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[puking]

Maybe you got the flu.

It ain't the
flu, it's just nerves.

Big trials make me nauseous.

Well, maybe I should open then?

No, no, Mike. I'm okay.

I'm feeling
better by the second.

This is a good thing, you know?

It means that I'm ready.

Yeah, but you look white.

Glenn Hall, best goalie
in the history of hockey

used to puke before every game.

It means you're ready,
that's all. I'm pumped!

Okay. We're gonna leave here
at ten, 15 minutes then.

Oh, the judge said the cameras
are okay in the courtroom.

Great!

You coming to the staff meeting?

Uh, in a second, I just wanna

go over this
a couple more times.

[door opens]

[door closes]
Oh!

[theme music]

[music continues]

[music continues]

[instrumental music]

Okay, people, settle in.

[indistinct chatter]
First up.

Happy birthday,
Leland McKenzie.

- Happy birthday, Leland.
- How old today?

- A 102.
- You look good.

- Thank you.
- First item.

The big day is finally upon us.

People versus Rikki Davis.

- Michael?
- We open in an hour.

- We're ready to go.
- Excellent.

We'll have a command post set
up here in the conference room.

Any surprises come up at trial,

we'll have lawyers
ready to jump.

- Great. We gonna win?
- We've got a shot.

I like our jury draw,
I like Judge Gates.

Cook's one of the best
DA's but his case has holes.

Keep him off guard
wherever you can.

Disrupt his rhythm,
he's less effective.

We held back
a couple of motions in limine,

just so we could spring
the objections at the trial.

Put him back
on his heels a little.

With all the publicity,
we want that acquittal.

Moving on, Leland,
you're handling

the Cheevers prospectus.

Ann and I go over
the final draft tomorrow,

it'll go out
to the client by Friday.

Very good. Victor, any other
cases you want reassigned?

Uh, no. I'm back. Fine.

Again let me reiterate
everyone's sympathy.

If there's anything you need
from us, please don't hesitate.

Uh, I just want to say that

the support that you've
all been giving me

is overwhelming
and I'll always be grateful

to all of you for that.

Thanks.

Now, as you can see,

Ms. Davis is making
her way into the courtroom,

accompanied by her lawyers.

They're obviously not stopping
to answer--

No. No comment.

...wearing a sleek,
black designer suit.

The defendant
is also not wearing her

hair back contrary
to previous reports.

It was the perfect crime.

The victim was
despondent over cancer,

so he just
strung himself up...

grieving, shocked
widow discovers the body,

calls the police,
everybody cries,

the will gets probated

and Rikki Davis
inherits $26 Million.

Now, I'm sure
the original plan, when she

married this 70
old man with cancer,

was to just patiently
wait out his death.

She had her lover on the side,

it wasn't as if she was
making much of a sacrifice.

But when Harold Davis suddenly
decided to divorce her,

the game plan was ruined.

She'd lose everything by virtue
of a prenuptial agreement.

And she wasn't about
to let that happen. Oh, no.

So, she and her
lover, David Schaeffer,

motivated solely by greed

staged an apparent suicide

and hanged Harold
Davis to his death.

That's what the evidence will
show, ladies and gentlemen.

Rikki Davis murdered
her husband for his money.

It's as simple as that.

Quite, please!
[indistinct chatter]

Ladies and
gentlemen of the jury,

my name is Tommy Mullaney.

My partner is Michael Kuzak

and together we represent
that woman sitting right there.

Her name is Rikki Davis.

Now, I'm sure you have
read a lot about this lady,

and if you're reading
the same papers

as me you've
gotta be thinking...

"she's guilty!"

I know I thought that

that day she walked
into our office

for the first time,

but then we began
piecing together the facts.

Then when she passed
our lie detector test.

- We thought she--
- Objection! Mr. Mullaney,

That's out of line.
You know better than that.

The jury is to disregard
that last remark.

A polygraph test
is not deemed liable.

You're to give that
statement no weight whatsoever.

Mr. Mullaney, don't test me.

I apologize.

You see, hanging is
a very tricky thing.

It's easy for it to go wrong.

Now, Rikki had access
to his medication.

She could have
drugged him to death.

She knew where he kept his gun.

She had easier ways to stage

a suicide if that's
what she wanted to do.

But hanging him?

That's tough.

Why would she choose that

and why would she discover

the body with her lover

and draw attention
to her infidelity?

Does that make sense to you?

No, it's too easy!

I mean, sure we got a dead guy.

There's no doubt about that.

And we have got a defendant
with a motive,

no argument there either.

But there isn't any case.

Forget about what
you've been reading.

You pay attention here.

We're gonna
pull the curtain off

the prosecution's
dog and pony show.

You just watch us.

My only request here
is that you all pay attention.

And if you do, we won't have
to ask you for anything else.

I promise.

Oh, now you didn't
have to get me anything.

Well, at your age birthdays
are at a premium.

Demand and supply, you know.

It's very touching.
[chuckles]

Oh my.

It's beautiful!

You like it?

Well, it's superb, but
it's too much.

It's way way too much.

There's an
inscription on the back.

"Just say yes."

Yes to what?

Leland... will you marry me?

Yes to what?

I'm serious, Leland.

I don't want to shock you.

I mean usually I am
the master of subtlety,

but, uh, I just
don't know how to tip-toe

into something like this.

I've just been so happy

the last four months,
and I'm not a young gal.

And I know what I want.

You want me?

I do.

I want to be your wife.

What about me?
When do I testify?

I'm not sure I'm
putting you up there.

Why not?

Well, the truth is, Rikki,
you come off unlikeable.

I think the jury
will read you as cold.

I also think that Cook
will tear you apart

on the adultery and no one'll
care $0.2 about you after that.

But if I don't take the
stand it'll look

like I'm hiding something.

Well, maybe,
but I still think that--

Do you really think
that it's better to hide

what I am than to let
them actually see it?

Listen to me, both of you.

I- I don't want
to be buried away in this,

to be shielded
from the jury like I'm...

the selfish bitch that
the press keeps calling me.

I'm not that person.

I don't want to
be treated like that person.

Not by them and not by you.
You understand me?

Look, this is a murder trail.

Tomorrow morning
I am facing off against

a seasoned homicide
detective. The man is a pro.

Now I got
a lotta work to do here,

so let us do what we do.

Who the hell do you think you
are talking to me like that?

We know you're scared, Rikki.

Everybody is a little scared,
but you gotta trust us.

You got to.

Detective, when you
arrived at the scene

what did the
defendant tell you?

She and Mr. Schaeffer returned
to the house and found

the deceased suspended
from the ceiling.

She stated it
was her belief that

Mr. Davis had
taken his own life.

Did the evidence
support her belief?

- No, it did not.
- Why not, Detective?

Well, first of all, you
can see by the scrape marks

around the victim's neck
that he tried to free himself.

And second,
we dusted the beam

and cord and found one clean
print.

It belonged to the defendant.

We also found a partial print
which matched David Schaeffer.

They said the prints
got there when they attempted

to cut the victim down,
after discovering it.

Well, if that were
true, their would've been prints

all over the beam and cord.

The fact that we found just
the two suggests that somebody

tried to wipe
the surfaces clean

and just wasn't careful enough.

What other evidence pointed you
to the defendant?

Well, the
will and also the fact

the defendant
never had an alibi,

except to say that
she went for a drive

with Mr. Schaeffer
following the brunch.

Did you confront her
with your suspicions?

Yes, I did. She said she wanted
to speak with her attorney.

Thank you, Detective.
Nothing further.

[clears throat]

Was there any sign
of a struggle in the bedroom?

- No.
- Well, isn't that strange?

Would you think that
they put the nose

around his neck
and politely asked him

to stand up
on a chair while they tied

the other end around the beam?

Well, we believe that he
was rendered unconscious first.

Right, according
to your initial report

uh, you say you believe
the victim was struck

on the forehead
with a blunt object

which knocked him unconscious,

after which he was hanged.

Well, we now believe
he was suffocated

into a state of unconsciousness.

Oh, really?

Well, why do
you believe that, detective?

Because the symptoms
of suffocation and hanging

are the same so there
would be no evidence of it.

So, in other words,

there is no evidence of it.

And, detective, if in fact,

he was suffocated into
unconsciousness

before he was hanged
then how do you explain

the scratch marks
on his face and neck

that he got
while he was supposedly trying

to free himself?

He probably regained
consciousness

right before the hanging.

Ah.

Well, is there
any evidence of that?

Yeah, the scratch marks.

They clearly show
this wasn't something

that he wanted to do.

Well, maybe
he changed his mind.

I mean hanging is a very brutal,
horrible way to go, isn't it?

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

In fact, you
yourself investigated

another hanging suicide

three years ago
in which the victim

also tried
to claw himself free.

Isn't that right, detective?

There was one
such incidence, yes.

Thank you.

Okay, onto the fingerprints.

Now, there were a
lot of smudged unusable prints

all over the cord
and the beam, right?

Yeah.

Now, isn't it possible
that in their panic

in their frantic attempts to
free Mr. Davis from the noose,

that they smudged
a lot of their own prints

and only left
a few clean ones?

- It's not impossible--
- Thank you, Detective.

And in fact, from all
the physical evidence

Harold Davis could
have committed suicide, right?

Yes, but I don't think so.

Thank you, Detective.

That's all.

I still think we have a problem
with the profit definition.

It's ambiguous at best
and that's gonna be

construed against us
if anything goes wrong.

Are you listening to me?

- Oh, yes. Uh...
- What's the matter, Leland?

Come on, this stuff
is tough enough

without you drifting off
into outer space.

I'm sorry.

Okay, so... uh...

Ann, last night
Rosalind Shays proposed to me.

Proposed what?

Marriage.

She gave me
a beautiful Cartier watch

and asked me to be her husband.

- How exciting.
- Do you think--

Well, what do you think about
the two of us as a couple?

You seem...

Very cute.

Could you see yourself standing
at our wedding ceremony?

I'm sure it would be lovely.

The truth, Ann.

I would sooner dive
head first into my own vomit!

- Ann.
- Dating her is one thing.

Sleeping with her is another.

But to exchange wedding vows
with a person

who can shed her skin
and swallow

large rats whole is something--

I don't need that much truth.

Leland, how can you even
think of marrying that woman?

I'm lonely, Ann.

And Rosalind and
I, we laugh together.

We have a wonderful
intellectual relationship.

See, I'm 62 years old...

and loneliness
is everything they say it is.

Do you love her?

I'm very fond of her.

You're very fond of her.

Um-hm.

[sighs]

I'm sorry, Leland.

Hey, I am certainly no authority
on marriage.

My first one ended
in divorce and Stuart and I...

well, we still
have our problems,

but at the core of it
all I love him and trust him

more than anybody I've ever
known... or ever will know.

Can you say
that about Rosalind?

Oh, I'm not asking myself
those kinds of questions.

It's a much simpler test.

I know my life without her,
and I've seen my life with her.

I'm happier with her.

Your Honor, People call
Marian Davis to the stand.

Your Honor, the defense objects
to this witness being called.

No relevance, Your Honor.

She's the
victim's daughter, Judge.

Mr. Davis made
certain statements

to her regarding
the defendant--

- That's hearsay, inadmissible .
- Dead man statue applies.

- What, are you nuts?
- It does not apply!

Gentlemen, gentlemen, quiet.

We're not gonna
discuss this in here.

Let's go.

[indistinct chatter]

Offer of proof?

The victim told her
that the defendant had been

acting strangely, that
she seemed up to something.

Now this was one week before
the murder--

That is prejudicial hearsay.

- We can give instruction.
- Oh, come on!

The daughter hates Rikki Davis.
The father knew it.

He could been saying'
this crap to appease her,

we have no means
of assuring reliability here.

He's right,
I'm not gonna put her up

there to say, that stuff.

It'd be reversible error
to next witness.

- Your Honor!
- Next witness.

Mark Chelios
is the victim's lawyer.

Objection! We
object to him, too.

- It's also hearsay.
- Plus, attorney-client.

Privilege doesn't extend beyond
the client's life.

- That's a debate.
- It is still hearsay.

Your Honor, I need this witness
to establish motive

he is the only
person who can testify

as to the victim's intent
to divorce the defendant.

That's why they want
to shut him down.

It's an out-of-court
declaration being admitted

for the truth,
it's black letter hearsay.

I'm going to allow it.

- What?!
- Your Honor.

- You can't!
- Yes I can.

Then I want Mr. Chelios'
files for discovery.

- Work product. Privilege.
- Oh, no, no, no, no, no.

You can't have
it both ways, Mr. Cook.

If you want the lawyer
to testify, fine.

But first, you
give all his files

to the defense
by 3 o'clock this afternoon.

Not 3:30, not 3:15.

3 o'clock, he'll be on
the stand tomorrow.

[door opens]

- All rise.
- Here we go.

Attorney Michael Kuzak
staggered the prosecution

badly with his cross-examination
of Detective Foley.

[cheering]

- Good.
- Listen to this.

Rikki's lawyers blocked
the victim's daughter,

Marian Davis, from
even taking the stand.

The daughter was also considered

to be a key prosecution witness,

and right now, John,

the district attorney's office
is reportedly scrambling.

From the Los Angeles Superior
Court, this is Joyce Kulhewic.

John.

It's not over here. We've still
got serious work to do here.

You bet your ass we do.

Tommy. Hit it.

Tomorrow's witness, attorney
Mark Chelios. Victim's lawyer.

He's produced six boxes of files
on Harold Davis.

I've been through four already.

They're very well
organized, nothing unusual.

Yeah, he'll testify about
the will and who takes what.

No surprises there.

Stuart. You've checked off
on that?

Yeah. It's very simple,
no codicils.

He left everything
to the American Cancer Society

unless survived by Rikki

in which case
she takes everything.

Nothing ambiguous about it.

Only thing is... it may not
have been witnessed properly.

- Meaning what?
- Probably nothing.

If he dies intestate,
she gets everything anyway.

C.J. you got
any dirt on this guy?

Not yet.

Single man, dates
various women,

clean living.
Basically pretty dull.

Rick Stephan's the PI assigned

so if there's anything under
this guy's nails we will know.

Okay, Jonathan,

give Abby a hand
with the rest of those files.

Now, the prosecution
should rest tomorrow

with strong motive
and shaky physical evidence.

I'll move for
the directed verdict...

but it probably won't go.

That means we start
off with our forensic expert

then move on to the shrink.

Now, are you gonna put Rikki
on the stand?

- We don't know yet.
- Oh, do it! They'll suspect--

- She's gotta testify.
- Hey! Hey! We don't know yet.

Alright? Jonathan, Abby,
get to work on those files.

Tommy... you and
I should get some sleep.

Who can sleep?

[instrumental music]

You had been Mr. Davis' lawyer
for how long, sir?

Since 1978.

And under the terms
of his most recent will,

how much money
did the defendant,

Rikki Davis, stand to inherit?

As the lone beneficiary,
she stood

to inherit the entire estate,

valued at about $26 Million.

And sir, if
they were divorced...

Prenuptial agreement
limited her to $500000.

Mr. Chelios, when
was the last time you spoke

with the deceased, Harold Davis?

Five days before his death.

Could you tell
us what was said?

- Objection!
- Objection, hearsay.

Overruled.

Mr. Chelios, what did
Mr. Davis tell you?

He told me he wanted to file

for divorce
from his wife, Rikki.

She was being unfaithful
and he wanted

to terminate
the marital relationship.

And five days later
he was found hanged to death.

Yes.

And, sir, who
besides the defendant

stood to gain
from Mr. Davis' death?

Nobody. At least no individual.

If she survived
him, she took all.

And if she didn't, it went
to the American Cancer Society.

And, sir, do you have
any reason to believe

Harold Davis was suicidal?

- Objection!
- Objection!

- Overruled.
- Answer the question.

He was not suicidal.

He was upbeat, he was--

Oh, you gotta
be kidding! No foundation--

Sit down, Mr. Kuzak,
or I'll hold you in contempt.

Continue, Mr. Chelios.

His spirits were up.

In fact, on the day
he called me about the divorce,

he asked me
to establish contact

with the oncology departments

at both the
Sloan-Kettering Hospital

and the Johns Hopkins Hospital.

What for?

To determine
whether they had any

experimental
treatments for liver cancer.

This man wanted to live.

- Move to strike. Narrative--
- Both of you!

Both of you, don't make me
warn you again.

The testimony is allowed.

I have nothing further.

Do you have any psychiatric
training, Mr. Chelios?

No, I do not.

You got any clinical or
educational training

which would allow you
to determine

whether or not
a person is suicidal?

- I knew, Mr. Davis--
- Answer my question, sir.

I have no formal training.

One second, please.

I have nothing
further, your Honor.

Thank you, Mr. Chelios.

Mr. Cook.

The people call
as its last witness...

Mr. David Schaeffer.

- Move for a continuance,
- Objection!

your Honor, this is a surprise.

He's on our witness list.

Well, they put more
than a hundred people

on their witness list,
Your Honor .

The chances of this
man being called

were almost nil, he's up
on the same charges.

But he's on their list,
Mr. Kuzak.

He can call the witness.

I'll give you an hour recess.

[indistinct chatter]

[camera shuttering]

Son of a bitch!

- What's going on?
- He cut a deal!

If he's testifying,
he had to cut something.

Rikki, if you've
been holding anything back

now is the time to come clean.

- What can Schaeffer say?
- Nothing.

He's innocent,
we're both innocent.

What about when you broke up?

This Schaeffer guy got an axe
to grind?

- He was hurt, yes.
- But so, what?

He can't testify
to anything, except

to the fact that
I was an unfaithful wife.

Listen, if we are not prepped
for him

we could get killed out there.
Think hard.

Does he have any information
that could be of use to them?

There isn't any information
for him to have, Michael.

[sighs]

[knocking]
Knock knock.

Rosalind.
What a surprise.

I just dropped
Leland off from lunch.

- Do you have a second?
- Um, sure.

- Can we sit?
- Of course.

[door closes]

[sighs]

- How have you been?
- Fine, fine. You?

Fine.

I know we're not very close
so what I'm about

to say may hit you like
a depth charge.

Two nights ago, I asked Leland
to marry me.

Wow.

Yeah. Wow.

[sighs]

He said he needed
some time to think about it,

and it's my feeling
he will probably come to you.

Why me?

Because nobody else here
is married except Stuart.

And you, no doubt, will
have the strongest opinions.

Knowing Leland, he would want

to confront the thickest part
of the wall.

What do you want
from me, Rosalind?

An open mind.

I love him very much.

[sighs] I didn't think I'd ever
fall in love again, but I did.

He's on the fence, Ann.

I'd just like for you not

to impulsively push him
to the other side.

The truth is, Rosalind,

Leland did come to me on this.

I might've nudged him a little.

Nudged?

Actually, I was kicking him
with both feet.

I don't think he
should marry you.

I'm sorry.

Okay.

Rosalind!

Nobody has done a bigger
about face on you than I have.

A year ago, I probably
considered

you to be the most
unredeemable person

I had ever had the displeasure
of meeting.

Now, I not only admire you,

I actually like you.

But with you and Leland...

I just don't see it.

Well...

as always, you're honest.

Thank you for that.

I really do love him.

Rosalind.

I didn't change his mind.

Could you state your name
for the record, please?

David Allen Schaeffer.

Mr. Schaeffer, could
you state your relationship

with the defendant,
Ms. Rikki Davis?

Between the period
of September of 1989

and October of 1990,
we were lovers.

Sir, I call your attention
to the date August 19, 1990.

Were you with the
defendant on that day?

Yes, I was.

We had brunch at
Mirabelle restaurant on Sunset.

Then we went
to her Beverly Hills home.

That's where we
discovered the body.

- Mr. Davis' body?
- Yes, sir.

He was, uh...

hanging from
the ceiling in his bedroom.

What did you do?

Well, we tried briefly
to get him down.

He was clearly dead.

So we called
the police, they came.

Three days later Rikki
and I were arrested

and charged with the crime.

Did you have anything to do

with this man's death,
Mr. Schaeffer?

No, I did not.

To your knowledge,
did Rikki Davis

have anything
to do with his death?

Well, I certainly didn't think
so at the time but...

now I think she did.

[indistinct chatter]
Order!

I want you to tell us why.

Objection!
This man's opinion is--

Overruled!

Every time we get
to the good parts

you start objecting.
[crowd laughing]

- I object to that!
- Go ahead, sir.

Well, first off, Rikki had
been acting strangely all week.

The second thing is,
she would never take me back

to her house
in Beverly Hills. Never.

But on this day it seemed very
important that I go with her.

I think it was
to establish an alibi.

- Objection!
- Objection!

Again, sir, just tell
us what you know.

Keep your opinions to yourself.

Anything else, Mr. Schaeffer?

Yes.

About a week before that day

I was riding with her
in her car.

That's when I noticed a book
in the backseat

with a bookmark in it.

Did you open this book?

Yes, I did.

It was a book on knots.

Excuse me?

All kinds of rope knots.

And the page that was marked
was a chapter

on bunt line knots.

Bunt line knots.

Which meant nothing to me
at the time.

But about three weeks ago
my lawyer asked me

to go through all
the reports on my arrest.

And that's where I saw it.

That the knot
on the cord used

to hang Mr. Davis
was a bunt line knot.

[crowd whispering]

Mr. Schaeffer, you're giving
this testimony in exchange

for charges against you being
dropped, isn't that right?

But I'm telling the truth.

I didn't want to believe this.

I loved her very much,

but I can't ignore the facts.

Thank you, Mr. Schaeffer.

That's all.

[crowd whispering]

Let me see, Mr. Schaeffer.

According to your testimony here

you had all the pieces
to this puzzle three weeks ago.

Why didn't you speak up then?

I did, the district attorney

didn't want to make
a deal until yesterday.

Let's cut to the bone,
Mr. Schaeffer.

Yesterday, you're up
on murder charges.

And today, you're a free man
in exchange

for this ridiculous story.

I am telling the truth.

Of course, you are.

Why would you lie?

Just to avoid ending
up in the gas chamber?

- No.
- Move to strike that.

Withdrawn. No further
use for this witness.

I-- I have a couple
of more questions.

Mr. Schaeffer,
was this Rikki Davis' car

or was this the family car?

It's the one she used
to drive most of the time.

To your knowledge, did
Mr. Davis ever drive this car?

Yes.

Mr. Schaeffer,
did you ever have occasion

to go sailing
with Harold Davis?

Yes.

Now, the book that you found
in the back seat of the car,

the title of that book was

Nautical Knots.
Isn't that right?

Yes.

It's possible
that that book belonged

to Mr. Davis, isn't it sir?

It was the car that she used
to drive most of the time--

Yes, but it's possible
that the book belonged to him.

- Right?
- Yes, I supposed it's possible.

[indistinct chatter]

[engine revving]

I don't know. I don't think
he really nailed us.

I mean, the jury saw him for
what he was, don't you think?

I don't know.

I mean at this point,
it's hard to know nothing.

Okay. Our witnesses.

Witnesses.

Kris Harris, forensics,
going first, he's yours.

Psychiatrist, Dr. John
Bucyk, second, also yours.

I'm taking all
the character witnesses.

Wake up call, gentlemen.

One of the women
Attorney Mark Chelios

has been dating is
Marian Davis,

daughter of the victim.

- What?
- Um-hm.

This was taken two nights ago

even though
you can't make her out.

This was taken last night,

that's definitely her
and note the shoes... the same.

Also, Rick showed
her picture around the various

eating establishments
frequented by Mr. Chelios

and people there
remember seeing her,

as far back as six months ago.

Tommy, get Stuart
on the phone. Get him in here!

It's a quarter to 12:00 a.m.

I don't care. Wake him up.

CJ Mark Chelios' office
building videotape records

everyone who goes in and comes
out. You told me that, right?

Yeah. Paltech Security,
I got a buddy who works there.

They're supposed
to keep the tapes

for 30 days before they erase.

Alright.

Take Ann, Abby, Jonathan,

even Douglas and Leland
if you have to,

but go through those tapes.

Tommy, call
your friend at Paltech.

Have him clear the brush
for CJ then call Stuart.

Tomorrow we are going to put
Mark Chelios back on the stand.

Let me take them, Michael. I'll
pop the puss right out of him.

Uh-uh. This one's mine.

I'm gonna get him.

Mr. Chelios,

you previously
stated that you drafted

Harold Davis's
most recent will.

That's correct.

I show you this, sir and ask you
if you recognize it.

It's a memo dictated by me
after we executed the will.

Would you please read paragraph
three for the record, sir?

Mr. Davis, indicating
his accord with the provisions

contained therein, executed
his signature as testator.

I then affixed my signature
as witness to the foregoing.

Mr. Davis then confirmed
to Julia Delaney

that the testator's
signature was in fact his,

and Ms. Delaney
then affixed her signature

as the second witness.

You say that Mr. Davis

then confirmed to Julia Delaney

that the signature
was in fact his.

Didn't she see him
sign the will?

Well, I'm sure she did.

Well, then why did he have
to tell her

what she already saw?

Well, I'm not really sure.

I mean, this took place
many months ago.

Mr. Chelios, I have here

a signed declaration

of Ms. Delaney,
obtained from her this morning

which I offer the court.

She states that she was not
in the room when he signed.

That's why he had to tell her
that the signature was his.

There's no question he signed
the will. Are you trying to--

But the actual signing
of this will was not witnessed

by two people,
was it, Mr. Chelios?

I guess maybe it wasn't.

And what does that fact do

to the validity of this will?

Technically,
it makes it invalid.

In other words, Mr. Davis died
with no will at all?

It doesn't matter.

If a spouse dies intestate,

California law states that
the bulk of the estate

goes to the surviving spouse.

Rikki Davis would
still be the main beneficiary.

If Rikki Davis
is convicted of murder,

she would be disqualified.

And with no valid will
the Cancer Society is out.

Who then gets all the money

under California law,
Mr. Chelios?

Surviving children.

And who would
that be in this case?

His only child
is a daughter, Marian Davis.

So Marian Davis...

that woman right there,

stands to inherit everything
if my client is convicted.

Isn't that right, Mr. Chelios?

I doubt very much
that she would be well versed

in the validity of wills.

Well, she would be if she had a
clever lawyer

with lots of inside information
advising her.

Do you have a personal
relationship with Marian Davis?

Objection!

Getting to the good part, Judge.

Overruled.

Do you have
a personal relationship

with Marian Davis?

We've had dinner together.

Mr. Chelios,

I show you a photograph

taken two nights ago.

Mr. Chelios, would
that be you and Marian?

Yes.

And would you please describe

for the court what it
is you're doing in the picture?

We're kissing.

[gasps]

How long have
you been seeing her?

Your Honor, a brief recess.

Sit down.

- How long?
- About 8 months.

And, Mr. Chelios,
she knew that will

would be declared invalid,
didn't she?

All she had to do
was challenge it.

Marian Davis could
never have killed her father.

You purposely saw to it
that will

would be invalid
so that he would die intestate!

Didn't you, Mr. Chelios?

I'm asserting my fifth
amendment rights.

I refuse to answer
any more questions.

That's okay.
I don't have anymore.

Mr. Cook?

Nothing, Your Honor.

You may step down, sir.

- Let's stop right here.
- What?

Michael, I don't care
who we put up there we will

never have more momentum
than we got right now.

- Mr. Kuzak.
- Uh, one second, Your Honor.

You're serious.

Michael, you just dropped
a bomb here.

Let's get the jury
back in there deliberating'

while the room's still shaking.

- Are you ready to close?
- Are you kidding?

[clears throat]

Your Honor, the defense rests.

[indistinct chatter]

Closing arguments, 2 O'clock.
We're adjourned.

[indistinct chatter]

[sighs] We're
not going out to lunch?

Well, I thought
we'd talk here first.

Rosalind,

I'm very happy being
with you. You--

You don't have
to preface anything, Leland.

Your answer is no.

I realize I may never
meet anyone again

whom I'll come to love but

it would be wrong to marry you
out of default.

But do you think in time
you might love me?

Did you ever think
I could be so ridiculous?

Oh, you're not ridiculous.

You have no idea how scared
I was in that restaurant.

You don't know how
close I was to saying yes.

So, what do we do now?

I don't want
to stop seeing you.

Well, I guess it would
be stupid for us not to,

I mean... at our age.

We enjoy each
other's company, and...

love is for the young, right?

Listen.

Let's skip lunch, huh?

I've got some errands and...

we're still
on for dinner, right?

Oh, sure, sure.

Good.

Maybe Italian tonight.

I feel like pasta.

Fine.

You're right, Leland.

This is the right thing.

See you later on.

[door closes]

[clears throat]

I don't know about you people,

but I am more confused
now than when we first started.

Let's just start with
what we do know for sure.

First, all of the
physical evidence, all of it,

could be consistent
with suicide.

Their star homicide detective
told you that under oath.

So, the main thing
against Rikki Davis was motive.

She was supposedly
the only one with motive.

Now, the witness
who was selling that

was the attorney Mark Chelios.

Then suddenly,
turns out that's wrong.

The will was invalid.

The daughter stands
to get everything if--

If she can
get Rikki disqualified

with a murder conviction.
And she knew this.

She knew because she
was sleeping with, guess who?

Mr. Chelios, the attorney

who carefully arranged
for the will to be invalid.

What a scheme, huh?

Wow.

Well, people, right now,

I don't know, maybe Marian Davis

killed her father for the money.

Maybe the guy
did really commit suicide.

I can't know.

The prosecution, they definitely
do not know.

They're over there
suddenly droppin' charges

against the boyfriend,
David Schaeffer.

One day he's up on first degree,
next day he's not.

They don't have a clue
what's going on.

What a mess.

Reasonable doubt all over.

What a terrible mess!

The defendant's a wealthy woman

who hired the best lawyers
money could buy

and they've done everything
possible to confuse you.

And they're good.

These lawyers are very good.

But let's reduce this thing
to the basic facts.

Rikki Davis had
a $26 Million motive.

Rikki Davis' fingerprints
were found on the cord

that was used
to hang the victim.

Rikki Davis doesn't have
an alibi.

Her own lover concluded she had
to have done it.

There was a book describing how
to make the knot

that was found tied around
the victim's head.

That book was found in her car.

Common sense,
ladies and gentlemen.

Rikki Davis killed her husband.

Mr. Mullaney may
be confused, but I'm not...

nor should you be.

- What's going on?
- Jury's in. It's on TV.

- What?!
- They're covering it live.

[indistinct chatter]
...criminal courthouse. Joyce.

Deliberating less than an hour.

A very short deliberation.

We expected to at least
go overnight.

They're just filing in now.

- They don't look happy.
- There's Mike and Tommy.

They're acquitting.
They came back that fast.

- They're definitly--
- That doesn't mean anything.

- Sush!
- Now, listen.

Has the jury reached a verdict?

- Yes, Your Honor.
- And how do you find?

We, the jury, in the matter of
the People versus Rikki Davis,

on the charge
of first-degree murder...

find the defendant...
not guilty.

[cheering]

[indistinct chatter]

I'm gonna answer
all questions in the back.

We have a press room,
I'm gonna answer all questions.

[indistinct chatter]

They got a press room set up.

Uh, I need a few minutes.

You start with them Tommy.
We'll be in in a minute.

Mr. Mullaney!

I'm absolutely numb.

Yeah, well, you should be.

You pulled it off.

What do you
mean I pulled it off?

It was too easy, Rikki.

The whole thing just
fell together too neatly.

What are you talking about?

I'm talking about you
and Mark Chelios.

We got a hold of the
videotaped security recordings

from his office building.

You've been in there twice
in the last month.

So?

So, you two killed your husband.

Not you and David Schaeffer.

You and Mark Chelios
either did it...

or had it done.

That's absurd.

Oh, I don't think so.

Mark Chelios
is a brilliant attorney.

That screw up on the will
was a mistake

even a rookie wouldn't make.

He did it to give
the daughter a motive!

He romanced Marian Davis
to set her up

and he set himself up to be
impeached on the witness stand.

I've completely lost you now.

You follow me exactly.

You both knew there
was no way Harold Davis

could possibly be murdered
without suspicion

falling directly on you.

You could try
to stage a suicide sure,

but that would
be 50/50 at best.

The only way to guarantee
your getting away with it

was double jeopardy.

To be tried and acquitted.

So Mark Chelios sets himself up
as the big witness against you,

the guy who's
gonna provide motive.

He put's his memo
into the files,

then he gives the files to us.

He kisses Marian Davis

when he's gotta know
we're having him followed.

You insisted that
we tail the daughter.

You insisted that
we tail Mark Chelios.

Perfect.

Why would he take the stand
and make himself a suspect?

Probably because
he has an airtight alibi.

Maybe because
he knows that since

you made all the arrangements

there'd be no way
for anybody to trace anything

to him even
if he was investigated.

It's a nice story, Counselor.

Too bad you can't repeat it.

Well, sometimes I
forget my ethical obligations.

You'd risk disbarment.

And like you said
double jeopardy applies.

I'm free no matter what you do.

Yeah, well I sure as hell
can screw up your inheritance.

I doubt it.
I was found not guilty.

And anything you say
in probate will be inadmissible

because I'll assert
attorney client privilege.

Not to mention
the fact that I could

stick your firm with
a $26 Million lawsuit.

You want to expose
your partners?

You got two choices here.

There's a big press
conference going on.

You can walk in there
with a long face

and claim you were completely
duped by your client

or you can say nothing

and just be the
brilliant star defense attorney

the whole
country now knows you to be.

A winner or a loser.

It's up to you, Michael.

I believe I'm free to go.

[door opens]

[door closes]

Well, I knew they
were dead the second

that they made the deal
with Schaeffer!

That showed the jury
right then that the prosecutor

- had no rudder on his boat.
- Mr. Kuzak.

Uh, Mr. Kuzak,
could you elaborate--

Where's Rikki?
Where's your client?

Uh, Ms. Davis is a little too

emotionally spent
to join us right now.

But obviously, she's delighted
with the verdict as we all are.

Well, Mr. Kuzak,
how does it feel

to win the biggest case
in the country?

How does it feel?

- Feels great.
- Great!

Great.

Can we get a picture
of the two of you?

[indistinct chatter]

Did you feel like you
had the case won all the way?

[indistinct chatter]

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