All language subtitles for Law & Order s01e19 The Serpents Tooth.eng

Narrator:. In the criminal justice
system, the people are represented

by two separate yet
equally important groups-

the police
who investigate crime,

and the district attorneys
who prosecute the offenders.

These are their stories.

Bomb threats.
what a crock.

How do you figure?

I n the middle
of the winter?

Probably took the first
snowbird special

down to Miami,

like anybody else
with a couple of brain-cells

to rub together.

I happen to like
winter.

You happen to be nuts.

Enjoy it all you want, pal.

I'll go roast
these pecans.

Help!

Oh my God,
help them!

My parents,
they've been shot!

First thought was,
it was a diversion.

You know, because
of the bomb threats.

The name's
Greg Jarmon.

we called
his brother.

Stay with him. write
down anything he says.

All right, Max,
Mike.

Evelyn Jarmon-
two shots from right here.

There's more.

Karl Jarmon-

three at close range.

Let me guess.

No signs of burglary.

Alarm's still on. Kid
tripped it when he came in.

No shells,
but check out the study.

Italian, Czech, English.

The best money can buy.

This one...

has been fired.

Run it through the lab.

You never figure you're gonna
get it from your own gun.

Detective.

Double-ought buck.

Five missing.

Jarmon and sons,
last fall.

The family
that kills together...

I don't know,
I just...

I came home and...

found them.

Max: Where were you?
At the Garden.

A Rangers Game.
By yourself?

No, my brother Nick
picked me up.

And when I came home,

I walked in and...

I saw Mom.

Man: Greg?!

where's Mom?

I'm Nick Jarmon.
where's my mother?

No...

she wasn't supposed
to be home.

Do you know where she
was supposed to be, Nick?

A benefit at the Met.

She wasn't supposed
to be home.

what did your father
do for a living?

Printing. He owns-

owned a printing company.

Greg said you guys went
to the Rangers game?

Dad- the company has
season tickets.

Just so I get it
straight,

Greg picked you up
to go the game?

No, I went up
to the house around 7:00.

we took a cab to the game.

Did you see
your parents?

I didn't go in.

Oh?

You had dinner
at the game?

Later.

At Chelsea Central.
Then I went home.

we went to Chelsea Central.

I think I left
my scarf there.

Don't worry about it.
what time did you get home?

I'm not sure.

Uh...

30?

So, you met Nick
at the Garden, right?

No, I told you,
he came over to the house.

Okay.

Listen...

did your father have
any enemies?

Did he ever talk about
troubles he might have had?

we didn't really
pay attention.

Mom- everybody
loved her.

One last thing
before you go,

we'd like you
to take a paraffin test.

what's that?

Just a test to see whether there's
gunpowder residue on your hands.

wait a minute.
You don't think-

It's standard procedure.

You might as well know.

There may be powder
on my hands.

This afternoon on the island
I went skeet-shooting.

Okay. Do you mind
taking the test anyway?

Shouldn't he talk
to a lawyer?

why... do you think
you need a lawyer?

No.

No, I don't.

Of course,
I'll take the test.

You talked to the neighbors?
Place on the right-

people working on their
melanomas in Barbados;

place on the left-
some old gummer

with her hearing aid
turned off.

Any further away,

most people can't tell
gunshots from belches.

what about the kids?

They're either innocent

or well-rehearsed.

So...

put them through
the wringer.

Logan: Don't you think we're
jumping to conclusions here?

I hated my mother,
but I didn't aerate her

with double-ought buck.

That case in La-La Land,

nine months the Beverly
Hills cops jerked around.

It came right back
to the kids.

we all know,
nine times out of ten,

in the house
husbands kills wives,

wives kill husbands,
and kids kill parents.

M. E. says they were killed
between 7:00 and 9:00.

So...

they could have left their
house just after 7:00.

Game starts
at 7:35,

cab to the Garden...
what, 20 minutes?

You're saying
Nick comes over,

they grease
Mom and Dad,

catch a cab,
go cheer the Rangers?

Pretty cold.

Ah, yeah.
Just the two tickets?

Thanks.

Jarmon's secretary
checked the sign-up sheet

for last night's game.

The company has six seats.
The Rangers played Quebec.

That's like playing
against an empty net.

Maybe that's why
the only one

who signed up
was Greg Jarmon.

I'm telling you, Max,
we should keep looking.

we're going to-

for season ticket-holders

around the Jarmon box.

So were they there for the
face-off? I didn't notice.

Did they stay
for the whole game?

Might have been other kids
in the third period.

People move around a lot.
Cheapos to ringside.

The first two kids-

how old? 19, 20?

Give me a break,
will you?

what is it with you
hockey fans anyway?

You got no
short-term memory?

Hey, ask me how many penalties
the Rangers killed.

Or how many shots
Leetch made.

That I remember.
I keep my eye on the puck.

The powder in the barrel
has similar characteristics

to the trace residue
found on the victims-

smokeless, dense.

The same is found

in shells
from Jarmon's desk.

Come on, Hurley,
this ain't court.

Are we looking
at the murder weapon?

An attorney opinion-
inconclusive.

My opinion-
yes.

Prints?

we got a couple of good lifts
from the shotgun.

I sent them up to Latent

and they matched Karl Jarmon's
and one of the kids-

Gregory.

So Nick watched while
Greg did all the shooting?

Maybe he wasn't
in the hunting party.

Oh, I get it-

Greg shot the folks
before Nick came over

and Nick's covering
for him?

He ain't heavy,
he's my brother.

Even if the kid
just offed Mom and Dad?

what do you
want from me, huh?

The alibi is nothing.

Nobody at the game
ever saw them leave.

wait a minute, Chelsea
Central checked out.

The waitress said they
were there till 11:00.

There's still a lot of hours
unaccounted for.

Let's talk
to the housekeeper.

Have you worked for the
family long, Mrs. Langdon?

22 years.

Ever since
Nicholas was born.

Mrs. Jarmon too busy
to bring up her own kids?

You're way off target,
Detective.

She was devoted to them.
Maybe too much so.

She picked them up
every day after school.

Everyone else
sent their nannies.

How about Mr. Jarmon?

He wasn't at home
as much as he wanted.

He and his partner
were always at the plant.

Partner? Nick told us his
father owned the company.

He owned most of it.

He made Mr. Petrovich a
partner a couple of years ago.

How about when he
was home?

He did the best
he could as a father.

You got to love it.

College student,
young Turk on wall Street,

couldn't cast the part
much better.

C'mon, Max, I know you
don't like trust-fund babies,

but we got no evidence
on these guys.

Right. Just Greg's fingerprints
on the murder weapon,

and powder residue
on his hands.

He could have
used the gun hunting.

The Gun Club confirms he was out
skeet-shooting that afternoon.

Yep.

And according
to the housekeeper,

they were one
happy family-

Ozzie and Harriet
on East 68th.

which leaves us what
for a motive?

Papers say Jarmon
was worth, what, 10 million?

Maybe the kids wanted to
hurry up on their inheritance.

Now, look I don't care
if he was worth 50 million.

If you love your parents you
don't blow them away over money.

Yeah? You ask me, I don't
think things were that great

between the old man
and the kids.

All I keep hearing

is what the housekeeper
wasn't saying.

what is this?
Siskel and Ebert?

Do me a favor, come up
with a motive for the boy

and go talk to
what's-his-name, the partner.

Karl and me ran this
business together.

we were like you-
good cop?bad cop.

which was which?

Karl knew how to get a
nickel out of a penny.

Drove suppliers crazy,
customers too.

It was up to me to make
everybody happy again.

what about the employees?
He drive them crazy too?

Karl wasn't a hand holder.

A man can make
enemies that way.

Maybe the kind
that'll kill you.

Okay,
Karl was a bastard.

So find me a boss
who isn't.

He liked to kick a little
ass, and yell a lot.

Except when
his jaw was broke.

Oh, yeah?
when that happen?

About a year
and a half ago.

Logan: How?

I don't know. He showed up
at work with his jaw wired.

Said he slipped
in the bath or something.

I'll tell you,
Karl never had a grudge.

Everybody here-
bonuses at Christmas.

The customer
was always satisfied.

You handle
his public relations too?

I never had a problem
with Karl.

He hired me when I was
a little kalyaka

right off the plane,
hardly spoke English.

He gave me
a place to sleep

and a place to work.

Did this lovefest extend
to his kids?

Karl and his boys-
he was very proud of them.

Had a terrific family.

was he the sole owner
of the business?

why?

It's a normal question.

Must be worth, what,
10, 15 million?

what's gonna happen to it?

I have a small piece.

How small?

10%.

And the rest?

I knowwhat you're thinking,
that's crazy.

Greg and Nick-
they're good sons.

The sons?
They inherit.

Yeah!

They get the business.

Oh, by the way,
if you don't mind,

what were you doing
Saturday night?

I had dinner.

Little Kiev,
Brighton Beach.

Blini, herring,
Russian food.

Russians, we need
reminders of home-

of the food, anyway.

Rostov's the owner.
He knows me.

You eat alone?

Sasha Osinski.

He's from Kiev too.

You and your husband
were with Mr. Petrovich

at Little Kiwv?.

He says, "Yes,
we ate with Alex. "

what time
did Alex arrive?

why don't you
tell us?

6:30, 7:00.

we were there
until after 11:00.

That's a long party.

Not for Russians.

My husband says
tell you...

America is great country.

Anybody can get rich.

Except cops.

Thank you.

Max has got these kids
tried and convicted already.

Give me
another suspect,

any other suspect with
means, motive, opportunity.

And don't say the mob because
they don't whack wives.

Max ain't wrong,
Petrovich doesn't benefit.

10% is not enough motive. And no means
- he's got an alibi.

There are no loose ends-
prints on the gun,

powder on the kid's hands,
and they inherit 10 mill plus.

You knowwhat
I'd like to know.

How Jarmon really
broke his jaw.

You got
the housekeeper's number?

Yeah.
we might as well ask her

Jarmon's bedroom secrets
while we're at it.

She just might
give you the family doctor

if you're polite.

I'm sorry, I just can't
tell you fellas anything.

It's patient confidentiality.

Your patient is dead.

we can assume he'd
want you to cooperate.

It was not
a big deal.

Then why was
his whole jawwired shut?

Come on, Doc,

Jarmon's face didn't run
into a bathtub,

isn't that right?

He told me
Nick broke it.

I don't know
the circumstances.

Dr. Levinson to CCU,
code blue.

I've gone to 23 games
this season.

Sometimes we stay till the
end, and sometimes we don't.

we didn't stay
till the end-

This is crap
I don't believe this.

Then help us
help you, Nick.

Last time I saw my parents,
they were both alive.

Okay, let's move on.

How about your dad?

Did you get along
with him?

He had his own
point of view,

a code he wanted me
to live up to.

And when you didn't?

Look- maybe I didn't
like my father.

Maybe some days
I didn't even love him.

Do you love your parents
every day of the week?

Breaking his jaw?.

Is that your way
of showing affection?

I went out
with some buddies,

I came home drunk.

My father didn't want
to let me in

till I sobered up.

You broke his jaw
over that?

It was a stupid mistake.
I told you I was drunk.

Haven't you ever
hurt anybody you loved?

Never put them
in the emergency room.

I loved my parents.

My mom
- I never, ever would've done anything to hurt her.

He was drunk.

Dad tried to push him
out of the house,

Nick took a swing.

The next day he wasn't
real happy with himself.

It hurt him more
than it hurt your dad?

we have "stupid" written
on our faces or what?

Greg, help yourself out
a little, all right?

Give us some truth here.

You guys seriously think
we'd kill our own mother?

You don't
get anything.

They sure don't sound like
they wanted their mother dead.

She was supposed to be
out that night, right...

at some benefit?

Maybe they never
expected to kill her.

She came home early
or she never left.

It was a mistake.

You think they just planned
to kill the old man?

That wouldn't put any
money in their pockets.

what is this?

You got anybody
who looks better?

Petrovich is out.

Ask me
- the housekeeper ain't a murderess.

But who knows,

we rubber hose her,
maybe she confesses.

Mr. Jarmon was very
demanding of the boys

when he thought
they'd failed him.

what did he do?

He had a short fuse.

Mrs. Jarmon
kept reminding him

they were only children.

Nick get
the worst of it?

well, you must understand

he was the first child.

Mrs. Langdon, please, you're
not speaking ill of the dead.

we have to know.
Did he beat his kid or not?

Almost every day.

He'd use whatever
was at hand- a belt,

a tennis racket.

One time he used
a wooden coat-hanger.

Nobody ever stopped him?

Mrs. Jarmon
was terrified of him.

It went on for years.

Finally,
when Nick was 16,

he hit him back.

Mr. Jarmon never raised a hand
to him after that.

Except when Nick
broke his jaw?.

No, that was
because of Gregory.

Greg punched his father?

No...

Mr. Jarmon was beating
Gregory with a cane.

Nick had to put
a stop to it.

And so he hit him.

Max:
Anybody home?

Excuse me.

Greg Jarmon around?

He went out
about an hour ago.

who's idea is this?

His. I think they're putting
the place up for sale.

Max:
Excuse me.

The brothers Jarmon
are real sentimental

about their old homestead.

Bad memories.

Or bad consciences.

I guess Jarmon
shot more than birds, huh?

I bet no one
ever accused him

of being
a "Friend of the Earth. "

what's the story
these days

with dead people's mail?

If it's useful,
it's admissible.

Or maybe it's not.

Jarmon's Rolls-

leased, $2300 a month.

That's twice my rent.

Roomier too.

A bill
from Bergdorfs-

$1200 for
three pairs of shoes.

Spend it or lose it.

This seem weird to you?

"Dean of Communication Arts,

personal progress report
on Gregory Jarmon. "

"Greg has shown
significant improvement.

I'm confident he will soon
be working up to his potential. "

Since when do college deans

write parents about
their kids' grades?

No, we don't routinely

send personal evaluations
to parents.

Except-

Mr. Jarmon
is an involved alumnus,

a significant contributor
to the university.

That rates a plaque and a tax
deduction, not surveillance reports.

In plain English?

You're
the communications whiz.

He was out of control.

He dragged Greg
in here last November,

ranting at the top
of his lungs about his grades.

He even slapped him
in front of me.

How did Greg
take it?

He took it.

He was too terrified
not to.

I thought the evaluations
would calm Jarmon down,

get him to ease off.

Poor kid.

He was humiliated.

Nobody cares

if Karl Jarmon is a saint
or Simon Legree.

You've spoken
to so many people

that tomorrow the papers
will say the kids are suspects.

You're asking us to give the public
an arrest because they want one?

I'm asking
if they're guilty.

In my book,
top of the hit parade.

Let me tell you something,
if you gave me a shotgun

when my mother slammed me
against the wall

I'd have blown her head off.

But my dad?

Not even if he caught
me killing the old lady.

Except we have their
fingerprints on the gun.

The paraffin test-

Their buddy corroborated
they were out skeet-shooting.

That's not exculpatory.

They only have
each other as alibis.

Motive? Physical
abuse, the broken jaw,

emotional manipulation,

not to mention
$10 million.

Means? They're both
experienced hunters.

One's prints are on
the gun. I'm convinced.

He's convinced.

Go get them.

If your parents were
getting fitted for a casket,

would you unwind
by playing a little squash?

Gregory Jarmon,

Nicholas Jarmon-
you're under arrest

for the murder of Evelyn
and Karl Jarmon.

You have the right
to remain silent

and refuse to answer
questions. Do you understand?

Anything you do say may be used
against you in a court of law.

Do you understand?

You have the right
to consult an attorney

and to have one present...

And the paraffin test
on the younger kid?

No conclusive match on the
powder that killed them.

Lab says
it can't be done.

So we put our shoulder
into the motive.

They hated the father.

we called your secretary.
She said you'd be here.

Mike's running me around
the block on this one.

In which direction?

All right, the old man,
he's a bastard.

But the mother,
there's nothing there.

Greg lettin' loose on her while
she's coming down the stairs?

Come on.
I just don't see that.

Is this about evidence
or instinct?

with what we have now,
80 to 20 we put them away.

Is there
something personal here?

Yeah, I personally
don't like to see

two innocent kids
getting 20-to-life.

You agree?

Play it for him.

It's a copy
of Greg's call to 911.

Greg's voice: Oh, God,
they're dead. They're dead!

Operator:.
Who's dead, sir?

My mom's been shot.

My father too.
There's blood. Help me.

Okay, i can you
give me your address?

Just send somebody.

You ask me-
nobody's that good an actor.

Great.

So according to you two,

we now have no suspects.

Oh brother.

I've heard of playing
both sides of the fence,

but this is ridiculous.

They were sure enough
a week ago to make an arrest.

They were probably
right then

and probably
wrong now.

But...

But if I convince a jury
and we're wrong-

Cui bono?
who benefits?

Look at the rank of hand.
He's killed.

Number one is the wife,
she's dead.

Go to two, the kids.

Number three,
the business partner.

The kids inherit
everything but 10%.

Even this... what's
his name? Petrovich.

Petrovich, yeah.

Even if he's clean,

you knowwhat Dwight
Anderson's going to do.

Yeah, confuse the jury.
Hands them another suspect

and they acquit
on reasonable doubt.

Don't get outflanked.

Clear Petrovich so they can't
use him against you.

we know Petrovich
has two alibi witnesses.

He was in Brighton Beach
at 7:00.

Driving in rush hour, had
to take him at least an hour.

You checked out everybody at the table
that night? we don't clear everybody.

we didn't clear the housekeeper
or Nick's girlfriend, either.

what are you saying,
that there's a conspiracy here?

with alibis,
it's not unheard of.

with who?

The discount store owner,
Osinski?

what, he smuggles blinis
and caviar on the side?

Robinette: The way Jarmon's
corporation is set up,

Petrovich takes nothing,

just keeps his 10%.

But there are
the inheritance laws.

Right, if the kids
are convicted,

they can't profit
from their crime.

which means Petrovich ends up
with control of the company.

Jarmon's 90% goes
into a non-voting trust.

Subpoena Petrovich's
financial records.

Jarmon's, too.

People's Bank of Brooklyn,
Brighton Beach.

Petrovich wrote a check
reimbursing the company.

Travel allowance.

He lives on
upper Madison Avenue,

but he has a checking
account in Brooklyn.

I grew up in Harlem, but my
checking account's across the street.

what's he doing
banking out there?

Bar Association dinner,
I sat with the Brooklyn DAs.

what's their
biggest problem?

Russian immigrant
gangsters.

Young assistant there,
Epstein...

Jim...

Jerry... Jack.
Jack Epstein.

Go talk to him.

Here we are.

106 active cases
with Russians.

Credit card fraud,
protection rackets,

15, 20 homicides.

You put anybody inside?

These guys, they make
the mafia's omerta

look like
an open phone line.

I guess when you've been
in prison in Leningrad,

New York cops look
like Mickey Mouse.

The name Petrovich
ring a bell?

30,000 Russian
immigrants here.

I got Petrovichs,
Petrovskys-

I had a Petrovarich who took
the banks for half a million

on fake credit cards.

How do they clean
their money?

They're gangsters.

They take over
legitimate businesses.

You got it.

Come on, let me
show you something.

See that?

Second floor
on the comer?

People's Bank
of Brighton Beach.

That check you found?

Comes from that bank,
right?

Yeah.
Four rooms.

Six guards with
a combined IQ of 38.

Like the immigrants that came before them
- Chinese, Italian.

They set up banks
to wash their money.

Checking accounts are not a
large part of their business?

If you don't have other
business with them? No.

Killing their parents.
How do you explain it?

I was Karl's bookkeeper

before he could afford
a shoeshine.

God Bless America.
You knowwhat he started with?

Business cards.

He had these two old machines
the blew powder into the ink.

Cheap raised lettering.

was Jarmon Printing
in debt?

who isn't?

Right.

Tell me about it.

Karl was always expanding...

but the the last couple of
months he borrowed a lot of cash,

dropped it into CDs.
why?

He never told me anything
but the figures.

Company's debt was
six million and change.

Now, Karl wanted
to consolidate it.

who holds the paper?

Try this.
The past six years,

Jarmon borrowed six million
bucks from First Mercantile.

I thought
that went under.

It did,
three months ago.

Federal bank regulators
sold off their loans.

Guess who bought Jarmon's?

The Russians.

People's Bank
of Brighton Beach.

A classic squeeze.
They call in his debt,

he can't pay,
they take the company.

And he knew. That's why he was out
borrowing, trying to pay them off.

what did Petrovich say
to the cops?

"He gave me a place to sleep,
a place to work.

And he wanted the bed
all to himself. "

You think Jarmon knew-

that it was Petrovich?

He had to know something.

And either way
Petrovich loses.

If Jarmon find out,
he gets rid of him.

If Jarmon stops the Russians,
they're not going to be

too pleased
with Petrovich, either.

A prosecution based
on debt re-financing.

That's going to get you
real far with the jury.

I'll lay it out for them.
I'll draw them a Monopoly board.

Yeah, I'd like to see them
get from "Park Place" to "Go. "

Juries aren't stupid.
I show them Petrovich was angry,

he was jealous.

He bridled
at Jarmon's abuse.

He kills the parents,
implicates the kids,

takes over Jarmon Printing
when the kids are convicted.

So Petrovich inherits
the company?

Better. The company
accountant tells me

that Petrovich
takes control.

Jarmon's share goes
into a non-voting trust.

The company is sold.

The cash is distributed
among various family members.

But there wouldn't be
any cash for the family.

Exactly. It all goes
to pay off notes

held by the Russians' bank.

That's a great theory,
but you cannot prove

that he hated Jarmon.

And you cannot prove
he tried to steal the company.

Are you sure
the kids didn't do this?

Sure enough to drop
the charges.

And the Russian mafia?

You think you're going to win
when the Brooklyn DA

has been losing
for the past five years?

I'm going
to tell you this-

if Petrovich
did kill them,

you'll never get him.
He'll walk.

Take my word for it. we've tried 10,
12 cases. You can't turn a Russian.

Yeah? I'd like to turn
this one till he's dizzy.

we don't break
Petrovich's alibi,

shaky's not
the word for it.

Try instant acquittal.

There were five people
at that table that night.

what if one of them
didn't come in on clean papers?

lllegal alien?
Plane ticket back to Moscow.

I got a guy
at Immigration.

Dead end. Everybody there
had at least a green card.

Another way
into his life?

Not through the front door.

His wife died two years ago.
No girlfriends.

what about the secretary?

Stone: Worth a shot.
And the Jarmon boys?

After being arrested you
think they want to help us?

If Petrovich killed
their parents,

they'll help no matter
how they feel about us.

You knowwhat it's like?

People stare on the street.

Far as a lot of people
are concerned,

we'll always be guilty.

The system makes mistakes.

Is this some kind
of end play?

I want your assurance
right now-

they don't say word one

until you tell me you're
not going to re-indict.

we are not going
to re-indict.

We're up against a wall.

From what we've discovered,

we believe that Petrovich...

killed your parents.

But we can't prove it.

we thought
you could help us.

Dad treated him
like dirt,

but he treated
everybody that way.

Stone:
How does this sound?

You leave the house,

Petrovich shows up,
your father lets him in.

Maybe he knows
your mother's home, maybe not.

He goes into the study,
apparently to get a drink.

Alex would've poured two
scotches, he always did.

He gets the gun
from the rack,

he goes for the ammunition
in the desk-

No.
The basement.

In a locked cabinet. Dad
never kept ammo near the guns.

12-gauge National shells?

National? He didn't
use them anymore.

Nick: He won a trap-shoot
last spring with Remingtons.

He didn't use anything else
after that.

But like a month
before the match

Dad dragged
Alex out to watch.

He would've thought
Dad used Nationals.

Call Greevey and Logan.

Tracing ammunition,
simple...

and not so simple.

Not simple with 100 gun shops
in the five boroughs.

But simple, because you need
a gun permit to buy ammunition.

If Petrovich bought the shells,
he had to sign for them.

Not simple
- he doesn't own a gun. No permit.

we're talking
the whole state of New York,

it's like a twig
in a haystack.

Let's call National.

Maybe we get a trace on the
lot number from the shells.

I got another million
to one shot. Go.

Petrovich drove to Brooklyn,
right? Robinette: Right.

Means he probably drove
to Jarmon's house.

He wouldn't want
the car to be seen.

He'd go to a garage.

within walking distance.

Two mighty-big ifs,
gentlemen.

Simple.

Petrovich parked
two blocks away.

In, 6:35.
Out, 7:08.

Very impressive.

That's the good news.

Yeah, those shells.

They were shipped
to 49 different gun shops.

If it wasn't Petrovich, we don't
even knowwho we're looking for.

You know gun dealers. They're
not going to remember every guy

in a duck-bill hat that buys
double-ought 12-gauge shot.

where's Hicks Street?

Brooklyn Heights.

Avenue J?

Flatbush. Flatbush.

Coney Island Avenue?

Brighton Beach.

Let's go.

Not much deer hunting
out here, huh?

Out here?

Plenty of shooting,
but not at animals.

we do a good business
j in carry weapons.

You sell any National

double-ought
12-gauge shot?

Talk about inventory.

I got a case of it.

I sold one box.

There.

You want to get
your log?

Some Russian.

Myself, I'm Polish.

we don't like the Russians.
They kept invading.

A Russian well-dressed?

In Odessa, maybe.

He must've rolled some bum
to get that suit.

Let's see...
there.

Two months ago.
Osinski, Sasha.

He runs a discount store
six blocks away.

what's Russian for,
"You're under arrest"?

The charge is murder
in the second degree.

How does
the defendant plead?

Not guilty, Your Honor.

Your Honor, as you know,

charges in this case were
previously filed and dismissed.

Now, because
of the public attention,

perhaps the People
are a little overzealous.

Mr. Schwab, I don't need a
map to see where you're going.

But based on the prosecutor's
information, there is a case here.

why don't we hear
from the People on bail?

Your Honor,
as our information states,

aside from the risk of flight,
we feel there's a question

of the defendant's safety.

we request he be held
without bail.

Your Honor, the defendant is
not concerned for his own safety,

and he runs
a complex business.

Judge: I have to
tell you, Counselor,

that aside from the
seriousness of the charge,

I'm concerned that the
defendant be alive at trial.

The defendant
will be held without bail.

You think they're
that trigger-happy?

would they get rid of
Petrovich? Maybe not.

The store owner, Osinski,
no question.

who'd you draw for trial?
Robinette: Callahan.

Callahan. He doesn't like
locking up witnesses.

Anybody in that neighborhood
finds out we have

one interviewwith Osinski,
he's dead meat.

All right, Robinette.
I want you to see Callahan

and I want you to take
Epstein with you.

Let's just hope and pray
that it works.

You don't break Osinski,
forget about a conviction.

we've still got
the garage ticket.

That's circumstantial.

Guy gets to Brooklyn 7:20
instead of 7:00,

that makes him guilty of
murder? Prove the motive.

You want me to incarcerate
a material witness without bail?

Your Honor,
these gentlemen,

they like
their secrets kept.

Mr. Epstein here can vouch
for their predilections.

Immigrant
Russian gangsters.

I thought they opened
dry cleaners.

Judge,
from our experience

these guys don't bother
asking questions,

they just shoot.

All right, I'll sign a material
witness order with no bail.

Thank you, sir.
Mr. Stone,

I hope this plays out
in court.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Osinski has
a wife and three children.

Offer him
my congratulations.

He says he was
with Mr. Petrovich.

Your client bought
the ammunition.

Accessory before the fact.
If he lies, accessory after.

If he thinks he had
a hard time in Russia,

10 years in Attica will
make the KGB look good.

I shoot rabbits with
shotgun. Shut up.

You louse this up, I'm
going to break your teeth!

Mr. Osinski,

when you get out of prison,
if you survive,

odds are
you'll be deported.

we have a law
about naturalized citizens

committing felonies.

If you put him on the
stand, he will testify

he was with Petrovich.

Your lawyer is
not giving you good advice.

The People will prove
that the defendant

conspired to take over
Karl Jarmon's business

and when that plan
went awry,

he turned
to a violent solution-

murder in cold blood.
Thank you.

what a wonderful theory
Mr. Stone offers you.

One problem-
it's a theory.

what Mr. Stone
did not tell you

is there's a difference
between theory

and proof.

The defense will show
that Alex Petrovich

had nothing to gain
from Karl Jarmon's death,

which might
make you wonder,

who did?

Do you recall
the time of day Greg Jarmon

came to you and asked
for the company's tickets?

It was just after lunch,
around 2:00.

Do you recall
when the defendant came to you

and asked you to make
a reservation for him

at Little Kiwv?.

It was about
five minutes later.

what time did he ask you
to make the reservations for?

7:00, on the same night
as the hockey game.

Had you previously made reservations
for him at that restaurant?

Yes. were they ever
for dinner at 7:00?

It was Mr. Petrovich's
habit to eat late-

around 9: 00.

Stone: Thank you. Your witness.

Did Mr. Petrovich
often eat at Little Kiwv?.

Yes.

Did he always make
reservations in advance?

Yes, but-

Because the place was always
booked. Isn't that correct?

Yes, that's right.

Fine.

How long have you worked
for Mr. Petrovich?

11 years.

And during that time,
Mr. Petrovich and Mr. Jarmon

worked closely together
as friends, isn't that correct?

As friends?

Didn't they work
closely together?

Yes, they did.

Thank you.
No further questions.

The People call
Alexander Osinski.

Conference, Your Honor,
we have a problem here.

They threatened
my client.

No, sir,
we read him the law.

He said he would
get him deported.

I said he had good odds
of being deported.

Judge, with this
prosecutorial abuse,

I think you should question
the credibility of the witness.

would you now. Mr. Osinski tells
the police he was with the defendant.

why can't he say that
on the stand?

Counselor, I'm going
to remind you of something

you should already know.

In this country,
you tell a client to lie,

it's subornation of perjury.

If Mr. Stone happens
to prove that,

you're in a hell
of a lot of trouble.

You still want him
not to testify?

Stone! Stone.

Make me a deal.

So your client
will tell the truth?

He has to tell
the truth anyway.

No deal?

I suspect you won't get
the testimony you want.

Okay, any crime arising
from this case,

New York County
won't prosecute.

Very good.

Full immunity

on anything
he testifies to.

In New York County.

Deal.

Osinski:
Alex- Mr. Petrovich,

he comes
to restaurant, 9:00.

Did he tell you
to lie to the police,

to say
he arrived earlier?

Objection.
Hearsay.

Your Honor, exception.

Covering flight
from a crime.

People v. Deitch.

Overruled.
The witness will answer.

Alex tells me to lie.
He says police come,

I say he there 7:00.

Do you have deposits in the
People's Bank of Brighton Beach?

Objection.
Relevance.

Your Honor, relevance
will soon become apparent.

Overruled.

Some of my money
in bank, yeah. Some?

The bank records show

that there was,
last month,

$6,011,301.26

If you say so.

And the month
before that $9,615.

Sounds right.

A $6 million difference.

Good month
at the discount store, sir?

Didn't you receive
that money from members

of a criminal organization
composed of Russian immigrants?

Da. Yes.

Weren't you ordered
to instruct the bank

to use that money to buy up
the debts of Jarmon Printing?

Objection! Mr. Schwab,
we've been there and back.

I'm allowing
this testimony.

Judge:
The witness will continue.

Osinski: Yeah, I tell bank
we take printing company.

Alex say we put
Mr. Jarmon in gutter.

Did Mr. Petrovich
tell you he was worried

about Karl Jarmon
discovering the plan?

I worried.
He tell me no problem,

he take care
of Mr. Jarmon...

for good.

Man: Oh wait, there they are.

Alexander Osinski,
you're under arrest

for conspiracy to commit murder
and enterprise corruption.

what the hell?
There's a deal in place.

No prosecution
in New York City.

In New York County.
That's Manhattan.

I never gave your client immunity
in Brooklyn. That's King's County.

He gave you Petrovich!

And you gave me
Mr. Osinski.

Next time, get yourself
a better lawyer, sir.

On the sole count
of the indictment,

murder
in the second degree,

how does the jury find?

we find
the defendant guilty.

This makes up
for arresting them.

I wish it could make up
for being orphans.

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