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(narrator)In the criminaljustice system,
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the people are representedby two separateyet equally important groups:
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The policewho investigate crime,
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and the district attorneyswho prosecute the offenders.
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These are their stories.
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If she ever asks,
we finished early last night.
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We went for a beer
at Tommaso's
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and watched the game
till almost midnight.
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I hate football.
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You like it now.
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You beat the spread,
took a double sawski from me,
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and you bought
a couple of rounds.
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Who played?
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Bears, Vikings.
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24-21.
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Sherri's a good woman.
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What do you
want to hurt her for?
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Okay, remember your lines,
nobody gets hurt.
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I don't know.
When I get hitched...
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Hey, you gotta have
a date first, bozo.
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Uh, Spiegelman, 6-A.
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[Vehicles honking]
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Who won, anyway?
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[Snorts]
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She must be out.
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Follow me.
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[Door opening]
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(Newman)
Used to be, every apartment in New York was eggshell.
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Now we're talkir
peach, olive.
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Nice.
Rent control.
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She pays less
than I do in Corona.
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Six rooms.
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What do you say
we start in the kitchen?
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I could use
a cup of coffee.
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A place like this,
I could lose a couple of kids.
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Oh.
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[Man on radio chattering]
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Sorry, I got on at 9:00.
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Nobody except regulars,
in or out.
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Hmm. What about
the watch before yours?
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Uh, 6:00 p.m. To 9 a.m.
Only security's a buzzer.
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Okay. Thanks.
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(Taft)
Blood's still wet.
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This one's
hot off the presses.
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Took it in the back.
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Knees bruised.
Probably standing.
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You got a weapon?
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Found it in the sink.
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Nothing.
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Well, at least he's neat.
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Did you dust
the drawers?
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Mmm, nothing.
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But we did pick up some prints
on other knives inside.
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Long shot, but...
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Yeah.
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Barbara Spiegelman, 61.
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No sign of forced entry.
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Could have been
my mother.
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(Briscoe)
Hand cut crystal.
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[Glass clinks]
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My mother never had
any of these.
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[People chattering]
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"Barney Greengrass,
The Sturgeon King."
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Time stamped,
7:18 this morning.
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That's what?
About five blocks from here?
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Mmm-hmm.
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So, she's over 60,
it's winter,
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she makes a couple of stops
along the way.
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Could be the delivery boy
brings it in the kitchen.
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Could be
he didn't like the tip.
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Could be nothing's that easy.
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[Camera clicking]
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Used to be
human beings lived in this city.
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Sam, Barbara:
Good people.
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Regulars every Sunday.
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Sam the husband?
Yeah.
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Heart attack.
Went like that two years ago.
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Carole, uh, hired me
to do the shivah.
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Their daughter. Nice girl,
but too much like Sam.
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A smile now and then
would be nice,
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you know what I mean?
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Barbara. Was she
here this morning?
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Yeah. Half a pound of Nova,
couple of chubs, two poppies,
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two sesames,
and a happy face button on her coat.
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She didn't by any chance
have the package delivered, did she?
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No. Barbara wanted
to eat her breakfast before lunch,
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but kids working for tips,
not in much of a hurry.
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(Briscoe)
Thanks.
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Crash and burn.
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Now there's only
eight million other suspects.
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Yeah, maybe, maybe not.
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That's a lot of lox
for one person.
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What are you thinkir,
a heated game of mah-jong?
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Hey, my old lady's friends,
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I wouldn't play
without a helmet.
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What's the daughter's name?
Carole?
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Not my favorite part
of the job.
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My sophomore year at Penn,
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my roommate got a call.
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Her father died.
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After that,
every time the phone rang,
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I don't know,
I was just prepared for Dad.
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[Crying]
I never even thought...
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My mother-in-law
never carried cash.
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There was really nothing
of value in the apartment.
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We're thinking
maybe it wasrt a robbery.
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Why would anybody...
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(Briscoe)
Carole. Whoever did this,
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it looks like your mother
had to let them in.
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Was she expecting anyone
this morning?
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Well, the last few months
Barbara has been involved.
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She had a boyfriend?
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Although Barbara denied it,
it was kind of obvious.
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Stephen Gregg, a designer.
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Avenue Fashions,
39th and 7th.
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W-we were supposed
to have dinner last night.
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She couldn't fit me in.
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Gregg?
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[Sighs]
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I yelled at her.
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I told her she only
thought about herself.
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I didn't know.
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[Phone ringing]
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I begged her
to move in with me.
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Yes, detectives,
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that's what people
who love each other do.
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You just caught us
a little bit off-guard there.
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We were together
for three months
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before she'd go out
in public with me.
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She said
that it was for my benefit.
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I had a business.
People would talk.
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Makes sense.
What are you? Uh, 35?
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38.
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When I met her,
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I had no idea
how old she was.
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By the time I found out,
it didn't matter.
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Barbara took
such good care of herself.
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When was
the last time you saw her?
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(Gregg)
I have an opening next week.
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I worked till midnight.
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I spoke to her about 10:00.
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She was fine.
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[Sighs]
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[Phone ringing]
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This guy's a designer.
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Do we even know
if he likes girls?
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He likes them enough to ask
one to move in with him.
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Yeah, one who graduated from
college the year he was born.
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Hey, May-December.
It happens.
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The guy seemed
sincere enough.
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Yeah, and Ted Bundy
got a gold star for honesty.
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This guy Gregg,
did he have any priors?
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No. But you gotta
start somewhere.
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Even if they were
more than just friends,
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gigolos steal,
they don't kill.
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(Logan)
Do they lie? Look at this.
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Gregg's LUD's.
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He didn't call anyone
at 10:00.
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What about the woman?
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She made one call.
8:13 this morning.
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Arlene Ross.
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L... I can't believe this.
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I spoke to her this morning.
She was bubbling over.
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Did that have anything to do
with this Stephen Gregg?
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It had everything
to do with him.
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Love has a way
of making you smile.
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Didrt you think
it was a little strange?
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You're married to somebody
for 40 years,
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you start to see life
through a single window.
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It was always Sam and Barbara,
the Spiegelmans.
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A straightjacket
for two, huh?
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Barbara loved Sam,
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but she was a lot more
than Sam's wife.
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With Stephen
she went to museums,
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she went dancing.
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Would you happen to know
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what window she was
looking out of last night?
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Dinner at Chanterelle
with Stephen and a client.
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A buyer from Bloomingdale's.
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Is there a law that says you
can only fall in love once?
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(Karen)
Stevie? Sure.
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Been doing business with him
the last five years or so.
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Used to be with
Dominick D'Alleva.
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People would kill for a chance
to design for the master.
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He seems to be
doing all right on his own.
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Yeah, well,
who would've guessed?
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I mean, he's a nice guy,
he's got talent up to here.
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But?
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Don't get me wrong,
Stephers very good.
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Ladies apparel's
the toughest gig there is.
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Maybe if the recession
ends this century, he ends up one of the biggies.
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Oh, like nobody can afford
$200 for a sweater, right?
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Mmm-hmm.
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Avenue Fashions,
try multiplying that by five.
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No wonder he can afford
dinner at Chanterelle.
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Hey, I'm the buyer, remember?
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Last month Lutèce,
before that Perioli.
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Stevie's tax deductions
go straight to my hips.
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But I like fine dining.
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Especially when it's free.
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And last night, uh,
dinner for two?
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I wish.
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You gotta admit,
the guy's cute.
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But he had that scarlet "T"
tattooed on his forehead.
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"Taken."
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Although, last night
I thought maybe not.
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Oh? Things werert, uh,
so hot between them?
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Pure ice.
Uh-huh.
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They were trying to be civil,
but, uh,
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when they got in the cab,
we're talking explosion.
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I could hear it
from the curb.
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[Phone buzzing]
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Excuse me.
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Yeah, he called her
last night.
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From the other side
of the bed.
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I panicked, okay?
I knew what you would think.
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I loved Barbara.
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From what we heard,
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maybe the other night
the feeling wasrt so mutual.
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My sister Debra wanted me
to visit her next week.
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L... I thought it best
if I went alone.
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Sounds like love to me.
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My friends have been
on my back
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and I didn't need
my family, too.
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I guess you won't have to
worry about that anymore,
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will you, Steve?
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I owe everything
to Barbara.
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She talked me into
going out on my own,
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she encouraged me to expand,
be more aggressive.
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She believed in me
more than I did myself.
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You think she still believed
in you yesterday morning?
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[Sighs]
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We had breakfast.
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I kissed her goodbye
around 8:00 a.m.
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I was here by 8:30 a.m.
Now, you ask anybody,
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anybody
who's seen us together,
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and they will tell you
there is no way
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that I could ever hurt her.
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He works for other people
his whole life.
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Suddenly he's out
on his own?
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00:11:42,868 --> 00:11:44,460
Hey, you saw
Spiegelmars apartment.
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Didrt look like
she had capital to invest.
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What, you think everybody
lives up to their means?
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Alright, play it out, Mike.
Say she gives him money.
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Why's he gonna kill her?
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He wants more.
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Maybe she wants
a return on her investment.
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Maybe we'll get lucky
and find a motive at the apartment.
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"Age of Civilization."
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Everybody's got one.
Nobody reads it.
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00:12:07,226 --> 00:12:10,161
Yeah, and Book of the Month
makes a fortune.
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"10th row, aisle. Tom Jones."
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I didn't know
he was still alive.
254
00:12:17,136 --> 00:12:18,797
Barbara sure was.
255
00:12:19,238 --> 00:12:21,433
Looks like she went
everyplace with Gregg.
256
00:12:23,175 --> 00:12:24,574
Looks like a honeymoon.
257
00:12:24,643 --> 00:12:26,270
You've never been married.
258
00:12:30,182 --> 00:12:31,911
Hey, look at this.
259
00:12:32,218 --> 00:12:34,186
Letter from Burton Charles.
Chemical.
260
00:12:34,253 --> 00:12:36,380
Vice President.
Private Banking.
261
00:12:37,056 --> 00:12:39,320
Liquidation of bearer bonds.
262
00:12:39,391 --> 00:12:41,825
I never got letters like that
from my bank.
263
00:12:45,564 --> 00:12:46,826
(Charles)
Sam was in printing.
264
00:12:46,899 --> 00:12:49,800
Struggled for years.
Direct mail becomes the rage,
265
00:12:49,869 --> 00:12:51,598
he's sitting on a cash cow.
266
00:12:51,670 --> 00:12:53,331
And Barbara got to milk it?
267
00:12:53,405 --> 00:12:55,100
(Charles)
She wasrt a business woman.
268
00:12:55,174 --> 00:12:57,005
Took the first offer
that came her way.
269
00:12:57,076 --> 00:12:59,169
After taxes, $20 million.
270
00:12:59,245 --> 00:13:01,679
We've managed
the entire portfolio for her.
271
00:13:01,747 --> 00:13:02,941
We've done very well.
272
00:13:03,015 --> 00:13:04,676
I just hope
we're allowed to continue.
273
00:13:04,750 --> 00:13:06,513
Well, who's calling
the shots now?
274
00:13:06,585 --> 00:13:08,610
You'll have to ask
Kevin Doyle.
275
00:13:08,687 --> 00:13:10,245
Trusts and estates lawyer.
276
00:13:10,322 --> 00:13:12,051
He sent us
the Spiegelman account.
277
00:13:12,124 --> 00:13:14,217
He handles
the family's legal affairs.
278
00:13:15,161 --> 00:13:16,992
I was with Mr. Woodward
all morning.
279
00:13:17,062 --> 00:13:18,290
He's another client.
280
00:13:18,364 --> 00:13:19,763
Lives three blocks
from Barbara.
281
00:13:19,832 --> 00:13:21,197
I almost stopped by
with papers.
282
00:13:21,267 --> 00:13:22,757
Maybe if I had...
283
00:13:22,835 --> 00:13:24,962
When I got the message,
I was devastated.
284
00:13:25,037 --> 00:13:26,504
I imagine in your business,
285
00:13:26,572 --> 00:13:28,631
uh, you get a lot
of messages like that.
286
00:13:28,707 --> 00:13:31,175
My clients die,
but not like this.
287
00:13:31,744 --> 00:13:33,109
This city.
288
00:13:33,813 --> 00:13:36,008
I don't envy you your jobs.
289
00:13:36,081 --> 00:13:37,844
And Barbara was more
than a client.
290
00:13:37,917 --> 00:13:39,384
I saw her almost weekly.
291
00:13:39,451 --> 00:13:41,476
Hey, I needed to
rewrite my will,
292
00:13:41,554 --> 00:13:43,545
a PBA lawyer
wouldn't even answer my call.
293
00:13:43,622 --> 00:13:44,782
[Chuckles]
294
00:13:45,257 --> 00:13:46,554
Six years ago,
295
00:13:46,625 --> 00:13:48,752
Barbara dragged Sam
to the Philharmonic.
296
00:13:48,828 --> 00:13:50,659
Dvorák's Slavic Dances.
297
00:13:50,729 --> 00:13:52,492
I met them at intermission.
298
00:13:52,565 --> 00:13:55,090
Until a year or so ago,
10 Saturdays a year
299
00:13:55,167 --> 00:13:58,227
I was the beneficiary
of Sam's season ticket.
300
00:13:58,304 --> 00:14:00,204
Barbara stopped enjoying
your company?
301
00:14:00,272 --> 00:14:01,534
When she met Stephen,
302
00:14:01,607 --> 00:14:03,598
she didn't have time
for anybody else.
303
00:14:03,676 --> 00:14:05,200
I guess she was entitled.
304
00:14:05,277 --> 00:14:08,440
What about Stephen Gregg?
What was he entitled to?
305
00:14:08,514 --> 00:14:11,608
I'll admit, it was odd.
Barbara and Stephen.
306
00:14:12,418 --> 00:14:14,682
But as far as I could tell,
it was genuine.
307
00:14:16,088 --> 00:14:17,578
You're not thinking...
308
00:14:17,656 --> 00:14:20,090
Hey, our job, we have to ask.
309
00:14:22,194 --> 00:14:23,218
Why not?
310
00:14:24,196 --> 00:14:27,688
Lt'll be
a matter of public record in a couple of weeks.
311
00:14:27,766 --> 00:14:31,099
Carole, the daughter,
gets the residuary estate.
312
00:14:31,237 --> 00:14:33,034
English, Counselor.
313
00:14:33,639 --> 00:14:36,130
Everything left,
after specific bequests.
314
00:14:36,208 --> 00:14:38,335
And the specific bequests?
315
00:14:38,878 --> 00:14:42,507
"To my friend, Stephen Gregg,
$2 million."
316
00:14:50,356 --> 00:14:53,291
I had no idea that
she had this kind of money.
317
00:14:53,525 --> 00:14:55,618
So, uh, the ski trip
and the cruise,
318
00:14:55,694 --> 00:14:57,924
uh, you thought she won
those things from Ed McMahon?
319
00:14:57,997 --> 00:14:59,988
She told me
that she had a good income.
320
00:15:00,065 --> 00:15:02,158
She never told me
that I was in her will.
321
00:15:02,234 --> 00:15:03,861
And what,
tomorrow you're gonna tell us
322
00:15:03,936 --> 00:15:05,460
you panicked and had to lie?
323
00:15:06,038 --> 00:15:08,199
For the first time
in my life I was happy.
324
00:15:08,274 --> 00:15:09,502
Why would I kill her?
325
00:15:09,575 --> 00:15:11,304
(Briscoe)
Hey, I'm happy, too, Steve,
326
00:15:11,377 --> 00:15:13,572
but $2 million would make
my smile a lot bigger.
327
00:15:13,646 --> 00:15:15,375
I'm not like that.
328
00:15:15,848 --> 00:15:17,975
I wanted Barbara,
not her money.
329
00:15:18,050 --> 00:15:19,745
(Logan)
Well, today's your lucky day
330
00:15:19,818 --> 00:15:22,048
because the law says
if you kill somebody,
331
00:15:22,121 --> 00:15:24,316
you can't collect
under their will.
332
00:15:24,390 --> 00:15:27,655
So Carole and her husband
will be spending that $2 million.
333
00:15:27,726 --> 00:15:29,489
Her husband?
Mmm-hmm.
334
00:15:29,561 --> 00:15:30,858
What are you talking about?
335
00:15:30,930 --> 00:15:33,865
Carole hasn't seen Douglas
in over a year.
336
00:15:36,435 --> 00:15:37,834
They're not married?
337
00:15:37,903 --> 00:15:40,394
They've been divorced
for as long as I've known her.
338
00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:44,000
Listen, Gregg's told enough
lies to run for office.
339
00:15:44,076 --> 00:15:45,270
So there's a problem?
340
00:15:45,344 --> 00:15:47,005
Hey, you don't think
it's strange
341
00:15:47,079 --> 00:15:49,240
the daughter hasn't seen
her ex in over a year,
342
00:15:49,315 --> 00:15:50,475
and he just
suddenly shows up
343
00:15:50,549 --> 00:15:52,574
the day his mother-in-law
takes one in the back?
344
00:15:52,651 --> 00:15:55,449
We accuse a guy of murder,
and I think he's a liar.
345
00:15:55,521 --> 00:15:57,148
Excuse me
for being cynical.
346
00:15:57,222 --> 00:15:58,883
What if Gregg's
telling the truth?
347
00:15:58,958 --> 00:16:00,721
Carole and her ex
kiss and make up,
348
00:16:00,793 --> 00:16:03,091
they never have to work a day
the rest of their lives.
349
00:16:03,162 --> 00:16:05,790
If Barbara Spiegelman
was anything like my ex's mother...
350
00:16:05,864 --> 00:16:08,765
Hey, Marge's mother and I
aren't exactly hugs and kisses.
351
00:16:08,834 --> 00:16:10,233
I smile a lot at Christmas
352
00:16:10,302 --> 00:16:12,634
and do everything I can
not to answer the phone on Sundays
353
00:16:12,705 --> 00:16:15,037
but I don't play
Jack the Ripper with a steak knife.
354
00:16:15,107 --> 00:16:19,066
Marge's mother
isn't dangling $20 million in front of your nose.
355
00:16:20,612 --> 00:16:22,375
Okay. Talk to them.
356
00:16:22,448 --> 00:16:25,178
And tell Romeo not to go
too far from home, huh?
357
00:16:26,151 --> 00:16:28,449
Carole and I were divorced
on paper only.
358
00:16:28,520 --> 00:16:30,249
Separating was not our idea.
359
00:16:30,322 --> 00:16:31,414
Whose idea was it?
360
00:16:31,490 --> 00:16:33,481
The lovely
mother of the bride.
361
00:16:33,559 --> 00:16:35,584
Barbara never cared
too much for me.
362
00:16:35,661 --> 00:16:36,685
My profession.
363
00:16:36,762 --> 00:16:37,854
(Logan)
Which is?
364
00:16:37,930 --> 00:16:39,022
Well, it's changing.
365
00:16:39,098 --> 00:16:41,328
Right now,
I'm in liquor distribution.
366
00:16:41,400 --> 00:16:43,732
Someday
I'll have my own place.
367
00:16:43,969 --> 00:16:45,937
Barbara never
believed much in me.
368
00:16:46,005 --> 00:16:47,836
Ah, it's part of being
a mother-in-law.
369
00:16:47,906 --> 00:16:50,067
Nose gets into places
where it doesn't belong.
370
00:16:50,142 --> 00:16:52,508
Did you ever think about
getting an unlisted number?
371
00:16:52,578 --> 00:16:54,808
I would have
moved to the West Coast.
372
00:16:54,880 --> 00:16:58,111
30 years ago
they were supposed to clip the umbilical cord.
373
00:16:58,183 --> 00:17:00,617
You have enough money,
you get to retie it.
374
00:17:00,686 --> 00:17:03,382
So Barbara used her money
as leverage.
375
00:17:03,522 --> 00:17:05,956
Sam left a couple of million
in trust
376
00:17:06,025 --> 00:17:07,788
and all distributions
to Carole
377
00:17:07,860 --> 00:17:10,021
were at the discretion
of the trustee.
378
00:17:10,095 --> 00:17:11,653
And that was Barbara.
379
00:17:11,730 --> 00:17:13,595
She gave Carole
a choice.
380
00:17:13,665 --> 00:17:16,099
Lose me,
or lose $10,000 a month.
381
00:17:16,702 --> 00:17:18,363
So Carole chose the money.
382
00:17:18,804 --> 00:17:20,465
Well, what would you do?
383
00:17:20,539 --> 00:17:22,905
The problem was,
Carole still loved me.
384
00:17:23,976 --> 00:17:25,967
All that sneaking around.
385
00:17:26,045 --> 00:17:28,445
It was like having an affair
with my own wife.
386
00:17:29,415 --> 00:17:30,814
[Phone ringing]
387
00:17:30,883 --> 00:17:33,010
Yeah, I promise to love,
honor and obey,
388
00:17:33,085 --> 00:17:35,280
as long as it doesn't
affect my ineritance.
389
00:17:35,354 --> 00:17:37,845
Remind me
never to marry for money.
390
00:17:39,258 --> 00:17:40,384
Hey.
391
00:17:41,293 --> 00:17:42,885
Say the old lady
finds out
392
00:17:42,961 --> 00:17:45,054
that Carole's divorce
is all smoke and mirrors.
393
00:17:45,130 --> 00:17:46,791
What does she do?
394
00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:49,662
She'd call her lawyer,
395
00:17:49,735 --> 00:17:52,431
tell him to run her will
through word processing
396
00:17:52,504 --> 00:17:54,335
and delete Carole's name.
397
00:17:54,406 --> 00:17:56,431
You think
that would upset Carole?
398
00:17:56,508 --> 00:17:58,840
$20 million?
Lt'd ruin my day.
399
00:18:01,647 --> 00:18:03,137
People like Barbara,
400
00:18:03,215 --> 00:18:04,978
like most of my clients,
for that matter,
401
00:18:05,050 --> 00:18:07,917
they're able to control
their families with money.
402
00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:09,578
My father called it
403
00:18:09,655 --> 00:18:12,021
the primary advantage
of wealth.
404
00:18:12,091 --> 00:18:14,423
Sounds an awful lot
like bribery to me.
405
00:18:15,461 --> 00:18:18,362
Barbara was not fond
of Douglas Pomerantz.
406
00:18:18,430 --> 00:18:20,523
She wanted him
out of Carole's life.
407
00:18:20,599 --> 00:18:22,430
She got what she wanted.
408
00:18:22,501 --> 00:18:23,900
And she had no idea
409
00:18:23,969 --> 00:18:26,335
that he was back
for a return visit?
410
00:18:26,405 --> 00:18:28,134
I would have been
the first to know.
411
00:18:28,207 --> 00:18:30,641
L... I know where you're going,
and you're wrong.
412
00:18:30,709 --> 00:18:32,643
Barbara and Carole
had problems,
413
00:18:32,711 --> 00:18:34,736
but certainly not enough
to kill for.
414
00:18:34,813 --> 00:18:37,611
These problems, did they
concern Stephen Gregg?
415
00:18:37,683 --> 00:18:39,810
Carole wanted her mother
to be happy.
416
00:18:39,885 --> 00:18:42,410
But the idea of Barbara
supporting Stephen...
417
00:18:42,488 --> 00:18:43,978
She was giving him money?
418
00:18:45,557 --> 00:18:47,286
A couple of weeks ago
Carole called me.
419
00:18:47,359 --> 00:18:48,621
She was hysterical.
420
00:18:48,694 --> 00:18:51,424
She discovered
that Barbara was writing checks for Stephen.
421
00:18:51,497 --> 00:18:53,124
She wanted me to
talk to her about it.
422
00:18:53,198 --> 00:18:54,222
And?
423
00:18:54,299 --> 00:18:55,732
Part of my expertise
424
00:18:55,801 --> 00:18:57,393
is knowing when
not to get involved.
425
00:18:58,070 --> 00:18:59,628
Of course I was mad.
426
00:18:59,705 --> 00:19:01,138
My father breaks his back,
427
00:19:01,206 --> 00:19:03,470
and she throws it away
on this person half her age.
428
00:19:03,542 --> 00:19:05,942
What, you thought
there'd be none left for you?
429
00:19:06,078 --> 00:19:07,705
$50,000, $75,000.
430
00:19:07,779 --> 00:19:09,337
The money
didn't matter to me.
431
00:19:09,414 --> 00:19:11,882
I couldn't stand
to see her taken advantage of.
432
00:19:11,950 --> 00:19:14,748
Did you know what the money
was gonna be used for?
433
00:19:14,820 --> 00:19:17,414
I found these cancelled checks
in her apartment.
434
00:19:17,489 --> 00:19:19,684
Metropolitan
Financial Corp.
435
00:19:19,758 --> 00:19:21,419
Yeah,
I never heard of it either.
436
00:19:21,493 --> 00:19:22,824
So I called.
437
00:19:22,895 --> 00:19:24,089
It's a factor.
438
00:19:24,163 --> 00:19:26,996
She was paying off loans
made to Avenue Fashions.
439
00:19:30,402 --> 00:19:31,699
Avenue Fashions, sure.
440
00:19:31,770 --> 00:19:33,362
In the hole
for roughly $1 million.
441
00:19:33,438 --> 00:19:35,668
So you gave them
$1 million just like that?
442
00:19:35,741 --> 00:19:38,505
I'm a factor. I'm banking
on his receivables.
443
00:19:38,577 --> 00:19:40,442
He's paid back
a good chunk so far,
444
00:19:40,512 --> 00:19:41,706
but, uh, sales slow down,
445
00:19:41,780 --> 00:19:43,077
I tend to get
a little nervous.
446
00:19:43,148 --> 00:19:45,514
Nervous enough
to call in the entire loan?
447
00:19:45,584 --> 00:19:47,882
As of last week,
Gregg's in for about $600,000.
448
00:19:47,953 --> 00:19:49,215
This economy...
449
00:19:49,288 --> 00:19:51,279
If he were anyone else,
I'd let him slide.
450
00:19:51,356 --> 00:19:54,018
But a past like his, it's
a little too shady for me.
451
00:19:54,092 --> 00:19:55,787
We checked.
There's nothing illegal.
452
00:19:55,861 --> 00:19:57,294
(Regan)
Did you check Connecticut?
453
00:19:57,362 --> 00:19:59,592
One of my clients tells me
that back in Westport,
454
00:19:59,665 --> 00:20:01,895
Gregg got caught
with his hand in the till.
455
00:20:01,967 --> 00:20:04,299
He gets a check on my desk
by next week
456
00:20:04,369 --> 00:20:07,566
or my truck's hauling out
whatever's left in his warehouse.
457
00:20:10,676 --> 00:20:11,802
(Baker)
He was 25.
458
00:20:11,877 --> 00:20:14,107
First job in fashion.
I hired him as a stock boy
459
00:20:14,179 --> 00:20:16,511
but physical labor
wasrt exactly his forte.
460
00:20:16,582 --> 00:20:17,742
What was?
461
00:20:17,816 --> 00:20:18,976
Sales.
462
00:20:19,051 --> 00:20:21,519
Especially if the customers
happened to be women.
463
00:20:21,587 --> 00:20:23,714
Oh, he wasrt Paul Newman
or anything like that,
464
00:20:23,789 --> 00:20:25,552
but there was
definitely something there.
465
00:20:25,624 --> 00:20:27,649
Best numbers,
two years in a row.
466
00:20:27,726 --> 00:20:29,455
A shame to
lose a guy like that, huh?
467
00:20:29,528 --> 00:20:31,223
In more ways
than you'll ever know.
468
00:20:31,296 --> 00:20:34,197
Wait a minute,
you mean, you and him, uh...
469
00:20:34,266 --> 00:20:37,167
Robbing the cradle
is not gender-specific, detectives.
470
00:20:37,236 --> 00:20:38,897
Thank you, Gloria Steinem.
471
00:20:38,971 --> 00:20:39,995
So what?
472
00:20:40,072 --> 00:20:41,699
He took advantage
of your friendship?
473
00:20:41,773 --> 00:20:43,138
In the front door
with flowers,
474
00:20:43,208 --> 00:20:44,869
out the back door
with the inventory
475
00:20:44,943 --> 00:20:46,877
to the tune of $30,000.
476
00:20:46,945 --> 00:20:48,640
And you didn't press charges?
477
00:20:48,714 --> 00:20:51,808
You bet your buns I did.
He spent a year in Danbury.
478
00:20:53,018 --> 00:20:54,645
Hey, the guy's
down for the count.
479
00:20:54,720 --> 00:20:56,915
He needs
major amounts of cash by the end of the week
480
00:20:56,989 --> 00:20:58,650
or it's goodbye
haute couture.
481
00:20:58,724 --> 00:20:59,952
And just like that,
482
00:21:00,025 --> 00:21:02,323
he's solvent,
plus $1 million to spare.
483
00:21:03,195 --> 00:21:04,423
Could be he's lucky.
484
00:21:04,496 --> 00:21:06,828
Could be next week
I'll be doing shampoo commercials.
485
00:21:06,898 --> 00:21:09,332
Paul, this guy tried
to get lucky before.
486
00:21:09,401 --> 00:21:10,459
He's got priors?
487
00:21:10,535 --> 00:21:12,799
Yeah, imported from
the Toll Booth State.
488
00:21:12,871 --> 00:21:14,065
He flashes his pearlies
489
00:21:14,139 --> 00:21:17,074
while his fingers
do the walking through his girlfriend's pocketbooks.
490
00:21:17,142 --> 00:21:18,336
The older, the better.
491
00:21:18,410 --> 00:21:19,934
[Phone rings]
492
00:21:20,012 --> 00:21:21,843
What?
It's still all circumstantial.
493
00:21:21,913 --> 00:21:24,939
I'm looking for something
that directly connects him to the murder.
494
00:21:25,017 --> 00:21:27,178
You mean,
like, uh, fingerprints?
495
00:21:27,252 --> 00:21:29,152
Connecticut just faxed us
Gregg's file.
496
00:21:29,221 --> 00:21:31,155
I thought the murder weapon
was wiped clean.
497
00:21:31,223 --> 00:21:33,214
It was. Others
in the drawer werert.
498
00:21:33,292 --> 00:21:34,384
(Logan)
Right.
499
00:21:34,459 --> 00:21:36,393
He reaches in,
he grabs Exhibit One,
500
00:21:36,461 --> 00:21:37,587
but he's not careful,
501
00:21:37,663 --> 00:21:40,154
so he touches
Exhibit Two, Three and Four.
502
00:21:40,232 --> 00:21:42,063
It's as close as
we're gonna get, Paul.
503
00:21:42,134 --> 00:21:43,533
My guess is,
he starts singing
504
00:21:43,602 --> 00:21:45,433
as soon as
we slap the cuffs on him.
505
00:21:47,239 --> 00:21:48,706
Pick him up.
506
00:21:50,742 --> 00:21:52,334
[Car honking]
507
00:21:52,711 --> 00:21:54,440
[Phone ringing]
508
00:21:59,618 --> 00:22:01,051
Stephen Gregg.
509
00:22:01,186 --> 00:22:02,551
What is it now?
510
00:22:02,621 --> 00:22:03,679
You're closed
for business.
511
00:22:03,755 --> 00:22:05,188
Wait a minute.
This is ridiculous.
512
00:22:05,257 --> 00:22:06,656
Stephen Gregg,
you're under arrest
513
00:22:06,725 --> 00:22:08,283
for the murder of
Barbara Spiegelman.
514
00:22:08,360 --> 00:22:09,759
You've the right
to remain silent.
515
00:22:09,828 --> 00:22:10,886
Anything you do say
516
00:22:10,962 --> 00:22:13,726
will be used against you
in a court of law. Do you understand that?
517
00:22:13,799 --> 00:22:14,823
Yes.
518
00:22:14,900 --> 00:22:16,333
You have the right to
an attorney.
519
00:22:16,401 --> 00:22:17,766
If you cannot afford
an attorney,
520
00:22:17,836 --> 00:22:20,532
one will be provided
if you so desire, prior to any questioning.
521
00:22:23,942 --> 00:22:25,910
(court clerk)
"Docket no. 788146.
522
00:22:25,977 --> 00:22:27,706
"People v. Stephen Gregg.
523
00:22:27,779 --> 00:22:29,713
Charge is murder
in the second degree."
524
00:22:29,781 --> 00:22:31,510
Do we have a plea?
525
00:22:32,484 --> 00:22:34,145
Not guilty, Your Honor.
526
00:22:34,219 --> 00:22:35,277
Paul?
527
00:22:35,354 --> 00:22:37,914
The defendant
savagely murdered an elderly woman, Your Honor.
528
00:22:37,989 --> 00:22:39,854
(Franks)
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
529
00:22:39,925 --> 00:22:43,156
It says here, now,
Mrs. Spiegelman was 61.
530
00:22:43,228 --> 00:22:44,559
That's correct, Your Honor.
531
00:22:44,629 --> 00:22:46,062
(Franks)
On my 61st birthday
532
00:22:46,131 --> 00:22:48,099
you were cramming
for a torts exam.
533
00:22:48,166 --> 00:22:50,031
I'd advise you
to choose your adjectives
534
00:22:50,102 --> 00:22:52,093
a little more courteously,
Counselor.
535
00:22:52,170 --> 00:22:54,229
The People request bail
of $500,000.
536
00:22:54,306 --> 00:22:57,104
My client can hardly afford
cab fare to Brooklyn, Your Honor.
537
00:22:57,175 --> 00:22:59,336
Why not make it
$1 million?
538
00:22:59,478 --> 00:23:00,775
Why not?
539
00:23:01,513 --> 00:23:04,539
[Chuckles]
And they say the elderly lose their sense of humor.
540
00:23:04,616 --> 00:23:06,140
[Franks laughing]
541
00:23:06,218 --> 00:23:09,346
Bail is set at $250,
cash or bond. Next.
542
00:23:09,554 --> 00:23:11,181
There's a pattern here, Adam.
543
00:23:11,256 --> 00:23:13,850
He's a predicate felon,
he lied to the police.
544
00:23:13,925 --> 00:23:16,223
Motive, fingerprints.
When you add it all up...
545
00:23:16,294 --> 00:23:17,352
You add it all up,
546
00:23:17,429 --> 00:23:18,953
you get
a basket of goose eggs.
547
00:23:19,030 --> 00:23:20,793
Not one piece
of direct evidence.
548
00:23:20,866 --> 00:23:22,458
A first year law student
549
00:23:22,534 --> 00:23:24,434
could punch more holes
in your case
550
00:23:24,503 --> 00:23:26,562
than Con Ed has
in Third Avenue.
551
00:23:26,638 --> 00:23:28,401
It was intentional,
That is, murder two.
552
00:23:28,473 --> 00:23:29,531
Anything less is a gift.
553
00:23:29,608 --> 00:23:30,632
All right,
554
00:23:30,709 --> 00:23:33,234
now unless he prances in here
with a confession
555
00:23:33,311 --> 00:23:34,335
you're gonna play Santa
556
00:23:34,413 --> 00:23:36,278
and you're gonna deal him
down to man one.
557
00:23:36,681 --> 00:23:37,978
[Sighs]
558
00:23:39,418 --> 00:23:41,750
Please, Mr. Stone,
I read the bill.
559
00:23:41,820 --> 00:23:44,254
David Copperfield
couldn't make a case appear.
560
00:23:44,322 --> 00:23:46,222
Miss Knight, your client lied
to the police
561
00:23:46,291 --> 00:23:48,384
about spending the night
with Mrs. Spiegelman.
562
00:23:48,460 --> 00:23:50,587
A couple of your detectives
knocked on his door.
563
00:23:50,662 --> 00:23:51,959
What did you expect?
564
00:23:52,030 --> 00:23:54,658
He was afraid they werert
free thinkers like you and me.
565
00:23:54,733 --> 00:23:57,463
His fingerprints
were on the other knives in the drawer.
566
00:23:57,536 --> 00:23:59,197
You've come
a long way, baby.
567
00:23:59,271 --> 00:24:01,205
She washed, he dried.
568
00:24:01,406 --> 00:24:02,964
He spent seven nights
a week there.
569
00:24:03,041 --> 00:24:05,703
If you didn't find prints,
we'd have something to talk about.
570
00:24:05,777 --> 00:24:08,211
The jury won't overlook
a $2 million motive.
571
00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:10,544
I told you,
I had no idea.
572
00:24:10,615 --> 00:24:12,378
Mr. Gregg, please,
573
00:24:12,451 --> 00:24:14,578
if you want to spin the wheel,
go ahead.
574
00:24:14,653 --> 00:24:16,382
But I'm sure
your attorney'll tell you
575
00:24:16,455 --> 00:24:17,683
that for two-time felons,
576
00:24:17,756 --> 00:24:19,314
it usually stops on
25-to-life.
577
00:24:19,391 --> 00:24:20,551
What?
578
00:24:21,493 --> 00:24:22,755
Miss Knight.
579
00:24:22,828 --> 00:24:25,194
If you didn't ask him
about his past record,
580
00:24:25,263 --> 00:24:27,424
you ought to be
ashamed of yourself.
581
00:24:27,499 --> 00:24:28,796
And if you did,
582
00:24:28,867 --> 00:24:31,097
what does it say
about his credibility?
583
00:24:31,169 --> 00:24:33,103
Your client served time
in Connecticut.
584
00:24:33,171 --> 00:24:34,798
Grand larceny.
585
00:24:36,741 --> 00:24:38,504
A couple of thugs
shook me down.
586
00:24:38,577 --> 00:24:40,602
I was a kid.
What was I supposed to do?
587
00:24:40,679 --> 00:24:42,647
Give me 10
to talk to my client.
588
00:24:42,714 --> 00:24:44,443
About what?
I didn't do anything.
589
00:24:44,516 --> 00:24:45,915
I loved her.
590
00:24:45,984 --> 00:24:47,451
[Door opens]
591
00:24:48,386 --> 00:24:50,877
[People chattering]
592
00:24:52,057 --> 00:24:54,457
Half hour. I don't know.
593
00:24:54,693 --> 00:24:57,355
Gregg didn't look like
the word "plea" was in his vocabulary.
594
00:24:57,429 --> 00:24:58,896
Well, you spend one year
in prison,
595
00:24:58,964 --> 00:25:00,898
I doubt if you want
to go back for 25 more.
596
00:25:00,966 --> 00:25:02,126
[Door opens]
597
00:25:07,873 --> 00:25:09,340
[Door shuts]
598
00:25:14,346 --> 00:25:16,007
Man two.
He serves the minimum.
599
00:25:16,081 --> 00:25:18,845
It was intentional homicide.
Man one is as low as I go.
600
00:25:18,917 --> 00:25:21,010
Whatever happened
happened in the heat of passion.
601
00:25:21,086 --> 00:25:22,519
He says he loved the woman.
602
00:25:22,587 --> 00:25:25,454
Then let him think about her
for the next 15 years.
603
00:25:26,391 --> 00:25:28,655
7 to 21,
you've got a deal.
604
00:25:32,731 --> 00:25:34,130
All right.
605
00:25:36,368 --> 00:25:38,563
Why are you
doing this to me?
606
00:25:43,975 --> 00:25:45,067
(Gelfant)
As I read it,
607
00:25:45,143 --> 00:25:47,168
you were in front of
Judge Franks only yesterday.
608
00:25:47,245 --> 00:25:48,542
To what do I owe the pleasure?
609
00:25:48,613 --> 00:25:49,705
If I may, Your Honor,
610
00:25:49,781 --> 00:25:52,249
the defendant wishes to
withdraw his plea of not guilty
611
00:25:52,317 --> 00:25:55,343
and enter the plea
of guilty to manslaughter in the first degree.
612
00:25:55,420 --> 00:25:57,513
The People concur,
Mr. Robinette?
613
00:25:57,589 --> 00:25:58,988
Yes, we do, Your Honor.
614
00:25:59,057 --> 00:26:00,615
And we've agreed
with defense counsel
615
00:26:00,692 --> 00:26:02,455
upon a sentence
of 7 to 21 years
616
00:26:02,527 --> 00:26:04,188
in the state
correctional facility.
617
00:26:04,262 --> 00:26:06,287
Please stand, Mr. Gregg.
618
00:26:09,267 --> 00:26:10,859
(Gelfant)
Do you understand the charges
619
00:26:10,936 --> 00:26:13,029
to which
you are pleading guilty, sir?
620
00:26:13,538 --> 00:26:14,596
I do.
621
00:26:14,673 --> 00:26:16,504
Please describe
in your own words
622
00:26:16,575 --> 00:26:20,204
what occurred on the morning
of the eighth of this month.
623
00:26:21,246 --> 00:26:22,372
[Sighs]
624
00:26:23,048 --> 00:26:24,982
I was at Barbara's apartment.
625
00:26:25,050 --> 00:26:26,779
That's Mrs. Spiegelman?
626
00:26:26,851 --> 00:26:27,909
Yes.
627
00:26:27,986 --> 00:26:29,214
Go on.
628
00:26:29,621 --> 00:26:33,113
She was sitting
with her back to me.
629
00:26:38,263 --> 00:26:39,525
[Sighs]
630
00:26:40,498 --> 00:26:41,692
Your Honor...
631
00:26:41,766 --> 00:26:43,631
[whispering]
632
00:26:44,836 --> 00:26:46,167
[Sniffles]
633
00:26:49,174 --> 00:26:52,439
I took a knife
out of the kitchen drawer.
634
00:26:52,677 --> 00:26:55,373
And what did you do with it,
Mr. Gregg?
635
00:26:56,982 --> 00:26:59,075
I stabbed her in the back.
636
00:27:03,955 --> 00:27:06,219
And you killed her for money?
637
00:27:06,925 --> 00:27:08,085
Yes.
638
00:27:09,427 --> 00:27:11,691
Has your attorney explained
639
00:27:11,963 --> 00:27:13,487
that this plea
640
00:27:13,565 --> 00:27:16,363
has the same effect
as a guilty verdict by a jury?
641
00:27:16,935 --> 00:27:18,095
Yes.
642
00:27:18,870 --> 00:27:21,065
The court accepts
the defendant's plea.
643
00:27:21,139 --> 00:27:23,767
The defendant is remanded
to the custody of the state
644
00:27:23,842 --> 00:27:25,639
pending sentencing.
645
00:27:25,710 --> 00:27:27,268
[Gavel bangs]
646
00:27:31,149 --> 00:27:32,776
I just went over
the forensics report
647
00:27:32,851 --> 00:27:33,943
on the Spiegelman case.
648
00:27:34,019 --> 00:27:35,350
The case is closed,
Paul.
649
00:27:35,420 --> 00:27:37,479
Well, maybe it shouldn't be.
The report said
650
00:27:37,555 --> 00:27:40,285
Barbara Spiegelman had bruises
on both of her knees.
651
00:27:40,358 --> 00:27:42,326
So she was standing
when he stabbed her.
652
00:27:42,394 --> 00:27:43,691
That's what
the ME concluded.
653
00:27:43,762 --> 00:27:45,423
Only in court today,
at his allocution,
654
00:27:45,497 --> 00:27:48,057
Gregg said
Barbara was seated with her back to him.
655
00:27:48,133 --> 00:27:50,499
You said he was nervous.
Maybe he made a mistake.
656
00:27:50,568 --> 00:27:52,331
You don't forget
how you killed someone.
657
00:27:52,404 --> 00:27:54,531
Maybe he didn't like
his options. He's 38.
658
00:27:54,606 --> 00:27:57,268
Maybe seven years
looks a lot better than 25.
659
00:27:57,342 --> 00:27:59,867
An attorney is going to let
an innocent man deal?
660
00:27:59,944 --> 00:28:02,208
Justice is swift,
it's not always fair.
661
00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:04,214
Sally Knight,
four years Brooklyn legal aid
662
00:28:04,282 --> 00:28:05,909
before she hung out
her own shingle.
663
00:28:05,984 --> 00:28:08,851
Last year,
62 cases, 59 pleas.
664
00:28:09,754 --> 00:28:11,312
And her trials?
665
00:28:11,389 --> 00:28:12,856
O for three.
666
00:28:16,027 --> 00:28:17,961
All right, talk to her.
667
00:28:18,730 --> 00:28:21,096
(Knight)
It doesn't matter how fast you are, Mr. Robinette,
668
00:28:21,166 --> 00:28:22,997
you can't return
your own serve.
669
00:28:23,068 --> 00:28:24,865
I'm counsel for the defense,
remember?
670
00:28:24,936 --> 00:28:26,369
And I'm counsel
for the People.
671
00:28:26,438 --> 00:28:27,564
All of them.
672
00:28:27,639 --> 00:28:29,539
I know you plead over 50 cases
last year.
673
00:28:29,607 --> 00:28:31,268
And I figure
I saved my clients
674
00:28:31,342 --> 00:28:34,243
collectively over
500 years behind bars.
675
00:28:34,612 --> 00:28:37,410
Don't let the grandeur
fool you, Mr. Robinette.
676
00:28:37,816 --> 00:28:40,683
My clients
don't drink martinis at the Oak Room.
677
00:28:40,752 --> 00:28:42,686
You guys set up
the plea bargaining system.
678
00:28:42,754 --> 00:28:43,914
Don't blame me
for using it.
679
00:28:43,988 --> 00:28:45,080
Did you ever consider
680
00:28:45,156 --> 00:28:47,249
that Stephen Gregg
took the deal for the wrong reason?
681
00:28:47,325 --> 00:28:48,883
He always maintained
he was innocent.
682
00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:50,860
His mother died
when he was eight years old.
683
00:28:50,929 --> 00:28:52,988
His dad beat the hell
out of him between six packs.
684
00:28:53,064 --> 00:28:54,361
I've heard it all before.
685
00:28:54,432 --> 00:28:55,626
If I didn't buy the story,
686
00:28:55,700 --> 00:28:57,531
how could I take a chance
with the jury?
687
00:28:57,602 --> 00:28:59,433
If Stephen did
kill Barbara Spiegelman,
688
00:28:59,504 --> 00:29:01,904
why would he lie in court
about how he killed her?
689
00:29:02,941 --> 00:29:05,409
I've got 30 court appearances
in the next two weeks.
690
00:29:05,477 --> 00:29:07,445
I can't afford
to think too much.
691
00:29:07,512 --> 00:29:09,377
We're talking about
a mars life.
692
00:29:09,447 --> 00:29:11,972
Look, you guys pile a stack
of evidence in front of me.
693
00:29:12,050 --> 00:29:14,610
Kevin tells me
the guy is guilty and should rot in hell.
694
00:29:14,686 --> 00:29:15,778
I gave Gregg his options,
695
00:29:15,854 --> 00:29:17,788
he made his choice.
I did my job.
696
00:29:17,856 --> 00:29:18,914
Kevin?
697
00:29:18,990 --> 00:29:21,390
Doyle.
The old lady's attorney.
698
00:29:21,726 --> 00:29:24,422
Gregg asked him for a lawyer,
Kevin sent me the case.
699
00:29:24,496 --> 00:29:27,397
I guess he thought
I could use a client who could actually pay.
700
00:29:27,999 --> 00:29:29,296
Doyle and Knight?
701
00:29:29,367 --> 00:29:31,062
He's Paul Stewart,
she's K-Mart.
702
00:29:31,136 --> 00:29:33,036
Not the kind of referral
you'd expect.
703
00:29:33,104 --> 00:29:35,629
Gregg is hardly solvent,
Doyle knew that.
704
00:29:35,740 --> 00:29:38,675
He's not gonna give him
Melvin Belli's telephone number.
705
00:29:38,743 --> 00:29:40,335
He's gonna call
the bar association
706
00:29:40,411 --> 00:29:42,504
and get someone
within his price range.
707
00:29:42,580 --> 00:29:43,945
He's just
trying to help out.
708
00:29:44,015 --> 00:29:45,573
Or maybe not.
709
00:29:45,950 --> 00:29:47,577
Doyle told Briscoe and Logan
710
00:29:47,652 --> 00:29:49,745
there was no way
Gregg could be a murderer.
711
00:29:49,821 --> 00:29:52,153
But he told Knight
there was no question he was guilty.
712
00:29:53,391 --> 00:29:54,881
What are you saying, Paul?
713
00:29:54,959 --> 00:29:56,392
If he was involved,
714
00:29:56,461 --> 00:29:58,361
what better way
to have the case disappear
715
00:29:58,429 --> 00:30:00,624
than refer it to a lawyer
who's afraid to go to court?
716
00:30:01,432 --> 00:30:03,332
But Doyle is
Barbara Spiegelmars attorney.
717
00:30:03,401 --> 00:30:05,892
What motive
could he possibly have?
718
00:30:09,307 --> 00:30:12,367
Kevin and I started here
the same day, same department,
719
00:30:12,443 --> 00:30:14,377
but, uh,
he was miles ahead of me.
720
00:30:14,445 --> 00:30:15,844
Law school,
I took civil rights,
721
00:30:15,914 --> 00:30:17,848
he took tax planning
for the wealthy.
722
00:30:17,916 --> 00:30:19,406
Sounds like
he knew what he wanted.
723
00:30:19,484 --> 00:30:20,849
He wanted to
live among his own.
724
00:30:20,919 --> 00:30:22,580
Played touch football
in Hyannis Port.
725
00:30:22,654 --> 00:30:24,849
I learned the hard way
that people like that aren't made,
726
00:30:24,923 --> 00:30:26,083
they're evolved.
727
00:30:26,157 --> 00:30:27,419
Doyle hasn't learnt that yet.
728
00:30:27,492 --> 00:30:28,584
Oh, he didn't have to.
729
00:30:28,660 --> 00:30:30,855
The guy is Exeter,
Princeton, Harvard Law.
730
00:30:30,929 --> 00:30:32,055
He's that kind of guy.
731
00:30:32,130 --> 00:30:33,722
Kids like me from Regal Park,
732
00:30:33,798 --> 00:30:35,925
we don't get on the letterhead
of Smythe & Bradley.
733
00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:37,592
What about Doyle?
734
00:30:37,669 --> 00:30:39,227
I'll tell you what.
735
00:30:39,304 --> 00:30:41,238
We all thought
Kevin was a slam dunk.
736
00:30:41,306 --> 00:30:42,773
He got passed over
as a partner?
737
00:30:42,841 --> 00:30:43,899
Goes to show.
738
00:30:43,975 --> 00:30:46,341
Recession hits, nobody cares
how blue your blood is.
739
00:30:47,312 --> 00:30:48,370
[Glass clinking]
740
00:30:48,446 --> 00:30:51,313
The trick to becoming
a successful estates attorney,
741
00:30:51,382 --> 00:30:53,782
join the right clubs
and outlive your clients.
742
00:30:53,852 --> 00:30:55,615
And Kevin Doyle
never learned the trick?
743
00:30:55,687 --> 00:30:56,915
Oh, he learned very well.
744
00:30:56,988 --> 00:30:58,250
That boy's
as good as it gets.
745
00:30:58,323 --> 00:31:00,416
No, I sponsored him
for Winged Foot myself.
746
00:31:00,491 --> 00:31:01,788
He's good enough
for your club,
747
00:31:01,860 --> 00:31:03,225
but not good enough
for partner?
748
00:31:03,294 --> 00:31:05,057
No, on the contrary,
Mr. Robinette.
749
00:31:05,129 --> 00:31:07,654
Perhaps we werert
good enough for him.
750
00:31:07,732 --> 00:31:09,063
He turned you down?
751
00:31:10,568 --> 00:31:12,968
First time
in the history of the firm.
752
00:31:13,037 --> 00:31:15,005
He said he didn't
want the headaches.
753
00:31:15,073 --> 00:31:16,131
Translation:
754
00:31:16,207 --> 00:31:19,108
Avoid partnership liabilities
during a recession.
755
00:31:19,177 --> 00:31:21,338
But he doesn't get a piece
of the profits, either.
756
00:31:21,412 --> 00:31:23,903
Exactly.
But what goes around...
757
00:31:24,449 --> 00:31:26,314
That Spiegelman estate
should buy him
758
00:31:26,384 --> 00:31:28,318
five bedrooms at Sag Harbor.
759
00:31:28,386 --> 00:31:30,354
I thought he doesn't share
in the profits.
760
00:31:30,421 --> 00:31:32,082
Oh, he doesn't share
in the legal fees,
761
00:31:32,156 --> 00:31:33,350
but read the will.
762
00:31:33,424 --> 00:31:35,551
He's got one hell of
an executor's commission
763
00:31:35,627 --> 00:31:36,958
coming his way.
764
00:31:37,362 --> 00:31:39,057
Barbara loved the boy.
765
00:31:39,130 --> 00:31:40,427
How much will he get?
766
00:31:40,498 --> 00:31:43,194
$20 million estate,
roughly 2.5%.
767
00:31:43,468 --> 00:31:44,901
You do the math.
768
00:31:44,969 --> 00:31:46,698
He gets it all?
Mmm-hmm.
769
00:31:47,572 --> 00:31:48,971
Now, if he were a partner,
770
00:31:49,040 --> 00:31:51,975
he'd have 75 mouths
biting into that apple.
771
00:31:52,410 --> 00:31:53,638
Firm rules:
772
00:31:53,711 --> 00:31:56,805
Associates get to keep
their commissions all to themselves.
773
00:32:04,289 --> 00:32:05,779
(Stone)
He had motive, Adam.
774
00:32:05,857 --> 00:32:07,017
$500,000?
775
00:32:07,091 --> 00:32:08,115
[Snorts]
776
00:32:08,192 --> 00:32:10,524
After the Feds, state and city
get through with him,
777
00:32:10,595 --> 00:32:12,756
you can cut that
down to half.
778
00:32:12,830 --> 00:32:15,424
A Wall Street attorney's
gotta be making six figures.
779
00:32:15,500 --> 00:32:16,728
If he needed money...
780
00:32:16,801 --> 00:32:17,961
(Schiff)
If he needed money
781
00:32:18,036 --> 00:32:20,470
he would've
accepted partnership, or gone to his family.
782
00:32:20,538 --> 00:32:22,267
Maybe his family's
not so generous.
783
00:32:22,340 --> 00:32:23,898
What do we know about Doyle,
anyway?
784
00:32:23,975 --> 00:32:25,465
Harvard Law, '78.
785
00:32:25,543 --> 00:32:28,478
We got over 300 lawyers
working in this office.
786
00:32:28,546 --> 00:32:30,514
Somebody must have
gone to school with him.
787
00:32:31,049 --> 00:32:32,277
(Alter)
Kevin Doyle
788
00:32:32,350 --> 00:32:33,977
loves to wave
the crimson banner,
789
00:32:34,052 --> 00:32:35,883
never shows up
at alumni cocktail parties.
790
00:32:35,954 --> 00:32:37,182
He doesn't have
fond memories?
791
00:32:37,255 --> 00:32:39,314
He wasrt at Harvard
long enough to have them.
792
00:32:39,390 --> 00:32:41,415
Transferred in his third year
from Brooklyn Law
793
00:32:41,492 --> 00:32:44,484
took extra credits
just so his diploma would have the proper pedigree.
794
00:32:44,562 --> 00:32:46,962
Well, it served him well.
He's working at Smythe & Bradley.
795
00:32:47,031 --> 00:32:49,556
Where else?
We're all in ripped jeans
796
00:32:49,634 --> 00:32:51,568
he shows up to class
in a tweed jacket
797
00:32:51,636 --> 00:32:53,228
custom-made at Tripplers.
798
00:32:53,304 --> 00:32:55,204
Some people,
that's a way of life.
799
00:32:55,273 --> 00:32:57,935
Well, if your name was
Rockefeller, maybe.
800
00:32:58,009 --> 00:33:00,876
Kevin struts around campus
with his Mark Cross briefcase,
801
00:33:00,945 --> 00:33:02,936
everyone thinks
he's Forbes 400.
802
00:33:03,014 --> 00:33:04,106
And he's not?
803
00:33:04,182 --> 00:33:06,946
Only if they're listing
the country's top frauds.
804
00:33:07,018 --> 00:33:09,316
After graduation,
we had this going away party.
805
00:33:09,387 --> 00:33:11,082
You know, family, friends.
806
00:33:11,155 --> 00:33:13,020
Kevirs there
for about 20 minutes,
807
00:33:13,091 --> 00:33:14,854
tells us
he has to run to the airport
808
00:33:14,926 --> 00:33:16,621
to see his folks off
to Europe.
809
00:33:16,694 --> 00:33:18,286
You don't believe him.
I did.
810
00:33:18,363 --> 00:33:21,628
Till a few of us hit
some all-night greasy spoon, 2:00 a.m.
811
00:33:21,699 --> 00:33:23,564
Guess who's there
with two pitchers of beer
812
00:33:23,634 --> 00:33:25,124
and a bucket
of fried chicken?
813
00:33:25,203 --> 00:33:26,363
Kevin Doyle.
814
00:33:26,437 --> 00:33:28,530
Mama, Papa and baby Doyle.
815
00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:30,865
It wasrt Kevirs blood
that was blue, Paul,
816
00:33:30,942 --> 00:33:32,239
it was his collar.
817
00:33:32,310 --> 00:33:33,607
He took one look at us
818
00:33:33,678 --> 00:33:36,272
and herded his parents
into their beat up Chevy.
819
00:33:36,347 --> 00:33:38,372
I haven't seen him since.
820
00:33:39,550 --> 00:33:40,642
In the early '80s
821
00:33:40,718 --> 00:33:42,447
Doyle put all his money
in tax shelters.
822
00:33:42,520 --> 00:33:44,750
Everything from
shopping centers to cable TV.
823
00:33:44,822 --> 00:33:47,723
All seven-to-one write-offs.
Never paid a nickel in taxes.
824
00:33:47,792 --> 00:33:48,918
And in the '90s,
825
00:33:48,993 --> 00:33:50,654
Uncle Sam disallowed
those deductions.
826
00:33:50,728 --> 00:33:52,093
Penalties, interest.
827
00:33:52,163 --> 00:33:53,994
Adds up to almost $400,000.
828
00:33:54,065 --> 00:33:55,293
What about
his bank accounts?
829
00:33:55,366 --> 00:33:56,424
Empty.
830
00:33:56,501 --> 00:33:58,366
IRS has liens
on his apartment, his car,
831
00:33:58,436 --> 00:33:59,664
his place in Seaview.
832
00:33:59,737 --> 00:34:01,329
End of the month,
they take it all.
833
00:34:01,406 --> 00:34:03,431
So Doyle needs $400,000.
834
00:34:03,508 --> 00:34:04,941
He collects $500,000
835
00:34:05,009 --> 00:34:06,704
as Barbara Spiegelmars
executor.
836
00:34:06,778 --> 00:34:08,939
No, it was a lot more
than money for Doyle.
837
00:34:09,013 --> 00:34:10,480
He's from Brighton Beach.
838
00:34:10,548 --> 00:34:12,743
He wants the world to think
he's from Palm Beach.
839
00:34:12,817 --> 00:34:14,409
Yeah, but without
more than a motive,
840
00:34:14,485 --> 00:34:16,282
we're left in
the starting blocks.
841
00:34:17,055 --> 00:34:18,716
Doyle told Briscoe and Logan
842
00:34:18,790 --> 00:34:21,088
he was with a client
the morning of the murder.
843
00:34:21,159 --> 00:34:22,626
Why did they even ask him?
844
00:34:22,693 --> 00:34:24,422
They didn't.
He just offered.
845
00:34:24,562 --> 00:34:26,496
Could be
he was feeling guilty.
846
00:34:27,698 --> 00:34:29,188
Call Briscoe.
847
00:34:30,968 --> 00:34:33,732
Paul, werert there
unidentified prints in the apartment?
848
00:34:34,372 --> 00:34:35,498
Four sets.
849
00:34:35,573 --> 00:34:37,040
When I took
the bar exam,
850
00:34:37,108 --> 00:34:39,736
they took my fingerprints
for identification purposes.
851
00:34:44,148 --> 00:34:46,412
Doyle said
he was with a Don Woodward.
852
00:34:46,484 --> 00:34:47,542
And he wasrt?
853
00:34:47,618 --> 00:34:49,609
Fortunately,
his clients don't tell him everything.
854
00:34:49,687 --> 00:34:52,622
Mr. And Mrs. Woodward
were celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary.
855
00:34:52,690 --> 00:34:53,816
A month in Aruba.
856
00:34:53,891 --> 00:34:55,017
(Briscoe)
Ben.
857
00:34:55,927 --> 00:34:58,259
[Sighs]
The prints on the kitchen counter.
858
00:34:58,329 --> 00:35:00,490
Four point match
with Doyle.
859
00:35:01,666 --> 00:35:04,157
Oh, God.
I don't believe this guy.
860
00:35:05,670 --> 00:35:08,138
Paul, file a motion
to withdraw the charges against Mr. Gregg
861
00:35:08,206 --> 00:35:09,969
and let's get him home
as fast as we can.
862
00:35:10,041 --> 00:35:11,565
And read Mr. Doyle
his rights.
863
00:35:11,642 --> 00:35:13,667
An attorney?
My pleasure.
864
00:35:23,921 --> 00:35:25,718
Paul,
William Patton has never done
865
00:35:25,790 --> 00:35:27,451
a day of pro bono
in his life.
866
00:35:27,525 --> 00:35:29,015
I thought
that Doyle was broke.
867
00:35:29,093 --> 00:35:30,720
Well, his firm posted bail.
868
00:35:30,795 --> 00:35:32,729
They're probably
picking up the tab.
869
00:35:32,797 --> 00:35:34,264
Yeah, well,
at $450 an hour,
870
00:35:34,332 --> 00:35:36,357
I don't think we're gonna see
any deals on this one.
871
00:35:36,434 --> 00:35:37,901
(court clerk)
Oyez, oyez, all rise.
872
00:35:37,969 --> 00:35:40,130
The Supreme Court
of the State of New York
873
00:35:40,238 --> 00:35:42,138
Criminal Part 57
is now in session.
874
00:35:42,206 --> 00:35:44,071
The Honorable
Mark Burns presiding.
875
00:35:47,111 --> 00:35:48,476
(Milgrim)
The CSU officers
876
00:35:48,546 --> 00:35:50,878
found seven fingerprints
in Mrs. Spiegelmars kitchen
877
00:35:50,948 --> 00:35:52,108
that were readable.
878
00:35:52,183 --> 00:35:54,151
One of them
belonged to Kevin Doyle.
879
00:35:54,218 --> 00:35:56,379
Where exactly
was that print located?
880
00:35:56,888 --> 00:35:58,378
On the kitchen counter,
881
00:35:58,456 --> 00:36:01,220
directly above the drawer
which contained the carving knives.
882
00:36:01,292 --> 00:36:02,725
Thank you.
883
00:36:03,461 --> 00:36:06,396
Tell me, sir,
is there any way you can say beyond a reasonable doubt
884
00:36:06,464 --> 00:36:09,024
that these prints
were left on the day of the murder?
885
00:36:09,100 --> 00:36:10,158
No.
886
00:36:10,234 --> 00:36:11,929
So they might
have been a week old?
887
00:36:12,003 --> 00:36:13,129
That's right.
888
00:36:13,204 --> 00:36:15,263
How about a month? Or a year?
889
00:36:15,339 --> 00:36:16,499
Objection.
890
00:36:16,574 --> 00:36:19,338
We get your point, Counselor.
Sustained.
891
00:36:20,878 --> 00:36:23,142
Well, you have to
understand, um,
892
00:36:23,214 --> 00:36:25,910
Mom and Dad never really
had very much.
893
00:36:25,983 --> 00:36:28,474
All of a sudden,
there were banks and brokers.
894
00:36:28,553 --> 00:36:30,748
They all promised the world.
895
00:36:30,821 --> 00:36:33,016
Mom didn't... didn't trust
any of them.
896
00:36:33,090 --> 00:36:34,785
But she trusted Kevin Doyle?
897
00:36:35,793 --> 00:36:36,987
Yeah.
898
00:36:37,762 --> 00:36:39,320
(Carole)
She said, um,
899
00:36:39,397 --> 00:36:41,797
a young man like that
doesn't need our money.
900
00:36:42,099 --> 00:36:44,090
Was Kevin Doyle
in the habit of
901
00:36:44,168 --> 00:36:46,966
showing up at
your mother's apartment uninvited?
902
00:36:47,038 --> 00:36:49,268
Sure. Yeah, um,
Mom wouldn't have hesitated
903
00:36:49,340 --> 00:36:51,035
about buzzing him right in.
904
00:36:51,108 --> 00:36:53,076
There were always
papers to sign.
905
00:36:54,946 --> 00:36:56,641
She trusted him.
906
00:36:57,215 --> 00:36:58,614
Thank you.
907
00:37:00,952 --> 00:37:02,214
Did your mother
ever complain
908
00:37:02,286 --> 00:37:04,277
that Mr. Doyle
overbilled his hours?
909
00:37:04,355 --> 00:37:05,447
No.
910
00:37:05,523 --> 00:37:08,321
Did she ever say
that his legal advice was unsound?
911
00:37:08,392 --> 00:37:09,518
No.
912
00:37:09,594 --> 00:37:12,563
So it's fair to say, then,
that he was a good attorney?
913
00:37:12,630 --> 00:37:13,688
Objection.
914
00:37:13,764 --> 00:37:15,163
Withdrawn.
915
00:37:16,934 --> 00:37:18,060
To your knowledge,
916
00:37:18,135 --> 00:37:20,365
was your mother aware
that as executor,
917
00:37:20,438 --> 00:37:22,338
Mr. Doyle was entitled to
a commission
918
00:37:22,406 --> 00:37:24,499
of approximately 500,000?
919
00:37:24,709 --> 00:37:25,801
Yes.
920
00:37:25,876 --> 00:37:28,037
Did she ever say
that amount was excessive?
921
00:37:28,646 --> 00:37:29,704
No.
922
00:37:29,780 --> 00:37:32,214
Why do you suppose that is,
Miss Spiegelman?
923
00:37:32,283 --> 00:37:34,410
I said, she trusted him.
924
00:37:35,219 --> 00:37:36,618
She liked him.
925
00:37:36,988 --> 00:37:38,649
You suppose
she liked him enough
926
00:37:38,723 --> 00:37:41,988
to lend him $500,000
if he desperately needed it?
927
00:37:42,460 --> 00:37:43,757
Objection.
928
00:37:43,828 --> 00:37:45,295
Sustained.
929
00:37:47,832 --> 00:37:48,924
[Phone ringing]
930
00:37:49,000 --> 00:37:51,400
Patton raised
reasonable doubt with every witness.
931
00:37:51,469 --> 00:37:53,027
That's why
he drives a Ferrari.
932
00:37:53,104 --> 00:37:55,902
And they've written textbooks
on his closing arguments.
933
00:37:55,973 --> 00:37:57,770
Yeah, It's too bad
that Doyle didn't hire
934
00:37:57,842 --> 00:37:59,639
his old friend Sally Knight.
935
00:38:00,344 --> 00:38:03,575
Paul, you said that Doyle was
from Brighton Beach, right?
936
00:38:03,648 --> 00:38:06,640
And you said
that Knight worked for Brooklyn Legal Aid.
937
00:38:06,717 --> 00:38:08,708
Do you think
she ever visited the beach?
938
00:38:08,786 --> 00:38:10,777
What are you saying,
they're in cahoots?
939
00:38:11,889 --> 00:38:13,982
(Stone)
Adam, if you were a defense attorney
940
00:38:14,058 --> 00:38:16,526
and a prosecutor came to you
with evidence
941
00:38:16,594 --> 00:38:18,960
that tended to prove
that your client was innocent,
942
00:38:19,030 --> 00:38:20,361
what would you do?
943
00:38:20,431 --> 00:38:22,695
I'd celebrate
up and down Center Street,
944
00:38:22,767 --> 00:38:24,758
and then move to
set aside the plea.
945
00:38:24,835 --> 00:38:26,666
Until we withdrew the charges,
946
00:38:26,737 --> 00:38:28,762
there wasrt a peep
out of Miss Knight.
947
00:38:28,873 --> 00:38:30,602
(Schiff)
If we took the license
948
00:38:30,675 --> 00:38:33,235
of every incompetent lawyer
in the city,
949
00:38:33,544 --> 00:38:35,876
we wouldn't have to recycle
the New York Times.
950
00:38:35,946 --> 00:38:38,676
"Sally Knight,
704, Mermaid Avenue,
951
00:38:38,749 --> 00:38:40,410
Brighton Beach, Brooklyn."
952
00:38:40,718 --> 00:38:42,151
She may be incompetent,
953
00:38:42,219 --> 00:38:43,948
but I think
I can make a hell of a case
954
00:38:44,021 --> 00:38:45,488
that she's also unethical.
955
00:38:45,556 --> 00:38:46,955
Let's give her a visit.
956
00:38:47,825 --> 00:38:49,952
When you work here,
someone sends you a case,
957
00:38:50,027 --> 00:38:51,961
you take it,
you don't ask questions.
958
00:38:52,029 --> 00:38:54,259
I do, Miss Knight.
And what I want to know is,
959
00:38:54,332 --> 00:38:56,391
would Stephen Gregg
still be in prison
960
00:38:56,467 --> 00:38:58,128
if we hadrt withdrawn
the charges?
961
00:38:58,202 --> 00:38:59,601
What the hell
are you implying?
962
00:38:59,670 --> 00:39:02,264
I'm saying that you grew up
with Kevin Doyle
963
00:39:02,340 --> 00:39:05,275
he referred the case to you,
and Stephen Gregg cut a deal.
964
00:39:05,343 --> 00:39:06,503
This is crock.
965
00:39:06,577 --> 00:39:09,375
No, it's a case of
accessory to murder in the second degree.
966
00:39:09,447 --> 00:39:11,574
How much of the $500,000
did he promise you?
967
00:39:13,584 --> 00:39:15,745
First of all,
I don't know if Kevin did it.
968
00:39:15,820 --> 00:39:16,946
Second, if he did,
969
00:39:17,021 --> 00:39:18,921
you have no proof
that I was involved.
970
00:39:18,989 --> 00:39:20,547
You can't possibly believe
that l...
971
00:39:20,624 --> 00:39:22,455
What I believe is irrelevant,
Miss Knight.
972
00:39:22,526 --> 00:39:24,551
And if you took the time
to go to court now and then,
973
00:39:24,628 --> 00:39:26,528
you'd know that
the mere appearance of guilt
974
00:39:26,630 --> 00:39:27,927
is enough
to get you convicted.
975
00:39:27,998 --> 00:39:30,558
Now if you tell us
all you know about Kevin Doyle
976
00:39:30,634 --> 00:39:32,295
we may spare you
the burden
977
00:39:32,370 --> 00:39:34,361
of defending yourself
against felony charges.
978
00:39:34,805 --> 00:39:37,365
Retaliatory prosecution.
I could get you disbarred.
979
00:39:40,845 --> 00:39:43,006
We're about to play chicken,
Miss Knight.
980
00:39:43,080 --> 00:39:44,980
And given
our respective reputations,
981
00:39:45,049 --> 00:39:46,846
I think I know
who's likely to win.
982
00:39:54,458 --> 00:39:56,551
I'll tell you what I know.
983
00:39:57,528 --> 00:39:59,496
But you can't charge me
with anything.
984
00:39:59,563 --> 00:40:01,463
That depends on
what you tell me.
985
00:40:06,637 --> 00:40:08,195
(Knight)
Kevin came to me.
986
00:40:08,639 --> 00:40:10,834
He said
the case was a gimme.
987
00:40:11,642 --> 00:40:14,167
He said Gregg
was guilty, cut a deal
988
00:40:14,245 --> 00:40:16,577
make a couple of grand
without much effort.
989
00:40:17,515 --> 00:40:18,846
Did Mr. Doyle tell you
990
00:40:18,916 --> 00:40:21,612
why he chose to refer
the case to you?
991
00:40:23,154 --> 00:40:24,985
Kevin and I
grew up together.
992
00:40:25,723 --> 00:40:27,714
Now he was
this big muckety-muck,
993
00:40:27,792 --> 00:40:29,259
and I was still
begging for cases
994
00:40:29,326 --> 00:40:30,691
outside of the courthouse.
995
00:40:31,595 --> 00:40:33,893
I thought
he was trying to help me.
996
00:40:33,964 --> 00:40:35,158
But he wasrt?
997
00:40:35,332 --> 00:40:36,629
Hardly.
998
00:40:37,334 --> 00:40:38,358
Once again,
999
00:40:38,436 --> 00:40:40,495
Kevin Doyle was thinking
only of Kevin Doyle.
1000
00:40:40,571 --> 00:40:41,697
Objection.
1001
00:40:41,772 --> 00:40:44,366
No opinions, Miss Knight.
Sustained.
1002
00:40:45,009 --> 00:40:47,307
What did
the defendant tell you?
1003
00:40:47,511 --> 00:40:49,274
After Mr. Robinette presented
1004
00:40:49,346 --> 00:40:51,507
what might have been
exculpatory evidence,
1005
00:40:51,582 --> 00:40:53,709
I went to Kevirs office.
1006
00:40:54,885 --> 00:40:58,412
He told me
not to be stupid,
1007
00:40:58,489 --> 00:41:00,787
to collect my money
and keep my mouth shut.
1008
00:41:02,960 --> 00:41:05,326
I told him I could be
ruining a mars life.
1009
00:41:05,896 --> 00:41:07,625
And what did Mr. Doyle say?
1010
00:41:09,266 --> 00:41:11,257
He actually
started to panic.
1011
00:41:12,436 --> 00:41:15,030
He said I'd ruin everything.
1012
00:41:17,441 --> 00:41:18,874
The great Kevin Doyle.
1013
00:41:20,911 --> 00:41:23,880
He didn't actually
come out and say it
1014
00:41:23,948 --> 00:41:25,643
but I suspected.
1015
00:41:26,016 --> 00:41:27,540
Suspected what?
1016
00:41:27,751 --> 00:41:29,309
That he was somehow involved.
1017
00:41:29,386 --> 00:41:30,819
Objection.
1018
00:41:30,921 --> 00:41:32,183
(Burns)
Sustained.
1019
00:41:32,256 --> 00:41:34,986
The jury will disregard
the witness's last statement.
1020
00:41:35,759 --> 00:41:36,885
Uh, Miss Knight,
1021
00:41:36,961 --> 00:41:38,690
there's one thing
I don't understand.
1022
00:41:38,762 --> 00:41:41,754
Despite your suspicions,
you did nothing.
1023
00:41:45,469 --> 00:41:47,835
People like me
ride the F train.
1024
00:41:48,672 --> 00:41:51,232
We buy new clothes
maybe once a year.
1025
00:41:53,010 --> 00:41:55,706
I thought
maybe if I helped him,
1026
00:41:56,380 --> 00:41:59,406
someday maybe he'd help me.
1027
00:42:01,685 --> 00:42:03,118
Thank you.
1028
00:42:05,356 --> 00:42:06,948
Do you believe
that Stephen Gregg
1029
00:42:07,024 --> 00:42:09,083
and Kevin Doyle
acted in concert?
1030
00:42:09,159 --> 00:42:10,285
No.
1031
00:42:11,228 --> 00:42:13,526
So, if Mr. Doyle is guilty
1032
00:42:13,597 --> 00:42:15,462
then your client Stephen Gregg
1033
00:42:15,533 --> 00:42:17,797
has to be innocent,
isn't that true?
1034
00:42:17,868 --> 00:42:19,062
Yes.
1035
00:42:19,136 --> 00:42:20,831
Did you do
anything whatsoever
1036
00:42:20,905 --> 00:42:23,271
to secure
his release from prison?
1037
00:42:23,340 --> 00:42:24,671
[Sighs]
1038
00:42:25,209 --> 00:42:26,369
No.
1039
00:42:26,577 --> 00:42:27,737
(Patton)
So you admit
1040
00:42:27,811 --> 00:42:31,212
that you have violated
Disciplinary Code 7-101
1041
00:42:31,482 --> 00:42:35,441
of the ABA's Codes for
Professional Responsibility?
1042
00:42:36,020 --> 00:42:37,180
Yes.
1043
00:42:37,555 --> 00:42:39,455
Tell me, Miss Knight,
1044
00:42:40,291 --> 00:42:43,488
how do you expect
this court to believe
1045
00:42:43,861 --> 00:42:45,692
an attorney who, under oath,
1046
00:42:45,763 --> 00:42:48,630
admits to committing
a disbarrable offence?
1047
00:42:48,699 --> 00:42:49,893
Objection.
1048
00:42:49,967 --> 00:42:51,400
Sustained.
1049
00:42:53,537 --> 00:42:56,097
Of course, my fingerprints
were in Barbara's apartment.
1050
00:42:56,173 --> 00:42:58,232
I visited her
several times a month.
1051
00:42:58,309 --> 00:43:00,300
What was the purpose
of those visits?
1052
00:43:00,377 --> 00:43:01,776
Barbara was the trustee
1053
00:43:01,845 --> 00:43:03,745
of a trust
created under Sam's will.
1054
00:43:03,814 --> 00:43:06,248
I frequently had papers
for her to sign.
1055
00:43:06,317 --> 00:43:09,684
Tax returns, distributions,
transfers, things like that.
1056
00:43:09,753 --> 00:43:12,051
(Patton)
So these visits were strictly professional.
1057
00:43:12,122 --> 00:43:15,114
A good estates attorney
is a family advisor.
1058
00:43:15,192 --> 00:43:17,319
Like a rabbi, if you will.
1059
00:43:17,561 --> 00:43:19,222
(Doyle)
Barbara asked my advice
1060
00:43:19,296 --> 00:43:22,424
on everything from investments
to what kind of car to buy.
1061
00:43:23,133 --> 00:43:25,601
She trusted me.
She respected me.
1062
00:43:26,904 --> 00:43:30,396
I respected her.
It was almost like family.
1063
00:43:32,109 --> 00:43:35,408
It's preposterous to think
that I could kill her.
1064
00:43:36,480 --> 00:43:37,913
Thank you.
1065
00:43:40,651 --> 00:43:43,176
Mr. Doyle,
it's true, isn't it,
1066
00:43:43,253 --> 00:43:44,914
that you represent
1067
00:43:44,989 --> 00:43:46,752
some of
the wealthiest families
1068
00:43:46,824 --> 00:43:48,086
in New York City?
1069
00:43:48,425 --> 00:43:50,256
(Doyle)
I suppose so.
1070
00:43:50,527 --> 00:43:53,257
And do they all invite you
into their households
1071
00:43:53,330 --> 00:43:55,628
like, uh,
Barbara Spiegelman did?
1072
00:43:55,699 --> 00:43:57,257
For the most part, yes.
1073
00:43:57,334 --> 00:43:58,961
Why do you suppose
that is, sir?
1074
00:43:59,036 --> 00:44:01,231
I happen to be a very
good attorney, Mr. Stone.
1075
00:44:01,305 --> 00:44:03,466
Oh, there are a lot
of good attorneys in New York City.
1076
00:44:03,540 --> 00:44:05,565
I mean, couldn't they hire
Miss Knight, for example?
1077
00:44:05,643 --> 00:44:06,735
No.
1078
00:44:06,810 --> 00:44:08,243
(Stone)
No?
1079
00:44:08,312 --> 00:44:10,473
Well,
if she's not a good attorney,
1080
00:44:10,547 --> 00:44:12,742
why did you refer
Stephen Gregg to her?
1081
00:44:12,816 --> 00:44:15,307
(Doyle)
She's competent. She's just not...
1082
00:44:15,386 --> 00:44:18,480
Oh, she's not, uh...
She's not what, sir?
1083
00:44:20,024 --> 00:44:22,322
She's not
their kind of people?
1084
00:44:22,793 --> 00:44:23,885
That's right.
1085
00:44:23,961 --> 00:44:25,155
And you are?
1086
00:44:25,229 --> 00:44:26,423
Yes.
1087
00:44:26,497 --> 00:44:27,862
Which means Miss Knight
1088
00:44:27,931 --> 00:44:31,423
doesn't have the education,
or the upbringing
1089
00:44:31,702 --> 00:44:33,693
or the family history,
is that right?
1090
00:44:33,771 --> 00:44:34,863
That's correct.
1091
00:44:34,938 --> 00:44:37,168
And if she were
in financial need,
1092
00:44:37,241 --> 00:44:39,106
she could not
go to her family for help
1093
00:44:39,176 --> 00:44:40,973
like your clients could,
right?
1094
00:44:41,045 --> 00:44:42,171
No.
1095
00:44:42,246 --> 00:44:43,577
Now, Mr. Doyle,
1096
00:44:43,647 --> 00:44:46,878
people have testified
in this courtroom
1097
00:44:47,017 --> 00:44:51,010
that you are
in dire financial need.
1098
00:44:52,489 --> 00:44:54,582
Did you ever go
to your family for help?
1099
00:44:56,393 --> 00:44:57,485
No.
1100
00:44:57,561 --> 00:44:59,426
(Stone)
Why not, sir?
1101
00:44:59,663 --> 00:45:02,632
Is it because
a garage mechanic
1102
00:45:02,700 --> 00:45:06,261
is not likely to have $400,000
sitting in his bank account?
1103
00:45:06,870 --> 00:45:08,633
I went to Harvard.
1104
00:45:09,773 --> 00:45:11,741
I work on Wall Street.
1105
00:45:11,942 --> 00:45:13,910
But the truth is, sir,
1106
00:45:15,045 --> 00:45:18,139
you are not really
1107
00:45:19,016 --> 00:45:21,416
"their kind of people,"
are you?
1108
00:45:27,091 --> 00:45:28,888
So the question is,
1109
00:45:28,959 --> 00:45:32,588
how far would you go
to conceal that fact?
1110
00:45:32,663 --> 00:45:33,823
Objection.
1111
00:45:33,897 --> 00:45:35,296
Sustained.
1112
00:45:38,202 --> 00:45:40,227
No more questions.
1113
00:45:43,273 --> 00:45:45,173
[Traffic rumbling]
1114
00:45:45,709 --> 00:45:47,472
We may have a problem, Ben.
1115
00:45:47,544 --> 00:45:49,671
After Knight's testimony,
I don't think so.
1116
00:45:49,747 --> 00:45:51,214
I can't find Doyle.
1117
00:45:51,281 --> 00:45:53,476
He didn't pick up
his phone last night.
1118
00:45:53,550 --> 00:45:54,608
This morning?
1119
00:45:54,685 --> 00:45:56,016
Nothing.
1120
00:45:56,520 --> 00:45:57,646
[Sighs]
1121
00:45:57,721 --> 00:46:00,087
Call Briscoe and Logan.
Thanks.
1122
00:46:15,439 --> 00:46:17,805
If he left town, he didn't
take much luggage.
1123
00:46:20,210 --> 00:46:22,075
(Logan)
Paul. Lennie.
1124
00:46:27,518 --> 00:46:28,883
Oh, my God.
1125
00:46:34,491 --> 00:46:36,652
Lawyers killing their clients
for money.
1126
00:46:37,694 --> 00:46:39,821
They left that one
out of the Canons of Ethics.
1127
00:46:39,897 --> 00:46:40,955
Well, for Doyle,
1128
00:46:41,031 --> 00:46:42,589
money was only
the means to an end.
1129
00:46:42,666 --> 00:46:44,327
(Stone)
He climbed as high as he could,
1130
00:46:44,401 --> 00:46:45,800
and couldn't
bear the fall.
1131
00:46:47,004 --> 00:46:48,403
Who could?
1132
00:46:48,453 --> 00:46:53,003
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