1 00:00:01,136 --> 00:00:02,843 NARRATOR: In the criminal justice system 2 00:00:02,905 --> 00:00:06,820 the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups, 3 00:00:06,876 --> 00:00:08,685 the police who investigate crime 4 00:00:08,745 --> 00:00:11,521 and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. 5 00:00:11,581 --> 00:00:13,322 These are their stories. 6 00:00:15,051 --> 00:00:16,894 LUISA: Tena, Daddy's waiting for us. 7 00:00:17,320 --> 00:00:18,994 I'm waving to Max. 8 00:00:19,757 --> 00:00:23,102 Put on your coat and your gloves. I won't tell you twice. 9 00:00:23,928 --> 00:00:25,407 And bring me Elena's hat. 10 00:00:31,002 --> 00:00:32,106 Can I bring Lily? 11 00:00:32,170 --> 00:00:33,240 Yes, but hurry. 12 00:00:33,338 --> 00:00:35,045 (SPEAKING SPANISH) 13 00:00:39,344 --> 00:00:40,688 I don't see Daddy and Max. 14 00:00:40,747 --> 00:00:42,055 Leon? 15 00:00:45,818 --> 00:00:47,229 Leon! 16 00:00:47,587 --> 00:00:49,260 (SPEAKING SPANISH) 17 00:00:52,993 --> 00:00:55,633 Max! Max! 18 00:01:00,801 --> 00:01:02,371 (SCREAMING IN SPANISH) 19 00:01:03,103 --> 00:01:05,607 The 5-year-old died en-route to North General. 20 00:01:06,007 --> 00:01:08,419 Mr. Galvez was dead at the scene. 21 00:01:08,476 --> 00:01:09,784 CURTIS: What were they doing out this early? 22 00:01:09,878 --> 00:01:11,551 They were going to their grandmother's in Albany. 23 00:01:11,613 --> 00:01:15,026 Point of impact was here, knocked the kid right out of his boots. 24 00:01:15,351 --> 00:01:16,762 BRISCOE: You got a make on the hit-and-run? 25 00:01:16,819 --> 00:01:18,162 NORRIS: No. No witnesses so far. 26 00:01:18,654 --> 00:01:19,689 Want to see the other one? 27 00:01:19,755 --> 00:01:20,756 Other one? 28 00:01:20,823 --> 00:01:22,302 Around the corner. 29 00:01:22,691 --> 00:01:23,726 CURTIS: Any ID? 30 00:01:23,793 --> 00:01:25,568 NORRIS: Be my guest. 31 00:01:25,628 --> 00:01:28,473 I'll wager he didn't live in Harlem. 32 00:01:30,100 --> 00:01:33,172 Peter Lavalle, 170 East 82nd Street. 33 00:01:33,236 --> 00:01:35,216 Long way from his townhouse. 34 00:01:35,272 --> 00:01:37,479 We're positing he got hit at the crosswalk. 35 00:01:38,041 --> 00:01:41,080 The car swerved after the impact, 36 00:01:41,145 --> 00:01:43,523 hit the curb going around the corner, 37 00:01:44,348 --> 00:01:48,023 we got tire marks there, then hit the other two. 38 00:01:48,219 --> 00:01:50,131 Anybody hear him hit the brakes? 39 00:01:50,189 --> 00:01:52,032 No brakes. No skid marks. 40 00:01:52,825 --> 00:01:54,498 Maybe no accident. 41 00:02:43,846 --> 00:02:48,262 Max always followed his papa everywhere. 42 00:02:52,322 --> 00:02:55,360 I don't know what I'm going to do. 43 00:02:56,927 --> 00:02:58,531 We don't have any money. 44 00:02:58,595 --> 00:03:00,439 Victim Services can help you with that. 45 00:03:01,032 --> 00:03:02,705 We'll make sure the word gets out. 46 00:03:03,201 --> 00:03:04,703 Mama, can you open the juice? 47 00:03:05,103 --> 00:03:07,777 Here, let me give you a hand with that. I'm an expert. 48 00:03:09,741 --> 00:03:12,188 Mrs. Galvez, when you went downstairs, 49 00:03:12,244 --> 00:03:13,689 you're sure you didn't see a car? 50 00:03:13,746 --> 00:03:15,282 No. I didn't see no car. 51 00:03:16,048 --> 00:03:17,584 I saw a car. 52 00:03:17,950 --> 00:03:19,452 You did? Where? 53 00:03:22,322 --> 00:03:25,269 She was looking outside before we went downstairs. 54 00:03:26,226 --> 00:03:28,604 I waved at Max and then I saw a car, 55 00:03:28,662 --> 00:03:30,972 but then Mama told me to put on my coat. 56 00:03:31,097 --> 00:03:32,474 What was the car doing? 57 00:03:32,932 --> 00:03:34,344 It was driving on the street. 58 00:03:34,402 --> 00:03:35,745 Do you know what kind of car it was? 59 00:03:37,238 --> 00:03:40,447 It was black. It was big. It was driving fast. 60 00:03:48,917 --> 00:03:49,952 (GAS PS) 61 00:03:50,018 --> 00:03:51,793 BRISCOE: Why don't we sit down over here, Mrs. Lavalle. 62 00:03:52,754 --> 00:03:53,858 Right here. Come on. 63 00:03:58,928 --> 00:03:59,929 Okay. 64 00:04:03,032 --> 00:04:05,535 Mrs. Lavalle, I'm sorry I have to ask you these things, 65 00:04:05,601 --> 00:04:08,708 but what was your husband doing up in that neighborhood? 66 00:04:11,875 --> 00:04:15,846 Well, he takes a walk every Sunday, 67 00:04:17,848 --> 00:04:22,025 up Third Avenue and down First. Every week. 68 00:04:22,821 --> 00:04:25,461 Can you think of anyone who might've wanted to hurt your husband? 69 00:04:25,590 --> 00:04:26,591 MRS. LAVALLE: No. 70 00:04:26,691 --> 00:04:29,570 Why? It was an accident, wasn't it? 71 00:04:29,627 --> 00:04:31,335 Well, we're not sure what happened. 72 00:04:31,564 --> 00:04:34,272 Is there anybody else in your family we can talk to? 73 00:04:35,634 --> 00:04:39,172 Our children, Matthew and Daniel. 74 00:04:41,207 --> 00:04:43,984 I'll get you their phone numbers. 75 00:04:47,381 --> 00:04:52,990 He had a walking stick, with a sterling silver handle. 76 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:54,961 Are you sure he had it with him? 77 00:04:55,023 --> 00:04:56,502 Yes, of course. 78 00:04:56,724 --> 00:04:58,533 And I have to get it back. 79 00:05:00,828 --> 00:05:02,466 It belonged to his father. 80 00:05:02,597 --> 00:05:03,837 Officer. 81 00:05:04,499 --> 00:05:05,877 I didn't see a walking stick at the scene. 82 00:05:05,934 --> 00:05:07,004 Neither did I. 83 00:05:07,069 --> 00:05:08,139 Somebody got there first. 84 00:05:08,237 --> 00:05:10,444 We find the walking stick, maybe we find a witness. 85 00:05:10,506 --> 00:05:12,008 I'll call Profaci. 86 00:05:12,808 --> 00:05:14,082 Hey! Hi, Daddy! 87 00:05:14,143 --> 00:05:15,144 Hey, bunny! 88 00:05:15,210 --> 00:05:16,848 Hi, Lennie! Hi, Deborah. Nice to see you. 89 00:05:16,912 --> 00:05:18,551 Here we go, sweetie. Hey, honey. 90 00:05:19,115 --> 00:05:20,355 How was the museum? 91 00:05:20,417 --> 00:05:21,589 Serena loved the bike collection. 92 00:05:21,651 --> 00:05:22,652 You did? Yeah. 93 00:05:22,719 --> 00:05:23,789 We brought you Chinese food. 94 00:05:23,853 --> 00:05:24,888 With shrimp and noodles. 95 00:05:24,954 --> 00:05:26,592 My favorites! Mine, too. 96 00:05:26,956 --> 00:05:28,299 Mommy, I have to go now. 97 00:05:28,358 --> 00:05:29,429 Where's the ladies room? 98 00:05:29,493 --> 00:05:30,528 Upstairs. I'll take her. 99 00:05:30,628 --> 00:05:32,699 No, it's okay. Come here, Serena. 100 00:05:39,336 --> 00:05:40,509 Okay. Hold on. 101 00:05:51,818 --> 00:05:53,923 Mr. Rogers and Mr. Jones were discussing 102 00:05:53,986 --> 00:05:56,057 the merits of thunderbird versus crack, 103 00:05:56,322 --> 00:06:00,202 when Mr. Jones pulled out what Mr. Rogers described as a silver hammer 104 00:06:00,259 --> 00:06:01,397 and hit him upside the head with it. 105 00:06:01,461 --> 00:06:02,531 A silver hammer? 106 00:06:02,829 --> 00:06:04,400 Black stick with a silver handle. 107 00:06:04,465 --> 00:06:06,001 (SIREN WAILING) 108 00:06:08,569 --> 00:06:10,173 Let's go. He had this with him. 109 00:06:11,939 --> 00:06:13,543 Meet Mr. Alternator Jones. 110 00:06:13,607 --> 00:06:15,110 Alternator? Yeah. 111 00:06:15,176 --> 00:06:17,452 Says his dad worked at the Ford plant in Detroit. 112 00:06:17,512 --> 00:06:18,752 You gonna get me locked up again! 113 00:06:18,813 --> 00:06:20,019 Hey! BRISCOE: Hey! Knock it off! 114 00:06:20,081 --> 00:06:21,082 Move him down the block. 115 00:06:21,149 --> 00:06:22,321 You ain't gonna give me nothing! Shut up! 116 00:06:22,383 --> 00:06:23,657 That cat had it coming to him! 117 00:06:23,718 --> 00:06:25,425 That's not why you're here, Mr. Jones. 118 00:06:25,487 --> 00:06:26,865 You want to tell me where you found this? 119 00:06:26,922 --> 00:06:28,833 It's mine. I found it on the street. 120 00:06:28,891 --> 00:06:30,768 Yeah, on Pleasant Avenue, right? 121 00:06:32,228 --> 00:06:34,435 Look, that old guy was already dead. 122 00:06:34,497 --> 00:06:37,273 Yeah, we know. He got run over. We're hoping you saw it. 123 00:06:37,333 --> 00:06:40,372 I heard it. I saw the old guy walking across the street. 124 00:06:40,437 --> 00:06:43,316 I went around the corner and I heard this car gun its engine. 125 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:44,510 It accelerated? 126 00:06:44,574 --> 00:06:45,712 Yeah. Then... 127 00:06:45,776 --> 00:06:47,380 Then I came back around the corner, 128 00:06:47,444 --> 00:06:48,980 and the cat was dead, that's all. 129 00:06:49,079 --> 00:06:50,081 You see the car? 130 00:06:50,148 --> 00:06:51,218 No, man. 131 00:06:51,282 --> 00:06:53,990 Look, I can't see nothing with these glasses. Look. 132 00:06:55,386 --> 00:06:56,865 Look, you go down to St. Anne's. 133 00:06:56,921 --> 00:06:59,265 Father Luke will fix you up with a new pair, all right? 134 00:06:59,590 --> 00:07:01,161 And stay out of Mr. Rogers' neighborhood. 135 00:07:01,226 --> 00:07:02,762 Yeah. I'm gonna do that. 136 00:07:06,732 --> 00:07:12,479 Okay, bruises, one on Lavalle's thigh and the other on the boy's chest. 137 00:07:13,773 --> 00:07:15,081 CURTIS: From a headlight rim? 138 00:07:15,175 --> 00:07:17,655 You're looking at a Mercedes, BMW, Jaguar. 139 00:07:19,279 --> 00:07:20,986 You got pictures of these cars? 140 00:07:21,915 --> 00:07:22,950 This one. 141 00:07:25,986 --> 00:07:27,124 And that one, too. 142 00:07:27,188 --> 00:07:28,258 Okay. 143 00:07:28,756 --> 00:07:30,793 Mama, can I go play with Elena? 144 00:07:34,528 --> 00:07:36,202 Did Victim Services get in touch with you? 145 00:07:36,264 --> 00:07:37,436 LUISA: Yes. 146 00:07:37,699 --> 00:07:40,202 And people sent money and cards. 147 00:07:42,204 --> 00:07:46,016 People I don't know, saying they're sorry 148 00:07:46,074 --> 00:07:50,080 and they're gonna pray for Max and Leon. 149 00:07:51,581 --> 00:07:53,026 I want to thank them 150 00:07:53,082 --> 00:07:54,959 but some of them didn't write down their names. 151 00:07:55,318 --> 00:07:57,195 Do you mind if we take a look? 152 00:07:59,256 --> 00:08:00,963 People have good hearts. 153 00:08:01,024 --> 00:08:02,264 TENA: Mommy! 154 00:08:02,759 --> 00:08:04,102 I'm sorry. 155 00:08:04,895 --> 00:08:09,776 A check for $67 and a marriage proposal. 156 00:08:12,170 --> 00:08:13,410 He sent his picture. 157 00:08:14,172 --> 00:08:15,344 Guy must be dreaming. 158 00:08:15,406 --> 00:08:17,477 Give him credit for keeping his clothes on. 159 00:08:17,542 --> 00:08:19,613 Hey, Lennie, look at this one. 160 00:08:22,748 --> 00:08:24,625 "Dear Mrs. Galvez, I saw the news" 161 00:08:24,683 --> 00:08:26,219 "about your family on television." 162 00:08:26,285 --> 00:08:28,026 "They showed your little boy at the hospital." 163 00:08:28,087 --> 00:08:30,966 "He looked so small in his little parka and his yellow boots." 164 00:08:31,423 --> 00:08:33,165 "I'm so sorry for all the pain you're feeling." 165 00:08:33,293 --> 00:08:36,206 "I'm enclosing $500 to help with your needs." 166 00:08:36,263 --> 00:08:37,264 No signature. 167 00:08:37,330 --> 00:08:40,106 The kid wasn't wearing his boots at the hospital. 168 00:08:40,166 --> 00:08:41,509 The boots were in the street. 169 00:08:42,235 --> 00:08:46,082 No return address either. But the C-notes are real. 170 00:08:47,942 --> 00:08:50,889 Brand new. With consecutive serial numbers. 171 00:08:51,612 --> 00:08:53,717 We traced the bills to a bank in Murray Hill. 172 00:08:53,981 --> 00:08:55,927 They were disbursed the same day they were mailed. 173 00:08:56,151 --> 00:08:58,153 Did the bank happen to know who withdrew the money? 174 00:08:58,220 --> 00:09:01,064 Yeah. They narrowed it down to the teller who did the transaction. 175 00:09:01,290 --> 00:09:04,237 He had two clients take out $500 or more in cash 176 00:09:04,293 --> 00:09:05,328 in denominations of a hundred. 177 00:09:05,394 --> 00:09:06,395 No kidding. 178 00:09:06,461 --> 00:09:09,534 We have a Chinese immigrant who was in Hong Kong the day of the accident. 179 00:09:09,632 --> 00:09:11,043 The bank knows that because he made 180 00:09:11,100 --> 00:09:12,443 a cash machine withdrawal there. 181 00:09:12,502 --> 00:09:14,880 The other one's a Susan Young, 34, 182 00:09:14,937 --> 00:09:17,042 divorced, no kids, no car. 183 00:09:17,106 --> 00:09:18,642 But she has a driver's license. 184 00:09:18,708 --> 00:09:19,983 How do you want to handle her? 185 00:09:20,044 --> 00:09:22,183 I don't know. We drop in on her, she's liable to shut down. 186 00:09:22,313 --> 00:09:24,623 Her bank has a stolen credit card report on her. 187 00:09:24,948 --> 00:09:26,928 She got her purse snatched about seven months ago. 188 00:09:28,052 --> 00:09:30,328 Good. Tell her we found it. 189 00:09:30,387 --> 00:09:33,460 And ask the bank how many sugars she takes in her coffee. 190 00:09:35,193 --> 00:09:38,333 Talk about a surprise. I gave up on ever getting that wallet back. 191 00:09:39,931 --> 00:09:41,171 Still want me to look at mug shots? 192 00:09:41,232 --> 00:09:43,440 Yeah. We'll get to that. Why don't you take a seat? 193 00:09:44,337 --> 00:09:47,250 Last Sunday morning in East Harlem, 194 00:09:47,306 --> 00:09:49,308 three people were killed in a hit-and-run. 195 00:09:50,509 --> 00:09:53,149 I saw it on the news. It's horrible. 196 00:09:53,546 --> 00:09:56,585 You know what else is horrible? We don't have any witnesses. 197 00:09:57,451 --> 00:09:59,522 The driver might get away with killing those people 198 00:09:59,586 --> 00:10:00,690 'cause no one wants to talk. 199 00:10:00,887 --> 00:10:02,457 BRISCOE: That's kind of like piling one horror 200 00:10:02,522 --> 00:10:04,058 on top of another. Wouldn't you agree? 201 00:10:05,360 --> 00:10:06,361 Yes. 202 00:10:06,461 --> 00:10:10,238 Good. Now, anything you want to tell us about this hit-and-run? 203 00:10:12,500 --> 00:10:13,570 I don't know what you mean. 204 00:10:13,668 --> 00:10:15,409 Weren't you in East Harlem, Sunday morning? 205 00:10:16,137 --> 00:10:17,913 No. Why would you think I was? 206 00:10:21,710 --> 00:10:23,280 The post mark is from Murray Hill, 207 00:10:23,345 --> 00:10:25,018 about three blocks from where you live. 208 00:10:26,915 --> 00:10:28,862 These bills trace back to your bank. 209 00:10:29,219 --> 00:10:30,789 They were handed out by the same teller 210 00:10:30,854 --> 00:10:32,697 on the same day he gave you $500. 211 00:10:32,989 --> 00:10:35,230 BRISCOE: Now what do you bet we find your prints on these 212 00:10:35,325 --> 00:10:38,204 and your DNA on the stamp you licked? 213 00:10:40,398 --> 00:10:44,608 I felt sorry for that woman. I wanted to help anonymously. 214 00:10:44,668 --> 00:10:46,306 Then why didn't you come out and say so? 215 00:10:46,370 --> 00:10:48,077 You wrote that you saw the little boy 216 00:10:48,139 --> 00:10:49,812 at the hospital with his boots on. 217 00:10:50,007 --> 00:10:51,213 Where did you see that? 218 00:10:51,810 --> 00:10:52,948 On the news. 219 00:10:53,011 --> 00:10:54,786 He didn't have his boots at the hospital. 220 00:10:55,547 --> 00:10:57,527 Maybe I read it. I don't remember. CURTIS: You're lying. 221 00:10:57,983 --> 00:10:59,519 You were there at the accident. 222 00:10:59,618 --> 00:11:01,120 No. BRISCOE: Why are you covering up? 223 00:11:01,186 --> 00:11:02,790 What are you afraid of? Nothing. 224 00:11:02,855 --> 00:11:03,925 I have to get back to work. 225 00:11:03,990 --> 00:11:05,025 Wait a minute. Wait a minute. 226 00:11:05,291 --> 00:11:08,329 What's this bruise here? That looks like it could be from a seat belt. 227 00:11:08,428 --> 00:11:09,429 No. I fell. 228 00:11:09,495 --> 00:11:11,065 You were in the car, weren't you? No. 229 00:11:11,130 --> 00:11:13,474 You might not have been driving, but you were in the damn car. 230 00:11:13,533 --> 00:11:15,411 That's crazy. Now, please... Look at this! 231 00:11:16,637 --> 00:11:18,583 That's a picture of the little boy in the morgue. 232 00:11:18,705 --> 00:11:22,847 Take a look. Look at what happened to him. Look at it, damn you! 233 00:11:23,243 --> 00:11:24,244 (GROANS) 234 00:11:30,285 --> 00:11:32,265 That's one way to get her to spill her guts. 235 00:11:33,054 --> 00:11:34,260 She knows who was driving. 236 00:11:34,355 --> 00:11:37,394 And unless she wants to tell us, we can't force it out of her. 237 00:11:38,794 --> 00:11:39,795 I want to leave now. 238 00:11:39,862 --> 00:11:40,897 You're sure? 239 00:11:41,897 --> 00:11:44,434 Please, I don't know anything. I wasn't there. 240 00:11:48,871 --> 00:11:50,408 Her bruise is on the right side. 241 00:11:50,474 --> 00:11:51,953 That puts her in the passenger seat. 242 00:11:52,476 --> 00:11:54,114 She have any connection to the Lavalle family? 243 00:11:54,177 --> 00:11:58,023 They never heard of her. By the way, both the Lavalle kids are alibied. 244 00:11:58,081 --> 00:11:59,617 CURTIS: We checked her IUDs for the last month, 245 00:11:59,916 --> 00:12:02,124 nothing jumps out that traces to the Lavalles. 246 00:12:02,753 --> 00:12:04,391 So it could be just an accident. 247 00:12:06,457 --> 00:12:08,869 Three people run down? To you that's just an accident? 248 00:12:09,527 --> 00:12:12,737 Can't we put some paper on Ms. Young and force her to talk? 249 00:12:12,798 --> 00:12:15,244 We subpoena her to the grand jury, she'll ask for immunity. 250 00:12:15,501 --> 00:12:16,946 JACK: Until we know how she's involved, 251 00:12:17,002 --> 00:12:18,379 I don't want to give it to her. 252 00:12:20,172 --> 00:12:22,311 If you keep the pressure up, you think she'll come around? 253 00:12:22,674 --> 00:12:24,780 We'll lean on her just as hard as you let us. 254 00:12:26,813 --> 00:12:28,383 You sure she didn't come in the back door? 255 00:12:28,481 --> 00:12:31,325 Maybe she hit a shoe sale on her way back from work. I don't know. 256 00:12:31,784 --> 00:12:32,990 Thanks. 257 00:12:36,690 --> 00:12:38,727 Hey, why don't we grab some food and come back? 258 00:12:38,792 --> 00:12:40,032 No. Let's give it another 10 minutes. 259 00:12:40,094 --> 00:12:42,506 I want her to see us when she gets here. 260 00:12:42,930 --> 00:12:44,910 You know, I got in touch with Mrs. Galvez yesterday? 261 00:12:45,332 --> 00:12:47,040 She has to move in with her mother. 262 00:12:47,102 --> 00:12:48,740 She can't manage without her husband. 263 00:12:50,872 --> 00:12:54,115 You know what you do, Rey? Grab all the life insurance you can afford. 264 00:12:54,409 --> 00:12:56,548 Davey says you're waiting for Ms. Young? 265 00:12:56,611 --> 00:12:58,182 She left last night with a suitcase. 266 00:12:58,247 --> 00:12:59,885 Said she'd be gone for a couple of weeks. 267 00:12:59,949 --> 00:13:01,087 Did she say where? 268 00:13:01,150 --> 00:13:04,461 No. Sometimes she stays at her boyfriend's when he's out of town. 269 00:13:04,887 --> 00:13:06,457 Where does he live? I wouldn't know. 270 00:13:06,522 --> 00:13:07,592 Name? 271 00:13:07,657 --> 00:13:08,692 I wouldn't know that either. 272 00:13:10,360 --> 00:13:12,806 Her office says she's at her sister's in Groton. 273 00:13:13,430 --> 00:13:15,376 Her boyfriend who travels? 274 00:13:15,432 --> 00:13:17,434 Look at her IUDs for the week before the accident. 275 00:13:17,868 --> 00:13:19,779 See these calls to Rio de Janeiro? 276 00:13:19,903 --> 00:13:21,815 Every night. Minimum of 20 minutes. 277 00:13:22,140 --> 00:13:23,483 Expensive heavy breathing. 278 00:13:23,575 --> 00:13:25,577 Last call was made Saturday afternoon. 279 00:13:25,643 --> 00:13:27,623 So the boyfriend flew back Sunday. 280 00:13:27,979 --> 00:13:29,720 The accident was near the Triborough. 281 00:13:30,114 --> 00:13:31,354 So if they were coming from the airport, 282 00:13:31,482 --> 00:13:32,723 they might've crossed the bridge. 283 00:13:32,785 --> 00:13:35,163 What? She picked him up? She doesn't have a car. 284 00:13:35,254 --> 00:13:36,756 Maybe he does. 285 00:13:40,192 --> 00:13:43,605 The new-guy shift, Saturday 10:00 p.m. to Sunday 6:00. 286 00:13:44,931 --> 00:13:47,207 Really cuts into my booty time. 287 00:13:48,401 --> 00:13:50,813 Two weeks ago Sunday, the flight from Rio. 288 00:13:51,004 --> 00:13:52,608 You remember her with one of the passengers? 289 00:13:53,173 --> 00:13:54,675 Yeah, sure. 290 00:13:55,008 --> 00:13:57,751 Yeah? 30,000 people later, you remember her. 291 00:13:57,812 --> 00:14:00,088 I remember the belligerent fool she was with. 292 00:14:00,348 --> 00:14:02,225 Kept lighting up in the no-smoke zone. 293 00:14:02,316 --> 00:14:03,522 You talked to him? 294 00:14:03,584 --> 00:14:05,325 I talked, he yelled. 295 00:14:05,686 --> 00:14:07,860 Customs was ready to take him for a cavity search 296 00:14:07,923 --> 00:14:09,231 'cause he pissed them off. 297 00:14:09,491 --> 00:14:11,061 Gave his lady a hard time, too. 298 00:14:11,426 --> 00:14:13,133 What was his problem? 299 00:14:13,261 --> 00:14:14,968 You could smell his problem, scotch. 300 00:14:15,497 --> 00:14:16,771 CURTIS: So he was drunk? 301 00:14:16,832 --> 00:14:18,072 Unless he uses the stuff for cologne. 302 00:14:18,835 --> 00:14:20,439 CURTIS: You remember his name? 303 00:14:20,503 --> 00:14:21,777 I wrote him up in my report. 304 00:14:23,272 --> 00:14:25,047 BRISCOE: His name's Bernard Dressier. 305 00:14:25,108 --> 00:14:27,952 His credit card company confirms he was at the hotel in Rio. 306 00:14:28,778 --> 00:14:31,259 Damn! It ate my quarter. 307 00:14:34,151 --> 00:14:35,824 His name's also on Young's IUDs 308 00:14:35,886 --> 00:14:37,524 the whole month before the accident. 309 00:14:37,588 --> 00:14:39,124 Now she hasn't called him since. 310 00:14:39,223 --> 00:14:41,203 Look. Downtown is sweating my budget, 311 00:14:41,258 --> 00:14:43,705 their way of saying how much they appreciate my lawsuit. 312 00:14:44,029 --> 00:14:46,669 So solve this quick or hand it off to AIU. 313 00:14:46,931 --> 00:14:50,777 Hey, I ran Dressier through DMV, he owns a black' 92 Jag. 314 00:14:51,169 --> 00:14:52,910 Consistent with the bruises on the bodies. 315 00:14:53,004 --> 00:14:56,748 And get this, he has two moving violations and a DWI from last year. 316 00:14:56,809 --> 00:15:00,552 Six months probation, 12 hours drunk school and no suspension? 317 00:15:00,613 --> 00:15:01,785 Must've had some lawyer. 318 00:15:01,847 --> 00:15:04,225 He better hope his lawyer hasn't retired. 319 00:15:08,188 --> 00:15:10,794 I had a couple of drinks, then I went to sleep. I wasn't drunk. 320 00:15:11,224 --> 00:15:13,568 BRISCOE: Airport security said you were quite a handful. 321 00:15:13,627 --> 00:15:16,370 You do 11 hours on a plane and see how chipper you feel. 322 00:15:16,597 --> 00:15:20,204 Dena, get me David Feist in Bonn. Try the home number first. 323 00:15:20,501 --> 00:15:21,775 How'd you get home from the airport? 324 00:15:21,836 --> 00:15:23,076 Cab. Why? 325 00:15:23,438 --> 00:15:24,644 You know Susan Young? 326 00:15:24,705 --> 00:15:25,740 What's she have to do with this? 327 00:15:25,807 --> 00:15:27,047 CURTIS: She picked you up from the airport, right? 328 00:15:27,108 --> 00:15:28,144 No. 329 00:15:28,243 --> 00:15:29,722 Somebody saw you with her. 330 00:15:29,778 --> 00:15:31,223 With a blond, it wasn't Susan. 331 00:15:31,914 --> 00:15:34,554 You want to stand still for a minute. So who was the blond? 332 00:15:34,983 --> 00:15:40,457 It was another passenger, somebody wanting to split cab fare to Islip. 333 00:15:41,057 --> 00:15:42,968 Tell me. Really. This isn't about me 334 00:15:43,026 --> 00:15:44,903 causing a disturbance at the airport, is it? 335 00:15:45,128 --> 00:15:47,165 That Sunday morning, three pedestrians 336 00:15:47,230 --> 00:15:49,210 were killed by a hit-and-run driver. 337 00:15:49,532 --> 00:15:51,410 We think Ms. Young had something to do with it. 338 00:15:51,469 --> 00:15:53,244 That's not possible. 339 00:15:53,304 --> 00:15:54,647 BRISCOE: Have you talked to her lately? 340 00:15:55,139 --> 00:15:58,052 No. Things were cooling off before I went to Rio 341 00:15:58,109 --> 00:15:59,417 and we haven't connected since. 342 00:15:59,510 --> 00:16:00,887 You still own a Jaguar? 343 00:16:01,345 --> 00:16:02,346 Yeah. 344 00:16:02,413 --> 00:16:03,916 You still drinking and driving? 345 00:16:05,250 --> 00:16:06,854 That's very funny. I learned my lesson. 346 00:16:06,918 --> 00:16:08,090 BRISCOE: Good for you. 347 00:16:08,653 --> 00:16:11,463 So, would you mind if we had our lab check your car? 348 00:16:11,623 --> 00:16:12,897 (CHUCKLES) 349 00:16:12,958 --> 00:16:14,199 If I said no? 350 00:16:14,260 --> 00:16:15,603 We find a judge to say yes. 351 00:16:16,896 --> 00:16:20,901 Okay, but I'm calling my lawyer. 352 00:16:23,002 --> 00:16:24,242 Dena will show you where it's parked. 353 00:16:24,303 --> 00:16:26,147 And if you scratch it, you fix it. 354 00:16:29,676 --> 00:16:31,849 A car hits a body, something from that body's gonna get sucked 355 00:16:31,912 --> 00:16:34,950 into the engine compartment. Hair, skin, fiber, blood. 356 00:16:35,182 --> 00:16:36,320 There's nothing like that here. 357 00:16:36,383 --> 00:16:37,454 You sure this is his car? 358 00:16:37,752 --> 00:16:40,164 The VIN numbers from the dash, the frame and the engine block 359 00:16:40,221 --> 00:16:42,030 all match his registration. 360 00:16:42,090 --> 00:16:44,798 Also didn't find any damage or any evidence it had work. 361 00:16:44,959 --> 00:16:47,235 That's too bad. I was looking forward to hooking up this guy. 362 00:16:47,295 --> 00:16:51,244 MAN: Fred, I checked the fourth VIN tag. 363 00:16:52,201 --> 00:16:53,646 FRED: Everybody thinks there's just three, 364 00:16:53,702 --> 00:16:55,841 only the manufacturer knows where the fourth one is, 365 00:16:55,971 --> 00:16:57,177 and they only tell the FBI. 366 00:16:57,239 --> 00:16:58,411 It's different on every model. 367 00:16:58,474 --> 00:16:59,714 This one's on the inside of the floor pan. 368 00:16:59,775 --> 00:17:02,120 I had to drill a hole and use a dentist's mirror to see it. 369 00:17:02,179 --> 00:17:03,487 And it doesn't match the other three. 370 00:17:03,547 --> 00:17:04,787 So this isn't his car? 371 00:17:04,848 --> 00:17:07,590 Same model, same year, same color. It's not his. 372 00:17:08,118 --> 00:17:10,689 He probably got this one from a dealer and switched the VIN tags. 373 00:17:10,987 --> 00:17:13,332 Any way to tell who had this car before Dressier? 374 00:17:18,296 --> 00:17:21,209 Yes. We have a car with that VIN number. It's a '92 Jag. 375 00:17:21,432 --> 00:17:22,843 It hasn't been sold? 376 00:17:22,900 --> 00:17:23,971 No. 377 00:17:25,571 --> 00:17:29,178 Not even to a Bernard Dressier? 378 00:17:30,209 --> 00:17:31,313 No. 379 00:17:31,877 --> 00:17:34,084 So, the car is here? 380 00:17:35,949 --> 00:17:37,485 All these cars have been cleared for export. 381 00:17:37,550 --> 00:17:39,029 I mean, they're fully documented. 382 00:17:39,185 --> 00:17:41,722 Big market for used Jaguars in Russia? 383 00:17:42,255 --> 00:17:44,064 Used everything. The VIN numbers match. 384 00:17:46,293 --> 00:17:48,102 The right fender's new. 385 00:17:48,162 --> 00:17:50,665 The grille's new. The paint's new. Bumper's been replaced. 386 00:17:51,132 --> 00:17:52,702 Right spoiler bracket's bent. 387 00:17:52,766 --> 00:17:54,040 This is your killer, gentlemen. 388 00:17:54,468 --> 00:17:57,210 Time to come clean, Mr. Pettijohn. 389 00:17:57,271 --> 00:17:59,183 Did you trade cars with Bernie Dressier? 390 00:17:59,441 --> 00:18:01,887 His bank issues me letters of credit, okay? 391 00:18:01,943 --> 00:18:03,286 Without them, I'm out of business. 392 00:18:03,812 --> 00:18:05,223 You're out of business now. 393 00:18:07,482 --> 00:18:08,552 You want to step away from the desk? 394 00:18:08,617 --> 00:18:09,653 What's going on? 395 00:18:09,719 --> 00:18:12,325 Your car came back from Russia, Bernie, with love. 396 00:18:12,388 --> 00:18:13,696 Bernard Dressier, you're under arrest 397 00:18:13,756 --> 00:18:16,236 for the deaths of Peter Lavalle, and Leon and Max Galvez. 398 00:18:16,626 --> 00:18:18,697 Wait. Get away from me. Hey! Get off me... 399 00:18:18,761 --> 00:18:20,570 Take it easy, Bernie! Hey! Let me go! 400 00:18:20,630 --> 00:18:21,905 I said give it up! 401 00:18:23,167 --> 00:18:25,113 You bastards. CURTIS: You have the right to remain silent. 402 00:18:25,168 --> 00:18:26,704 You stupid bastards! Anything you say can 403 00:18:26,770 --> 00:18:28,841 and will be used against you in a court of law. 404 00:18:32,209 --> 00:18:34,690 $1 million for vehicular manslaughter two? 405 00:18:34,746 --> 00:18:36,020 These are "D" felonies, Your Honor. 406 00:18:36,080 --> 00:18:37,320 Their case is nothing but fumes. 407 00:18:37,382 --> 00:18:39,055 There's no evidence my client was at the scene. 408 00:18:39,250 --> 00:18:40,593 There's evidence his car was. 409 00:18:40,652 --> 00:18:41,960 A bent fender bracket? 410 00:18:42,020 --> 00:18:43,363 They want to put three bodies on my guy, 411 00:18:43,421 --> 00:18:44,730 they'll have to do better than that. 412 00:18:44,790 --> 00:18:47,964 I don't want your client joining his car in Russia. 413 00:18:48,527 --> 00:18:50,438 Bail's set at $1 million. 414 00:18:53,799 --> 00:18:56,610 A million bucks. He must like the cut of your skirt. 415 00:18:56,970 --> 00:18:58,847 From what I hear, he'd prefer yours. 416 00:18:59,105 --> 00:19:02,245 CLERK: "Docket number 026797." 417 00:19:02,309 --> 00:19:05,222 Don't smile yet. It's the work-up of Dressler's car. 418 00:19:05,679 --> 00:19:07,159 There's no physical evidence of the victims. 419 00:19:07,215 --> 00:19:09,627 The car had been steam-cleaned bumper-to-bumper. 420 00:19:09,684 --> 00:19:11,027 What about Dressler's girlfriend? 421 00:19:11,085 --> 00:19:12,393 Wasn't she with him at the airport? 422 00:19:12,486 --> 00:19:13,726 That ID is soft. 423 00:19:13,788 --> 00:19:15,699 The police showed the guard another picture of Young, 424 00:19:15,756 --> 00:19:17,201 he wasn't so sure. 425 00:19:17,491 --> 00:19:19,938 So find somebody else who saw them together. 426 00:19:20,195 --> 00:19:21,868 Another passenger on the plane. 427 00:19:22,231 --> 00:19:23,869 I'll subpoena the manifest. 428 00:19:24,299 --> 00:19:26,643 The airline refuses to comply with our subpoena. 429 00:19:26,802 --> 00:19:28,543 They're saying the Warsaw Convention 430 00:19:28,604 --> 00:19:30,278 protects them from actions by state courts. 431 00:19:30,607 --> 00:19:32,814 They poured the booze that got Dressier drunk. 432 00:19:32,976 --> 00:19:34,421 They're afraid of getting sued. 433 00:19:34,677 --> 00:19:36,588 They're right about the Warsaw Convention. 434 00:19:36,746 --> 00:19:38,020 The only place we can bring process 435 00:19:38,147 --> 00:19:39,455 against them is in federal court. 436 00:19:39,782 --> 00:19:41,592 Then go ahead, do it. I did. 437 00:19:41,852 --> 00:19:44,196 The US Attorney doesn't think a couple of "D" felonies 438 00:19:44,254 --> 00:19:45,631 warrant their attention. 439 00:19:45,990 --> 00:19:47,162 The airlines has offices here? 440 00:19:47,224 --> 00:19:48,362 Three. 441 00:19:48,859 --> 00:19:51,169 They won't honor our subpoenas, 442 00:19:53,398 --> 00:19:55,207 seize their furniture, computers, 443 00:19:55,267 --> 00:19:57,042 whatever you can lay your hands on. 444 00:19:57,102 --> 00:19:58,740 Smack them around. 445 00:20:03,541 --> 00:20:07,684 They shut down our ticket offices. They took files, they took computer disks. 446 00:20:07,780 --> 00:20:09,259 You can't imagine our losses. 447 00:20:09,315 --> 00:20:11,488 We served them with a subpoena for a flight manifest. 448 00:20:11,550 --> 00:20:14,588 They refused to honor it. A search warrant's our only recourse. 449 00:20:14,654 --> 00:20:15,826 Mr. Fischer, 450 00:20:15,888 --> 00:20:18,199 why doesn't VIA airlines simply give them what they want? 451 00:20:18,258 --> 00:20:19,965 Judge Feldman, according to the terms 452 00:20:20,027 --> 00:20:21,973 of the Warsaw Convention, we don't have to. 453 00:20:22,062 --> 00:20:25,407 The spirit of the convention is to limit liability in civil suits. 454 00:20:25,465 --> 00:20:28,037 It's not meant as a shield in criminal investigations. 455 00:20:28,102 --> 00:20:30,309 Lawsuits are exactly what we're trying to limit. 456 00:20:30,371 --> 00:20:33,352 The search warrants are valid on their face. I see no reason to void them. 457 00:20:33,408 --> 00:20:34,409 Your Honor, I... 458 00:20:34,509 --> 00:20:36,420 Either you comply with their subpoena, 459 00:20:36,477 --> 00:20:38,457 or lawsuits will be the least of your worries. 460 00:20:42,418 --> 00:20:45,297 The manifest will be on Mr. McCoy's fax machine in an hour. 461 00:20:45,888 --> 00:20:47,799 Thank you. Thank you. 462 00:20:49,892 --> 00:20:51,395 JUDGE FELDMAN: Oh, Mr. McCoy, 463 00:20:56,299 --> 00:20:57,471 you know, it's not an accident 464 00:20:57,534 --> 00:20:59,707 that this case was assigned to me. 465 00:21:00,003 --> 00:21:02,917 I believe drunk driving to be a plague on our society. 466 00:21:03,774 --> 00:21:05,776 If you hit any snags, you let me know. 467 00:21:11,449 --> 00:21:13,451 Sounds like the makings of a stump speech. 468 00:21:13,517 --> 00:21:16,260 It is. He's planning a run for Adam's job next spring. 469 00:21:16,455 --> 00:21:18,560 And drunk driving is the cause he's embracing? 470 00:21:18,623 --> 00:21:20,159 It's not world peace. 471 00:21:20,826 --> 00:21:23,204 Shouldn't Dressler's lawyer know about Feldman's bias? 472 00:21:23,729 --> 00:21:25,300 I'm not gonna tell him. 473 00:21:26,566 --> 00:21:29,638 Come on, Jamie, a judge with an agenda, this is news to you? 474 00:21:36,008 --> 00:21:39,957 Dressier, yeah. That loudmouth, he complained about the food, 475 00:21:40,013 --> 00:21:41,890 the wine selection, the service. 476 00:21:42,249 --> 00:21:44,388 What did he think it was, Lutece up there? 477 00:21:44,451 --> 00:21:45,828 Do you know how much he drank? 478 00:21:46,420 --> 00:21:48,799 No. But every time I looked over, he had a drink in his hand. 479 00:21:49,124 --> 00:21:50,194 BRISCOE: And? 480 00:21:51,559 --> 00:21:55,200 Yeah, that's her. Yeah. I saw them leave the terminal together. 481 00:21:55,363 --> 00:21:56,467 Why did you notice them? 482 00:21:56,531 --> 00:21:57,601 It was hard not to. 483 00:21:58,433 --> 00:22:00,607 That poor woman, he was bellowing 484 00:22:00,669 --> 00:22:02,774 and gesticulating at her. A real bully. 485 00:22:03,773 --> 00:22:04,808 Thank you for coming in. 486 00:22:04,874 --> 00:22:05,875 BRISCOE: Thanks. 487 00:22:08,110 --> 00:22:11,217 Okay. That's three passengers who saw them together. 488 00:22:11,281 --> 00:22:12,624 What about flight attendants? 489 00:22:12,682 --> 00:22:15,060 Two in first class. They're both in South America. 490 00:22:15,118 --> 00:22:17,394 The airline will let us know next time they're in town. 491 00:22:18,255 --> 00:22:19,700 How about Ms. Young? 492 00:22:20,223 --> 00:22:21,759 I didn't go out all morning. 493 00:22:22,225 --> 00:22:24,137 I don't know how Bernie got home from the airport. 494 00:22:24,962 --> 00:22:26,635 Three people saw you with him. 495 00:22:27,131 --> 00:22:29,475 Look, you're here under a material witness warrant. 496 00:22:29,534 --> 00:22:31,946 That means we keep you until you cooperate. 497 00:22:32,170 --> 00:22:35,482 You'll be in the tombs with crack addicts and prostitutes 498 00:22:35,607 --> 00:22:36,881 for as long as it takes. 499 00:22:36,942 --> 00:22:39,616 It gets worse. We can place you and Mr. Dressier in the car. 500 00:22:40,512 --> 00:22:42,321 I don't care which one of you was driving. 501 00:22:42,481 --> 00:22:45,189 This is a triple homicide and somebody's going to pay for it. 502 00:22:45,919 --> 00:22:47,694 We can give you protection, Ms. Young. 503 00:22:47,854 --> 00:22:50,334 Once he's convicted and sent to prison, he can't hurt you. 504 00:22:51,558 --> 00:22:53,401 What if he doesn't go to prison? 505 00:22:54,127 --> 00:22:56,437 He's gotten off before, in Massachusetts. 506 00:22:56,596 --> 00:22:59,009 He hit a teenage girl. He told me. 507 00:22:59,900 --> 00:23:02,642 You get us the evidence, this time he goes to jail. 508 00:23:02,703 --> 00:23:05,843 Look, as bad as you feel about that little boy, 509 00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:09,144 how you gonna feel the next time he kills somebody? 510 00:23:16,084 --> 00:23:17,495 (SIGHS) 511 00:23:17,886 --> 00:23:21,630 I wasn't home one night when Bernie called me from Rio. 512 00:23:24,160 --> 00:23:29,041 He thought I was with someone else. He was furious. 513 00:23:30,500 --> 00:23:33,141 As soon as he saw me at the airport, he started ranting. 514 00:23:33,203 --> 00:23:34,978 He grabbed the keys. 515 00:23:36,473 --> 00:23:37,747 (SIGHS) 516 00:23:38,542 --> 00:23:41,455 He yelled at me the whole way into the city. 517 00:23:44,883 --> 00:23:47,762 He said if he found out who I was with, he'd kill them. 518 00:23:48,353 --> 00:23:52,165 He didn't think I believed him. Then we saw the old man. 519 00:23:55,327 --> 00:23:58,001 I yelled at Bernie to stop. 520 00:24:02,701 --> 00:24:05,079 But he sped up right into him. 521 00:24:05,337 --> 00:24:07,215 He killed Mr. Lavalle on purpose? 522 00:24:09,409 --> 00:24:11,753 I don't know, I can't imagine... 523 00:24:13,013 --> 00:24:14,356 What about the other two? 524 00:24:16,983 --> 00:24:19,863 The little boy, 525 00:24:19,921 --> 00:24:22,993 his father stepped into the street and waved at us to stop. 526 00:24:24,191 --> 00:24:26,228 Bernie didn't even try to miss them. 527 00:24:28,496 --> 00:24:30,170 How drunk was he? 528 00:24:31,533 --> 00:24:34,571 I don't know. I can never tell with Bernie. 529 00:24:37,172 --> 00:24:39,015 I never know what he's going to do. 530 00:24:42,111 --> 00:24:44,421 Dressier keeps a country house in East Lenox. 531 00:24:44,514 --> 00:24:46,255 He ran a red light there two years ago, 532 00:24:46,316 --> 00:24:47,989 hit a little girl on a bicycle. 533 00:24:48,418 --> 00:24:50,227 She spent eight months in the hospital. 534 00:24:50,753 --> 00:24:52,255 JACK: Why didn't the police know? 535 00:24:52,322 --> 00:24:53,768 ROSS: It's not on his record here. 536 00:24:54,325 --> 00:24:57,966 He has two driver's licenses, one in New York and one in Massachusetts. 537 00:24:58,562 --> 00:25:00,098 The judge there suspended his license 538 00:25:00,164 --> 00:25:01,768 for five years because of the accident. 539 00:25:02,233 --> 00:25:04,680 Which automatically suspends his driving privileges here. 540 00:25:04,736 --> 00:25:07,910 That ups the charge to first degree vehicular manslaughter. 541 00:25:08,039 --> 00:25:11,612 Not enough. We're gonna make an example of Mr. Dressier. 542 00:25:12,344 --> 00:25:13,846 JACK: What do you have in mind? 543 00:25:13,912 --> 00:25:15,482 This was a multiple killing. 544 00:25:16,649 --> 00:25:17,855 First degree murder. 545 00:25:20,119 --> 00:25:21,826 Murder one requires intent. 546 00:25:22,855 --> 00:25:24,664 JACK: He accelerated into one victim. 547 00:25:27,294 --> 00:25:32,266 He made no effort to avoid two others. That's intent. 548 00:25:32,599 --> 00:25:33,873 Not if he was drunk. 549 00:25:33,934 --> 00:25:36,175 Maybe he meant to hit the brakes instead of the gas? 550 00:25:36,370 --> 00:25:38,611 A couple of drinks don't negate intent. 551 00:25:38,673 --> 00:25:40,084 But we don't know how much he had to drink. 552 00:25:40,141 --> 00:25:42,781 If we don't know, the grand jury won't either. 553 00:25:44,011 --> 00:25:45,012 But at trial the... 554 00:25:45,079 --> 00:25:47,821 ADAM: Get an indictment. Scare the pants off him. 555 00:25:48,917 --> 00:25:53,025 Maybe he pleads to murder two. We've sent a message. 556 00:26:00,028 --> 00:26:04,136 First Feldman, now Adam. The bandwagon's getting crowded. 557 00:26:05,101 --> 00:26:08,173 I agree with Adam. And I'm not running for anything. 558 00:26:12,142 --> 00:26:14,953 Murder one? Where the hell is this murder one? Iran? 559 00:26:15,012 --> 00:26:16,923 Try section seven sub-section one, 560 00:26:16,981 --> 00:26:18,858 paragraph eight of the statute. 561 00:26:19,850 --> 00:26:21,329 He took three lives with intent. 562 00:26:21,385 --> 00:26:22,887 He wasn't even in the car. 563 00:26:22,953 --> 00:26:24,398 Not according to his girlfriend. 564 00:26:24,455 --> 00:26:26,732 What, that bitch? How do you know she wasn't driving? 565 00:26:27,058 --> 00:26:29,470 We believe her. We don't believe you. 566 00:26:29,561 --> 00:26:32,007 I still don't see an intentional murder. 567 00:26:32,664 --> 00:26:35,474 Two witnesses saw him accelerate into Mr. Lavalle. 568 00:26:36,436 --> 00:26:39,940 Given your client's driving record, here and in Massachusetts, 569 00:26:40,339 --> 00:26:42,876 a jury's not going to split hairs over intent. 570 00:26:42,942 --> 00:26:46,617 This is nuts. You want to give me the death penalty? 571 00:26:47,280 --> 00:26:50,125 JACK: Unless you plead to second degree murder. 572 00:26:50,984 --> 00:26:52,054 What's that? 573 00:26:52,519 --> 00:26:54,556 Twenty-five-to-life. 574 00:26:55,022 --> 00:26:56,467 God. Bernie. 575 00:27:03,732 --> 00:27:04,870 (EXHALES) 576 00:27:05,033 --> 00:27:07,035 Didn't any of your witnesses tell you he was drunk? 577 00:27:07,235 --> 00:27:09,943 They saw him with a drink. Doesn't make him legally intoxicated. 578 00:27:10,004 --> 00:27:12,212 The flight attendant who served him knows how much he had. 579 00:27:12,341 --> 00:27:13,581 I stopped counting at 12. 580 00:27:13,642 --> 00:27:14,985 Puts him well over the legal limit 581 00:27:15,044 --> 00:27:16,853 and well beyond the ability to form intent. 582 00:27:17,246 --> 00:27:20,056 Even if he was driving, we're back to vehicular manslaughter. 583 00:27:22,519 --> 00:27:23,793 There's nothing in Westlaw. 584 00:27:23,887 --> 00:27:26,367 If it was two or three drinks, we could still argue intent, 585 00:27:26,423 --> 00:27:28,403 but 12... According to him. 586 00:27:28,625 --> 00:27:30,036 If he can prove it, he's off the hook. 587 00:27:30,093 --> 00:27:32,300 He kills three people and hides behind a bottle. 588 00:27:32,629 --> 00:27:34,268 The law says he can. 589 00:27:34,365 --> 00:27:37,005 The law. Probably written on a cocktail napkin. 590 00:27:37,135 --> 00:27:39,012 Intent follows the bullet. It shouldn't matter 591 00:27:39,070 --> 00:27:41,448 if it was fired by a drunk or by Carry Nation. 592 00:27:42,039 --> 00:27:43,575 The airline's lawyer called. 593 00:27:43,641 --> 00:27:45,553 Dressler's flight attendant's coming in tonight. 594 00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:51,058 I served Mr. Dressier fifteen drinks. 595 00:27:51,650 --> 00:27:53,425 We ran out of scotch in first class 596 00:27:53,485 --> 00:27:55,226 so I took some bottles from coach. 597 00:27:55,954 --> 00:27:57,457 JACK: How was he behaving? 598 00:27:57,524 --> 00:27:59,003 He was difficult. 599 00:27:59,659 --> 00:28:01,161 Was he drunk? 600 00:28:01,494 --> 00:28:03,633 He wasn't climbing on the beverage cart. 601 00:28:03,696 --> 00:28:06,905 But he slurred his words, spilled a drink on himself. 602 00:28:07,901 --> 00:28:10,940 I had to fill out his Customs declaration for him. 603 00:28:11,272 --> 00:28:12,876 He couldn't even sign his name. 604 00:28:14,508 --> 00:28:16,545 Thank you, Ms. Barra. 605 00:28:16,610 --> 00:28:18,988 Mr. Fischer, can we have a word with you outside? 606 00:28:19,880 --> 00:28:22,828 We want fair warning before she testifies. 607 00:28:23,084 --> 00:28:25,530 This case is already front page of the Daily News. 608 00:28:25,754 --> 00:28:28,997 I appreciate Ms. Barra's testimony might prove embarrassing. 609 00:28:29,558 --> 00:28:32,005 I see here she's a Colombian national. 610 00:28:32,061 --> 00:28:35,008 You realize, as long as she doesn't return to this country, 611 00:28:35,064 --> 00:28:36,441 she can't be compelled to testify. 612 00:28:36,499 --> 00:28:37,842 The District Attorney's authority 613 00:28:37,900 --> 00:28:39,846 doesn't extend to foreign citizens abroad. 614 00:28:44,808 --> 00:28:45,980 What the hell are you doing? 615 00:28:46,543 --> 00:28:48,045 You don't want Dressier to prove how drunk he was, 616 00:28:48,111 --> 00:28:49,715 so you're telling a witness to leave the country? 617 00:28:49,780 --> 00:28:51,589 Don't worry about it. 618 00:28:53,817 --> 00:28:55,525 The airline's giving me the run-around. 619 00:28:55,586 --> 00:28:56,860 They said she's been reassigned 620 00:28:56,921 --> 00:28:58,730 to the Bogota-Buenos Aires route. 621 00:28:58,790 --> 00:29:00,133 Why tell me? I know you talked to her. 622 00:29:00,191 --> 00:29:01,226 Did you take a statement? 623 00:29:01,292 --> 00:29:03,238 I've complied with Rosario, Brady 624 00:29:03,294 --> 00:29:05,331 and all relevant discovery procedures. 625 00:29:05,530 --> 00:29:08,171 Whatever she said, if she said it, is not discoverable. 626 00:29:08,234 --> 00:29:10,578 I don't know what you're up to, McCoy, 627 00:29:11,036 --> 00:29:13,016 but I'm gonna compel you to turn over her statement. 628 00:29:13,172 --> 00:29:15,152 Knock yourself out. 629 00:29:17,176 --> 00:29:19,748 Ms. Barra's a witness. If she gave Mr. McCoy a statement, 630 00:29:19,813 --> 00:29:21,156 I'm entitled to it. 631 00:29:21,681 --> 00:29:22,785 She's not our witness. 632 00:29:22,849 --> 00:29:25,523 If Mr. Billings wants her to be his witness, he can subpoena her. 633 00:29:25,986 --> 00:29:27,329 BILLINGS: Beside the point. 634 00:29:27,387 --> 00:29:30,426 I believe Mr. McCoy has a statement that exculpates my client. 635 00:29:30,558 --> 00:29:32,003 JACK: I don't believe it does, Your Honor. 636 00:29:32,193 --> 00:29:35,663 Mr. McCoy, do you have her statement in writing? 637 00:29:35,730 --> 00:29:37,539 Yes. May I see it, please? 638 00:29:42,704 --> 00:29:44,115 Thank you. 639 00:29:44,840 --> 00:29:46,342 (CLEARING THROAT) 640 00:29:52,615 --> 00:29:54,117 I don't see anything here, Mr. Billings. 641 00:29:54,851 --> 00:29:56,694 I'd like to see it, Your Honor. I already have. 642 00:29:57,187 --> 00:30:00,191 I've made my ruling. Your motion to compel is denied. 643 00:30:02,292 --> 00:30:04,933 She told us he drank enough booze to float the Queen Mary. 644 00:30:04,995 --> 00:30:06,372 Her statement is exculpatory. 645 00:30:06,430 --> 00:30:07,636 Only if Feldman says it is. 646 00:30:07,698 --> 00:30:10,338 Jack, I know his agenda. What's yours? 647 00:30:10,434 --> 00:30:13,472 The maximum penalty for first degree vehicular manslaughter 648 00:30:13,537 --> 00:30:15,039 is 5 to 15 years. 649 00:30:15,373 --> 00:30:17,375 Put a girl in a coma, killed three people, 650 00:30:17,442 --> 00:30:18,921 and he walks away with five years? 651 00:30:18,977 --> 00:30:20,820 He isn't even sorry. It isn't justice. 652 00:30:20,879 --> 00:30:23,723 Neither is concealing evidence. You could get disbarred. 653 00:30:24,883 --> 00:30:27,387 That's up to you. This is what I'm gonna do. 654 00:30:32,425 --> 00:30:33,870 NORRIS: We looked at a number of factors 655 00:30:33,926 --> 00:30:35,337 to determine the force at impact. 656 00:30:35,995 --> 00:30:37,770 For example, we know that a human thigh bone 657 00:30:37,830 --> 00:30:40,311 breaks under 1,100 pounds of pressure per square inch. 658 00:30:40,467 --> 00:30:42,003 As a result of your calculations, 659 00:30:42,069 --> 00:30:44,106 can you tell us how fast Mr. Dressler's car 660 00:30:44,171 --> 00:30:45,980 car was traveling when it struck Mr. Lavalle? 661 00:30:46,807 --> 00:30:50,813 Yes. The car was moving in excess of 30 to 35 miles per hour. 662 00:30:51,546 --> 00:30:54,117 What, if any, evidence did you find 663 00:30:54,248 --> 00:30:57,024 that Mr. Dressier tried to avoid hitting his victims? 664 00:30:58,152 --> 00:31:01,430 None. There were no skid marks, no yaw marks. 665 00:31:01,690 --> 00:31:03,670 All three victims were struck head-on. 666 00:31:03,725 --> 00:31:04,999 JACK: Thank you. 667 00:31:07,830 --> 00:31:11,107 Detective Norris, isn't it common not to find skid marks 668 00:31:11,166 --> 00:31:12,645 in drunk-driving accidents? 669 00:31:12,701 --> 00:31:15,740 Objection. The defendant is not charged with drunk driving. 670 00:31:15,905 --> 00:31:17,248 JUDGE FELDMAN: Sustained. 671 00:31:18,008 --> 00:31:21,820 Detective, is it unusual for an intoxicated driver 672 00:31:21,878 --> 00:31:24,119 to step on the accelerator when he intended to... 673 00:31:24,180 --> 00:31:25,182 Objection. 674 00:31:25,516 --> 00:31:26,517 Sustained. 675 00:31:28,486 --> 00:31:29,760 (EXHALES) 676 00:31:30,020 --> 00:31:33,490 Let's talk reaction times, detective. Sober versus intoxicated... 677 00:31:33,791 --> 00:31:35,134 Sustained. 678 00:31:37,262 --> 00:31:41,176 Mr. Billings, next question. 679 00:31:42,868 --> 00:31:44,040 No more questions. 680 00:31:50,043 --> 00:31:53,490 The write-up of the interview with Ms. Young has a TPO glitch. 681 00:31:53,546 --> 00:31:56,584 The accident was at 6:10, Rey wrote down 16:10. 682 00:31:57,049 --> 00:31:59,894 I'll mention it to Jack. I think we're done. 683 00:32:05,826 --> 00:32:07,567 Has he talked to you about this case? 684 00:32:07,928 --> 00:32:10,967 McCoy? Yeah. Briefings, witness preps... 685 00:32:12,100 --> 00:32:13,773 I don't mean that. 686 00:32:16,871 --> 00:32:20,614 You mean, has he said, "This one's for Claire Kincaid"? 687 00:32:21,075 --> 00:32:22,316 No. 688 00:32:22,945 --> 00:32:25,585 That guy got 12 months at Mount McGregor. 689 00:32:25,848 --> 00:32:29,318 Yeah, I know. I pulled the file. You were in the car with her. 690 00:32:32,088 --> 00:32:33,534 Yeah. I was catching a ride home. 691 00:32:34,958 --> 00:32:38,371 Claire came down to the bar to pick up McCoy, he'd already split. 692 00:32:39,829 --> 00:32:41,502 Bad timing all around. 693 00:32:43,033 --> 00:32:44,637 Listen, this hump Dressier, 694 00:32:44,701 --> 00:32:46,943 I'm keeping them crossed he gets what he deserves. 695 00:32:54,011 --> 00:32:59,428 I told him to stop, to help those people. He kept driving. 696 00:33:00,419 --> 00:33:03,059 He dropped me off at my apartment. 697 00:33:03,121 --> 00:33:04,657 I don't know what he did after that. 698 00:33:05,457 --> 00:33:07,562 What, if anything, did he say to you before he left? 699 00:33:07,659 --> 00:33:09,105 Objection. JUDGE FELDMAN: Overruled. 700 00:33:10,063 --> 00:33:11,667 Please answer, Ms. Young. 701 00:33:11,864 --> 00:33:14,970 He told me that if I said a word to anyone, 702 00:33:16,569 --> 00:33:18,480 I'd be as dead as those three people. 703 00:33:18,538 --> 00:33:19,745 JACK: Thank you. 704 00:33:22,610 --> 00:33:26,922 You said Mr. Dressier accused you of sleeping with another man 705 00:33:27,448 --> 00:33:31,089 and threatened to kill him. Does he always behave this way? 706 00:33:32,120 --> 00:33:33,428 He's very possessive. 707 00:33:33,488 --> 00:33:36,867 But when he's drunk, his jealousy's out of control, isn't it? 708 00:33:37,926 --> 00:33:38,961 It gets worse. 709 00:33:39,027 --> 00:33:40,938 He rants and raves, he imagines things? 710 00:33:41,463 --> 00:33:42,464 Yes. 711 00:33:42,530 --> 00:33:45,068 Because in fact, you've never been unfaithful to him, have you? 712 00:33:45,134 --> 00:33:46,135 No. 713 00:33:46,202 --> 00:33:49,479 So that morning when he screamed and threatened, 714 00:33:50,406 --> 00:33:52,249 he did so because he was drunk, isn't that right? 715 00:33:52,308 --> 00:33:53,309 Objection. 716 00:33:53,442 --> 00:33:54,444 Gentlemen. 717 00:34:00,317 --> 00:34:03,196 Your Honor, I'm establishing a pattern of behavior. 718 00:34:03,720 --> 00:34:06,429 When my client's drunk, he's insanely jealous and delusional. 719 00:34:06,557 --> 00:34:07,592 So conversely, 720 00:34:07,659 --> 00:34:09,366 when he's insanely jealous and delusional, he's drunk. 721 00:34:09,794 --> 00:34:11,774 Ms. Young is an accounts supervisor, 722 00:34:11,829 --> 00:34:13,775 she's not a behavioral psychologist. 723 00:34:14,065 --> 00:34:16,841 My client's state of mind is the crux of my case. 724 00:34:17,336 --> 00:34:20,647 Then get an expert. Your line of questioning is inappropriate. 725 00:34:21,040 --> 00:34:22,542 Now step back. 726 00:34:24,243 --> 00:34:26,484 The jury will disregard the witness' responses 727 00:34:26,545 --> 00:34:28,422 to Mr. Billings in their entirety. 728 00:34:31,017 --> 00:34:32,758 I have nothing more, Your Honor. 729 00:34:32,819 --> 00:34:34,526 JUDGE FELDMAN: Court's recessed until tomorrow morning. 730 00:34:34,588 --> 00:34:35,589 (GAVEL BANGS) 731 00:34:38,591 --> 00:34:40,002 Lucky break. 732 00:34:42,363 --> 00:34:45,310 You made your point. Man one on all counts. 733 00:34:46,634 --> 00:34:48,079 Not interested. 734 00:34:49,537 --> 00:34:50,948 ADAM: Man one's a good offer. 735 00:34:51,739 --> 00:34:53,014 You want me to call his lawyer back? 736 00:34:53,175 --> 00:34:54,882 Your case. Your idea. 737 00:34:54,977 --> 00:34:56,650 I haven't seen the fear in his eyes yet. 738 00:34:56,778 --> 00:34:59,782 This is People v. Dressier you're trying, isn't it? 739 00:35:00,983 --> 00:35:02,860 Long as we're on the same page. 740 00:35:06,422 --> 00:35:08,527 Are you just playing chicken with Dressier, Jack? 741 00:35:09,259 --> 00:35:10,738 Because it looks like you and Feldman 742 00:35:10,793 --> 00:35:13,000 are tag-teaming to commit legal murder. 743 00:35:13,563 --> 00:35:14,735 In your opinion. 744 00:35:14,832 --> 00:35:17,278 It's not even a fair fight. If Dressier had the flight attendant... 745 00:35:17,334 --> 00:35:19,814 She didn't force-feed him that scotch 746 00:35:19,870 --> 00:35:21,406 or steer him into those people. 747 00:35:21,639 --> 00:35:23,846 He did that. He punched the accelerator. 748 00:35:23,908 --> 00:35:25,581 Or he made a mistake! No! 749 00:35:26,177 --> 00:35:29,182 Anyway, that's for the jury to decide. 750 00:35:29,247 --> 00:35:30,248 How can they? 751 00:35:30,315 --> 00:35:31,658 They don't have the whole story. 752 00:35:31,716 --> 00:35:33,093 You're making them accomplices. 753 00:35:33,151 --> 00:35:35,597 So I'm wrong because I want an appropriate sentence? 754 00:35:36,721 --> 00:35:39,134 Instead of 12 months at Mount McGregor? 755 00:35:41,794 --> 00:35:43,603 You don't know what you're talking about. 756 00:35:44,363 --> 00:35:45,740 You won, Jack. 757 00:35:46,399 --> 00:35:48,379 Just call Dressler's lawyer. 758 00:35:48,467 --> 00:35:49,469 The discussion is over, Jamie. 759 00:35:49,536 --> 00:35:51,038 I'm not done! I am! 760 00:35:52,472 --> 00:35:56,352 This is the District Attorney's office. We prosecute criminals. 761 00:35:56,610 --> 00:35:59,147 If you could stop thinking like a defense attorney, 762 00:35:59,212 --> 00:36:00,452 maybe you'd grasp the concept. 763 00:36:00,514 --> 00:36:02,256 I know why I'm here. 764 00:36:02,617 --> 00:36:04,358 I think you're the one who's forgotten. 765 00:36:09,757 --> 00:36:11,930 The stewardess told me that she ran out of scotch 766 00:36:13,362 --> 00:36:15,501 and I said I'd drink anything. 767 00:36:16,432 --> 00:36:19,311 And so she went back into coach and got more. 768 00:36:19,635 --> 00:36:21,979 How many drinks had you had by then? 769 00:36:22,838 --> 00:36:24,011 Twelve. 770 00:36:26,443 --> 00:36:28,582 I'd lined the little bottles up on the tray. 771 00:36:29,279 --> 00:36:34,024 I counted them. After that, I don't remember much. Just flashes. 772 00:36:35,720 --> 00:36:39,224 Susan at the airport, driving on the expressway. 773 00:36:44,695 --> 00:36:46,800 I often black out when I drink too much. 774 00:36:47,199 --> 00:36:49,679 How about Mr. Lavalle, 775 00:36:49,735 --> 00:36:53,114 Mr. Galvez and his son, any recollection of hitting them? 776 00:36:53,171 --> 00:36:54,275 No. 777 00:36:54,406 --> 00:36:56,317 I wish I could say I did. 778 00:36:58,845 --> 00:37:00,483 I'm very sorry I killed them. 779 00:37:04,884 --> 00:37:07,330 I swear I could never kill anyone intentionally. 780 00:37:17,931 --> 00:37:19,410 Mr. Dressier, 781 00:37:22,570 --> 00:37:25,517 you really don't remember anything about that morning? 782 00:37:26,808 --> 00:37:27,878 No, I don't. 783 00:37:27,942 --> 00:37:31,116 You don't remember getting behind the wheel of your car, 784 00:37:33,149 --> 00:37:36,096 even though your driving privileges had been suspended? 785 00:37:37,153 --> 00:37:38,154 No. 786 00:37:38,220 --> 00:37:41,724 Even though you'd run over a young girl two years ago 787 00:37:41,791 --> 00:37:43,566 and put her in a coma? 788 00:37:43,693 --> 00:37:45,537 I told you, I don't remember. 789 00:37:45,896 --> 00:37:49,639 So, isn't it possible at some point 790 00:37:50,200 --> 00:37:54,114 you decided to speed up and kill Mr. Lavalle 791 00:37:54,171 --> 00:37:55,275 and you just don't remember it? 792 00:37:55,339 --> 00:37:56,410 No! 793 00:37:56,741 --> 00:38:01,019 How can you be so sure, when you don't remember anything? 794 00:38:01,245 --> 00:38:03,748 I swear if I did that I'd remember it. 795 00:38:03,815 --> 00:38:04,816 HOW? 796 00:38:08,020 --> 00:38:11,024 You don't even remember killing Peter Lavalle 797 00:38:21,334 --> 00:38:22,904 or Leon Galvez 798 00:38:31,879 --> 00:38:33,119 or Max Galvez. 799 00:38:42,457 --> 00:38:44,733 You don't remember them at all, do you? 800 00:38:55,371 --> 00:38:56,782 God. 801 00:38:59,008 --> 00:39:00,419 I didn't mean to. 802 00:39:02,945 --> 00:39:04,515 I was so drunk. 803 00:39:08,819 --> 00:39:12,995 I swear. I'm not a monster. 804 00:39:17,662 --> 00:39:20,268 Please forgive me. 805 00:39:23,401 --> 00:39:24,436 Please? 806 00:39:46,693 --> 00:39:49,173 Mr. Dressier, we have only your word 807 00:39:50,497 --> 00:39:54,378 that you drank upwards of 12 scotches on the plane, is that right? 808 00:39:57,505 --> 00:39:58,575 Yes. 809 00:40:00,408 --> 00:40:02,183 Do you know that you were so drunk 810 00:40:03,345 --> 00:40:05,382 that you couldn't sign your own name 811 00:40:05,447 --> 00:40:07,449 to a Customs declaration form? 812 00:40:09,751 --> 00:40:13,096 Mr. McCoy, what's the basis for your question? 813 00:40:17,627 --> 00:40:20,233 I'm offering People's 43 for identification. 814 00:40:20,864 --> 00:40:22,036 Let me see it. 815 00:40:38,316 --> 00:40:40,660 I really don't like surprises, Mr. McCoy! 816 00:40:40,719 --> 00:40:42,528 May I see the evidence, Your Honor? 817 00:40:42,587 --> 00:40:43,930 Sure. 818 00:40:47,525 --> 00:40:50,006 This is the statement you got from the flight attendant? 819 00:40:50,496 --> 00:40:51,531 Yes. 820 00:40:52,498 --> 00:40:54,637 Your Honor, I have no objection. 821 00:40:54,900 --> 00:40:57,938 This statement cannot be authenticated. I'm not admitting it. 822 00:40:58,204 --> 00:41:00,685 I'll stipulate to its authenticity, Your Honor. 823 00:41:00,741 --> 00:41:03,449 If Mr. McCoy also stipulates, that should be enough. 824 00:41:03,510 --> 00:41:06,616 Mr. McCoy, before we proceed, 825 00:41:08,916 --> 00:41:12,262 you are familiar with the provisions of Title I, are you not? 826 00:41:13,421 --> 00:41:15,162 Yes, Your Honor. I am. 827 00:41:16,791 --> 00:41:19,499 Just asking. Excuse me. 828 00:41:21,462 --> 00:41:23,373 What was that all about? What's Title I? 829 00:41:23,766 --> 00:41:27,873 It's what they now call sections 195 and 195.05 of the penal law. 830 00:41:28,470 --> 00:41:31,383 Official misconduct and obstruction? He just threatened you. 831 00:41:31,674 --> 00:41:33,153 That's right. 832 00:41:33,709 --> 00:41:37,522 Mr. Billings, does defense agree to stipulate 833 00:41:37,580 --> 00:41:39,526 to the authenticity of People's 43? 834 00:41:39,849 --> 00:41:41,453 We certainly do, Your Honor. 835 00:41:41,618 --> 00:41:44,963 JUDGE FELDMAN: Mr. McCoy, are the People also prepared to so stipulate? 836 00:41:45,088 --> 00:41:46,089 Yes, Your Honor. 837 00:41:46,289 --> 00:41:50,363 People's 43 is admitted. Go on, Mr. McCoy. 838 00:41:54,198 --> 00:41:57,008 Mr. Dressier, this is a statement given to the District Attorney 839 00:41:57,068 --> 00:42:00,573 by Gabrielle Barra, the flight attendant on your flight from Rio. 840 00:42:01,106 --> 00:42:04,246 She states that she served you 15 drinks. Is that an accurate count? 841 00:42:05,444 --> 00:42:07,117 I only remember the first 12. 842 00:42:07,479 --> 00:42:08,924 She states you slurred your words 843 00:42:08,980 --> 00:42:10,221 and spilled a drink on yourself. 844 00:42:10,283 --> 00:42:11,318 Do you recall that? 845 00:42:12,485 --> 00:42:13,486 No. 846 00:42:13,553 --> 00:42:15,863 She states you were disoriented, at one point 847 00:42:15,922 --> 00:42:17,265 locking yourself in the washroom 848 00:42:17,390 --> 00:42:20,098 and requiring assistance to get out. Do you recall that? 849 00:42:21,295 --> 00:42:22,330 No. 850 00:42:25,899 --> 00:42:29,870 Given this statement, is it fair to say that you were so intoxicated 851 00:42:29,937 --> 00:42:32,076 as to be unable to think or act rationally? 852 00:42:34,609 --> 00:42:35,679 Yes. 853 00:42:38,446 --> 00:42:39,550 No more questions. 854 00:42:44,487 --> 00:42:47,024 I don't know what happened in there. You dismantled your case. 855 00:42:48,724 --> 00:42:51,068 I removed the needle from his arm is what happened. 856 00:42:53,429 --> 00:42:55,842 The offer is vehicular manslaughter 857 00:42:55,899 --> 00:42:58,641 first degree, three counts, 5-to-15. 858 00:43:01,104 --> 00:43:02,708 We'll take it. Send me the papers. 859 00:43:02,773 --> 00:43:04,844 Make no mistake, Mr. Dressier, I'll be present 860 00:43:04,908 --> 00:43:07,047 for every one of your parole hearings. 861 00:43:12,750 --> 00:43:14,559 Feldman still has to sign off on this. 862 00:43:17,622 --> 00:43:20,365 Five years? You think this is just? 863 00:43:20,425 --> 00:43:22,427 JACK: It's what the statute provides. 864 00:43:22,594 --> 00:43:25,666 Statute. I don't give a damn about the statute. 865 00:43:26,765 --> 00:43:28,745 I was presiding over a landmark case. 866 00:43:28,801 --> 00:43:30,372 You turned it into an embarrassment. 867 00:43:30,437 --> 00:43:31,575 You made a fool out of me. 868 00:43:31,671 --> 00:43:33,275 Judge... I had my statements written 869 00:43:33,339 --> 00:43:35,751 for his sentencing, for the imposition of the death penalty, 870 00:43:35,809 --> 00:43:37,880 you give me a plea down to a "C" felony. 871 00:43:38,044 --> 00:43:40,490 If by some fluke you get elected D.A., 872 00:43:40,547 --> 00:43:42,789 you can lobby to re-write the drunk-driving laws. 873 00:43:43,050 --> 00:43:47,294 That's cute. This isn't over, McCoy. I'm not accepting this plea. 874 00:43:47,354 --> 00:43:48,799 You're sending the case to the jury. 875 00:43:48,956 --> 00:43:50,094 Absolutely not. 876 00:43:50,157 --> 00:43:52,967 Absolutely not. Let me warn you, counselor. 877 00:43:53,027 --> 00:43:55,269 I know the shell game you played with that flight attendant. 878 00:43:55,330 --> 00:43:57,037 You either send this case to the jury, 879 00:43:57,099 --> 00:43:58,772 or you go before the ethics committee. 880 00:44:00,001 --> 00:44:01,674 That cuts both ways, Judge. No. 881 00:44:01,870 --> 00:44:04,043 I have absolute judicial discretion. 882 00:44:04,105 --> 00:44:06,143 Any ruling I made will hold up to scrutiny 883 00:44:06,209 --> 00:44:08,314 anywhere, any place, any time, okay. 884 00:44:08,477 --> 00:44:10,718 It's not what's on the record, Judge. 885 00:44:11,347 --> 00:44:14,988 You tipped your hand in front of Ms. Ross and myself. 886 00:44:17,554 --> 00:44:18,931 If you're impugning my judicial... 887 00:44:18,989 --> 00:44:20,297 I don't want to hear it. 888 00:44:21,625 --> 00:44:24,697 I have no excuse for what I did. Neither do you. 889 00:44:26,530 --> 00:44:30,946 You accept this plea or I'll go to the ethics committee. 890 00:44:43,549 --> 00:44:47,019 Before I impose sentence, does the defendant have anything to say? 891 00:44:48,254 --> 00:44:50,894 Just that I'm sorry, Your Honor. 892 00:44:51,391 --> 00:44:52,927 I'm sorry. 893 00:44:55,228 --> 00:44:57,868 I'm just very sorry. 894 00:45:03,404 --> 00:45:05,941 Pursuant to the plea agreement, the court sentences you 895 00:45:06,007 --> 00:45:09,682 to a term of not less than five and to no more than 15 years. 896 00:45:10,211 --> 00:45:13,192 Though I'm bound by statutes, this sentence in no way reflects 897 00:45:13,247 --> 00:45:14,818 the wanton destruction you inflicted 898 00:45:14,883 --> 00:45:16,385 on the families of your victims, 899 00:45:16,451 --> 00:45:19,261 nor the outrage your crimes aroused in our community. 900 00:45:21,256 --> 00:45:23,793 Your behavior offends us, Mr. Dressier, 901 00:45:25,027 --> 00:45:27,304 but no more so than the inadequate penalties 902 00:45:27,363 --> 00:45:28,933 provided by the statutes. 903 00:45:31,668 --> 00:45:33,011 We're adjourned. 904 00:45:37,942 --> 00:45:41,355 ADAM: Good picture of Feldman. Nice quote. 905 00:45:42,980 --> 00:45:46,086 I gotta make some calls. Line up a campaign manager. 906 00:45:58,964 --> 00:46:02,139 I'm meeting David for dinner at Primavera. You want to come? 907 00:46:04,170 --> 00:46:05,911 Three's a crowd. 908 00:46:05,972 --> 00:46:07,417 He'd like to meet you. 909 00:46:10,309 --> 00:46:13,780 I'll be there for dessert. I promise.