1 00:00:00,934 --> 00:00:02,641 NARRATOR: In the criminal justice system 2 00:00:02,703 --> 00:00:06,617 the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups, 3 00:00:06,673 --> 00:00:08,482 the police who investigate crime 4 00:00:08,542 --> 00:00:11,318 and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. 5 00:00:11,378 --> 00:00:13,119 These are their stories. 6 00:00:14,848 --> 00:00:16,691 LUISA: Tena, Daddy's waiting for us. 7 00:00:17,117 --> 00:00:18,790 I'm waving to Max. 8 00:00:19,553 --> 00:00:22,898 Put on your coat and your gloves. I won't tell you twice. 9 00:00:23,724 --> 00:00:25,203 And bring me Elena's hat. 10 00:00:30,797 --> 00:00:31,901 Can I bring Lily? 11 00:00:31,965 --> 00:00:33,035 Yes, but hurry. 12 00:00:33,133 --> 00:00:34,840 (SPEAKING SPANISH) 13 00:00:39,139 --> 00:00:40,482 I don't see Daddy and Max. 14 00:00:40,541 --> 00:00:41,849 Leon? 15 00:00:45,612 --> 00:00:47,023 Leon! 16 00:00:47,381 --> 00:00:49,054 (SPEAKING SPANISH) 17 00:00:52,786 --> 00:00:55,426 Max! Max! 18 00:01:00,594 --> 00:01:02,164 (SCREAMING IN SPANISH) 19 00:01:02,896 --> 00:01:05,399 The 5-year-old died en-route to North General. 20 00:01:05,799 --> 00:01:08,211 Mr. Galvez was dead at the scene. 21 00:01:08,268 --> 00:01:09,576 CURTIS: What were they doing out this early? 22 00:01:09,670 --> 00:01:11,343 They were going to their grandmother's in Albany. 23 00:01:11,405 --> 00:01:14,818 Point of impact was here, knocked the kid right out of his boots. 24 00:01:15,142 --> 00:01:16,553 BRISCOE: You got a make on the hit-and-run? 25 00:01:16,610 --> 00:01:17,953 NORRIS: No. No witnesses so far. 26 00:01:18,445 --> 00:01:19,480 Want to see the other one? 27 00:01:19,546 --> 00:01:20,547 Other one? 28 00:01:20,614 --> 00:01:22,093 Around the corner. 29 00:01:22,482 --> 00:01:23,517 CURTIS: Any ID? 30 00:01:23,584 --> 00:01:25,359 NORRIS: Be my guest. 31 00:01:25,419 --> 00:01:28,263 I'll wager he didn't live in Harlem. 32 00:01:29,890 --> 00:01:32,962 Peter Lavalle, 170 East 82nd Street. 33 00:01:33,026 --> 00:01:35,006 Long way from his townhouse. 34 00:01:35,062 --> 00:01:37,269 We're positing he got hit at the crosswalk. 35 00:01:37,831 --> 00:01:40,869 The car swerved after the impact, 36 00:01:40,934 --> 00:01:43,312 hit the curb going around the corner, 37 00:01:44,137 --> 00:01:47,812 we got tire marks there, then hit the other two. 38 00:01:48,008 --> 00:01:49,919 Anybody hear him hit the brakes? 39 00:01:49,977 --> 00:01:51,820 No brakes. No skid marks. 40 00:01:52,613 --> 00:01:54,286 Maybe no accident. 41 00:02:43,630 --> 00:02:48,045 Max always followed his papa everywhere. 42 00:02:52,105 --> 00:02:55,143 I don't know what I'm going to do. 43 00:02:56,710 --> 00:02:58,314 We don't have any money. 44 00:02:58,378 --> 00:03:00,221 Victim Services can help you with that. 45 00:03:00,814 --> 00:03:02,487 We'll make sure the word gets out. 46 00:03:02,983 --> 00:03:04,485 Mama, can you open the juice? 47 00:03:04,885 --> 00:03:07,559 Here, let me give you a hand with that. I'm an expert. 48 00:03:09,523 --> 00:03:11,969 Mrs. Galvez, when you went downstairs, 49 00:03:12,025 --> 00:03:13,470 you're sure you didn't see a car? 50 00:03:13,527 --> 00:03:15,063 No. I didn't see no car. 51 00:03:15,829 --> 00:03:17,365 I saw a car. 52 00:03:17,731 --> 00:03:19,233 You did? Where? 53 00:03:22,102 --> 00:03:25,049 She was looking outside before we went downstairs. 54 00:03:26,006 --> 00:03:28,384 I waved at Max and then I saw a car, 55 00:03:28,442 --> 00:03:30,752 but then Mama told me to put on my coat. 56 00:03:30,877 --> 00:03:32,254 What was the car doing? 57 00:03:32,712 --> 00:03:34,123 It was driving on the street. 58 00:03:34,181 --> 00:03:35,524 Do you know what kind of car it was? 59 00:03:37,017 --> 00:03:40,226 It was black. It was big. It was driving fast. 60 00:03:48,695 --> 00:03:49,730 (GAS PS) 61 00:03:49,796 --> 00:03:51,571 BRISCOE: Why don't we sit down over here, Mrs. Lavalle. 62 00:03:52,532 --> 00:03:53,636 Right here. Come on. 63 00:03:58,705 --> 00:03:59,706 Okay. 64 00:04:02,809 --> 00:04:05,312 Mrs. Lavalle, I'm sorry I have to ask you these things, 65 00:04:05,378 --> 00:04:08,484 but what was your husband doing up in that neighborhood? 66 00:04:11,651 --> 00:04:15,622 Well, he takes a walk every Sunday, 67 00:04:17,624 --> 00:04:21,800 up Third Avenue and down First. Every week. 68 00:04:22,596 --> 00:04:25,236 Can you think of anyone who might've wanted to hurt your husband? 69 00:04:25,365 --> 00:04:26,366 MRS. LAVALLE: No. 70 00:04:26,466 --> 00:04:29,345 Why? It was an accident, wasn't it? 71 00:04:29,402 --> 00:04:31,109 Well, we're not sure what happened. 72 00:04:31,338 --> 00:04:34,046 Is there anybody else in your family we can talk to? 73 00:04:35,408 --> 00:04:38,946 Our children, Matthew and Daniel. 74 00:04:40,981 --> 00:04:43,757 I'll get you their phone numbers. 75 00:04:47,154 --> 00:04:52,763 He had a walking stick, with a sterling silver handle. 76 00:04:53,493 --> 00:04:54,733 Are you sure he had it with him? 77 00:04:54,795 --> 00:04:56,274 Yes, of course. 78 00:04:56,496 --> 00:04:58,305 And I have to get it back. 79 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:01,238 It belonged to his father. 80 00:05:01,369 --> 00:05:02,609 Officer. 81 00:05:03,271 --> 00:05:04,648 I didn't see a walking stick at the scene. 82 00:05:04,705 --> 00:05:05,775 Neither did I. 83 00:05:05,840 --> 00:05:06,910 Somebody got there first. 84 00:05:07,008 --> 00:05:09,215 We find the walking stick, maybe we find a witness. 85 00:05:09,277 --> 00:05:10,779 I'll call Profaci. 86 00:05:11,579 --> 00:05:12,853 Hey! Hi, Daddy! 87 00:05:12,914 --> 00:05:13,915 Hey, bunny! 88 00:05:13,981 --> 00:05:15,619 Hi, Lennie! Hi, Deborah. Nice to see you. 89 00:05:15,683 --> 00:05:17,321 Here we go, sweetie. Hey, honey. 90 00:05:17,885 --> 00:05:19,125 How was the museum? 91 00:05:19,187 --> 00:05:20,359 Serena loved the bike collection. 92 00:05:20,421 --> 00:05:21,422 You did? Yeah. 93 00:05:21,489 --> 00:05:22,559 We brought you Chinese food. 94 00:05:22,623 --> 00:05:23,658 With shrimp and noodles. 95 00:05:23,724 --> 00:05:25,362 My favorites! Mine, too. 96 00:05:25,726 --> 00:05:27,069 Mommy, I have to go now. 97 00:05:27,128 --> 00:05:28,198 Where's the ladies room? 98 00:05:28,262 --> 00:05:29,297 Upstairs. I'll take her. 99 00:05:29,397 --> 00:05:31,468 No, it's okay. Come here, Serena. 100 00:05:38,105 --> 00:05:39,277 Okay. Hold on. 101 00:05:50,585 --> 00:05:52,690 Mr. Rogers and Mr. Jones were discussing 102 00:05:52,753 --> 00:05:54,824 the merits of thunderbird versus crack, 103 00:05:55,089 --> 00:05:58,969 when Mr. Jones pulled out what Mr. Rogers described as a silver hammer 104 00:05:59,026 --> 00:06:00,164 and hit him upside the head with it. 105 00:06:00,228 --> 00:06:01,298 A silver hammer? 106 00:06:01,596 --> 00:06:03,166 Black stick with a silver handle. 107 00:06:03,231 --> 00:06:04,767 (SIREN WAILING) 108 00:06:07,335 --> 00:06:08,939 Let's go. He had this with him. 109 00:06:10,705 --> 00:06:12,309 Meet Mr. Alternator Jones. 110 00:06:12,373 --> 00:06:13,875 Alternator? Yeah. 111 00:06:13,941 --> 00:06:16,217 Says his dad worked at the Ford plant in Detroit. 112 00:06:16,277 --> 00:06:17,517 You gonna get me locked up again! 113 00:06:17,578 --> 00:06:18,784 Hey! BRISCOE: Hey! Knock it off! 114 00:06:18,846 --> 00:06:19,847 Move him down the block. 115 00:06:19,914 --> 00:06:21,086 You ain't gonna give me nothing! Shut up! 116 00:06:21,148 --> 00:06:22,422 That cat had it coming to him! 117 00:06:22,483 --> 00:06:24,190 That's not why you're here, Mr. Jones. 118 00:06:24,252 --> 00:06:25,629 You want to tell me where you found this? 119 00:06:25,686 --> 00:06:27,597 It's mine. I found it on the street. 120 00:06:27,655 --> 00:06:29,532 Yeah, on Pleasant Avenue, right? 121 00:06:30,992 --> 00:06:33,199 Look, that old guy was already dead. 122 00:06:33,261 --> 00:06:36,037 Yeah, we know. He got run over. We're hoping you saw it. 123 00:06:36,097 --> 00:06:39,135 I heard it. I saw the old guy walking across the street. 124 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:42,079 I went around the corner and I heard this car gun its engine. 125 00:06:42,203 --> 00:06:43,273 It accelerated? 126 00:06:43,337 --> 00:06:44,475 Yeah. Then... 127 00:06:44,539 --> 00:06:46,143 Then I came back around the corner, 128 00:06:46,207 --> 00:06:47,743 and the cat was dead, that's all. 129 00:06:47,842 --> 00:06:48,843 You see the car? 130 00:06:48,910 --> 00:06:49,980 No, man. 131 00:06:50,044 --> 00:06:52,752 Look, I can't see nothing with these glasses. Look. 132 00:06:53,148 --> 00:06:54,627 Look, you go down to St. Anne's. 133 00:06:54,683 --> 00:06:57,027 Father Luke will fix you up with a new pair, all right? 134 00:06:57,352 --> 00:06:58,922 And stay out of Mr. Rogers' neighborhood. 135 00:06:58,987 --> 00:07:00,523 Yeah. I'm gonna do that. 136 00:07:04,493 --> 00:07:10,239 Okay, bruises, one on Lavalle's thigh and the other on the boy's chest. 137 00:07:11,533 --> 00:07:12,841 CURTIS: From a headlight rim? 138 00:07:12,935 --> 00:07:15,415 You're looking at a Mercedes, BMW, Jaguar. 139 00:07:17,039 --> 00:07:18,746 You got pictures of these cars? 140 00:07:19,675 --> 00:07:20,710 This one. 141 00:07:23,745 --> 00:07:24,883 And that one, too. 142 00:07:24,947 --> 00:07:26,017 Okay. 143 00:07:26,515 --> 00:07:28,552 Mama, can I go play with Elena? 144 00:07:32,287 --> 00:07:33,960 Did Victim Services get in touch with you? 145 00:07:34,022 --> 00:07:35,194 LUISA: Yes. 146 00:07:35,457 --> 00:07:37,960 And people sent money and cards. 147 00:07:39,962 --> 00:07:43,774 People I don't know, saying they're sorry 148 00:07:43,832 --> 00:07:47,837 and they're gonna pray for Max and Leon. 149 00:07:49,338 --> 00:07:50,783 I want to thank them 150 00:07:50,839 --> 00:07:52,716 but some of them didn't write down their names. 151 00:07:53,075 --> 00:07:54,952 Do you mind if we take a look? 152 00:07:57,012 --> 00:07:58,719 People have good hearts. 153 00:07:58,780 --> 00:08:00,020 TENA: Mommy! 154 00:08:00,515 --> 00:08:01,858 I'm sorry. 155 00:08:02,651 --> 00:08:07,532 A check for $67 and a marriage proposal. 156 00:08:09,925 --> 00:08:11,165 He sent his picture. 157 00:08:11,927 --> 00:08:13,099 Guy must be dreaming. 158 00:08:13,161 --> 00:08:15,232 Give him credit for keeping his clothes on. 159 00:08:15,297 --> 00:08:17,368 Hey, Lennie, look at this one. 160 00:08:20,502 --> 00:08:22,379 "Dear Mrs. Galvez, I saw the news" 161 00:08:22,437 --> 00:08:23,973 "about your family on television." 162 00:08:24,039 --> 00:08:25,780 "They showed your little boy at the hospital." 163 00:08:25,841 --> 00:08:28,720 "He looked so small in his little parka and his yellow boots." 164 00:08:29,177 --> 00:08:30,918 "I'm so sorry for all the pain you're feeling." 165 00:08:31,046 --> 00:08:33,959 "I'm enclosing $500 to help with your needs." 166 00:08:34,016 --> 00:08:35,017 No signature. 167 00:08:35,083 --> 00:08:37,859 The kid wasn't wearing his boots at the hospital. 168 00:08:37,919 --> 00:08:39,262 The boots were in the street. 169 00:08:39,988 --> 00:08:43,834 No return address either. But the C-notes are real. 170 00:08:45,694 --> 00:08:48,641 Brand new. With consecutive serial numbers. 171 00:08:49,364 --> 00:08:51,469 We traced the bills to a bank in Murray Hill. 172 00:08:51,733 --> 00:08:53,679 They were disbursed the same day they were mailed. 173 00:08:53,902 --> 00:08:55,904 Did the bank happen to know who withdrew the money? 174 00:08:55,971 --> 00:08:58,815 Yeah. They narrowed it down to the teller who did the transaction. 175 00:08:59,041 --> 00:09:01,988 He had two clients take out $500 or more in cash 176 00:09:02,044 --> 00:09:03,079 in denominations of a hundred. 177 00:09:03,145 --> 00:09:04,146 No kidding. 178 00:09:04,212 --> 00:09:07,284 We have a Chinese immigrant who was in Hong Kong the day of the accident. 179 00:09:07,382 --> 00:09:08,793 The bank knows that because he made 180 00:09:08,850 --> 00:09:10,193 a cash machine withdrawal there. 181 00:09:10,252 --> 00:09:12,630 The other one's a Susan Young, 34, 182 00:09:12,687 --> 00:09:14,792 divorced, no kids, no car. 183 00:09:14,856 --> 00:09:16,392 But she has a driver's license. 184 00:09:16,458 --> 00:09:17,732 How do you want to handle her? 185 00:09:17,793 --> 00:09:19,932 I don't know. We drop in on her, she's liable to shut down. 186 00:09:20,062 --> 00:09:22,372 Her bank has a stolen credit card report on her. 187 00:09:22,697 --> 00:09:24,677 She got her purse snatched about seven months ago. 188 00:09:25,801 --> 00:09:28,077 Good. Tell her we found it. 189 00:09:28,136 --> 00:09:31,208 And ask the bank how many sugars she takes in her coffee. 190 00:09:32,941 --> 00:09:36,081 Talk about a surprise. I gave up on ever getting that wallet back. 191 00:09:37,679 --> 00:09:38,919 Still want me to look at mug shots? 192 00:09:38,980 --> 00:09:41,187 Yeah. We'll get to that. Why don't you take a seat? 193 00:09:42,084 --> 00:09:44,997 Last Sunday morning in East Harlem, 194 00:09:45,053 --> 00:09:47,055 three people were killed in a hit-and-run. 195 00:09:48,256 --> 00:09:50,896 I saw it on the news. It's horrible. 196 00:09:51,293 --> 00:09:54,331 You know what else is horrible? We don't have any witnesses. 197 00:09:55,197 --> 00:09:57,268 The driver might get away with killing those people 198 00:09:57,332 --> 00:09:58,436 'cause no one wants to talk. 199 00:09:58,633 --> 00:10:00,203 BRISCOE: That's kind of like piling one horror 200 00:10:00,268 --> 00:10:01,804 on top of another. Wouldn't you agree? 201 00:10:03,105 --> 00:10:04,106 Yes. 202 00:10:04,206 --> 00:10:07,983 Good. Now, anything you want to tell us about this hit-and-run? 203 00:10:10,245 --> 00:10:11,315 I don't know what you mean. 204 00:10:11,413 --> 00:10:13,154 Weren't you in East Harlem, Sunday morning? 205 00:10:13,882 --> 00:10:15,657 No. Why would you think I was? 206 00:10:19,454 --> 00:10:21,024 The post mark is from Murray Hill, 207 00:10:21,089 --> 00:10:22,762 about three blocks from where you live. 208 00:10:24,659 --> 00:10:26,605 These bills trace back to your bank. 209 00:10:26,962 --> 00:10:28,532 They were handed out by the same teller 210 00:10:28,597 --> 00:10:30,440 on the same day he gave you $500. 211 00:10:30,732 --> 00:10:32,973 BRISCOE: Now what do you bet we find your prints on these 212 00:10:33,068 --> 00:10:35,947 and your DNA on the stamp you licked? 213 00:10:38,140 --> 00:10:42,350 I felt sorry for that woman. I wanted to help anonymously. 214 00:10:42,410 --> 00:10:44,048 Then why didn't you come out and say so? 215 00:10:44,112 --> 00:10:45,819 You wrote that you saw the little boy 216 00:10:45,881 --> 00:10:47,554 at the hospital with his boots on. 217 00:10:47,749 --> 00:10:48,955 Where did you see that? 218 00:10:49,551 --> 00:10:50,689 On the news. 219 00:10:50,752 --> 00:10:52,527 He didn't have his boots at the hospital. 220 00:10:53,288 --> 00:10:55,268 Maybe I read it. I don't remember. CURTIS: You're lying. 221 00:10:55,424 --> 00:10:57,260 You lieng, you were there at the accident. 222 00:10:57,359 --> 00:10:58,861 No. BRISCOE: Why are you covering up? 223 00:10:58,927 --> 00:11:00,531 What are you afraid of? Nothing. 224 00:11:00,595 --> 00:11:01,665 I have to get back to work. 225 00:11:01,730 --> 00:11:02,765 Wait a minute. Wait a minute. 226 00:11:03,031 --> 00:11:06,069 What's this bruise here? That looks like it could be from a seat belt. 227 00:11:06,168 --> 00:11:07,169 No. I fell. 228 00:11:07,235 --> 00:11:08,805 You were in the car, weren't you? No. 229 00:11:08,870 --> 00:11:11,214 You might not have been driving, but you were in the damn car. 230 00:11:11,273 --> 00:11:13,150 That's crazy. Now, please... Look at this! 231 00:11:14,376 --> 00:11:16,322 That's a picture of the little boy in the morgue. 232 00:11:16,444 --> 00:11:20,586 Take a look. Look at what happened to him. Look at it, damn you! 233 00:11:20,982 --> 00:11:21,983 (GROANS) 234 00:11:28,023 --> 00:11:30,003 That's one way to get her to spill her guts. 235 00:11:30,792 --> 00:11:31,998 She knows who was driving. 236 00:11:32,093 --> 00:11:35,131 And unless she wants to tell us, we can't force it out of her. 237 00:11:36,531 --> 00:11:37,532 I want to leave now. 238 00:11:37,599 --> 00:11:38,634 You're sure? 239 00:11:39,634 --> 00:11:42,171 Please, I don't know anything. I wasn't there. 240 00:11:46,608 --> 00:11:48,144 Her bruise is on the right side. 241 00:11:48,210 --> 00:11:49,689 That puts her in the passenger seat. 242 00:11:50,212 --> 00:11:51,850 She have any connection to the Lavalle family? 243 00:11:51,913 --> 00:11:55,759 They never heard of her. By the way, both the Lavalle kids are alibied. 244 00:11:55,817 --> 00:11:57,353 CURTIS: We checked her IUDs for the last month, 245 00:11:57,652 --> 00:11:59,859 nothing jumps out that traces to the Lavalles. 246 00:12:00,488 --> 00:12:02,126 So it could be just an accident. 247 00:12:04,192 --> 00:12:06,604 Three people run down? To you that's just an accident? 248 00:12:07,262 --> 00:12:10,471 Can't we put some paper on Ms. Young and force her to talk? 249 00:12:10,532 --> 00:12:12,978 We subpoena her to the grand jury, she'll ask for immunity. 250 00:12:13,235 --> 00:12:14,680 JACK: Until we know how she's involved, 251 00:12:14,736 --> 00:12:16,113 I don't want to give it to her. 252 00:12:16,406 --> 00:12:18,545 If you keep the pressure up, you think she'll come around? 253 00:12:18,908 --> 00:12:21,013 We'll lean on her just as hard as you let us. 254 00:12:23,546 --> 00:12:25,116 You sure she didn't come in the back door? 255 00:12:25,214 --> 00:12:28,058 Maybe she hit a shoe sale on her way back from work. I don't know. 256 00:12:28,517 --> 00:12:29,723 Thanks. 257 00:12:33,422 --> 00:12:35,459 Hey, why don't we grab some food and come back? 258 00:12:35,524 --> 00:12:36,764 No. Let's give it another 10 minutes. 259 00:12:36,826 --> 00:12:39,238 I want her to see us when she gets here. 260 00:12:39,662 --> 00:12:41,642 You know, I got in touch with Mrs. Galvez yesterday? 261 00:12:42,064 --> 00:12:43,771 She has to move in with her mother. 262 00:12:43,833 --> 00:12:45,471 She can't manage without her husband. 263 00:12:47,603 --> 00:12:50,846 You know what you do, Rey? Grab all the life insurance you can afford. 264 00:12:51,140 --> 00:12:53,279 Davey says you're waiting for Ms. Young? 265 00:12:53,342 --> 00:12:54,912 She left last night with a suitcase. 266 00:12:54,977 --> 00:12:56,615 Said she'd be gone for a couple of weeks. 267 00:12:56,679 --> 00:12:57,817 Did she say where? 268 00:12:57,880 --> 00:13:01,191 No. Sometimes she stays at her boyfriend's when he's out of town. 269 00:13:01,617 --> 00:13:03,187 Where does he live? I wouldn't know. 270 00:13:03,252 --> 00:13:04,322 Name? 271 00:13:04,387 --> 00:13:05,422 I wouldn't know that either. 272 00:13:07,089 --> 00:13:09,535 Her office says she's at her sister's in Groton. 273 00:13:10,159 --> 00:13:12,105 Her boyfriend who travels? 274 00:13:12,161 --> 00:13:14,163 Look at her IUDs for the week before the accident. 275 00:13:14,597 --> 00:13:16,508 See these calls to Rio de Janeiro? 276 00:13:16,632 --> 00:13:18,543 Every night. Minimum of 20 minutes. 277 00:13:18,868 --> 00:13:20,211 Expensive heavy breathing. 278 00:13:20,303 --> 00:13:22,305 Last call was made Saturday afternoon. 279 00:13:22,371 --> 00:13:24,351 So the boyfriend flew back Sunday. 280 00:13:24,707 --> 00:13:26,448 The accident was near the Triborough. 281 00:13:26,842 --> 00:13:28,082 So if they were coming from the airport, 282 00:13:28,210 --> 00:13:29,450 they might've crossed the bridge. 283 00:13:29,512 --> 00:13:31,890 What? She picked him up? She doesn't have a car. 284 00:13:31,981 --> 00:13:33,483 Maybe he does. 285 00:13:35,919 --> 00:13:39,332 The new-guy shift, Saturday 10:00 p.m. to Sunday 6:00. 286 00:13:40,657 --> 00:13:42,933 Really cuts into my booty time. 287 00:13:44,127 --> 00:13:46,539 Two weeks ago Sunday, the flight from Rio. 288 00:13:46,730 --> 00:13:48,334 You remember her with one of the passengers? 289 00:13:48,899 --> 00:13:50,401 Yeah, sure. 290 00:13:50,734 --> 00:13:53,476 Yeah? 30,000 people later, you remember her. 291 00:13:53,537 --> 00:13:55,813 I remember the belligerent fool she was with. 292 00:13:56,073 --> 00:13:57,950 Kept lighting up in the no-smoke zone. 293 00:13:58,041 --> 00:13:59,247 You talked to him? 294 00:13:59,309 --> 00:14:01,050 I talked, he yelled. 295 00:14:01,411 --> 00:14:03,584 Customs was ready to take him for a cavity search 296 00:14:03,647 --> 00:14:04,955 'cause he pissed them off. 297 00:14:05,215 --> 00:14:06,785 Gave his lady a hard time, too. 298 00:14:07,150 --> 00:14:08,857 What was his problem? 299 00:14:08,985 --> 00:14:10,692 You could smell his problem, scotch. 300 00:14:11,221 --> 00:14:12,495 CURTIS: So he was drunk? 301 00:14:12,556 --> 00:14:13,796 Unless he uses the stuff for cologne. 302 00:14:14,058 --> 00:14:15,662 CURTIS: You remember his name? 303 00:14:15,726 --> 00:14:17,000 I wrote him up in my report. 304 00:14:18,495 --> 00:14:20,270 BRISCOE: His name's Bernard Dressier. 305 00:14:20,331 --> 00:14:23,175 His credit card company confirms he was at the hotel in Rio. 306 00:14:23,501 --> 00:14:25,981 Damn! It ate my quarter. 307 00:14:28,873 --> 00:14:30,546 His name's also on Young's IUDs 308 00:14:30,608 --> 00:14:32,246 the whole month before the accident. 309 00:14:32,310 --> 00:14:33,846 Now she hasn't called him since. 310 00:14:33,945 --> 00:14:35,925 Look. Downtown is sweating my budget, 311 00:14:35,980 --> 00:14:38,426 their way of saying how much they appreciate my lawsuit. 312 00:14:38,750 --> 00:14:41,390 So solve this quick or hand it off to AIU. 313 00:14:41,652 --> 00:14:45,498 Hey, I ran Dressier through DMV, he owns a black' 92 Jag. 314 00:14:45,890 --> 00:14:47,631 Consistent with the bruises on the bodies. 315 00:14:47,725 --> 00:14:51,468 And get this, he has two moving violations and a DWI from last year. 316 00:14:51,529 --> 00:14:55,272 Six months probation, 12 hours drunk school and no suspension? 317 00:14:55,333 --> 00:14:56,505 Must've had some lawyer. 318 00:14:56,567 --> 00:14:58,945 He better hope his lawyer hasn't retired. 319 00:15:01,907 --> 00:15:04,513 I had a couple of drinks, then I went to sleep. I wasn't drunk. 320 00:15:04,943 --> 00:15:07,287 BRISCOE: Airport security said you were quite a handful. 321 00:15:07,346 --> 00:15:10,088 You do 11 hours on a plane and see how chipper you feel. 322 00:15:10,315 --> 00:15:13,922 Dena, get me David Feist in Bonn. Try the home number first. 323 00:15:14,219 --> 00:15:15,493 How'd you get home from the airport? 324 00:15:15,554 --> 00:15:16,794 Cab. Why? 325 00:15:17,156 --> 00:15:18,362 You know Susan Young? 326 00:15:18,423 --> 00:15:19,458 What's she have to do with this? 327 00:15:19,525 --> 00:15:20,765 CURTIS: She picked you up from the airport, right? 328 00:15:20,826 --> 00:15:21,861 No. 329 00:15:21,960 --> 00:15:23,439 Somebody saw you with her. 330 00:15:23,495 --> 00:15:24,940 With a blond, it wasn't Susan. 331 00:15:25,631 --> 00:15:28,271 You want to stand still for a minute. So who was the blond? 332 00:15:28,700 --> 00:15:34,173 It was another passenger, somebody wanting to split cab fare to Islip. 333 00:15:34,273 --> 00:15:36,184 Tell me. Really. This isn't about me 334 00:15:36,242 --> 00:15:38,119 causing a disturbance at the airport, is it? 335 00:15:38,344 --> 00:15:40,381 That Sunday morning, three pedestrians 336 00:15:40,446 --> 00:15:42,426 were killed by a hit-and-run driver. 337 00:15:42,748 --> 00:15:44,625 We think Ms. Young had something to do with it. 338 00:15:44,684 --> 00:15:46,459 That's not possible. 339 00:15:46,519 --> 00:15:47,862 BRISCOE: Have you talked to her lately? 340 00:15:48,354 --> 00:15:51,267 No. Things were cooling off before I went to Rio 341 00:15:51,324 --> 00:15:52,632 and we haven't connected since. 342 00:15:52,725 --> 00:15:53,602 You still own a Jaguar? 343 00:15:54,060 --> 00:15:55,061 Yeah. 344 00:15:55,128 --> 00:15:56,630 You still drinking and driving? 345 00:15:57,964 --> 00:15:59,568 That's very funny. I learned my lesson. 346 00:15:59,632 --> 00:16:00,804 BRISCOE: Good for you. 347 00:16:01,367 --> 00:16:04,177 So, would you mind if we had our lab check your car? 348 00:16:04,337 --> 00:16:05,611 (CHUCKLES) 349 00:16:05,672 --> 00:16:06,912 If I said no? 350 00:16:06,973 --> 00:16:08,316 We find a judge to say yes. 351 00:16:09,109 --> 00:16:13,614 Okay, but I'm calling my lawyer. 352 00:16:15,215 --> 00:16:16,455 Dena will show you where it's parked. 353 00:16:16,516 --> 00:16:18,359 And if you scratch it, you fix it. 354 00:16:21,388 --> 00:16:23,561 A car hits a body, something from that body's gonna get sucked 355 00:16:23,624 --> 00:16:26,662 into the engine compartment. Hair, skin, fiber, blood. 356 00:16:26,894 --> 00:16:28,032 There's nothing like that here. 357 00:16:28,095 --> 00:16:29,165 You sure this is his car? 358 00:16:29,463 --> 00:16:31,875 The VIN numbers from the dash, the frame and the engine block 359 00:16:31,932 --> 00:16:33,741 all match his registration. 360 00:16:33,801 --> 00:16:36,509 Also didn't find any damage or any evidence it had work. 361 00:16:36,670 --> 00:16:38,946 That's too bad. I was looking forward to hooking up this guy. 362 00:16:39,006 --> 00:16:42,954 MAN: Fred, I checked the fourth VIN tag. 363 00:16:43,911 --> 00:16:45,356 FRED: Everybody thinks there's just three, 364 00:16:45,412 --> 00:16:47,551 only the manufacturer knows where the fourth one is, 365 00:16:47,681 --> 00:16:48,887 and they only tell the FBI. 366 00:16:48,949 --> 00:16:50,121 It's different on every model. 367 00:16:50,184 --> 00:16:51,424 This one's on the inside of the floor pan. 368 00:16:51,485 --> 00:16:53,829 I had to drill a hole and use a dentist's mirror to see it. 369 00:16:53,888 --> 00:16:55,196 And it doesn't match the other three. 370 00:16:55,256 --> 00:16:56,496 So this isn't his car? 371 00:16:56,557 --> 00:16:59,299 Same model, same year, same color. It's not his. 372 00:16:59,827 --> 00:17:02,398 He probably got this one from a dealer and switched the VIN tags. 373 00:17:02,696 --> 00:17:05,040 Any way to tell who had this car before Dressier? 374 00:17:09,504 --> 00:17:12,417 Yes. We have a car with that VIN number. It's a '92 Jag. 375 00:17:12,640 --> 00:17:14,051 It hasn't been sold? 376 00:17:14,108 --> 00:17:15,178 No. 377 00:17:16,278 --> 00:17:19,885 Not even to a Bernard Dressier? 378 00:17:20,916 --> 00:17:22,020 No. 379 00:17:22,584 --> 00:17:24,791 So, the car is here? 380 00:17:26,655 --> 00:17:28,191 All these cars have been cleared for export. 381 00:17:28,256 --> 00:17:29,735 I mean, they're fully documented. 382 00:17:29,891 --> 00:17:32,428 Big market for used Jaguars in Russia? 383 00:17:32,961 --> 00:17:34,770 Used everything. The VIN numbers match. 384 00:17:36,498 --> 00:17:38,307 The right fender's new. 385 00:17:38,367 --> 00:17:40,870 The grille's new. The paint's new. Bumper's been replaced. 386 00:17:41,337 --> 00:17:42,907 Right spoiler bracket's bent. 387 00:17:42,971 --> 00:17:44,245 This is your killer, gentlemen. 388 00:17:44,673 --> 00:17:47,415 Time to come clean, Mr. Pettijohn. 389 00:17:47,476 --> 00:17:49,387 Did you trade cars with Bernie Dressier? 390 00:17:49,645 --> 00:17:52,091 His bank issues me letters of credit, okay? 391 00:17:52,147 --> 00:17:53,490 Without them, I'm out of business. 392 00:17:54,016 --> 00:17:55,427 You're out of business now. 393 00:17:57,686 --> 00:17:58,756 You want to step away from the desk? 394 00:17:58,821 --> 00:17:59,856 What's going on? 395 00:17:59,922 --> 00:18:02,528 Your car came back from Russia, Bernie, with love. 396 00:18:02,591 --> 00:18:03,899 Bernard Dressier, you're under arrest 397 00:18:03,959 --> 00:18:06,439 for the deaths of Peter Lavalle, and Leon and Max Galvez. 398 00:18:06,829 --> 00:18:08,900 Wait. Get away from me. Hey! Get off me... 399 00:18:08,964 --> 00:18:10,773 Take it easy, Bernie! Hey! Let me go! 400 00:18:10,833 --> 00:18:12,107 I said give it up! 401 00:18:12,369 --> 00:18:14,315 You bastards. CURTIS: You have the right to remain silent. 402 00:18:14,370 --> 00:18:15,906 You stupid bastards! Anything you say can 403 00:18:15,972 --> 00:18:18,043 and will be used against you in a court of law. 404 00:18:18,411 --> 00:18:20,891 $1 million for vehicular manslaughter two? 405 00:18:20,947 --> 00:18:22,221 These are "D" felonies, Your Honor. 406 00:18:22,281 --> 00:18:23,521 Their case is nothing but fumes. 407 00:18:23,583 --> 00:18:25,256 There's no evidence my client was at the scene. 408 00:18:25,451 --> 00:18:26,794 There's evidence his car was. 409 00:18:26,853 --> 00:18:28,161 A bent fender bracket? 410 00:18:28,221 --> 00:18:29,564 They want to put three bodies on my guy, 411 00:18:29,622 --> 00:18:30,930 they'll have to do better than that. 412 00:18:30,990 --> 00:18:34,164 I don't want your client joining his car in Russia. 413 00:18:34,727 --> 00:18:36,638 Bail's set at $1 million. 414 00:18:38,999 --> 00:18:41,809 A million bucks. He must like the cut of your skirt. 415 00:18:42,169 --> 00:18:44,046 From what I hear, he'd prefer yours. 416 00:18:44,304 --> 00:18:47,444 CLERK: "Docket number 026797." 417 00:18:47,508 --> 00:18:50,421 Don't smile yet. It's the work-up of Dressler's car. 418 00:18:50,878 --> 00:18:52,357 There's no physical evidence of the victims. 419 00:18:52,413 --> 00:18:54,825 The car had been steam-cleaned bumper-to-bumper. 420 00:18:54,882 --> 00:18:56,225 What about Dressler's girlfriend? 421 00:18:56,283 --> 00:18:57,591 Wasn't she with him at the airport? 422 00:18:57,684 --> 00:18:58,924 That ID is soft. 423 00:18:58,986 --> 00:19:00,897 The police showed the guard another picture of Young, 424 00:19:00,954 --> 00:19:02,399 he wasn't so sure. 425 00:19:02,689 --> 00:19:05,135 So find somebody else who saw them together. 426 00:19:05,392 --> 00:19:07,065 Another passenger on the plane. 427 00:19:07,428 --> 00:19:09,066 I'll subpoena the manifest. 428 00:19:09,496 --> 00:19:11,840 The airline refuses to comply with our subpoena. 429 00:19:11,999 --> 00:19:13,740 They're saying the Warsaw Convention 430 00:19:13,801 --> 00:19:15,474 protects them from actions by state courts. 431 00:19:15,803 --> 00:19:18,010 They poured the booze that got Dressier drunk. 432 00:19:18,172 --> 00:19:19,617 They're afraid of getting sued. 433 00:19:19,873 --> 00:19:21,784 They're right about the Warsaw Convention. 434 00:19:21,942 --> 00:19:23,216 The only place we can bring process 435 00:19:23,343 --> 00:19:24,651 against them is in federal court. 436 00:19:24,978 --> 00:19:26,787 Then go ahead, do it. I did. 437 00:19:27,047 --> 00:19:29,391 The US Attorney doesn't think a couple of "D" felonies 438 00:19:29,449 --> 00:19:30,826 warrant their attention. 439 00:19:31,185 --> 00:19:32,357 The airlines has offices here? 440 00:19:32,419 --> 00:19:33,557 Three. 441 00:19:34,054 --> 00:19:36,364 They won't honor our subpoenas, 442 00:19:38,092 --> 00:19:39,901 seize their furniture, computers, 443 00:19:39,961 --> 00:19:41,736 whatever you can lay your hands on. 444 00:19:41,796 --> 00:19:43,434 Smack them around. 445 00:19:47,735 --> 00:19:51,877 They shut down our ticket offices. They took files, they took computer disks. 446 00:19:51,973 --> 00:19:53,452 You can't imagine our losses. 447 00:19:53,508 --> 00:19:55,681 We served them with a subpoena for a flight manifest. 448 00:19:55,743 --> 00:19:58,781 They refused to honor it. A search warrant's our only recourse. 449 00:19:58,847 --> 00:20:00,019 Mr. Fischer, 450 00:20:00,081 --> 00:20:02,391 why doesn't VIA airlines simply give them what they want? 451 00:20:02,450 --> 00:20:04,157 Judge Feldman, according to the terms 452 00:20:04,219 --> 00:20:06,165 of the Warsaw Convention, we don't have to. 453 00:20:06,254 --> 00:20:09,599 The spirit of the convention is to limit liability in civil suits. 454 00:20:09,657 --> 00:20:12,228 It's not meant as a shield in criminal investigations. 455 00:20:12,293 --> 00:20:14,500 Lawsuits are exactly what we're trying to limit. 456 00:20:14,562 --> 00:20:17,543 The search warrants are valid on their face. I see no reason to void them. 457 00:20:17,599 --> 00:20:18,600 Your Honor, I... 458 00:20:18,700 --> 00:20:20,611 Either you comply with their subpoena, 459 00:20:20,668 --> 00:20:22,648 or lawsuits will be the least of your worries. 460 00:20:26,608 --> 00:20:29,487 The manifest will be on Mr. McCoy's fax machine in an hour. 461 00:20:30,078 --> 00:20:31,989 Thank you. Thank you. 462 00:20:33,582 --> 00:20:35,084 JUDGE FELDMAN: Oh, Mr. McCoy, 463 00:20:39,988 --> 00:20:41,160 you know, it's not an accident 464 00:20:41,223 --> 00:20:43,396 that this case was assigned to me. 465 00:20:43,692 --> 00:20:46,605 I believe drunk driving to be a plague on our society. 466 00:20:47,462 --> 00:20:49,464 If you hit any snags, you let me know. 467 00:20:54,637 --> 00:20:56,639 Sounds like the makings of a stump speech. 468 00:20:56,705 --> 00:20:59,447 It is. He's planning a run for Adam's job next spring. 469 00:20:59,642 --> 00:21:01,747 And drunk driving is the cause he's embracing? 470 00:21:01,810 --> 00:21:03,346 It's not world peace. 471 00:21:04,013 --> 00:21:06,391 Shouldn't Dressler's lawyer know about Feldman's bias? 472 00:21:06,916 --> 00:21:08,486 I'm not gonna tell him. 473 00:21:09,752 --> 00:21:12,824 Come on, Jamie, a judge with an agenda, this is news to you? 474 00:21:19,194 --> 00:21:23,142 Dressier, yeah. That loudmouth, he complained about the food, 475 00:21:23,198 --> 00:21:25,075 the wine selection, the service. 476 00:21:25,434 --> 00:21:27,573 What did he think it was, Lutece up there? 477 00:21:27,636 --> 00:21:29,013 Do you know how much he drank? 478 00:21:29,605 --> 00:21:31,983 No. But every time I looked over, he had a drink in his hand. 479 00:21:32,308 --> 00:21:33,378 BRISCOE: And? 480 00:21:33,743 --> 00:21:37,384 Yeah, that's her. Yeah. I saw them leave the terminal together. 481 00:21:37,547 --> 00:21:38,651 Why did you notice them? 482 00:21:38,715 --> 00:21:39,785 It was hard not to. 483 00:21:40,617 --> 00:21:42,790 That poor woman, he was bellowing 484 00:21:42,852 --> 00:21:44,957 and gesticulating at her. A real bully. 485 00:21:45,956 --> 00:21:46,991 Thank you for coming in. 486 00:21:47,057 --> 00:21:48,058 BRISCOE: Thanks. 487 00:21:50,293 --> 00:21:53,399 Okay. That's three passengers who saw them together. 488 00:21:53,463 --> 00:21:54,806 What about flight attendants? 489 00:21:54,864 --> 00:21:57,242 Two in first class. They're both in South America. 490 00:21:57,300 --> 00:21:59,576 The airline will let us know next time they're in town. 491 00:22:00,437 --> 00:22:01,882 How about Ms. Young? 492 00:22:02,405 --> 00:22:03,941 I didn't go out all morning. 493 00:22:04,407 --> 00:22:06,318 I don't know how Bernie got home from the airport. 494 00:22:07,143 --> 00:22:08,816 Three people saw you with him. 495 00:22:09,312 --> 00:22:11,656 Look, you're here under a material witness warrant. 496 00:22:11,715 --> 00:22:14,127 That means we keep you until you cooperate. 497 00:22:14,351 --> 00:22:17,662 You'll be in the tombs with crack addicts and prostitutes 498 00:22:17,787 --> 00:22:19,061 for as long as it takes. 499 00:22:19,122 --> 00:22:21,796 It gets worse. We can place you and Mr. Dressier in the car. 500 00:22:22,692 --> 00:22:24,501 I don't care which one of you was driving. 501 00:22:24,661 --> 00:22:27,369 This is a triple homicide and somebody's going to pay for it. 502 00:22:28,098 --> 00:22:29,873 We can give you protection, Ms. Young. 503 00:22:30,033 --> 00:22:32,513 Once he's convicted and sent to prison, he can't hurt you. 504 00:22:32,737 --> 00:22:34,580 What if he doesn't go to prison? 505 00:22:35,306 --> 00:22:37,616 He's gotten off before, in Massachusetts. 506 00:22:37,775 --> 00:22:40,187 He hit a teenage girl. He told me. 507 00:22:41,078 --> 00:22:43,820 You get us the evidence, this time he goes to jail. 508 00:22:43,881 --> 00:22:47,021 Look, as bad as you feel about that little boy, 509 00:22:47,818 --> 00:22:50,321 how you gonna feel the next time he kills somebody? 510 00:22:56,261 --> 00:22:57,672 (SIGHS) 511 00:22:58,063 --> 00:23:01,806 I wasn't home one night when Bernie called me from Rio. 512 00:23:04,336 --> 00:23:09,217 He thought I was with someone else. He was furious. 513 00:23:10,676 --> 00:23:13,316 As soon as he saw me at the airport, he started ranting. 514 00:23:13,378 --> 00:23:15,153 He grabbed the keys. 515 00:23:16,648 --> 00:23:17,922 (SIGHS) 516 00:23:18,717 --> 00:23:21,630 He yelled at me the whole way into the city. 517 00:23:25,057 --> 00:23:27,936 He said if he found out who I was with, he'd kill them. 518 00:23:28,527 --> 00:23:32,339 He didn't think I believed him. Then we saw the old man. 519 00:23:35,500 --> 00:23:38,174 I yelled at Bernie to stop. 520 00:23:42,874 --> 00:23:45,252 But he sped up right into him. 521 00:23:45,510 --> 00:23:47,387 He killed Mr. Lavalle on purpose? 522 00:23:49,581 --> 00:23:51,925 I don't know, I can't imagine... 523 00:23:53,185 --> 00:23:54,528 What about the other two? 524 00:23:57,155 --> 00:24:00,034 The little boy, 525 00:24:00,092 --> 00:24:03,164 his father stepped into the street and waved at us to stop. 526 00:24:04,362 --> 00:24:06,399 Bernie didn't even try to miss them. 527 00:24:08,667 --> 00:24:10,340 How drunk was he? 528 00:24:11,703 --> 00:24:14,741 I don't know. I can never tell with Bernie. 529 00:24:17,342 --> 00:24:19,185 I never know what he's going to do. 530 00:24:21,280 --> 00:24:23,590 Dressier keeps a country house in East Lenox. 531 00:24:23,683 --> 00:24:25,424 He ran a red light there two years ago, 532 00:24:25,485 --> 00:24:27,158 hit a little girl on a bicycle. 533 00:24:27,587 --> 00:24:29,396 She spent eight months in the hospital. 534 00:24:29,922 --> 00:24:31,424 JACK: Why didn't the police know? 535 00:24:31,491 --> 00:24:32,936 ROSS: It's not on his record here. 536 00:24:33,493 --> 00:24:37,134 He has two driver's licenses, one in New York and one in Massachusetts. 537 00:24:37,730 --> 00:24:39,266 The judge there suspended his license 538 00:24:39,332 --> 00:24:40,936 for five years because of the accident. 539 00:24:41,401 --> 00:24:43,847 Which automatically suspends his driving privileges here. 540 00:24:43,903 --> 00:24:47,077 That ups the charge to first degree vehicular manslaughter. 541 00:24:47,206 --> 00:24:50,779 Not enough. We're gonna make an example of Mr. Dressier. 542 00:24:51,511 --> 00:24:53,013 JACK: What do you have in mind? 543 00:24:53,079 --> 00:24:54,649 This was a multiple killing. 544 00:24:55,815 --> 00:24:57,021 First degree murder. 545 00:24:59,285 --> 00:25:00,992 Murder one requires intent. 546 00:25:02,021 --> 00:25:03,830 JACK: He accelerated into one victim. 547 00:25:06,459 --> 00:25:11,431 He made no effort to avoid two others. That's intent. 548 00:25:11,764 --> 00:25:13,038 Not if he was drunk. 549 00:25:13,099 --> 00:25:15,340 Maybe he meant to hit the brakes instead of the gas? 550 00:25:15,535 --> 00:25:17,776 A couple of drinks don't negate intent. 551 00:25:17,837 --> 00:25:19,248 But we don't know how much he had to drink. 552 00:25:19,305 --> 00:25:21,945 If we don't know, the grand jury won't either. 553 00:25:22,175 --> 00:25:23,176 But at trial the... 554 00:25:23,243 --> 00:25:25,985 ADAM: Get an indictment. Scare the pants off him. 555 00:25:27,081 --> 00:25:31,188 Maybe he pleads to murder two. We've sent a message. 556 00:25:38,191 --> 00:25:42,298 First Feldman, now Adam. The bandwagon's getting crowded. 557 00:25:43,263 --> 00:25:46,335 I agree with Adam. And I'm not running for anything. 558 00:25:50,304 --> 00:25:53,114 Murder one? Where the hell is this murder one? Iran? 559 00:25:53,173 --> 00:25:55,084 Try section seven sub-section one, 560 00:25:55,142 --> 00:25:57,019 paragraph eight of the statute. 561 00:25:58,011 --> 00:25:59,490 He took three lives with intent. 562 00:25:59,546 --> 00:26:01,048 He wasn't even in the car. 563 00:26:01,114 --> 00:26:02,559 Not according to his girlfriend. 564 00:26:02,616 --> 00:26:04,892 What, that bitch? How do you know she wasn't driving? 565 00:26:05,218 --> 00:26:07,630 We believe her. We don't believe you. 566 00:26:07,721 --> 00:26:10,167 I still don't see an intentional murder. 567 00:26:10,824 --> 00:26:13,634 Two witnesses saw him accelerate into Mr. Lavalle. 568 00:26:14,095 --> 00:26:17,599 Given your client's driving record, here and in Massachusetts, 569 00:26:17,998 --> 00:26:20,535 a jury's not going to split hairs over intent. 570 00:26:20,601 --> 00:26:24,276 This is nuts. You want to give me the death penalty? 571 00:26:24,939 --> 00:26:27,783 JACK: Unless you plead to second degree murder. 572 00:26:28,642 --> 00:26:29,712 What's that? 573 00:26:30,177 --> 00:26:32,214 Twenty-five-to-life. 574 00:26:32,680 --> 00:26:34,125 God. Bernie. 575 00:26:40,389 --> 00:26:41,527 (EXHALES) 576 00:26:41,690 --> 00:26:43,692 Didn't any of your witnesses tell you he was drunk? 577 00:26:43,892 --> 00:26:46,600 They saw him with a drink. Doesn't make him legally intoxicated. 578 00:26:46,661 --> 00:26:48,868 The flight attendant who served him knows how much he had. 579 00:26:48,997 --> 00:26:50,237 I stopped counting at 12. 580 00:26:50,298 --> 00:26:51,641 Puts him well over the legal limit 581 00:26:51,700 --> 00:26:53,509 and well beyond the ability to form intent. 582 00:26:53,902 --> 00:26:56,712 Even if he was driving, we're back to vehicular manslaughter. 583 00:26:59,174 --> 00:27:00,448 There's nothing in Westlaw. 584 00:27:00,542 --> 00:27:03,022 If it was two or three drinks, we could still argue intent, 585 00:27:03,078 --> 00:27:05,058 but 12... According to him. 586 00:27:05,280 --> 00:27:06,691 If he can prove it, he's off the hook. 587 00:27:06,748 --> 00:27:08,955 He kills three people and hides behind a bottle. 588 00:27:09,284 --> 00:27:10,922 The law says he can. 589 00:27:11,019 --> 00:27:13,659 The law. Probably written on a cocktail napkin. 590 00:27:13,789 --> 00:27:15,666 Intent follows the bullet. It shouldn't matter 591 00:27:15,724 --> 00:27:18,102 if it was fired by a drunk or by Carry Nation. 592 00:27:18,693 --> 00:27:20,229 The airline's lawyer called. 593 00:27:20,295 --> 00:27:22,206 Dressler's flight attendant's coming in tonight. 594 00:27:24,333 --> 00:27:26,711 I served Mr. Dressier fifteen drinks. 595 00:27:27,303 --> 00:27:29,078 We ran out of scotch in first class 596 00:27:29,138 --> 00:27:30,879 so I took some bottles from coach. 597 00:27:31,607 --> 00:27:33,109 JACK: How was he behaving? 598 00:27:33,176 --> 00:27:34,655 He was difficult. 599 00:27:35,311 --> 00:27:36,813 Was he drunk? 600 00:27:37,146 --> 00:27:39,285 He wasn't climbing on the beverage cart. 601 00:27:39,348 --> 00:27:42,557 But he slurred his words, spilled a drink on himself. 602 00:27:43,553 --> 00:27:46,591 I had to fill out his Customs declaration for him. 603 00:27:46,923 --> 00:27:48,527 He couldn't even sign his name. 604 00:27:49,159 --> 00:27:51,196 Thank you, Ms. Barra. 605 00:27:51,261 --> 00:27:53,639 Mr. Fischer, can we have a word with you outside? 606 00:27:54,531 --> 00:27:57,478 We want fair warning before she testifies. 607 00:27:57,734 --> 00:28:00,180 This case is already front page of the Daily News. 608 00:28:00,404 --> 00:28:03,647 I appreciate Ms. Barra's testimony might prove embarrassing. 609 00:28:04,208 --> 00:28:06,654 I see here she's a Colombian national. 610 00:28:06,710 --> 00:28:09,657 You realize, as long as she doesn't return to this country, 611 00:28:09,713 --> 00:28:11,090 she can't be compelled to testify. 612 00:28:11,148 --> 00:28:12,491 The District Attorney's authority 613 00:28:12,549 --> 00:28:14,495 doesn't extend to foreign citizens abroad. 614 00:28:19,456 --> 00:28:20,628 What the hell are you doing? 615 00:28:21,191 --> 00:28:22,693 You don't want Dressier to prove how drunk he was, 616 00:28:22,759 --> 00:28:24,363 so you're telling a witness to leave the country? 617 00:28:24,428 --> 00:28:26,237 Don't worry about it. 618 00:28:28,465 --> 00:28:30,172 The airline's giving me the run-around. 619 00:28:30,233 --> 00:28:31,507 They said she's been reassigned 620 00:28:31,568 --> 00:28:33,377 to the Bogota-Buenos Aires route. 621 00:28:33,437 --> 00:28:34,780 Why tell me? I know you talked to her. 622 00:28:34,838 --> 00:28:35,873 Did you take a statement? 623 00:28:35,939 --> 00:28:37,885 I've complied with Rosario, Brady 624 00:28:37,941 --> 00:28:39,978 and all relevant discovery procedures. 625 00:28:40,177 --> 00:28:42,817 Whatever she said, if she said it, is not discoverable. 626 00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:45,224 I don't know what you're up to, McCoy, 627 00:28:45,682 --> 00:28:47,662 but I'm gonna compel you to turn over her statement. 628 00:28:47,818 --> 00:28:49,798 Knock yourself out. 629 00:28:50,822 --> 00:28:53,393 Ms. Barra's a witness. If she gave Mr. McCoy a statement, 630 00:28:53,458 --> 00:28:54,801 I'm entitled to it. 631 00:28:55,326 --> 00:28:56,430 She's not our witness. 632 00:28:56,494 --> 00:28:59,168 If Mr. Billings wants her to be his witness, he can subpoena her. 633 00:28:59,631 --> 00:29:00,974 BILLINGS: Beside the point. 634 00:29:01,032 --> 00:29:04,070 I believe Mr. McCoy has a statement that exculpates my client. 635 00:29:04,202 --> 00:29:05,647 JACK: I don't believe it does, Your Honor. 636 00:29:05,837 --> 00:29:09,307 Mr. McCoy, do you have her statement in writing? 637 00:29:09,374 --> 00:29:11,183 Yes. May I see it, please? 638 00:29:16,347 --> 00:29:17,758 Thank you. 639 00:29:18,483 --> 00:29:19,985 (CLEARING THROAT) 640 00:29:26,257 --> 00:29:27,759 I don't see anything here, Mr. Billings. 641 00:29:28,493 --> 00:29:30,336 I'd like to see it, Your Honor. I already have. 642 00:29:30,829 --> 00:29:33,833 I've made my ruling. Your motion to compel is denied. 643 00:29:35,934 --> 00:29:38,574 She told us he drank enough booze to float the Queen Mary. 644 00:29:38,636 --> 00:29:40,013 Her statement is exculpatory. 645 00:29:40,071 --> 00:29:41,277 Only if Feldman says it is. 646 00:29:41,339 --> 00:29:43,979 Jack, I know his agenda. What's yours? 647 00:29:44,075 --> 00:29:47,113 The maximum penalty for first degree vehicular manslaughter 648 00:29:47,178 --> 00:29:48,680 is 5 to 15 years. 649 00:29:49,013 --> 00:29:51,015 Put a girl in a coma, killed three people, 650 00:29:51,082 --> 00:29:52,561 and he walks away with five years? 651 00:29:52,617 --> 00:29:54,460 He isn't even sorry. It isn't justice. 652 00:29:54,519 --> 00:29:57,363 Neither is concealing evidence. You could get disbarred. 653 00:29:58,523 --> 00:30:01,026 That's up to you. This is what I'm gonna do. 654 00:30:05,064 --> 00:30:06,509 NORRIS: We looked at a number of factors 655 00:30:06,565 --> 00:30:07,976 to determine the force at impact. 656 00:30:08,634 --> 00:30:10,409 For example, we know that a human thigh bone 657 00:30:10,469 --> 00:30:12,949 breaks under 1,100 pounds of pressure per square inch. 658 00:30:13,105 --> 00:30:14,641 As a result of your calculations, 659 00:30:14,707 --> 00:30:16,744 can you tell us how fast Mr. Dressler's car 660 00:30:16,809 --> 00:30:18,618 car was traveling when it struck Mr. Lavalle? 661 00:30:19,445 --> 00:30:23,450 Yes. The car was moving in excess of 30 to 35 miles per hour. 662 00:30:24,183 --> 00:30:26,754 What, if any, evidence did you find 663 00:30:26,885 --> 00:30:29,661 that Mr. Dressier tried to avoid hitting his victims? 664 00:30:30,789 --> 00:30:34,066 None. There were no skid marks, no yaw marks. 665 00:30:34,326 --> 00:30:36,306 All three victims were struck head-on. 666 00:30:36,361 --> 00:30:37,635 JACK: Thank you. 667 00:30:40,466 --> 00:30:43,743 Detective Norris, isn't it common not to find skid marks 668 00:30:43,802 --> 00:30:45,281 in drunk-driving accidents? 669 00:30:45,337 --> 00:30:48,375 Objection. The defendant is not charged with drunk driving. 670 00:30:48,540 --> 00:30:49,883 JUDGE FELDMAN: Sustained. 671 00:30:50,643 --> 00:30:54,455 Detective, is it unusual for an intoxicated driver 672 00:30:54,513 --> 00:30:56,754 to step on the accelerator when he intended to... 673 00:30:56,815 --> 00:30:57,816 Objection. 674 00:30:58,150 --> 00:30:59,151 Sustained. 675 00:31:00,620 --> 00:31:01,894 (EXHALES) 676 00:31:02,154 --> 00:31:05,624 Let's talk reaction times, detective. Sober versus intoxicated... 677 00:31:05,925 --> 00:31:07,268 Sustained. 678 00:31:09,395 --> 00:31:13,309 Mr. Billings, next question. 679 00:31:15,001 --> 00:31:16,173 No more questions. 680 00:31:22,175 --> 00:31:25,622 The write-up of the interview with Ms. Young has a TPO glitch. 681 00:31:25,678 --> 00:31:28,716 The accident was at 6:10, Rey wrote down 16:10. 682 00:31:29,181 --> 00:31:32,025 I'll mention it to Jack. I think we're done. 683 00:31:37,457 --> 00:31:39,198 Has he talked to you about this case? 684 00:31:39,559 --> 00:31:42,597 McCoy? Yeah. Briefings, witness preps... 685 00:31:43,730 --> 00:31:45,403 I don't mean that. 686 00:31:48,501 --> 00:31:52,244 You mean, has he said, "This one's for Claire Kincaid"? 687 00:31:52,705 --> 00:31:53,945 No. 688 00:31:54,574 --> 00:31:57,214 That guy got 12 months at Mount McGregor. 689 00:31:57,477 --> 00:32:00,947 Yeah, I know. I pulled the file. You were in the car with her. 690 00:32:03,717 --> 00:32:05,162 Yeah. I was catching a ride home. 691 00:32:06,586 --> 00:32:09,999 Claire came down to the bar to pick up McCoy, he'd already split. 692 00:32:11,457 --> 00:32:13,130 Bad timing all around. 693 00:32:14,161 --> 00:32:15,765 Listen, this hump Dressier, 694 00:32:15,829 --> 00:32:18,070 I'm keeping them crossed he gets what he deserves. 695 00:32:25,138 --> 00:32:30,554 I told him to stop, to help those people. He kept driving. 696 00:32:31,545 --> 00:32:34,185 He dropped me off at my apartment. 697 00:32:34,247 --> 00:32:35,783 I don't know what he did after that. 698 00:32:36,583 --> 00:32:38,688 What, if anything, did he say to you before he left? 699 00:32:38,785 --> 00:32:40,230 Objection. JUDGE FELDMAN: Overruled. 700 00:32:41,188 --> 00:32:42,792 Please answer, Ms. Young. 701 00:32:42,989 --> 00:32:46,095 He told me that if I said a word to anyone, 702 00:32:47,694 --> 00:32:49,605 I'd be as dead as those three people. 703 00:32:49,663 --> 00:32:50,869 JACK: Thank you. 704 00:32:53,734 --> 00:32:58,046 You said Mr. Dressier accused you of sleeping with another man 705 00:32:58,572 --> 00:33:02,213 and threatened to kill him. Does he always behave this way? 706 00:33:03,243 --> 00:33:04,551 He's very possessive. 707 00:33:04,611 --> 00:33:07,990 But when he's drunk, his jealousy's out of control, isn't it? 708 00:33:08,549 --> 00:33:09,584 It gets worse. 709 00:33:09,650 --> 00:33:11,561 He rants and raves, he imagines things? 710 00:33:12,086 --> 00:33:13,087 Yes. 711 00:33:13,153 --> 00:33:15,690 Because in fact, you've never been unfaithful to him, have you? 712 00:33:15,756 --> 00:33:16,757 No. 713 00:33:16,824 --> 00:33:20,101 So that morning when he screamed and threatened, 714 00:33:20,528 --> 00:33:22,371 he did so because he was drunk, isn't that right? 715 00:33:22,430 --> 00:33:23,431 Objection. 716 00:33:23,564 --> 00:33:24,565 Gentlemen. 717 00:33:30,438 --> 00:33:33,317 Your Honor, I'm establishing a pattern of behavior. 718 00:33:33,841 --> 00:33:36,549 When my client's drunk, he's insanely jealous and delusional. 719 00:33:36,677 --> 00:33:37,712 So conversely, 720 00:33:37,779 --> 00:33:39,486 when he's insanely jealous and delusional, he's drunk. 721 00:33:39,914 --> 00:33:41,894 Ms. Young is an accounts supervisor, 722 00:33:41,949 --> 00:33:43,895 she's not a behavioral psychologist. 723 00:33:44,185 --> 00:33:46,961 My client's state of mind is the crux of my case. 724 00:33:47,455 --> 00:33:50,766 Then get an expert. Your line of questioning is inappropriate. 725 00:33:51,159 --> 00:33:52,661 Now step back. 726 00:33:53,862 --> 00:33:56,103 The jury will disregard the witness' responses 727 00:33:56,164 --> 00:33:58,041 to Mr. Billings in their entirety. 728 00:33:59,635 --> 00:34:01,376 I have nothing more, Your Honor. 729 00:34:01,437 --> 00:34:03,144 JUDGE FELDMAN: Court's recessed until tomorrow morning. 730 00:34:03,206 --> 00:34:04,207 (GAVEL BANGS) 731 00:34:07,209 --> 00:34:08,620 Lucky break. 732 00:34:10,980 --> 00:34:13,927 You made your point. Man one on all counts. 733 00:34:15,251 --> 00:34:16,696 Not interested. 734 00:34:18,154 --> 00:34:19,565 ADAM: Man one's a good offer. 735 00:34:20,356 --> 00:34:21,630 You want me to call his lawyer back? 736 00:34:21,791 --> 00:34:23,498 Your case. Your idea. 737 00:34:23,593 --> 00:34:25,266 I haven't seen the fear in his eyes yet. 738 00:34:25,394 --> 00:34:28,398 This is People v. Dressier you're trying, isn't it? 739 00:34:29,599 --> 00:34:31,476 Long as we're on the same page. 740 00:34:35,037 --> 00:34:37,142 Are you just playing chicken with Dressier, Jack? 741 00:34:37,874 --> 00:34:39,353 Because it looks like you and Feldman 742 00:34:39,408 --> 00:34:41,615 are tag-teaming to commit legal murder. 743 00:34:42,178 --> 00:34:43,350 In your opinion. 744 00:34:43,446 --> 00:34:45,892 It's not even a fair fight. If Dressier had the flight attendant... 745 00:34:45,948 --> 00:34:48,428 She didn't force-feed him that scotch 746 00:34:48,484 --> 00:34:50,020 or steer him into those people. 747 00:34:50,253 --> 00:34:52,460 He did that. He punched the accelerator. 748 00:34:52,522 --> 00:34:54,195 Or he made a mistake! No! 749 00:34:54,791 --> 00:34:57,795 Anyway, that's for the jury to decide. 750 00:34:57,860 --> 00:34:58,861 How can they? 751 00:34:58,928 --> 00:35:00,271 They don't have the whole story. 752 00:35:00,329 --> 00:35:01,706 You're making them accomplices. 753 00:35:01,764 --> 00:35:04,210 So I'm wrong because I want an appropriate sentence? 754 00:35:05,334 --> 00:35:07,746 Instead of 12 months at Mount McGregor? 755 00:35:09,406 --> 00:35:11,215 You don't know what you're talking about. 756 00:35:11,975 --> 00:35:13,352 You won, Jack. 757 00:35:14,011 --> 00:35:15,991 Just call Dressler's lawyer. 758 00:35:16,079 --> 00:35:17,080 The discussion is over, Jamie. 759 00:35:17,147 --> 00:35:18,649 I'm not done! I am! 760 00:35:20,083 --> 00:35:23,963 This is the District Attorney's office. We prosecute criminals. 761 00:35:24,221 --> 00:35:26,758 If you could stop thinking like a defense attorney, 762 00:35:26,823 --> 00:35:28,063 maybe you'd grasp the concept. 763 00:35:28,125 --> 00:35:29,866 I know why I'm here. 764 00:35:30,227 --> 00:35:31,968 I think you're the one who's forgotten. 765 00:35:37,367 --> 00:35:39,540 The stewardess told me that she ran out of scotch 766 00:35:40,971 --> 00:35:43,110 and I said I'd drink anything. 767 00:35:44,041 --> 00:35:46,920 And so she went back into coach and got more. 768 00:35:47,244 --> 00:35:49,588 How many drinks had you had by then? 769 00:35:50,447 --> 00:35:51,619 Twelve. 770 00:35:54,051 --> 00:35:56,190 I'd lined the little bottles up on the tray. 771 00:35:56,887 --> 00:36:01,632 I counted them. After that, I don't remember much. Just flashes. 772 00:36:03,327 --> 00:36:06,831 Susan at the airport, driving on the expressway. 773 00:36:11,802 --> 00:36:13,907 I often black out when I drink too much. 774 00:36:14,305 --> 00:36:16,785 How about Mr. Lavalle, 775 00:36:16,841 --> 00:36:20,220 Mr. Galvez and his son, any recollection of hitting them? 776 00:36:20,277 --> 00:36:21,381 No. 777 00:36:21,512 --> 00:36:23,423 I wish I could say I did. 778 00:36:25,950 --> 00:36:27,588 I'm very sorry I killed them. 779 00:36:31,989 --> 00:36:34,435 I swear I could never kill anyone intentionally. 780 00:36:44,535 --> 00:36:46,014 Mr. Dressier, 781 00:36:49,173 --> 00:36:52,120 you really don't remember anything about that morning? 782 00:36:53,411 --> 00:36:54,481 No, I don't. 783 00:36:54,545 --> 00:36:57,719 You don't remember getting behind the wheel of your car, 784 00:36:59,751 --> 00:37:02,698 even though your driving privileges had been suspended? 785 00:37:03,755 --> 00:37:04,756 No. 786 00:37:04,822 --> 00:37:08,326 Even though you'd run over a young girl two years ago 787 00:37:08,393 --> 00:37:10,168 and put her in a coma? 788 00:37:10,295 --> 00:37:12,138 I told you, I don't remember. 789 00:37:12,497 --> 00:37:16,240 So, isn't it possible at some point 790 00:37:16,801 --> 00:37:20,715 you decided to speed up and kill Mr. Lavalle 791 00:37:20,772 --> 00:37:21,876 and you just don't remember it? 792 00:37:21,940 --> 00:37:23,010 No! 793 00:37:23,341 --> 00:37:27,619 How can you be so sure, when you don't remember anything? 794 00:37:27,845 --> 00:37:30,348 I swear if I did that I'd remember it. 795 00:37:30,415 --> 00:37:31,416 HOW? 796 00:37:34,619 --> 00:37:37,623 You don't even remember killing Peter Lavalle 797 00:37:46,932 --> 00:37:48,502 or Leon Galvez 798 00:37:57,476 --> 00:37:58,716 or Max Galvez. 799 00:38:07,053 --> 00:38:09,329 You don't remember them at all, do you? 800 00:38:19,966 --> 00:38:21,377 God. 801 00:38:23,603 --> 00:38:25,014 I didn't mean to. 802 00:38:27,540 --> 00:38:29,110 I was so drunk. 803 00:38:33,413 --> 00:38:37,589 I swear. I'm not a monster. 804 00:38:42,255 --> 00:38:44,861 Please forgive me. 805 00:38:47,994 --> 00:38:49,029 Please? 806 00:39:10,284 --> 00:39:12,764 Mr. Dressier, we have only your word 807 00:39:14,088 --> 00:39:17,968 that you drank upwards of 12 scotches on the plane, is that right? 808 00:39:21,095 --> 00:39:22,165 Yes. 809 00:39:23,998 --> 00:39:25,773 Do you know that you were so drunk 810 00:39:26,934 --> 00:39:28,971 that you couldn't sign your own name 811 00:39:29,036 --> 00:39:31,038 to a Customs declaration form? 812 00:39:33,340 --> 00:39:36,685 Mr. McCoy, what's the basis for your question? 813 00:39:41,215 --> 00:39:43,821 I'm offering People's 43 for identification. 814 00:39:44,452 --> 00:39:45,624 Let me see it. 815 00:40:01,902 --> 00:40:04,246 I really don't like surprises, Mr. McCoy! 816 00:40:04,305 --> 00:40:06,114 May I see the evidence, Your Honor? 817 00:40:06,173 --> 00:40:07,516 Sure. 818 00:40:10,111 --> 00:40:12,591 This is the statement you got from the flight attendant? 819 00:40:13,081 --> 00:40:14,116 Yes. 820 00:40:15,083 --> 00:40:17,222 Your Honor, I have no objection. 821 00:40:17,485 --> 00:40:20,523 This statement cannot be authenticated. I'm not admitting it. 822 00:40:20,789 --> 00:40:23,269 I'll stipulate to its authenticity, Your Honor. 823 00:40:23,325 --> 00:40:26,033 If Mr. McCoy also stipulates, that should be enough. 824 00:40:26,094 --> 00:40:29,200 Mr. McCoy, before we proceed, 825 00:40:31,500 --> 00:40:34,845 you are familiar with the provisions of Title I, are you not? 826 00:40:36,004 --> 00:40:37,745 Yes, Your Honor. I am. 827 00:40:39,374 --> 00:40:42,082 Just asking. Excuse me. 828 00:40:44,045 --> 00:40:45,956 What was that all about? What's Title I? 829 00:40:46,348 --> 00:40:50,455 It's what they now call sections 195 and 195.05 of the penal law. 830 00:40:51,052 --> 00:40:53,965 Official misconduct and obstruction? He just threatened you. 831 00:40:54,256 --> 00:40:55,735 That's right. 832 00:40:56,291 --> 00:41:00,103 Mr. Billings, does defense agree to stipulate 833 00:41:00,161 --> 00:41:02,107 to the authenticity of People's 43? 834 00:41:02,430 --> 00:41:04,034 We certainly do, Your Honor. 835 00:41:04,199 --> 00:41:07,544 JUDGE FELDMAN: Mr. McCoy, are the People also prepared to so stipulate? 836 00:41:07,669 --> 00:41:08,670 Yes, Your Honor. 837 00:41:08,870 --> 00:41:12,943 People's 43 is admitted. Go on, Mr. McCoy. 838 00:41:15,778 --> 00:41:18,588 Mr. Dressier, this is a statement given to the District Attorney 839 00:41:18,648 --> 00:41:22,152 by Gabrielle Barra, the flight attendant on your flight from Rio. 840 00:41:22,685 --> 00:41:25,825 She states that she served you 15 drinks. Is that an accurate count? 841 00:41:27,023 --> 00:41:28,696 I only remember the first 12. 842 00:41:29,058 --> 00:41:30,503 She states you slurred your words 843 00:41:30,559 --> 00:41:31,799 and spilled a drink on yourself. 844 00:41:31,861 --> 00:41:32,896 Do you recall that? 845 00:41:34,063 --> 00:41:35,064 No. 846 00:41:35,131 --> 00:41:37,441 She states you were disoriented, at one point 847 00:41:37,500 --> 00:41:38,843 locking yourself in the washroom 848 00:41:38,968 --> 00:41:41,676 and requiring assistance to get out. Do you recall that? 849 00:41:42,872 --> 00:41:43,907 No. 850 00:41:47,476 --> 00:41:51,447 Given this statement, is it fair to say that you were so intoxicated 851 00:41:51,514 --> 00:41:53,653 as to be unable to think or act rationally? 852 00:41:55,185 --> 00:41:56,255 Yes. 853 00:41:59,022 --> 00:42:00,126 No more questions. 854 00:42:05,062 --> 00:42:07,599 I don't know what happened in there. You dismantled your case. 855 00:42:09,299 --> 00:42:11,643 I removed the needle from his arm is what happened. 856 00:42:14,004 --> 00:42:16,416 The offer is vehicular manslaughter 857 00:42:16,473 --> 00:42:19,215 first degree, three counts, 5-to-15. 858 00:42:21,678 --> 00:42:23,282 We'll take it. Send me the papers. 859 00:42:23,347 --> 00:42:25,418 Make no mistake, Mr. Dressier, I'll be present 860 00:42:25,482 --> 00:42:27,621 for every one of your parole hearings. 861 00:42:33,323 --> 00:42:35,132 Feldman still has to sign off on this. 862 00:42:38,195 --> 00:42:40,937 Five years? You think this is just? 863 00:42:40,997 --> 00:42:42,999 JACK: It's what the statute provides. 864 00:42:43,166 --> 00:42:46,238 Statute. I don't give a damn about the statute. 865 00:42:47,337 --> 00:42:49,317 I was presiding over a landmark case. 866 00:42:49,373 --> 00:42:50,943 You turned it into an embarrassment. 867 00:42:51,008 --> 00:42:52,146 You made a fool out of me. 868 00:42:52,242 --> 00:42:53,846 Judge... I had my statements written 869 00:42:53,910 --> 00:42:56,322 for his sentencing, for the imposition of the death penalty, 870 00:42:56,380 --> 00:42:58,451 you give me a plea down to a "C" felony. 871 00:42:58,615 --> 00:43:01,061 If by some fluke you get elected D.A., 872 00:43:01,118 --> 00:43:03,359 you can lobby to re-write the drunk-driving laws. 873 00:43:03,620 --> 00:43:07,864 That's cute. This isn't over, McCoy. I'm not accepting this plea. 874 00:43:07,924 --> 00:43:09,369 You're sending the case to the jury. 875 00:43:09,526 --> 00:43:10,664 Absolutely not. 876 00:43:10,727 --> 00:43:13,537 Absolutely not. Let me warn you, counselor. 877 00:43:13,597 --> 00:43:15,838 I know the shell game you played with that flight attendant. 878 00:43:15,899 --> 00:43:17,606 You either send this case to the jury, 879 00:43:17,668 --> 00:43:19,341 or you go before the ethics committee. 880 00:43:20,070 --> 00:43:21,743 That cuts both ways, Judge. No. 881 00:43:21,939 --> 00:43:24,112 I have absolute judicial discretion. 882 00:43:24,174 --> 00:43:26,211 Any ruling I made will hold up to scrutiny 883 00:43:26,277 --> 00:43:28,382 anywhere, any place, any time, okay. 884 00:43:28,545 --> 00:43:30,786 It's not what's on the record, Judge. 885 00:43:31,415 --> 00:43:35,056 You tipped your hand in front of Ms. Ross and myself. 886 00:43:37,621 --> 00:43:38,998 If you're impugning my judicial... 887 00:43:39,056 --> 00:43:40,364 I don't want to hear it. 888 00:43:41,192 --> 00:43:44,264 I have no excuse for what I did. Neither do you. 889 00:43:46,097 --> 00:43:50,512 You accept this plea or I'll go to the ethics committee. 890 00:44:02,114 --> 00:44:05,584 Before I impose sentence, does the defendant have anything to say? 891 00:44:06,819 --> 00:44:09,459 Just that I'm sorry, Your Honor. 892 00:44:09,955 --> 00:44:11,491 I'm sorry. 893 00:44:13,792 --> 00:44:16,432 I'm just very sorry. 894 00:44:21,967 --> 00:44:24,504 Pursuant to the plea agreement, the court sentences you 895 00:44:24,570 --> 00:44:28,245 to a term of not less than five and to no more than 15 years. 896 00:44:28,774 --> 00:44:31,755 Though I'm bound by statutes, this sentence in no way reflects 897 00:44:31,810 --> 00:44:33,380 the wanton destruction you inflicted 898 00:44:33,445 --> 00:44:34,947 on the families of your victims, 899 00:44:35,013 --> 00:44:37,823 nor the outrage your crimes aroused in our community. 900 00:44:39,818 --> 00:44:42,355 Your behavior offends us, Mr. Dressier, 901 00:44:43,589 --> 00:44:45,865 but no more so than the inadequate penalties 902 00:44:45,924 --> 00:44:47,494 provided by the statutes. 903 00:44:50,229 --> 00:44:51,572 We're adjourned. 904 00:44:56,002 --> 00:44:59,415 ADAM: Good picture of Feldman. Nice quote. 905 00:45:01,040 --> 00:45:04,146 I gotta make some calls. Line up a campaign manager. 906 00:45:16,023 --> 00:45:19,197 I'm meeting David for dinner at Primavera. You want to come? 907 00:45:21,228 --> 00:45:22,969 Three's a crowd. 908 00:45:23,030 --> 00:45:24,475 He'd like to meet you. 909 00:45:27,367 --> 00:45:30,837 I'll be there for dessert. I promise.