1 00:00:01,490 --> 00:00:03,210 Previously on L .A. Law. Hello. 2 00:00:03,650 --> 00:00:05,390 Ah, you're... Jane Halliday. 3 00:00:06,150 --> 00:00:07,190 I'm Douglas Brackman. 4 00:00:07,510 --> 00:00:10,390 This is Ann Kelsey, Jonathan Rollins, and Arnold Becker. 5 00:00:12,270 --> 00:00:14,170 Why did you ask me to lunch, Mr. Becker? 6 00:00:15,650 --> 00:00:17,610 I was very impressed with you the other day. 7 00:00:18,030 --> 00:00:21,530 I was hoping I could interest you in the field of matrimonial law, working 8 00:00:21,530 --> 00:00:24,350 directly under me, so to speak. 9 00:00:24,850 --> 00:00:28,390 I just wanted to let you know that I'll be recusing myself from any cases in 10 00:00:28,390 --> 00:00:29,390 which you're the prosecutor. 11 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:34,440 Why? Because I find you extremely attractive. 12 00:00:36,540 --> 00:00:37,540 You do? 13 00:00:38,280 --> 00:00:39,280 Yes, I do. 14 00:00:41,240 --> 00:00:42,620 Are you involved with anyone? 15 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:45,520 No. Do you find me attractive? 16 00:00:46,500 --> 00:00:47,500 Yeah. 17 00:00:48,100 --> 00:00:51,480 You know, I'd like to make a date right now, but I think we ought to let the 18 00:00:51,480 --> 00:00:53,220 dust settle on the Turner case, don't you? 19 00:00:54,260 --> 00:00:55,580 Yeah, I do. 20 00:00:56,120 --> 00:00:58,760 So, I'll be in touch. 21 00:00:59,640 --> 00:01:00,640 Okay. 22 00:01:10,020 --> 00:01:11,760 Food is great. 23 00:01:13,380 --> 00:01:15,240 What did you say the name of this restaurant is? 24 00:01:15,580 --> 00:01:18,980 La Talpa. La Talpa. Yeah, I want to remember that. 25 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:22,020 Are you planning on coming here with someone else? 26 00:01:22,860 --> 00:01:27,840 Would you rather I didn't? I'd rather that every time you came here, you came 27 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:28,840 here with me. 28 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:30,600 Okay? 29 00:01:35,140 --> 00:01:36,200 Enjoying your dinner, Judge? 30 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:40,140 Do I know you? You know my cousin, Walter Stovick? 31 00:01:40,380 --> 00:01:43,200 You gave him three to five, and you gave it to him for nothing. 32 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:47,740 Hey, this really isn't the time or place for this, is it? It's okay, Tommy. 33 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:50,240 First of all, I don't give three to five for nothing. 34 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:52,260 Second of all, you're out of line. 35 00:01:52,540 --> 00:01:56,240 Now, I suggest you go back and finish your meal, and we'll finish ours. Should 36 00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:59,640 tell you what my cousin's kids are going through? I'm going to ask you one more 37 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:01,840 time to move away from this table. 38 00:02:02,620 --> 00:02:06,870 Why? Is there a law against interrupting a judge's dinner? There's a law against 39 00:02:06,870 --> 00:02:10,810 harassment. There's also a law against threatening an officer of the court. And 40 00:02:10,810 --> 00:02:14,410 if you insist upon making the further mistake of becoming physically violent, 41 00:02:14,550 --> 00:02:18,810 you'll be arrested and prosecuted. And in the end, you'll be in prison long 42 00:02:18,810 --> 00:02:20,190 after your cousin comes home. 43 00:02:20,710 --> 00:02:23,810 Now, that being the case, I suggest you go back to your table. 44 00:02:34,190 --> 00:02:35,190 Sure. 45 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:53,380 I'm not going to do it, Douglas. 46 00:04:53,780 --> 00:04:54,860 I'm not going to do what? 47 00:04:55,140 --> 00:04:58,200 I'm not going to use an appointment book and a calendar from a bail bondman just 48 00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:01,960 because we get them for nothing. It's a new calendar year, and I thought rather 49 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:05,800 than buying expensive new ones, we could make use of the ones we're given. I 50 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:09,760 want an expensive new one. That's one of the few benefits of the passage of 51 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:13,900 time. A memorandum, no less. He sent us all a beautiful memorandum about it. 52 00:05:14,320 --> 00:05:15,700 Trestman versus Freeling. 53 00:05:16,030 --> 00:05:20,170 That's mine in depositions. We're representing Ed Freeling, whose 54 00:05:20,170 --> 00:05:22,090 suing him for sexual fraud. 55 00:05:22,430 --> 00:05:26,210 Meaning what? She claims that he represented that he was a cop, and with 56 00:05:26,210 --> 00:05:28,490 understanding, she entered into an intimate relationship. 57 00:05:28,990 --> 00:05:32,770 When he turned out not to be a cop, she felt defrauded. What? Sounds like 58 00:05:32,770 --> 00:05:33,770 precedent -setting stuff. 59 00:05:33,970 --> 00:05:37,190 I'll say. If you lose, every man who ever lied to a woman to get her in bed 60 00:05:37,190 --> 00:05:38,230 be facing a court date. 61 00:05:43,170 --> 00:05:45,770 Why is everyone looking at me? Why indeed, Arnold? 62 00:05:46,010 --> 00:05:49,530 Are you suggesting that I'm guilty of sexual fraud? I didn't hear anyone 63 00:05:49,530 --> 00:05:52,070 anything. Well, I know what you're thinking. It's written all over your 64 00:05:52,290 --> 00:05:55,650 I think you're jumping to an altogether wrong conclusion, Arnie. Of course, 65 00:05:55,650 --> 00:05:59,050 there are those of us who remember your claiming to be a direct descendant of 66 00:05:59,050 --> 00:06:02,390 Tsar Nicholas. That was an honest mistake. I have Russian ancestry. I 67 00:06:02,390 --> 00:06:05,850 that somewhere there was a Romanov in my family. Was it an honest mistake when 68 00:06:05,850 --> 00:06:09,430 you claimed that Simone de Beauvoir was going to be a house guest? That was a 69 00:06:09,430 --> 00:06:10,430 joke. 70 00:06:10,570 --> 00:06:13,850 And I know you were completely sincere about your Bible studies. 71 00:06:14,210 --> 00:06:16,290 I was sincere. I was utterly sincere. 72 00:06:16,870 --> 00:06:21,050 I wouldn't worry about it, Ernie, whether Ann loses or not. I wouldn't 73 00:06:21,050 --> 00:06:22,170 another second's thought. 74 00:06:25,030 --> 00:06:27,950 I think we best make sure that Ann gets all the help that she needs. 75 00:06:32,350 --> 00:06:35,430 So, Mr. Escala, I understand we're here to discuss a criminal matter. 76 00:06:35,810 --> 00:06:36,810 Yes. 77 00:06:37,150 --> 00:06:39,410 Our son Luis was involved in a robbery. 78 00:06:40,330 --> 00:06:41,630 But he wants to turn himself in. 79 00:06:42,310 --> 00:06:44,670 I work with a woman, Mrs. Calderon. 80 00:06:45,050 --> 00:06:49,930 She said when her son Manuel was arrested for drugs, you were his lawyer. 81 00:06:50,170 --> 00:06:51,210 Manny Calderon, yeah. 82 00:06:51,470 --> 00:06:56,690 Yes. And she said that you made it so he didn't have to go to prison. 83 00:06:57,090 --> 00:06:59,510 We were hoping you could make a similar arrangement for Luis. 84 00:06:59,810 --> 00:07:00,749 Mm -hmm. 85 00:07:00,750 --> 00:07:03,890 There are mitigating circumstances that would point to probation as the 86 00:07:03,890 --> 00:07:04,890 likeliest sentence. 87 00:07:05,050 --> 00:07:06,610 Luis has no prior conviction. 88 00:07:06,830 --> 00:07:09,330 The gun he used was a starter pistol. He was drunk. 89 00:07:09,690 --> 00:07:12,850 and he was induced to steal by loan sharks to whom he owed money. 90 00:07:13,070 --> 00:07:15,030 Something tells me I'm not the only lawyer in the room. 91 00:07:15,570 --> 00:07:18,210 Ramon is in his second year of law school, Stanford. 92 00:07:18,930 --> 00:07:19,930 Good school. 93 00:07:20,190 --> 00:07:22,670 And I suspect you're probably right about the mitigating circumstances. 94 00:07:23,810 --> 00:07:27,630 But I need to hear the details of the robbery from Luis, and I'm sure you 95 00:07:27,630 --> 00:07:29,890 understand why that conversation should be private. 96 00:07:30,190 --> 00:07:32,650 To protect the attorney -client privilege, we should go outside. 97 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:44,100 Mr. Morales, I think I should mention my wife and I don't have a great deal of 98 00:07:44,100 --> 00:07:45,300 money. Let's not worry about that now. 99 00:07:46,220 --> 00:07:47,360 Thank you. You bet. 100 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:51,280 What happened? 101 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:56,920 I, uh... I held up a convenience store. When? 102 00:07:57,700 --> 00:07:58,700 Last night. 103 00:07:58,740 --> 00:07:59,740 Anybody get hurt? 104 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:01,100 No. Good. 105 00:08:01,980 --> 00:08:03,020 Where's the starter pistol? 106 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:05,680 I stashed it in the bushes outside the store. 107 00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:07,500 Any chance your fingerprints are on it? 108 00:08:07,760 --> 00:08:09,080 No. I had on gloves. 109 00:08:09,760 --> 00:08:10,760 What about witnesses? 110 00:08:12,240 --> 00:08:14,960 I had a bandera over my face. 111 00:08:15,180 --> 00:08:19,080 But when I drove off, I saw the cashier had written down my license. 112 00:08:19,440 --> 00:08:20,760 The car is registered to you? 113 00:08:21,960 --> 00:08:22,960 To my father. 114 00:08:23,220 --> 00:08:24,280 Why did you do it, Luis? 115 00:08:26,540 --> 00:08:28,360 I was with some guys who I owed money to. 116 00:08:29,500 --> 00:08:30,500 I was drunk. 117 00:08:31,820 --> 00:08:34,780 You could sit tight, you know. You could just sit tight and see what happened. 118 00:08:35,020 --> 00:08:37,520 No, I don't want the cops coming to my parents' house. 119 00:08:38,360 --> 00:08:41,080 My parents are honest people, and I don't want them to lie because of me. 120 00:08:42,700 --> 00:08:43,700 It's my responsibility. 121 00:08:46,760 --> 00:08:48,760 Okay, you're sure this is what you want to do? 122 00:08:49,960 --> 00:08:50,960 Yeah. 123 00:08:52,820 --> 00:08:54,700 You just give me the best deal you can, huh? 124 00:08:57,880 --> 00:09:00,640 You live in Beverly Hills, Miss Trestman? Yes, I do. 125 00:09:01,640 --> 00:09:04,280 You met Mr. Freeling at Peachy's Bar and Grill. 126 00:09:04,500 --> 00:09:06,020 That's in Silver Lake, isn't it? 127 00:09:06,380 --> 00:09:07,019 That's correct. 128 00:09:07,020 --> 00:09:10,440 That is a long way to go for a drink. Is the food particularly good there? 129 00:09:11,060 --> 00:09:14,700 That's not really relevant, is it? Oh, it was my friend's idea. She thought it 130 00:09:14,700 --> 00:09:15,459 would be fun. 131 00:09:15,460 --> 00:09:16,700 I take it they have entertainment? 132 00:09:17,520 --> 00:09:20,640 It's a cop bar, okay? I know that. You know that. 133 00:09:21,880 --> 00:09:22,880 He knew that. 134 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:24,360 I never said I was a cop. 135 00:09:24,620 --> 00:09:27,680 So it was just you and your girlfriend out for a little excitement, an 136 00:09:27,680 --> 00:09:30,840 adventure. You want me to say I went there to meet a policeman? Yes, I did. I 137 00:09:30,840 --> 00:09:31,880 went there to meet a cop. 138 00:09:32,810 --> 00:09:37,330 What I got was him. You subsequently initiated a relationship with Mr. 139 00:09:37,390 --> 00:09:38,069 did you not? 140 00:09:38,070 --> 00:09:39,870 I don't know. Who initiated what? 141 00:09:40,150 --> 00:09:44,030 Whoever initiated it. The two of you went out for a period of over three 142 00:09:44,170 --> 00:09:44,869 did you not? 143 00:09:44,870 --> 00:09:49,590 Yes. He took you to the fights, to hockey games, to the racetrack. Had you 144 00:09:49,590 --> 00:09:50,750 been to places like that before? 145 00:09:50,990 --> 00:09:52,090 No, I hadn't. 146 00:09:52,350 --> 00:09:55,210 I also hadn't been on a stakeout before either. 147 00:09:55,660 --> 00:09:59,560 And for two weeks, every night, we would tell some guy all over the city that 148 00:09:59,560 --> 00:10:04,500 Mr. Freeling said he was sitting on. You would have sexual relations with Mr. 149 00:10:04,560 --> 00:10:07,720 Freeling in the front seat of his car while you were on these stakeouts, would 150 00:10:07,720 --> 00:10:10,080 you not? Yes, I would. Would you do so willingly? 151 00:10:10,340 --> 00:10:14,140 Does the concept of false pretenses count for anything? He willingly took 152 00:10:14,140 --> 00:10:18,500 advantage of the fact that at heart, I am a very trusting person. 153 00:10:18,720 --> 00:10:21,640 You went out looking for an adventure, and you found one. 154 00:10:22,260 --> 00:10:24,700 Ultimately, the only thing you were missing was a uniform. 155 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:26,600 The only thing I was missing was the man. 156 00:10:26,900 --> 00:10:32,000 Yes, I was stupid. Yes, I was gullible. I willingly made a fool of myself. 157 00:10:32,460 --> 00:10:37,500 I willingly accommodated him sexually. All I asked for in return was that he be 158 00:10:37,500 --> 00:10:38,660 the man he said he was. 159 00:10:38,860 --> 00:10:40,500 I would have settled for half. 160 00:10:43,140 --> 00:10:47,240 Look, the midterm for robbery is three years. I'll recommend two, okay? I 161 00:10:47,240 --> 00:10:48,240 you mean probation. 162 00:10:48,340 --> 00:10:52,100 Christmas is over, Morales. I'm not handing out presents. My client came in 163 00:10:52,100 --> 00:10:55,520 voluntarily. He has no priors. He's willing to make restitution. 164 00:10:55,760 --> 00:10:58,440 The cops had his plate number. He was going to get nailed, and he knew it two 165 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:01,420 years in. We both know the judge is giving probation. Why waste everybody's 166 00:11:01,420 --> 00:11:03,500 with the sentencing hearing? We're just going through the motions. Look, we've 167 00:11:03,500 --> 00:11:06,460 been getting all sorts of heat for cutting deals that are too soft. It 168 00:11:06,460 --> 00:11:09,300 just be a matter of going through the motions, but I've got to do it. I've got 169 00:11:09,300 --> 00:11:10,300 to go through the motions. 170 00:11:10,320 --> 00:11:11,560 People versus a scholar. 171 00:11:12,680 --> 00:11:16,240 Morales representing Mr. Escala, Your Honor. The client's charged with robbery 172 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:19,920 under the California Penal Code Section 211. How does he plead? Guilty, Your 173 00:11:19,920 --> 00:11:22,020 Honor. Ms. Knight, is there an agreed -upon recommendation? 174 00:11:22,540 --> 00:11:23,540 No, Your Honor. 175 00:11:23,630 --> 00:11:25,150 I assume you'll want a sentencing hearing. 176 00:11:25,350 --> 00:11:26,069 Yes, Your Honor. 177 00:11:26,070 --> 00:11:28,770 Sentencing to take place in Superior Court Department 35. 178 00:11:29,350 --> 00:11:31,310 See the Probation Department about preparing a report. 179 00:11:31,530 --> 00:11:33,570 Application for bail, Your Honor. I'm listening. 180 00:11:33,830 --> 00:11:37,450 Mr. Escala has no priors, has ties to the community, has shown his willingness 181 00:11:37,450 --> 00:11:41,110 to cooperate by surrendering voluntarily. That being the case, we ask 182 00:11:41,110 --> 00:11:42,630 released O .R. pending sentencing. 183 00:11:42,930 --> 00:11:43,709 Ms. Nida? 184 00:11:43,710 --> 00:11:44,710 No objection. 185 00:11:45,830 --> 00:11:49,510 Mr. Escala is to be released on his own recognizance until such time as he's 186 00:11:49,510 --> 00:11:50,850 sentenced. Call the next case. 187 00:11:51,170 --> 00:11:52,490 People versus DePaul. 188 00:11:53,960 --> 00:11:54,960 So, no deal? 189 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:56,259 No deal. 190 00:11:56,260 --> 00:11:57,320 Does this mean a hearing? 191 00:11:57,560 --> 00:11:58,560 Yeah, 192 00:11:58,720 --> 00:12:01,780 we'll go before a judge and present our reasons why we should be treated with 193 00:12:01,780 --> 00:12:08,420 leniency. You know, being a judge might not be so bad. 194 00:12:08,960 --> 00:12:10,980 Nothing else should get an office close to court. 195 00:12:11,680 --> 00:12:12,820 You want the job? 196 00:12:13,220 --> 00:12:14,220 No, thanks. 197 00:12:15,880 --> 00:12:16,880 Come in. 198 00:12:17,699 --> 00:12:19,560 I'm sorry to interrupt, Your Honor, but there's a Mr. 199 00:12:19,840 --> 00:12:23,260 DiStefano here to see you. He says it's important and he can't wait. Tell him 200 00:12:23,260 --> 00:12:25,800 I'll see him tomorrow, Kevin. I'm going to be leaving here as soon as I finish 201 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:26,900 speaking with Mr. Mullaney. 202 00:12:27,100 --> 00:12:30,720 Oh, I think you might want to hear what I have to say, Your Honor, before I file 203 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:31,720 my appeal. 204 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:35,280 We can finish this later. No, actually, what I have to say concerns you both, 205 00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:38,240 Mr. Mullaney. With the judge's permission, you might want to stay. 206 00:12:39,160 --> 00:12:41,560 I have a dinner reservation at 6. I'll give you five minutes. 207 00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:42,800 Thank you. 208 00:12:43,760 --> 00:12:47,360 I'm here to ask you to grant a mistrial in the Rick Turner rape case and to 209 00:12:47,360 --> 00:12:49,200 disqualify yourself from any new trial. 210 00:12:49,440 --> 00:12:53,200 And why would I want to do that? With all due respect, Your Honor, you and Mr. 211 00:12:53,260 --> 00:12:56,980 Mullaney have been observed conducting an other -than -strictly -professional 212 00:12:56,980 --> 00:12:57,980 association. 213 00:12:58,300 --> 00:13:02,100 It is my contention that the two of you were carrying on a romantic liaison 214 00:13:02,100 --> 00:13:05,420 during the trial and my client was the victim of judicial bias. 215 00:13:06,140 --> 00:13:10,660 First of all, that is not true. And second of all, your client was convicted 216 00:13:10,660 --> 00:13:14,740 a jury. The judge made evidentiary rulings that were highly prejudicial to 217 00:13:14,740 --> 00:13:16,180 client. So that's it? 218 00:13:16,500 --> 00:13:20,240 No. As a matter of fact, it's not. I want to know if I get my mistrial, 219 00:13:21,680 --> 00:13:24,640 Make a formal motion, Mr. DiStefano, and I'll rule on it. 220 00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:28,340 Okay. Here's what I do first thing tomorrow. 221 00:13:28,640 --> 00:13:32,040 Number one, I file a complaint about you to the Judicial Qualifications 222 00:13:32,040 --> 00:13:35,820 Committee. Number two, I file a complaint about him to the District 223 00:13:35,820 --> 00:13:37,380 Office. I said good day. 224 00:13:38,060 --> 00:13:41,280 You know, the two of you might have had the affair, Your Honor, but it was my 225 00:13:41,280 --> 00:13:42,440 client that got screwed. 226 00:13:43,680 --> 00:13:44,700 I'll see you in court. 227 00:13:52,440 --> 00:13:55,520 How the hell does he know about us? 228 00:13:55,980 --> 00:13:58,200 How do people know anything about anybody? 229 00:13:59,160 --> 00:14:01,460 Someone sees something and they make assumptions. 230 00:14:02,180 --> 00:14:05,360 Sometimes they're right and sometimes they're half right. It doesn't matter. 231 00:14:05,540 --> 00:14:06,860 What do you mean it doesn't matter? 232 00:14:07,160 --> 00:14:10,660 Carolyn, even if his motion doesn't go anywhere, you can bet that the press is 233 00:14:10,660 --> 00:14:13,540 going to pick up on it. Tell me, don't worry about anything. 234 00:14:14,080 --> 00:14:15,080 Nothing's going to happen. 235 00:14:15,720 --> 00:14:16,720 Okay? 236 00:14:20,480 --> 00:14:23,860 Mr. Freeling, I take it you are not a member of the Los Angeles Police 237 00:14:23,860 --> 00:14:25,080 Department? Right. 238 00:14:26,440 --> 00:14:28,660 You ever been a member of any police department anywhere? 239 00:14:29,480 --> 00:14:33,040 At one time, I thought about taking the test for the Mahwah, New Jersey police 240 00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:34,140 department. But you didn't. 241 00:14:35,100 --> 00:14:37,520 I was young. I wanted to do a lot of things I didn't do. 242 00:14:37,840 --> 00:14:39,480 What do you do for a living, Mr. Freeling? 243 00:14:39,740 --> 00:14:42,040 I run and manage a franchise food service operation. 244 00:14:42,660 --> 00:14:43,660 To be more specific? 245 00:14:44,180 --> 00:14:45,460 I run a Dunkin' Donuts. 246 00:14:45,780 --> 00:14:48,200 Oh, I can't believe I was that stupid. 247 00:14:48,680 --> 00:14:51,340 But when you met my client, you represented otherwise. 248 00:14:52,240 --> 00:14:55,820 I was at a bar. I had a couple of drinks. I told her a story. 249 00:14:56,430 --> 00:14:59,810 People do that in bars. If they gave out polygraphs with every Mai Tai, dating 250 00:14:59,810 --> 00:15:02,190 as we know it, would disappear from the known world. 251 00:15:02,410 --> 00:15:05,010 But this wasn't just a story in a bar. 252 00:15:05,470 --> 00:15:07,950 For the next three months, you actually lived out this lie. 253 00:15:08,290 --> 00:15:10,210 I thought we were having a good time. 254 00:15:11,510 --> 00:15:12,510 Was I wrong? 255 00:15:12,610 --> 00:15:16,810 You carried a gun, did you not? It was a fake gun, just like the badge was a 256 00:15:16,810 --> 00:15:17,669 fake badge. 257 00:15:17,670 --> 00:15:20,670 Both were strictly placebos. That's the right word, isn't it? 258 00:15:20,930 --> 00:15:21,749 Close enough. 259 00:15:21,750 --> 00:15:22,750 Okay. 260 00:15:23,050 --> 00:15:28,850 Did you ever feel the need to warn this woman while you took her on your make 261 00:15:28,850 --> 00:15:31,870 -believe stakeouts that if anything were to happen, you couldn't do anything 262 00:15:31,870 --> 00:15:35,790 about it? I'd never let anything happen to her. If you encountered violence, you 263 00:15:35,790 --> 00:15:38,050 would have, what, pulled your placebo? 264 00:15:38,310 --> 00:15:39,970 Can we save the sarcasm for the courtroom? 265 00:15:41,010 --> 00:15:43,030 I told her what she wanted to hear. 266 00:15:43,270 --> 00:15:47,190 So it was under the guise of being a policeman that you persuaded my client 267 00:15:47,190 --> 00:15:48,430 have sexual relations with you. 268 00:15:49,810 --> 00:15:51,130 Didn't take much persuading. 269 00:15:52,620 --> 00:15:53,800 That came out totally wrong. 270 00:15:54,440 --> 00:15:58,460 This was not an effort on my part to get her to go to bed with me. What exactly 271 00:15:58,460 --> 00:16:01,280 was it, Mr. Freeling? It was a love affair, Mr. McDermott. 272 00:16:01,840 --> 00:16:04,220 Two lonesome souls who found each other. 273 00:16:04,740 --> 00:16:09,420 A beautiful, classy broad and a hard -bitten cop who'd long since given up 274 00:16:09,420 --> 00:16:10,840 believing such a thing was possible. 275 00:16:11,140 --> 00:16:12,960 Ed? Mr. Freeling, you're not a cop. 276 00:16:13,260 --> 00:16:14,900 You make donuts for a living. 277 00:16:16,500 --> 00:16:17,760 That's a detail, my friend. 278 00:16:19,340 --> 00:16:24,220 Do you have any further questions, Mr. McDermott? No, I think we're done. 279 00:16:26,640 --> 00:16:32,360 Mr. Bardash, would you describe the event that took place on December 28, 280 00:16:32,880 --> 00:16:36,740 I was standing behind the counter at the convenience store where I used to work. 281 00:16:36,900 --> 00:16:43,140 Around 1 o 'clock in the morning, this guy with a mask over his face comes in, 282 00:16:43,200 --> 00:16:46,700 points a gun at me, and tells me to empty out the register. 283 00:16:47,020 --> 00:16:47,959 What did you do? 284 00:16:47,960 --> 00:16:48,980 I emptied out the register. 285 00:16:49,340 --> 00:16:51,100 And what then did he do, sir? 286 00:16:51,420 --> 00:16:56,620 He took the money, and then he walked back to the refrigerator case and took 287 00:16:56,620 --> 00:16:57,199 a beer. 288 00:16:57,200 --> 00:17:02,760 He had me open it for him. He stood there drinking it with the barrel of the 289 00:17:02,760 --> 00:17:04,400 pushed up against my ear. 290 00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:09,500 Would you describe for us, sir, how this incident has affected you? 291 00:17:09,720 --> 00:17:13,380 It made it impossible for me to continue working outside the house. 292 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:16,540 Now I stay at home. 293 00:17:17,829 --> 00:17:22,890 phone sales for my kitchen. It wasn't the first time that I was held up. It 294 00:17:22,890 --> 00:17:25,490 wasn't the first time that I had a gun pointed at me. 295 00:17:25,849 --> 00:17:28,290 But I don't remember ever being as scared. 296 00:17:28,530 --> 00:17:33,510 This guy wasn't doing it for the money. He was doing it because he wanted to. 297 00:17:33,810 --> 00:17:35,990 Objection. He wanted to see me beg. 298 00:17:36,410 --> 00:17:37,870 Objection. Objection sustained. 299 00:17:38,630 --> 00:17:39,970 I have no further questions. 300 00:17:44,780 --> 00:17:49,700 Did Mr. Escala strike you at any time, sir? No. Did he tie you up or restrain 301 00:17:49,700 --> 00:17:50,700 you in any way? 302 00:17:50,820 --> 00:17:54,760 No. Did he threaten you with retribution if you should go to the police or 303 00:17:54,760 --> 00:17:58,080 testify? No, he didn't. Are you aware of the fact that the gun he used during 304 00:17:58,080 --> 00:18:00,160 the robbery was actually a starter pistol? 305 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:01,600 I'm aware of it now. 306 00:18:02,180 --> 00:18:03,580 I wasn't aware of it then. 307 00:18:03,840 --> 00:18:08,740 Is it likely, sir, that an experienced thief would risk capture by standing 308 00:18:08,740 --> 00:18:10,920 around drinking a beer in the middle of a robbery? 309 00:18:11,140 --> 00:18:12,140 Maybe not. 310 00:18:12,220 --> 00:18:15,100 But I looked into his eyes, and let me tell you something. 311 00:18:15,380 --> 00:18:16,380 He's dangerous. 312 00:18:16,620 --> 00:18:21,700 There was no doubt in my mind that he would have killed me just to watch me 313 00:18:21,960 --> 00:18:23,840 How would he have killed you if he was holding a starter pistol? 314 00:18:26,100 --> 00:18:27,900 That's okay, Mr. Barnash. You don't have to answer. 315 00:18:28,880 --> 00:18:29,980 I have no further questions. 316 00:18:34,640 --> 00:18:35,640 Come. 317 00:18:37,460 --> 00:18:40,620 I really appreciate you seeing me on such short notice, Leland. 318 00:18:41,260 --> 00:18:43,160 You don't need any notice around here, Tom. 319 00:18:44,620 --> 00:18:45,940 What seems to be the problem? 320 00:18:46,760 --> 00:18:47,880 I'm dating a judge. 321 00:18:48,140 --> 00:18:49,720 Ah. Carolyn Walker. 322 00:18:50,180 --> 00:18:51,180 A problem. 323 00:18:51,560 --> 00:18:55,140 A couple of weeks ago, I tried a rape case in front of her. Now, nothing was 324 00:18:55,140 --> 00:18:58,860 going on between us at the time. I got a conviction, fair and square. 325 00:18:59,120 --> 00:19:03,560 And? Yesterday, the defense attorney came to Carolyn's chambers and accuses 326 00:19:03,560 --> 00:19:05,140 of misconduct during the trial. 327 00:19:05,360 --> 00:19:08,860 He's filing a motion for mistrial, claiming judicial bias. 328 00:19:09,260 --> 00:19:10,580 Can he make a case? 329 00:19:10,970 --> 00:19:13,390 Well, that's what I wanted to know. You've been around the courthouse a lot 330 00:19:13,390 --> 00:19:14,390 longer than I have. 331 00:19:15,110 --> 00:19:16,970 What kind of problems are we looking at here? 332 00:19:17,410 --> 00:19:19,330 For her or for you? For both of us. 333 00:19:19,570 --> 00:19:21,170 She's a lot more vulnerable than you are. 334 00:19:21,830 --> 00:19:24,450 Judges have to avoid even the appearance of impropriety. 335 00:19:25,090 --> 00:19:26,090 So what do I do? 336 00:19:26,730 --> 00:19:29,110 Start by going through the transcripts of that trial. 337 00:19:29,990 --> 00:19:32,390 Brief each and every ruling the judge made. 338 00:19:33,330 --> 00:19:36,470 And keep a lower profile as possible, romantically speaking. 339 00:19:39,820 --> 00:19:42,300 If I need representation, can I come to you? 340 00:19:43,620 --> 00:19:45,120 Absolutely. Thanks. 341 00:19:45,660 --> 00:19:50,580 I assume you know that a prosecutor who gets involved with a judge is walking 342 00:19:50,580 --> 00:19:51,900 through a minefield as well. 343 00:19:52,120 --> 00:19:53,120 Oh, I know we would. 344 00:19:53,640 --> 00:19:55,920 The problem is that I'm already involved. 345 00:20:04,800 --> 00:20:06,400 Hi. A moment? 346 00:20:07,020 --> 00:20:08,020 Sure. 347 00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:15,140 It seems to have become a standing joke around here that Arnold Becker lies 348 00:20:15,140 --> 00:20:20,320 whenever and however it serves his purposes to do so. I'd like to know if 349 00:20:20,320 --> 00:20:21,320 share in that view. 350 00:20:21,500 --> 00:20:24,260 I couldn't really say. I don't know you as well as the others. 351 00:20:24,540 --> 00:20:25,980 Based on how well you do know me. 352 00:20:26,940 --> 00:20:28,240 Tell me if you think it's true. 353 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:33,500 Based on how well I do know you, I think there are probably times when you are 354 00:20:33,500 --> 00:20:34,680 somewhat less than sincere. 355 00:20:36,620 --> 00:20:40,040 Like when? Like when you expressed an interest in the Bible because you wanted 356 00:20:40,040 --> 00:20:42,440 to go to bed with me. Are those things mutually exclusive? 357 00:20:43,020 --> 00:20:48,260 Well, I think in your case one led me to question the legitimacy of the other. 358 00:20:48,420 --> 00:20:50,660 My desire for spiritual guidance was sincere. 359 00:20:51,700 --> 00:20:53,780 My desire for you was sincere. 360 00:20:54,780 --> 00:20:57,760 Yes, I want to feel the presence of God in my life. 361 00:20:58,240 --> 00:21:00,200 Yes, I want to see you naked. 362 00:21:01,840 --> 00:21:04,620 Why can't those concepts exist simultaneously? 363 00:21:05,950 --> 00:21:09,990 Maybe they can, although I should say you have a better chance of 364 00:21:09,990 --> 00:21:11,290 the former than the latter. 365 00:21:11,650 --> 00:21:12,990 You're humoring me, Jane. 366 00:21:13,750 --> 00:21:16,690 You don't believe for one split second that I could be sincere about my 367 00:21:16,690 --> 00:21:17,690 religious feelings. 368 00:21:18,570 --> 00:21:19,570 That's okay. 369 00:21:19,650 --> 00:21:24,410 But I suggest, however, that your cynicism is blinding you to the true 370 00:21:24,410 --> 00:21:26,050 a fellow pilgrim. Is it? 371 00:21:26,430 --> 00:21:27,430 Yes, it is. 372 00:21:28,330 --> 00:21:31,890 Whatever I may be, I am not cynical. 373 00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:36,980 My eyes tell me when to trust a person and when not to. 374 00:21:37,740 --> 00:21:42,180 My eyes look into their eyes, and based on that, I have an unerring ability to 375 00:21:42,180 --> 00:21:44,620 know when someone is sincere. 376 00:21:45,900 --> 00:21:48,500 With it, your Christian heart allowed you to do the same. 377 00:21:54,680 --> 00:21:55,680 Mrs. 378 00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:04,610 Escala, in the last few months... How often have you seen your son Luis? 379 00:22:05,050 --> 00:22:06,210 He lives with us. 380 00:22:06,550 --> 00:22:09,830 I see him every day. Did you see him the night of the robbery? 381 00:22:10,430 --> 00:22:14,490 Yes. I heard him crying downstairs with my husband and Ramon. 382 00:22:15,250 --> 00:22:16,930 He said he committed this crime. 383 00:22:17,330 --> 00:22:18,370 How did you react? 384 00:22:18,750 --> 00:22:19,750 I didn't believe it. 385 00:22:19,790 --> 00:22:22,250 Did Luis say why he did it? 386 00:22:23,290 --> 00:22:25,670 He said he owed money to some men. 387 00:22:25,910 --> 00:22:29,030 They said they were going to kill him unless he paid them that night. 388 00:22:29,530 --> 00:22:30,570 He got drunk. 389 00:22:31,160 --> 00:22:32,300 And he robbed the store. 390 00:22:32,540 --> 00:22:35,100 Did he say how he came to owe money to these men? 391 00:22:35,300 --> 00:22:39,560 He said he felt guilty about not being able to contribute more for the rent and 392 00:22:39,560 --> 00:22:40,319 the food. 393 00:22:40,320 --> 00:22:41,720 Luis is a simple boy. 394 00:22:42,080 --> 00:22:44,120 He does what people tell him to do. 395 00:22:44,380 --> 00:22:49,700 These men offered to loan him money, and he took it. They said to rob the store, 396 00:22:49,780 --> 00:22:50,780 and he did it. 397 00:22:52,140 --> 00:22:54,700 He's never been in trouble before in his life, Judge. 398 00:22:55,340 --> 00:22:56,340 Not until now. 399 00:22:56,520 --> 00:22:57,760 I'll keep that in mind. 400 00:22:58,960 --> 00:22:59,980 I have nothing further. 401 00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:07,000 Is it possible, Mrs. Escala, that your son committed this crime for the same 402 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:10,980 reason that most people commit crimes? It beats working for a living. Luis does 403 00:23:10,980 --> 00:23:12,140 work for a living. 404 00:23:12,980 --> 00:23:17,200 It was just the circumstances he was in. He was afraid he was going to be 405 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:18,200 killed. 406 00:23:18,340 --> 00:23:22,940 Tell me, have you ever seen the men who your son claims told him to rob the 407 00:23:22,940 --> 00:23:25,020 store? No. Do you know their names? 408 00:23:25,340 --> 00:23:26,560 No. Mrs. 409 00:23:26,760 --> 00:23:31,620 Escala... Have you considered that Luis may have invented these men in an 410 00:23:31,620 --> 00:23:34,860 attempt to reduce his responsibility for the robbery? No. 411 00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:40,800 Mrs. Escala, assuming what you're saying is true, how can we be assured that the 412 00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:44,200 next time Luis falls into debt, he won't react in the same way? 413 00:23:44,420 --> 00:23:48,740 We will take care of him, my husband, my son, and me. If he needs money, we will 414 00:23:48,740 --> 00:23:49,740 give it to him. 415 00:23:50,320 --> 00:23:54,400 I promise, Your Honor. I promise to God this will never happen again. 416 00:23:56,060 --> 00:23:57,060 Miss Nida? 417 00:23:58,410 --> 00:23:59,430 I have nothing further. 418 00:24:04,070 --> 00:24:08,370 On the evening of September 7th of last year, I was called to investigate a 602. 419 00:24:08,910 --> 00:24:12,050 Illegal trespass. The two of them were parked in front of the house of a Mr. 420 00:24:12,310 --> 00:24:13,970 Takayodo who had called in a complaint. 421 00:24:14,270 --> 00:24:16,990 Would you describe for us what they were doing? They were engaged in activity of 422 00:24:16,990 --> 00:24:17,990 a sexual nature. 423 00:24:18,030 --> 00:24:20,930 Did Mr. Trestman appear to be participating willingly in these 424 00:24:21,250 --> 00:24:23,110 He's in no position to testify to that. 425 00:24:23,480 --> 00:24:26,640 Did Ms. Trestman complain that Mr. Freeling had forced her to do anything 426 00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:27,559 against her will? 427 00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:31,200 No, she did not. You arrested both Mr. Freeling and Ms. Trestman, is that 428 00:24:31,420 --> 00:24:32,660 Right. What was the charge? 429 00:24:32,920 --> 00:24:33,920 Indecent exposure. 430 00:24:33,980 --> 00:24:35,260 314 .1. 431 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:39,980 Misdemeanor. So, Mr. Freeling wasn't arrested for impersonating an officer? 432 00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:41,319 No, he was not. 433 00:24:41,320 --> 00:24:45,060 Why? While in my presence, he never represented himself to be a police 434 00:24:45,380 --> 00:24:48,020 Did you at any time take Mr. Freeling for a police officer? 435 00:24:48,500 --> 00:24:49,500 Not for a moment. 436 00:24:49,740 --> 00:24:53,120 Well, what about the clothes and the car and the overall demeanor? He's a buff. 437 00:24:53,540 --> 00:24:57,520 I run into guys like him all the time. They learn a few words. They try to 438 00:24:57,520 --> 00:24:59,200 up to you. Generally, they're harmless. 439 00:24:59,620 --> 00:25:03,760 But no way would I take this guy for a cop. I beg to differ. In most respects, 440 00:25:03,820 --> 00:25:07,160 I'm indistinguishable from a cop. Ed, will you let me handle this? Hey, pal, 441 00:25:07,160 --> 00:25:11,040 no respect are you anything like a cop. Can we wrap this up? Why do you say 442 00:25:11,040 --> 00:25:12,080 that? Because you're soft. 443 00:25:12,320 --> 00:25:14,540 It just so happens I am not soft. 444 00:25:14,960 --> 00:25:18,460 You wouldn't last 15 minutes on the job. Your problem is you're living in a 445 00:25:18,460 --> 00:25:19,460 fantasy world. 446 00:25:19,630 --> 00:25:21,850 You're not a cop. You're never going to be a cop. 447 00:25:22,210 --> 00:25:23,210 That's that. 448 00:25:24,010 --> 00:25:25,350 I have nothing further, Detective. 449 00:25:30,210 --> 00:25:31,370 You're a big boy, Ed. 450 00:25:31,630 --> 00:25:32,630 Get over it. 451 00:25:37,570 --> 00:25:43,410 Ever since he was nine, Luis has worked to help support the family. 452 00:25:44,190 --> 00:25:47,910 Because he did that, I didn't have to work. I could concentrate on school. 453 00:25:49,550 --> 00:25:53,970 How would you describe your relationship with your brother growing up? 454 00:25:54,430 --> 00:25:58,130 Luis was my protector, and when he couldn't be there, he made sure there 455 00:25:58,130 --> 00:26:01,330 someone else to look out for me. Was it necessary to have a protector? 456 00:26:01,610 --> 00:26:06,650 When you grow up in La Gerdiloma and you're skinny and asthmatic and good at 457 00:26:06,650 --> 00:26:09,190 school, believe me, it was necessary. 458 00:26:09,550 --> 00:26:14,390 And what kind of influence, if any, did your brother have on you? 459 00:26:15,770 --> 00:26:18,110 When I was 13, I thought about joining the gang. 460 00:26:19,360 --> 00:26:21,800 Luis said he'd beat the crap out of me if I did. 461 00:26:22,180 --> 00:26:26,520 I told him that he had nothing to say about it because he himself was in a 462 00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:27,940 at the time. How did he respond? 463 00:26:28,520 --> 00:26:30,020 He got jumped out of the gang. 464 00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:34,240 He got jumped out of the gang. Tell us about that. What does it mean to be 465 00:26:34,240 --> 00:26:35,139 jumped out? 466 00:26:35,140 --> 00:26:37,000 It's like a reverse initiation. 467 00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:41,760 They tie your hands behind your back and all the gang members get to take their 468 00:26:41,760 --> 00:26:42,760 best shot. 469 00:26:43,300 --> 00:26:45,240 When they brought him back, I thought he was dead. 470 00:26:45,820 --> 00:26:48,420 His eyes were all swollen shut. He couldn't walk. 471 00:26:50,410 --> 00:26:52,830 I never had anything to do with gangs after that. 472 00:26:54,810 --> 00:26:56,830 How do you feel about your brother, Ramon? 473 00:26:59,230 --> 00:27:00,330 I love him. 474 00:27:02,930 --> 00:27:06,190 And I owe him more than I could ever hope to repay. 475 00:27:06,870 --> 00:27:07,970 No further questions. 476 00:27:10,130 --> 00:27:13,870 Mr. Scala, do you consider your brother to be a violent person? 477 00:27:14,270 --> 00:27:15,270 No, I don't. 478 00:27:15,470 --> 00:27:20,210 But as a gang member, wouldn't it be fair to assume that Luis took part in 479 00:27:20,210 --> 00:27:25,050 activities as fights, violent initiations, perhaps drive -by 480 00:27:25,410 --> 00:27:27,250 He joined the gang for his own protection. 481 00:27:27,750 --> 00:27:30,450 The truth is, Luis was never much of a fighter. 482 00:27:30,710 --> 00:27:31,710 Really? 483 00:27:31,750 --> 00:27:35,850 As recently as two years ago, your brother was arrested and charged with an 484 00:27:35,850 --> 00:27:39,450 assault. Are you familiar with that incident, Mr. Escala? They dropped those 485 00:27:39,450 --> 00:27:43,370 charges. You witnessed that incident, didn't you, Mr. Escala? 486 00:27:43,570 --> 00:27:44,810 I caused it, Miss Nida. 487 00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:48,400 I had just gotten a scholarship to Stanford. 488 00:27:48,700 --> 00:27:50,220 My picture was in the paper. 489 00:27:50,420 --> 00:27:54,920 We were at a neighborhood bar celebrating when this drunk starts in on 490 00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:56,540 calling me vendido. 491 00:27:56,960 --> 00:27:58,960 So the guy starts getting physical. 492 00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:02,320 Luis takes him down. So it wasn't Luis's fault. 493 00:28:02,580 --> 00:28:03,580 That's right. 494 00:28:03,710 --> 00:28:07,470 And last week when your brother terrorized and robbed a store clerk, 495 00:28:07,470 --> 00:28:11,570 his fault either. My brother is not a criminal. Your brother pleaded guilty to 496 00:28:11,570 --> 00:28:14,570 crime. That makes him a criminal. Objection. The prosecutor's making 497 00:28:14,950 --> 00:28:15,950 I have nothing further. 498 00:28:20,190 --> 00:28:21,270 Yeah, come in. 499 00:28:24,070 --> 00:28:30,790 Ah, here filing your complaint with my boss, Mr. DeStefano? No, I'm not. I'm, 500 00:28:30,790 --> 00:28:32,830 uh... I'm... 501 00:28:33,080 --> 00:28:34,080 here to apologize. 502 00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:39,560 About yesterday in Judge Walker's chambers, my accusations were out of 503 00:28:40,020 --> 00:28:44,400 You seemed pretty sure of yourself at the time. I was obviously mistaken. 504 00:28:44,820 --> 00:28:48,980 See, Rick Turner, Stifel Records, they're big clients for my firm. 505 00:28:49,180 --> 00:28:53,140 No one was very happy I lost the case. I was upset. 506 00:28:53,860 --> 00:28:54,860 I'm sorry. 507 00:28:57,760 --> 00:28:58,760 Apology accepted. 508 00:28:59,300 --> 00:29:00,300 Good. 509 00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:06,140 And as far as I'm concerned, we can act as though none of this ever happened. 510 00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:11,000 Okay. Okay. 511 00:29:18,280 --> 00:29:23,100 Do you have a minute? 512 00:29:23,320 --> 00:29:24,320 Sure. 513 00:29:34,160 --> 00:29:40,980 Maybe your religious impulses and your sexual impulses can exist 514 00:29:40,980 --> 00:29:42,120 side by side. 515 00:29:45,280 --> 00:29:47,220 Maybe the same is true for me. 516 00:29:49,440 --> 00:29:50,480 What do you mean? 517 00:29:50,800 --> 00:29:52,400 There are thoughts in my head. 518 00:29:54,220 --> 00:29:55,260 There's desire. 519 00:29:55,920 --> 00:29:57,700 I have sexual desire. 520 00:29:58,780 --> 00:30:01,880 And I'm curious about doing things that... 521 00:30:02,410 --> 00:30:07,770 Good Christian girls don't do things that they shouldn't even think about. 522 00:30:14,030 --> 00:30:18,570 Like, uh... What kinds of things? 523 00:30:19,310 --> 00:30:24,990 Before I could even say those words, I'd have to let go a little. 524 00:30:26,530 --> 00:30:27,670 Let go a lot. 525 00:30:28,970 --> 00:30:30,370 I'd need to lose myself. 526 00:30:31,310 --> 00:30:35,650 I'd need to... I don't know what I would need. I would need a drink. 527 00:30:35,990 --> 00:30:37,830 That's not necessarily a bad idea. 528 00:30:38,790 --> 00:30:43,650 Alcohol can be very helpful in allowing us to free ourselves of that which holds 529 00:30:43,650 --> 00:30:44,650 us back. 530 00:30:45,170 --> 00:30:46,970 What kind of drink should I have? 531 00:30:47,330 --> 00:30:48,550 Vodka martini. 532 00:30:49,470 --> 00:30:55,870 Well, then, I think that what we should do is go someplace and 533 00:30:55,870 --> 00:30:58,570 I could have four or five or six. 534 00:31:00,050 --> 00:31:04,910 Vodka martinis, and then we could see where that takes us. Oh, let's go right 535 00:31:04,910 --> 00:31:09,690 now. Let's go right now, Jane. Let's not think about it. Let's not discuss it. 536 00:31:10,290 --> 00:31:14,910 Let's put what I see to be a very brilliant plan into motion, and as you 537 00:31:15,010 --> 00:31:16,410 see where it takes us. 538 00:31:17,730 --> 00:31:19,150 Arnold? Yeah? 539 00:31:19,450 --> 00:31:24,410 You know how you say that your eyes can tell when a person's being sincere? 540 00:31:25,030 --> 00:31:27,130 Yes, I remember saying that. 541 00:31:27,770 --> 00:31:30,150 How your eyes looking into their eyes. 542 00:31:31,570 --> 00:31:34,110 And based on that, you can always tell. 543 00:31:34,350 --> 00:31:36,190 Let's talk about this more at the bar, okay? 544 00:31:36,910 --> 00:31:38,710 Have you ever been to Musso and Frank? 545 00:31:39,190 --> 00:31:41,350 Well, I think you should have your eyes checked. 546 00:31:42,030 --> 00:31:44,450 They're not as reliable as you think they are. 547 00:31:52,570 --> 00:31:53,570 Yeah. 548 00:31:54,510 --> 00:31:55,510 Hi. 549 00:31:55,730 --> 00:31:58,070 Ed. We're not due in court till tomorrow. 550 00:32:00,490 --> 00:32:01,990 I don't think I want to go to court. 551 00:32:02,890 --> 00:32:04,230 You pretty much have to be there. 552 00:32:06,770 --> 00:32:07,770 I want to settle. 553 00:32:08,330 --> 00:32:09,330 Wait a minute. 554 00:32:10,110 --> 00:32:13,810 We have a better than even chance of getting this case dismissed before it 555 00:32:13,810 --> 00:32:14,810 goes to trial. 556 00:32:15,510 --> 00:32:16,510 I don't care. 557 00:32:17,310 --> 00:32:18,710 I did what you said I did. 558 00:32:18,950 --> 00:32:20,850 I pretended to be something I'm not. 559 00:32:21,230 --> 00:32:23,690 Well, that doesn't necessarily make you liable for damages. 560 00:32:24,570 --> 00:32:25,570 I think it does. 561 00:32:26,140 --> 00:32:28,100 I think it makes me a fraud and a fake. 562 00:32:28,840 --> 00:32:32,260 I have no right asking you or anyone else to help keep me from paying for 563 00:32:32,640 --> 00:32:34,760 The only real asset I have is the donut shop. 564 00:32:35,040 --> 00:32:36,140 I want to give it to her. 565 00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:39,760 Ed, I am not endorsing what you told that woman, but I don't think it 566 00:32:39,760 --> 00:32:41,580 putting yourself into financial ruin. 567 00:32:44,020 --> 00:32:47,940 You know, somewhere along the line, I probably could have become a cop. 568 00:32:48,880 --> 00:32:53,300 I could have taken the test and gone on the job and found out what I was made 569 00:32:53,300 --> 00:32:54,300 of. 570 00:32:54,570 --> 00:32:58,170 I could have seen how I did when confronted with physical danger. When I 571 00:32:58,170 --> 00:33:00,530 know it was on the other side of a door, whether I would have panicked and run 572 00:33:00,530 --> 00:33:04,570 away, or chambered around and gone in. 573 00:33:07,710 --> 00:33:08,870 I didn't do that, Ann. 574 00:33:09,370 --> 00:33:10,950 I never found out. 575 00:33:12,110 --> 00:33:16,990 I chose a comfortable, predictable way of life, selling coffee and donuts and 576 00:33:16,990 --> 00:33:18,890 curling up in my beddy at night. 577 00:33:20,830 --> 00:33:21,830 Just pay the woman. 578 00:33:22,940 --> 00:33:23,940 Pay her whatever she wants. 579 00:33:33,700 --> 00:33:34,700 Ramon, what are you doing here? 580 00:33:37,400 --> 00:33:38,500 I'm worried about Luis. 581 00:33:39,940 --> 00:33:42,600 Why is that VA so intent on putting him away? 582 00:33:43,020 --> 00:33:44,020 That's her job. 583 00:33:44,660 --> 00:33:46,000 Do you think he'll go to prison? 584 00:33:47,020 --> 00:33:48,020 I don't know. 585 00:33:56,110 --> 00:33:58,410 He shouldn't be thinking about sending him to prison. 586 00:33:59,070 --> 00:34:00,570 It was always a possibility. 587 00:34:00,950 --> 00:34:03,930 Not in my mind. In my mind, it was never a possibility. 588 00:34:04,670 --> 00:34:06,910 I never would have agreed to let him do this otherwise. 589 00:34:10,030 --> 00:34:11,250 Agreed to let him do what? 590 00:34:12,730 --> 00:34:15,030 Luis is innocent. I robbed the store. 591 00:34:15,510 --> 00:34:18,389 You? I never meant for it to happen like this. 592 00:34:18,630 --> 00:34:21,969 Wait, wait a minute. You let your brother take the rap for you? It wasn't 593 00:34:21,969 --> 00:34:25,210 idea. Whose idea was it? My parents. Who do you think? 594 00:34:26,090 --> 00:34:29,510 A conviction would wipe out my chances of ever becoming a lawyer. 595 00:34:33,190 --> 00:34:34,870 Why'd you rob a store, Ramon? 596 00:34:35,969 --> 00:34:37,469 Where do you come from, Morales? 597 00:34:38,409 --> 00:34:39,409 Mission Hills. 598 00:34:39,429 --> 00:34:40,429 Mission Hills. 599 00:34:40,949 --> 00:34:42,150 That's a nice neighborhood. 600 00:34:43,070 --> 00:34:46,469 Maybe you going to law school wasn't such a big deal. Well, for me, it was a 601 00:34:46,469 --> 00:34:47,469 deal. 602 00:34:47,770 --> 00:34:51,770 I had everyone from the city councilman to the abuelitas in the park watching my 603 00:34:51,770 --> 00:34:52,770 every step. 604 00:34:53,080 --> 00:34:58,080 planning my future like I belonged to them, like they each owned a piece of 605 00:34:58,660 --> 00:35:02,940 From grade school on, I was the one who had to get the A's. I was the one who 606 00:35:02,940 --> 00:35:06,600 had to be the class president, captain of the team, valedictorian, and I was. 607 00:35:06,900 --> 00:35:10,900 I got the scholarships, the pictures in the paper, everything they wanted, I 608 00:35:10,900 --> 00:35:11,900 did. 609 00:35:12,400 --> 00:35:14,040 I can't do it anymore. 610 00:35:15,500 --> 00:35:19,260 Why did you rob the store, Ramon? Because I had to do something. 611 00:35:20,060 --> 00:35:23,320 To tell my parents and my teachers to get the hell off my back. 612 00:35:24,620 --> 00:35:26,920 What the hell am I supposed to do? 613 00:35:32,640 --> 00:35:33,680 You come clean. 614 00:35:33,940 --> 00:35:38,060 You go to the judge and tell him exactly what happened. I want to. You have to. 615 00:35:39,680 --> 00:35:41,860 That's the only way you're going to be able to live with yourself. 616 00:35:47,920 --> 00:35:48,920 Your Honor. 617 00:35:49,070 --> 00:35:53,490 With no disrespect intended toward Mr. Morales, this smacks of a ploy. It's not 618 00:35:53,490 --> 00:35:55,410 a ploy. Ramon is ready to confess. 619 00:35:55,710 --> 00:35:59,570 When? He'll be here in an hour. Your Honor, I think that the timing and the 620 00:35:59,570 --> 00:36:03,430 circumstances cast considerable doubt on the reliability of such a confession. 621 00:36:03,690 --> 00:36:04,690 Well, that may be. 622 00:36:04,830 --> 00:36:08,550 But when an officer of the court tells me someone's confessed to him 623 00:36:08,790 --> 00:36:10,210 I have to take that seriously. 624 00:36:11,490 --> 00:36:15,790 Meantime, I want a thorough review of all the evidence in this case. Now, 625 00:36:15,790 --> 00:36:18,350 ascertain if anything ties the younger brother to the crime. 626 00:36:18,910 --> 00:36:23,050 I want the report by the end of the day. Mr. Morales? Yes, Your Honor. As soon 627 00:36:23,050 --> 00:36:26,910 as the youngest Mr. Escala arrives, get him in here. Thank you. 628 00:36:35,130 --> 00:36:39,990 I just had a very weird visit from Michael DiStefano. What was weird about 629 00:36:41,399 --> 00:36:45,120 He apologized for accusing us of having an affair during the Turner trial? 630 00:36:45,320 --> 00:36:47,380 Well, it was a false accusation. He should have apologized. 631 00:36:47,820 --> 00:36:50,080 And you didn't have anything to do with this change of heart? 632 00:36:50,580 --> 00:36:51,580 Of course I did. 633 00:36:51,640 --> 00:36:52,419 What'd you do? 634 00:36:52,420 --> 00:36:55,460 Well, I called one of the senior partners at Mr. Stephano's firm. 635 00:36:55,740 --> 00:36:57,780 That's all it took, one phone call from you? 636 00:36:58,280 --> 00:37:00,540 Is that an abuse of authority, in your opinion? 637 00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:04,440 No, I didn't say that. Because I can assure you that I am scrupulously honest 638 00:37:04,440 --> 00:37:08,460 my judicial and my personal life. Carolyn. I regard integrity as being 639 00:37:08,460 --> 00:37:10,140 above anything else. Carolyn. 640 00:37:10,830 --> 00:37:13,030 You don't have to defend yourself to me. 641 00:37:13,390 --> 00:37:16,490 I don't have a problem with you being able to pick up the phone and do what 642 00:37:16,490 --> 00:37:17,570 did. You don't? 643 00:37:17,890 --> 00:37:21,850 No. As a matter of fact, I like it. 644 00:37:27,130 --> 00:37:28,170 What gives, Counselor? 645 00:37:28,570 --> 00:37:30,590 If you have a minute, I think we can settle this thing. 646 00:37:31,210 --> 00:37:32,530 Always willing to listen to reason. 647 00:37:33,050 --> 00:37:33,729 Where to? 648 00:37:33,730 --> 00:37:34,408 In here. 649 00:37:34,410 --> 00:37:35,430 Do you guys wait out here? 650 00:37:40,200 --> 00:37:41,200 Hi. 651 00:38:15,440 --> 00:38:16,440 How's it going? 652 00:38:18,540 --> 00:38:19,540 Fine. 653 00:38:20,320 --> 00:38:21,320 Your color? 654 00:38:22,100 --> 00:38:23,100 Just handing them off. 655 00:38:24,360 --> 00:38:25,880 Where do you guys work out at, Rampart? 656 00:38:27,660 --> 00:38:28,660 Do I know you? 657 00:38:29,920 --> 00:38:31,080 You might have seen me around. 658 00:38:39,680 --> 00:38:40,700 Don't like that, sir. 659 00:39:15,240 --> 00:39:16,240 Nice move. 660 00:39:16,500 --> 00:39:17,500 Anytime. 661 00:39:19,900 --> 00:39:23,320 Good morning. 662 00:39:25,160 --> 00:39:27,480 I take it you've reprised everyone of your decision? 663 00:39:27,940 --> 00:39:31,000 Ramon's only decision is to return to his classes tomorrow. 664 00:39:32,460 --> 00:39:33,460 What does that mean? 665 00:39:33,620 --> 00:39:38,240 It means that whatever Ramon might have said to you yesterday, you 666 00:39:38,240 --> 00:39:39,240 misunderstood. 667 00:39:41,500 --> 00:39:42,740 You're going to let them do this? 668 00:39:45,070 --> 00:39:47,090 What kind of lawyer do you expect to be? 669 00:39:49,770 --> 00:39:52,790 What kind of a person are you going to be? Mr. Morales. How are you going to 670 00:39:52,790 --> 00:39:56,510 through your life doing this? Mr. Morales, you want to talk to someone? 671 00:39:57,390 --> 00:39:58,390 Talk to me. 672 00:39:58,850 --> 00:39:59,850 Okay. 673 00:40:00,250 --> 00:40:03,150 You think my wife and I aren't in agony over making this decision? 674 00:40:04,250 --> 00:40:05,510 We love our sons equally. 675 00:40:06,050 --> 00:40:09,310 For 35 years, we have struggled to give them a chance for something. 676 00:40:10,950 --> 00:40:12,210 Ramon is that chance. 677 00:40:12,510 --> 00:40:14,330 So what, you just sacrificed, Luis? 678 00:40:14,780 --> 00:40:17,280 Oye, didn't you hear my father? 679 00:40:18,320 --> 00:40:20,000 I mean, what difference is it going to make? 680 00:40:20,980 --> 00:40:24,780 Having committed a crime is not going to change my life, but it's going to turn 681 00:40:24,780 --> 00:40:26,280 his life upside down. 682 00:40:27,500 --> 00:40:28,620 Nobody's forcing me, Morales. 683 00:40:30,400 --> 00:40:31,560 I want to do this. 684 00:40:32,720 --> 00:40:35,780 And if it doesn't matter to me, why should it matter to you, huh? 685 00:40:36,360 --> 00:40:39,360 Because I'm your lawyer, and I know you're innocent. 686 00:40:40,400 --> 00:40:41,440 Judge McGrath's waiting. 687 00:40:42,240 --> 00:40:43,240 Luis? 688 00:40:44,200 --> 00:40:45,200 See you, Pa. 689 00:40:45,620 --> 00:40:46,620 Okay. 690 00:40:47,800 --> 00:40:48,800 Let's go there. 691 00:41:01,200 --> 00:41:03,580 You have to sign the deed and the franchise agreement. 692 00:41:05,180 --> 00:41:07,280 Am I the red arrows or the blue ones? Red. 693 00:41:08,480 --> 00:41:09,480 Come in. 694 00:41:11,820 --> 00:41:12,820 Hi. 695 00:41:12,990 --> 00:41:16,110 Oh, the papers won't be ready for a few more hours yet. I told your attorney 696 00:41:16,110 --> 00:41:17,610 that... I've changed my mind. 697 00:41:18,190 --> 00:41:19,190 How so? 698 00:41:19,250 --> 00:41:21,310 I don't want a donut franchise. 699 00:41:23,390 --> 00:41:24,390 I don't want anything. 700 00:41:25,930 --> 00:41:26,930 What do you mean? 701 00:41:27,070 --> 00:41:32,470 When I found out that I had been fooled, that you weren't who you said you were, 702 00:41:32,530 --> 00:41:34,410 I was angry and I wanted revenge. 703 00:41:35,030 --> 00:41:36,610 And that is no longer the case? 704 00:41:37,270 --> 00:41:39,490 The way I feel now is... 705 00:41:40,680 --> 00:41:43,460 If I got fooled, then I deserve to get fooled. 706 00:41:44,460 --> 00:41:48,860 So, I'm sorry for putting you through all this. 707 00:41:51,040 --> 00:41:53,340 Maybe I should start to go to therapy again. 708 00:41:54,300 --> 00:41:57,280 Find out why this is so important to me. 709 00:41:59,320 --> 00:42:02,220 Can I venture an opinion about what it was that was so important to you? 710 00:42:04,320 --> 00:42:05,320 Sure. 711 00:42:09,080 --> 00:42:11,600 This city, is a human sewer. 712 00:42:14,220 --> 00:42:18,580 Every day there are those of us who go out there prepared to do battle against 713 00:42:18,580 --> 00:42:20,400 that element which would cause us harm. 714 00:42:21,300 --> 00:42:24,900 In addition to being a beautiful woman, you happen to be a citizen. 715 00:42:26,040 --> 00:42:30,880 The thin blue line is all there is to keep you safe. Um, Ed, I think... Oh, 716 00:42:31,620 --> 00:42:37,080 Ed, you made me feel safe the whole time I was with you. 717 00:42:37,390 --> 00:42:40,230 And then again when you stopped that guy in the courthouse. 718 00:42:41,350 --> 00:42:42,890 You made me feel safe. 719 00:42:43,970 --> 00:42:46,090 Boy, was that a stupid move. 720 00:42:47,370 --> 00:42:48,370 What do you mean? 721 00:42:48,450 --> 00:42:49,990 That building was full of real cops. 722 00:42:50,650 --> 00:42:54,350 That guy had no chance of escaping. No one was in danger. So why did you put 723 00:42:54,350 --> 00:42:55,750 yourself in the middle of all that? 724 00:42:57,810 --> 00:42:58,930 It's what I do. 725 00:42:59,430 --> 00:43:03,090 Miss Trestman, am I right in assuming that you're interested in dropping this 726 00:43:03,090 --> 00:43:04,090 action? 727 00:43:05,750 --> 00:43:06,750 Yeah. 728 00:43:06,910 --> 00:43:09,170 In that case, I'll draw up papers to that effect. 729 00:43:10,590 --> 00:43:11,590 Fine. 730 00:43:11,790 --> 00:43:13,250 Can I buy you a cup of coffee? 731 00:43:15,010 --> 00:43:16,010 Sure. 732 00:43:16,850 --> 00:43:17,850 My unit's downstairs. 733 00:43:29,070 --> 00:43:32,670 Hey, my mother got this on 47th Street. It's really pretty. 734 00:43:32,890 --> 00:43:33,890 Thank you. Sign here. 735 00:43:34,070 --> 00:43:35,690 Not very nice. 736 00:43:36,300 --> 00:43:42,340 Excuse me? What you did was not very nice. 737 00:43:46,360 --> 00:43:47,460 What did you do? 738 00:43:49,320 --> 00:43:54,680 In the case of people versus a scholar, I have reviewed all relevant materials 739 00:43:54,680 --> 00:43:59,280 presented in this matter and find no evidence of fraud as charged by the 740 00:43:59,280 --> 00:44:00,280 defendant's attorney. 741 00:44:00,360 --> 00:44:02,980 Now, absent a more compelling set of proofs, 742 00:44:03,850 --> 00:44:08,330 I have no choice but to accept Mr. Scala's plea and pass judgment 743 00:44:08,770 --> 00:44:14,010 Your Honor, as I do not believe in my client's guilt, and as I'm convinced 744 00:44:14,010 --> 00:44:18,050 a fraud is being perpetrated on this court, I would ask the court's 745 00:44:18,050 --> 00:44:19,690 to withdraw as defense counsel. 746 00:44:20,250 --> 00:44:21,250 Permission granted. 747 00:44:22,010 --> 00:44:26,150 Mr. Scala, do you wish to have time to retain new counsel or proceed without an 748 00:44:26,150 --> 00:44:27,150 attorney? 749 00:44:28,950 --> 00:44:30,090 To proceed, Your Honor. 750 00:44:30,770 --> 00:44:31,910 Rise for sentencing. 751 00:44:34,990 --> 00:44:40,230 Mr. Scala, based on the testimony presented, I find the evidence of 752 00:44:40,230 --> 00:44:43,370 circumstances in your case to be slight at best. 753 00:44:44,770 --> 00:44:49,610 Now, before I sentence you, do you have any legal cause to show why judgment 754 00:44:49,610 --> 00:44:51,710 should not be pronounced against you? 755 00:44:52,510 --> 00:44:53,510 No, Your Honor. 756 00:44:53,790 --> 00:44:54,790 Very well. 757 00:44:56,390 --> 00:45:00,170 For the charge of robbery, I hereby sentence you to three years in the state 758 00:45:00,170 --> 00:45:03,130 penitentiary. Bailiff, take charge of your prisoner. 759 00:45:03,900 --> 00:45:05,020 Court is adjourned. 760 00:45:06,100 --> 00:45:09,960 Judge, could you please allow us a moment before you take him? 761 00:45:18,800 --> 00:45:19,800 I'm sorry, mijo. 762 00:45:20,720 --> 00:45:22,880 I didn't know this would ever happen. It's okay. 763 00:45:23,720 --> 00:45:30,140 Your mother and I will come and visit you every week. Now, if there's anything 764 00:45:30,140 --> 00:45:32,000 you need, we'll bring it to you. If there's... 765 00:45:32,320 --> 00:45:34,500 If there's anything we can do for you, we'll do it. Don't, Papa. 766 00:45:35,240 --> 00:45:36,240 Please. 767 00:45:37,260 --> 00:45:38,260 Everything's going to be okay. 768 00:45:41,840 --> 00:45:45,480 I could never be as proud of anyone as I am of you right now. 769 00:45:48,400 --> 00:45:49,400 I love you, mijo. 770 00:45:53,120 --> 00:45:57,480 I love you too, Papa.