cervantes? 582 00:37:14,920 --> 00:37:18,860 Did you find any fingerprints or other evidence linking my client to the gun, 583 00:37:18,920 --> 00:37:19,920 Lieutenant? 584 00:37:20,040 --> 00:37:23,880 No. Did you run a gunshot residue test on my client to determine whether in 585 00:37:23,880 --> 00:37:27,200 she fired a revolver? We did. And what were the results of that test? 586 00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:31,260 Negative. And were there any witnesses to this crime whatsoever? 587 00:37:32,340 --> 00:37:33,340 No. 588 00:37:34,280 --> 00:37:35,280 Thank you, Lieutenant. 589 00:37:35,320 --> 00:37:36,320 I have nothing further. 590 00:37:37,420 --> 00:37:38,440 Mr. Angeletti? 591 00:37:38,820 --> 00:37:39,820 People rest, Judge. 592 00:37:40,100 --> 00:37:41,100 You may step down. 593 00:37:47,040 --> 00:37:49,500 Well, Your Honor, at this time, I move for a dismissal. 594 00:37:49,900 --> 00:37:54,340 There is absolutely no physical or testimonial evidence connecting the 595 00:37:54,340 --> 00:37:57,620 to the crime or to suggest in any way that Michael... It just so happens that 596 00:37:57,620 --> 00:38:01,200 the accused stands to inherit over $50 million, which he never would have 597 00:38:01,200 --> 00:38:02,460 if the divorce had become final. 598 00:38:02,860 --> 00:38:05,440 Not to mention the coincidence of his getting shot at her house. 599 00:38:05,900 --> 00:38:10,100 Motive and opportunity alone does not constitute sufficient probable cause, 600 00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:14,660 Angeletti. If that's all you've got, I have no choice but to grant defendant's 601 00:38:14,660 --> 00:38:18,600 motion. We expect the ongoing investigation to turn up physical 602 00:38:18,680 --> 00:38:22,920 It's just a case of... Mr. Angeletti, I make my determination based on what is 603 00:38:22,920 --> 00:38:23,839 before me now. 604 00:38:23,840 --> 00:38:24,840 Case dismissed. 605 00:38:24,980 --> 00:38:28,360 Your Honor... If you turn up anything, you can refile at that time. 606 00:38:28,920 --> 00:38:30,780 Until then, defendant is free to go. 607 00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:38,000 Thank you. 608 00:38:47,400 --> 00:38:51,680 And since I had to be at the sales conference on such short notice, it 609 00:38:51,680 --> 00:38:54,060 worth the additional expense to... Excuse me. 610 00:38:55,020 --> 00:38:56,500 Is it very warm in here? 611 00:38:56,820 --> 00:38:58,200 Do you want me to turn the heat down, Judge? 612 00:38:58,900 --> 00:38:59,900 Please. Sure. 613 00:39:04,560 --> 00:39:05,980 Miss Woods. 614 00:39:06,920 --> 00:39:12,360 Is it your contention, then, that your dog was mistreated at Mr. Crone's 615 00:39:12,420 --> 00:39:16,200 You haven't heard a word I said. This is not my dog. 616 00:39:16,560 --> 00:39:20,060 Your Honor, this is a copy of our registration. You can see there was no 617 00:39:20,060 --> 00:39:22,180 English bulldog registered among our guests. 618 00:39:22,500 --> 00:39:25,960 All our dogs are carefully supervised and monitored. 619 00:39:26,380 --> 00:39:33,160 Your Honor, this is a photograph of my dog, Jake, taken on his 620 00:39:33,160 --> 00:39:34,160 birthday. 621 00:39:34,330 --> 00:39:37,410 And this is the dog that they tried to pawn off on me when I got back. 622 00:39:38,250 --> 00:39:40,870 Please. Look at him. He's listless. He's overweight. 623 00:39:41,070 --> 00:39:42,470 Look at his overbite. Do you see? 624 00:39:42,930 --> 00:39:43,930 Chest. 625 00:39:44,930 --> 00:39:45,930 Tightness. 626 00:39:46,130 --> 00:39:47,130 Heart. 627 00:39:48,250 --> 00:39:49,250 Heart attack. 628 00:39:49,630 --> 00:39:50,630 Just heart attack. 629 00:39:51,030 --> 00:39:52,310 Don't panic. Just calm down. 630 00:39:53,790 --> 00:39:55,730 Get that animal out of the way. 631 00:39:59,030 --> 00:40:02,210 I'm going to have to give this man mouth to mouth. No. No bodily fluids. 632 00:40:12,110 --> 00:40:17,250 In the matter of People v. Ruben Mendez, the jury finds the defendant guilty of 633 00:40:17,250 --> 00:40:18,250 murder in the second degree. 634 00:40:19,470 --> 00:40:22,290 Sentencing to take place second week of January. 635 00:40:22,570 --> 00:40:24,430 The defendant will be taken into custody. 636 00:40:24,690 --> 00:40:26,010 The jury's excused. 637 00:40:26,630 --> 00:40:30,490 This court is now adjourned. Oh, God, no, Ruben. 638 00:40:31,010 --> 00:40:32,250 Ruben, God, no. 639 00:40:33,090 --> 00:40:36,290 God, no, you can't take him away. Oh, God, no. 640 00:40:37,310 --> 00:40:38,690 Ruben, Ruben. 641 00:40:44,010 --> 00:40:45,790 All right, thanks. Thanks, Victor. Merry Christmas, huh? 642 00:40:46,170 --> 00:40:47,170 What a farce. 643 00:40:47,310 --> 00:40:50,790 All year long, they treat us like schnauzers. And then once a year, they 644 00:40:50,790 --> 00:40:54,050 us all up and expect us to sing Christmas carols. Well, how can they 645 00:40:54,050 --> 00:40:55,970 to have a party with Mr. Bradman in the hospital? 646 00:40:56,330 --> 00:40:57,910 Oh, Hilda, do you think they care? 647 00:40:58,610 --> 00:40:59,610 They don't care. 648 00:40:59,670 --> 00:41:01,630 Hi, how are you? Do you think I should call the hospital? 649 00:41:01,890 --> 00:41:04,450 I think Mr. McKenzie will let you know as soon as there's any news. 650 00:41:06,890 --> 00:41:09,930 I've got to be the deadliest party I have ever been to. 651 00:41:11,180 --> 00:41:12,740 Look, what's the protocol around here? 652 00:41:13,040 --> 00:41:14,180 You think I put in enough time? 653 00:41:14,460 --> 00:41:15,480 I think you'll be all right. 654 00:41:16,240 --> 00:41:17,240 Great. 655 00:41:18,720 --> 00:41:22,740 Listen, if I don't talk to you, have a reasonably great Christmas. 656 00:41:23,160 --> 00:41:24,160 I'm too jealous. 657 00:41:25,800 --> 00:41:26,800 Mike! 658 00:41:28,380 --> 00:41:29,380 Merry Christmas. 659 00:41:30,100 --> 00:41:31,100 Benny? 660 00:41:32,080 --> 00:41:35,920 Well, thank you very much. I will put this under my tree. 661 00:41:36,140 --> 00:41:37,940 Okay, I won't tell you what it is then. 662 00:41:39,220 --> 00:41:40,220 Okay. 663 00:41:42,240 --> 00:41:45,980 Maybe I'll give him a call and tell him I have the flu. 664 00:41:46,360 --> 00:41:48,620 Arnie, they're your parents. 665 00:41:49,120 --> 00:41:50,320 They're expecting you. 666 00:41:51,160 --> 00:41:54,520 Besides, there's lots worse things than Christmas in Palm Springs, you know. 667 00:41:55,960 --> 00:41:56,960 Name one. 668 00:41:58,560 --> 00:42:01,600 Being home alone all weekend, like I'm gonna be. 669 00:42:05,920 --> 00:42:08,660 Why don't you come to Palm Springs with me? 670 00:42:08,880 --> 00:42:09,880 What? 671 00:42:09,930 --> 00:42:10,928 Well, yeah, sure. 672 00:42:10,930 --> 00:42:13,230 It'd be great. We could drive out first thing in the morning. 673 00:42:17,650 --> 00:42:20,230 What about your parents? Won't they want you all to themselves? 674 00:42:20,510 --> 00:42:22,050 That's exactly why I need you there. 675 00:42:22,270 --> 00:42:23,169 Be surprised. 676 00:42:23,170 --> 00:42:24,170 Hi. Hi. 677 00:42:24,530 --> 00:42:26,250 You'd make a great fourth for Canasta. 678 00:42:26,790 --> 00:42:29,130 Will I have a separate room? 679 00:42:29,910 --> 00:42:30,910 Well, sure. 680 00:42:31,370 --> 00:42:32,370 Hi, guys. 681 00:42:32,990 --> 00:42:34,430 Hi. Merry Christmas. Yeah. 682 00:42:34,730 --> 00:42:37,130 You're St. Cusack. Yeah, you just... Come on. 683 00:42:38,870 --> 00:42:39,870 Great. 684 00:42:43,590 --> 00:42:44,590 Hi. 685 00:42:46,810 --> 00:42:48,730 Hi. Merry Christmas. 686 00:42:48,990 --> 00:42:50,610 Yeah. How'd it go? 687 00:42:52,890 --> 00:42:54,830 What do you know about Conrad Peters? 688 00:42:56,270 --> 00:42:59,210 I hear he's a pretty good lawyer. Why? He's a jerk. 689 00:43:00,130 --> 00:43:03,890 I offered him voluntary manslaughter with a recommendation for minimum 690 00:43:03,970 --> 00:43:04,970 Three years. 691 00:43:05,550 --> 00:43:06,690 Told me to shove it. 692 00:43:07,360 --> 00:43:09,120 His kid got second -degree murder. 693 00:43:09,540 --> 00:43:11,980 He's looking at 15 big ones. Ouch. 694 00:43:14,060 --> 00:43:16,840 I'm going to go to the sentencing hearing and argue for a reduction to 695 00:43:16,840 --> 00:43:18,580 manslaughter. You think the judge will buy it? 696 00:43:19,540 --> 00:43:20,540 I don't know. 697 00:43:21,280 --> 00:43:24,380 I hate to see a client paying for his attorney's ego. 698 00:43:25,600 --> 00:43:27,380 Too bad he didn't have Victor for a lawyer. 699 00:43:29,320 --> 00:43:30,760 Now, what's that supposed to mean? 700 00:43:32,140 --> 00:43:36,900 Michael, don't you find it ironic that this kid is looking at 15 years to life 701 00:43:36,900 --> 00:43:40,380 and Lauren Sevilla walks away with $50 million? 702 00:43:41,520 --> 00:43:42,580 There's a difference here. 703 00:43:42,820 --> 00:43:44,200 Lauren didn't kill anybody. 704 00:43:45,460 --> 00:43:46,960 We know that for a fact. 705 00:43:48,120 --> 00:43:50,640 We know for a fact that she did? Come on. 706 00:43:53,840 --> 00:43:55,420 It doesn't seem right. 707 00:43:55,660 --> 00:43:57,420 Let it go, Griff. It's Christmas. 708 00:44:00,910 --> 00:44:02,390 Want to go out on the stairwell and look? 709 00:44:04,170 --> 00:44:05,170 Yeah, I would. 710 00:44:06,450 --> 00:44:07,610 Okay, let's go. 711 00:44:09,890 --> 00:44:11,090 You're too good to me. 712 00:44:12,150 --> 00:44:14,110 May I have your attention, please? 713 00:44:14,490 --> 00:44:19,430 I've just spoken at length with Douglas' doctor, and it was not a heart attack, 714 00:44:19,550 --> 00:44:20,630 as was first feared. 715 00:44:20,950 --> 00:44:21,950 A stroke. 716 00:44:22,730 --> 00:44:28,190 Actually, it was an anxiety attack, complicated by a gastrointestinal 717 00:44:28,190 --> 00:44:29,990 disturbance. He had a gas attack? 718 00:44:31,200 --> 00:44:32,520 Inelegantly important, yes. 719 00:44:32,800 --> 00:44:37,220 The doctor said they planned to keep him for observation for 24 hours and hoped 720 00:44:37,220 --> 00:44:41,380 to have him home in time to spend Christmas with his wife and family. So, 721 00:44:41,380 --> 00:44:42,740 have much to be grateful for. 722 00:44:47,840 --> 00:44:53,780 Now, I'd also like to take this occasion to wish each and every one of you and 723 00:44:53,780 --> 00:44:56,420 your families the most joyous season. 724 00:44:57,550 --> 00:45:00,650 And to thank you all for making this past year a success. 725 00:45:02,490 --> 00:45:04,790 Merry Christmas to you all. Merry Christmas. 726 00:45:10,850 --> 00:45:12,950 Can I say something? 727 00:45:13,310 --> 00:45:14,310 Oh, of course, Benny. 728 00:45:15,030 --> 00:45:21,710 I... I never had a job 729 00:45:21,710 --> 00:45:25,690 before. I used to worry that maybe I never could. 730 00:45:26,990 --> 00:45:28,930 Because nobody would want to work with me. 731 00:45:30,810 --> 00:45:33,390 But you were all so good to me after my mom died. 732 00:45:35,170 --> 00:45:40,250 I just want to tell you that I'm really happy to be working here. 733 00:45:41,830 --> 00:45:44,750 And I want to say Merry Christmas. 734 00:45:45,650 --> 00:45:46,650 You're my friends. 735 00:45:48,310 --> 00:45:49,830 And I love you all. 736 00:45:51,870 --> 00:45:52,870 A lot. 737 00:45:56,650 --> 00:45:57,650 Merry Christmas, Ben. 738 00:46:07,450 --> 00:46:08,490 Feliz Navidad, Victor. 739 00:46:10,970 --> 00:46:11,970 Feliz Navidad. 740 00:46:14,750 --> 00:46:15,750 Funny. 741 00:46:16,830 --> 00:46:18,690 I thought we were going to spend the holidays together. 742 00:46:21,850 --> 00:46:24,650 It was going to be the first Merry Christmas in a long time. 743 00:46:26,570 --> 00:46:28,130 I'm not feeling all that merry myself. 744 00:46:32,250 --> 00:46:34,070 I never thought I'd be able to come up here. 745 00:46:36,010 --> 00:46:37,190 It's not that I didn't want to. 746 00:46:38,510 --> 00:46:42,110 It's just that I'm usually a little too big in the pride department. 747 00:46:42,730 --> 00:46:43,730 Pride? 748 00:46:44,650 --> 00:46:46,810 I don't want to make this thing about pride, Lauren. 749 00:46:47,330 --> 00:46:50,110 How many women do you think come into my life that I fall in love with? 750 00:46:50,650 --> 00:46:52,210 I thought maybe we still had a chance. 751 00:47:07,470 --> 00:47:08,690 It's different now, isn't it? 752 00:47:14,530 --> 00:47:15,530 Yes. 753 00:47:18,750 --> 00:47:20,330 Since I won't be with you on Christmas.