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In the criminal justice system,
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the people are represented by two separate
yet equally important groups:
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The police who investigate crime,
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and the district attorneys who
prosecute the offenders.
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These are their stories.
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If she ever asks,
we finished early last night.
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We went for a beer at Tommaso's
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and watched the game till almost midnight.
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I hate football.
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You like it now.
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You beat the spread,
took a double sawski from me,
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and you bought a couple of rounds.
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Who played?
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Bears, Vikings.
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24-21.
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Sherri's a good woman.
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What do you want to hurt her for?
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Okay, remember your lines, nobody gets hurt.
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I don't know. When I get hitched...
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Hey, you gotta have a date first, bozo.
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Uh, Spiegelman, 6-A.
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Who won, anyway?
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She must be out.
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Follow me.
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Used to be, every apartment
in New York was eggshell.
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Now we're talkir peach, olive.
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Nice. Rent control.
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She pays less than I do in Corona.
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Six rooms.
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What do you say we start in the kitchen?
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I could use a cup of coffee.
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A place like this,
I could lose a couple of kids.
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Oh.
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Sorry, I got on at 9:00.
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Nobody except regulars, in or out.
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Hmm. What about the watch before yours?
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Uh, 6:00 p.m. To 9 a.m.
Only security's a buzzer.
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Okay. Thanks.
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Blood's still wet.
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This one's hot off the presses.
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Took it in the back.
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Knees bruised. Probably standing.
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You got a weapon?
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Found it in the sink.
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Nothing.
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Well, at least he's neat.
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Did you dust the drawers?
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Mmm, nothing.
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But we did pick up some
prints on other knives inside.
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Long shot, but...
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Yeah.
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Barbara Spiegelman, 61.
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No sign of forced entry.
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Could have been my mother.
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Hand cut crystal.
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My mother never had any of these.
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"Barney Greengrass, The Sturgeon King."
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Time stamped, 7:18 this morning.
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That's what? About five blocks from here?
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Mmm-hmm.
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So, she's over 60, it's winter,
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she makes a couple of stops along the way.
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Could be the delivery boy
brings it in the kitchen.
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Could be he didn't like the tip.
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Could be nothing's that easy.
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Used to be human beings lived in this city.
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Good people.
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Regulars every Sunday.
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Sam the husband? Yeah.
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Heart attack. Went like that two years ago.
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Carole, uh, hired me to do the shivah.
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Their daughter. Nice girl,
but too much like Sam.
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A smile now and then would be nice,
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you know what I mean?
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Barbara. Was she here this morning?
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Yeah. Half a pound of Nova,
couple of chubs, two poppies,
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two sesames, and a happy
face button on her coat.
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She didn't by any chance have
the package delivered, did she?
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No. Barbara wanted to eat
her breakfast before lunch,
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but kids working for tips,
not in much of a hurry.
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Thanks.
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Crash and burn.
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Now there's only eight
million other suspects.
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Yeah, maybe, maybe not.
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That's a lot of lox for one person.
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What are you thinkir,
a heated game of mah-jong?
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Hey, my old lady's friends,
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I wouldn't play without a helmet.
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What's the daughter's name? Carole?
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Not my favorite part of the job.
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My sophomore year at Penn,
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my roommate got a call.
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Her father died.
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After that, every time the phone rang,
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I don't know, I was just prepared for Dad.
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I never even thought...
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My mother-in-law never carried cash.
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There was really nothing
of value in the apartment.
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We're thinking maybe it wasrt a robbery.
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Why would anybody...
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Carole. Whoever did this,
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it looks like your mother
had to let them in.
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Was she expecting anyone this morning?
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Well, the last few months
Barbara has been involved.
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She had a boyfriend?
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Although Barbara denied it,
it was kind of obvious.
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Stephen Gregg, a designer.
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Avenue Fashions, 39th and 7th.
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W-we were supposed to
have dinner last night.
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She couldn't fit me in.
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Gregg?
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I yelled at her.
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I told her she only thought about herself.
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I didn't know.
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I begged her to move in with me.
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Yes, detectives,
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that's what people who love each other do.
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You just caught us a
little bit off-guard there.
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We were together for three months
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before she'd go out in public with me.
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She said that it was for my benefit.
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I had a business. People would talk.
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Makes sense. What are you? Uh, 35?
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38.
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When I met her,
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I had no idea how old she was.
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By the time I found out, it didn't matter.
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Barbara took such good care of herself.
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When was the last time you saw her?
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I have an opening next week.
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I worked till midnight.
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I spoke to her about 10:00.
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She was fine.
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This guy's a designer.
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Do we even know if he likes girls?
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He likes them enough to ask
one to move in with him.
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Yeah, one who graduated from
college the year he was born.
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Hey, May-December. It happens.
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The guy seemed sincere enough.
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Yeah, and Ted Bundy got
a gold star for honesty.
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This guy Gregg, did he have any priors?
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No. But you gotta start somewhere.
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Even if they were more than just friends,
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gigolos steal, they don't kill.
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Do they lie? Look at this.
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Gregg's LUD's.
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He didn't call anyone at 10:00.
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What about the woman?
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She made one call. 8:13 this morning.
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Arlene Ross.
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L... I can't believe this.
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I spoke to her this morning.
She was bubbling over.
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Did that have anything to
do with this Stephen Gregg?
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It had everything to do with him.
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Love has a way of making you smile.
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Didrt you think it was a little strange?
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You're married to somebody for 40 years,
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you start to see life
through a single window.
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It was always Sam and Barbara,
the Spiegelmans.
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A straightjacket for two, huh?
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Barbara loved Sam,
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but she was a lot more than Sam's wife.
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With Stephen she went to museums,
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she went dancing.
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Would you happen to know
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what window she was
looking out of last night?
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Dinner at Chanterelle
with Stephen and a client.
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A buyer from Bloomingdale's.
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Is there a law that says you
can only fall in love once?
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Stevie? Sure.
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Been doing business with him
the last five years or so.
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Used to be with Dominick D'Alleva.
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People would kill for a chance
to design for the master.
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He seems to be doing all right on his own.
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Yeah, well, who would've guessed?
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I mean, he's a nice guy,
he's got talent up to here.
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But?
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Don't get me wrong, Stephers very good.
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Ladies apparel's the toughest gig there is.
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Maybe if the recession ends this century,
he ends up one of the biggies.
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Oh, like nobody can afford
$200 for a sweater, right?
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Mmm-hmm.
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Avenue Fashions,
try multiplying that by five.
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No wonder he can afford
dinner at Chanterelle.
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Hey, I'm the buyer, remember?
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Last month Lutčce, before that Perioli.
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Stevie's tax deductions
go straight to my hips.
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But I like fine dining.
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Especially when it's free.
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And last night, uh, dinner for two?
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I wish.
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You gotta admit, the guy's cute.
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But he had that scarlet "T"
tattooed on his forehead.
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"Taken."
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Although, last night I thought maybe not.
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Oh? Things werert, uh, so hot between them?
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Pure ice. Uh-huh.
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They were trying to be civil, but, uh,
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when they got in the cab,
we're talking explosion.
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I could hear it from the curb.
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Excuse me.
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Yeah, he called her last night.
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From the other side of the bed.
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I panicked, okay?
I knew what you would think.
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I loved Barbara.
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From what we heard,
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maybe the other night the
feeling wasrt so mutual.
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My sister Debra wanted me
to visit her next week.
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L... I thought it best if I went alone.
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Sounds like love to me.
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My friends have been on my back
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and I didn't need my family, too.
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I guess you won't have to
worry about that anymore,
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will you, Steve?
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I owe everything to Barbara.
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She talked me into going out on my own,
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she encouraged me to expand,
be more aggressive.
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She believed in me more than I did myself.
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You think she still believed
in you yesterday morning?
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We had breakfast.
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I kissed her goodbye around 8:00 a.m.
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I was here by 8:30 a.m.
Now, you ask anybody,
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anybody who's seen us together,
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and they will tell you there is no way
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that I could ever hurt her.
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He works for other people his whole life.
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Suddenly he's out on his own?
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Hey, you saw Spiegelmars apartment.
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Didrt look like she had capital to invest.
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What, you think everybody
lives up to their means?
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Alright, play it out, Mike.
Say she gives him money.
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Why's he gonna kill her?
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He wants more.
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Maybe she wants a return on her investment.
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Maybe we'll get lucky and find
a motive at the apartment.
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"Age of Civilization."
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Everybody's got one. Nobody reads it.
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Yeah, and Book of the Month makes a fortune.
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"10th row, aisle. Tom Jones."
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I didn't know he was still alive.
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Barbara sure was.
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Looks like she went everyplace with Gregg.
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Looks like a honeymoon.
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You've never been married.
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Hey, look at this.
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Letter from Burton Charles. Chemical.
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Vice President. Private Banking.
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Liquidation of bearer bonds.
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I never got letters like that from my bank.
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Sam was in printing.
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Struggled for years.
Direct mail becomes the rage,
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he's sitting on a cash cow.
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And Barbara got to milk it?
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She wasrt a business woman.
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Took the first offer that came her way.
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After taxes, $20 million.
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We've managed the entire portfolio for her.
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We've done very well.
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I just hope we're allowed to continue.
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Well, who's calling the shots now?
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You'll have to ask Kevin Doyle.
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00:12:45,097 --> 00:12:46,732
Trusts and estates lawyer.
263
00:12:46,732 --> 00:12:48,538
He sent us the Spiegelman account.
264
00:12:48,538 --> 00:12:50,704
He handles the family's legal affairs.
265
00:12:51,648 --> 00:12:53,479
I was with Mr. Woodward all morning.
266
00:12:53,479 --> 00:12:54,777
He's another client.
267
00:12:54,777 --> 00:12:56,250
Lives three blocks from Barbara.
268
00:12:56,250 --> 00:12:57,684
I almost stopped by with papers.
269
00:12:57,684 --> 00:12:59,244
Maybe if I had...
270
00:12:59,244 --> 00:13:01,449
When I got the message, I was devastated.
271
00:13:01,449 --> 00:13:02,991
I imagine in your business,
272
00:13:02,991 --> 00:13:05,118
uh, you get a lot of messages like that.
273
00:13:05,118 --> 00:13:07,662
My clients die, but not like this.
274
00:13:08,231 --> 00:13:09,596
This city.
275
00:13:10,300 --> 00:13:12,495
I don't envy you your jobs.
276
00:13:12,495 --> 00:13:14,331
And Barbara was more than a client.
277
00:13:14,331 --> 00:13:15,871
I saw her almost weekly.
278
00:13:15,871 --> 00:13:17,963
Hey, I needed to rewrite my will,
279
00:13:17,963 --> 00:13:20,032
a PBA lawyer wouldn't even answer my call.
280
00:13:21,744 --> 00:13:23,041
Six years ago,
281
00:13:23,041 --> 00:13:25,239
Barbara dragged Sam to the Philharmonic.
282
00:13:25,239 --> 00:13:27,146
Dvorák's Slavic Dances.
283
00:13:27,146 --> 00:13:28,979
I met them at intermission.
284
00:13:28,979 --> 00:13:31,577
Until a year or so ago, 10 Saturdays a year
285
00:13:31,577 --> 00:13:34,714
I was the beneficiary
of Sam's season ticket.
286
00:13:34,714 --> 00:13:36,691
Barbara stopped enjoying your company?
287
00:13:36,691 --> 00:13:38,021
When she met Stephen,
288
00:13:38,021 --> 00:13:40,085
she didn't have time for anybody else.
289
00:13:40,085 --> 00:13:41,687
I guess she was entitled.
290
00:13:41,687 --> 00:13:44,927
What about Stephen Gregg?
What was he entitled to?
291
00:13:44,927 --> 00:13:48,095
I'll admit, it was odd. Barbara and Stephen.
292
00:13:48,905 --> 00:13:51,169
But as far as I could tell, it was genuine.
293
00:13:52,575 --> 00:13:54,065
You're not thinking...
294
00:13:54,065 --> 00:13:56,577
Hey, our job, we have to ask.
295
00:13:58,681 --> 00:13:59,705
Why not?
296
00:14:00,683 --> 00:14:04,175
Lt'll be a matter of public
record in a couple of weeks.
297
00:14:04,175 --> 00:14:07,586
Carole, the daughter,
gets the residuary estate.
298
00:14:07,586 --> 00:14:09,521
English, Counselor.
299
00:14:10,126 --> 00:14:12,617
Everything left, after specific bequests.
300
00:14:12,617 --> 00:14:14,822
And the specific bequests?
301
00:14:15,365 --> 00:14:18,994
"To my friend, Stephen Gregg, $2 million."
302
00:14:26,843 --> 00:14:29,778
I had no idea that she
had this kind of money.
303
00:14:30,012 --> 00:14:32,105
So, uh, the ski trip and the cruise,
304
00:14:32,105 --> 00:14:34,411
uh, you thought she won those
things from Ed McMahon?
305
00:14:34,411 --> 00:14:36,475
She told me that she had a good income.
306
00:14:36,475 --> 00:14:38,645
She never told me that I was in her will.
307
00:14:38,645 --> 00:14:40,348
And what, tomorrow you're gonna tell us
308
00:14:40,348 --> 00:14:41,947
you panicked and had to lie?
309
00:14:42,525 --> 00:14:44,686
For the first time in my life I was happy.
310
00:14:44,686 --> 00:14:45,989
Why would I kill her?
311
00:14:45,989 --> 00:14:47,791
Hey, I'm happy, too, Steve,
312
00:14:47,791 --> 00:14:50,059
but $2 million would make
my smile a lot bigger.
313
00:14:50,059 --> 00:14:51,862
I'm not like that.
314
00:14:52,335 --> 00:14:54,462
I wanted Barbara, not her money.
315
00:14:54,462 --> 00:14:56,232
Well, today's your lucky day
316
00:14:56,232 --> 00:14:58,535
because the law says if you kill somebody,
317
00:14:58,535 --> 00:15:00,803
you can't collect under their will.
318
00:15:00,803 --> 00:15:04,142
So Carole and her husband will
be spending that $2 million.
319
00:15:04,142 --> 00:15:05,976
Her husband? Mmm-hmm.
320
00:15:05,976 --> 00:15:07,345
What are you talking about?
321
00:15:07,345 --> 00:15:10,352
Carole hasn't seen Douglas in over a year.
322
00:15:12,922 --> 00:15:14,321
They're not married?
323
00:15:14,321 --> 00:15:16,881
They've been divorced for
as long as I've known her.
324
00:15:17,927 --> 00:15:20,487
Listen, Gregg's told enough
lies to run for office.
325
00:15:20,487 --> 00:15:21,757
So there's a problem?
326
00:15:21,757 --> 00:15:23,492
Hey, you don't think it's strange
327
00:15:23,492 --> 00:15:25,727
the daughter hasn't seen
her ex in over a year,
328
00:15:25,727 --> 00:15:26,962
and he just suddenly shows up
329
00:15:26,962 --> 00:15:29,061
the day his mother-in-law
takes one in the back?
330
00:15:29,061 --> 00:15:31,936
We accuse a guy of murder,
and I think he's a liar.
331
00:15:31,936 --> 00:15:33,635
Excuse me for being cynical.
332
00:15:33,635 --> 00:15:35,370
What if Gregg's telling the truth?
333
00:15:35,370 --> 00:15:37,208
Carole and her ex kiss and make up,
334
00:15:37,208 --> 00:15:39,578
they never have to work a
day the rest of their lives.
335
00:15:39,578 --> 00:15:42,277
If Barbara Spiegelman was
anything like my ex's mother...
336
00:15:42,277 --> 00:15:45,252
Hey, Marge's mother and I
aren't exactly hugs and kisses.
337
00:15:45,252 --> 00:15:46,720
I smile a lot at Christmas
338
00:15:46,720 --> 00:15:49,121
and do everything I can not
to answer the phone on Sundays
339
00:15:49,121 --> 00:15:51,524
but I don't play Jack the
Ripper with a steak knife.
340
00:15:51,524 --> 00:15:55,553
Marge's mother isn't dangling $20
million in front of your nose.
341
00:15:57,099 --> 00:15:58,862
Okay. Talk to them.
342
00:15:58,862 --> 00:16:01,665
And tell Romeo not to go
too far from home, huh?
343
00:16:02,638 --> 00:16:04,936
Carole and I were divorced on paper only.
344
00:16:04,936 --> 00:16:06,736
Separating was not our idea.
345
00:16:06,736 --> 00:16:07,901
Whose idea was it?
346
00:16:07,901 --> 00:16:09,968
The lovely mother of the bride.
347
00:16:09,968 --> 00:16:12,071
Barbara never cared too much for me.
348
00:16:12,071 --> 00:16:13,172
My profession.
349
00:16:13,172 --> 00:16:14,341
Which is?
350
00:16:14,341 --> 00:16:15,509
Well, it's changing.
351
00:16:15,509 --> 00:16:17,815
Right now, I'm in liquor distribution.
352
00:16:17,815 --> 00:16:20,219
Someday I'll have my own place.
353
00:16:20,456 --> 00:16:22,424
Barbara never believed much in me.
354
00:16:22,424 --> 00:16:24,323
Ah, it's part of being a mother-in-law.
355
00:16:24,323 --> 00:16:26,554
Nose gets into places
where it doesn't belong.
356
00:16:26,554 --> 00:16:28,995
Did you ever think about
getting an unlisted number?
357
00:16:28,995 --> 00:16:31,295
I would have moved to the West Coast.
358
00:16:31,295 --> 00:16:34,598
30 years ago they were supposed
to clip the umbilical cord.
359
00:16:34,598 --> 00:16:37,104
You have enough money, you get to retie it.
360
00:16:37,104 --> 00:16:39,869
So Barbara used her money as leverage.
361
00:16:39,869 --> 00:16:42,443
Sam left a couple of million in trust
362
00:16:42,443 --> 00:16:44,275
and all distributions to Carole
363
00:16:44,275 --> 00:16:46,508
were at the discretion of the trustee.
364
00:16:46,508 --> 00:16:48,140
And that was Barbara.
365
00:16:48,140 --> 00:16:50,082
She gave Carole a choice.
366
00:16:50,082 --> 00:16:52,586
Lose me, or lose $10,000 a month.
367
00:16:53,189 --> 00:16:54,850
So Carole chose the money.
368
00:16:55,291 --> 00:16:56,952
Well, what would you do?
369
00:16:56,952 --> 00:16:59,392
The problem was, Carole still loved me.
370
00:17:00,463 --> 00:17:02,454
All that sneaking around.
371
00:17:02,454 --> 00:17:04,932
It was like having an
affair with my own wife.
372
00:17:07,301 --> 00:17:09,497
Yeah, I promise to love, honor and obey,
373
00:17:09,497 --> 00:17:11,767
as long as it doesn't affect my ineritance.
374
00:17:11,767 --> 00:17:14,332
Remind me never to marry for money.
375
00:17:15,745 --> 00:17:16,871
Hey.
376
00:17:17,780 --> 00:17:19,372
Say the old lady finds out
377
00:17:19,372 --> 00:17:21,541
that Carole's divorce is
all smoke and mirrors.
378
00:17:21,541 --> 00:17:23,279
What does she do?
379
00:17:24,888 --> 00:17:26,150
She'd call her lawyer,
380
00:17:26,150 --> 00:17:28,919
tell him to run her will
through word processing
381
00:17:28,919 --> 00:17:30,823
and delete Carole's name.
382
00:17:30,823 --> 00:17:32,919
You think that would upset Carole?
383
00:17:32,919 --> 00:17:35,328
$20 million? Lt'd ruin my day.
384
00:17:38,135 --> 00:17:39,625
People like Barbara,
385
00:17:39,625 --> 00:17:41,466
like most of my clients, for that matter,
386
00:17:41,466 --> 00:17:44,405
they're able to control
their families with money.
387
00:17:45,008 --> 00:17:46,066
My father called it
388
00:17:46,066 --> 00:17:48,509
the primary advantage of wealth.
389
00:17:48,509 --> 00:17:50,911
Sounds an awful lot like bribery to me.
390
00:17:51,949 --> 00:17:54,850
Barbara was not fond of Douglas Pomerantz.
391
00:17:54,850 --> 00:17:57,011
She wanted him out of Carole's life.
392
00:17:57,011 --> 00:17:58,918
She got what she wanted.
393
00:17:58,918 --> 00:18:00,388
And she had no idea
394
00:18:00,388 --> 00:18:02,823
that he was back for a return visit?
395
00:18:02,823 --> 00:18:04,622
I would have been the first to know.
396
00:18:04,622 --> 00:18:07,129
L... I know where you're going,
and you're wrong.
397
00:18:07,129 --> 00:18:09,131
Barbara and Carole had problems,
398
00:18:09,131 --> 00:18:11,224
but certainly not enough to kill for.
399
00:18:11,224 --> 00:18:14,099
These problems,
did they concern Stephen Gregg?
400
00:18:14,099 --> 00:18:16,298
Carole wanted her mother to be happy.
401
00:18:16,298 --> 00:18:18,898
But the idea of Barbara
supporting Stephen...
402
00:18:18,898 --> 00:18:20,466
She was giving him money?
403
00:18:22,045 --> 00:18:23,774
A couple of weeks ago Carole called me.
404
00:18:23,774 --> 00:18:25,109
She was hysterical.
405
00:18:25,109 --> 00:18:27,912
She discovered that Barbara was
writing checks for Stephen.
406
00:18:27,912 --> 00:18:29,612
She wanted me to talk to her about it.
407
00:18:29,612 --> 00:18:30,710
And?
408
00:18:30,710 --> 00:18:32,220
Part of my expertise
409
00:18:32,220 --> 00:18:33,881
is knowing when not to get involved.
410
00:18:34,558 --> 00:18:36,116
Of course I was mad.
411
00:18:36,116 --> 00:18:37,626
My father breaks his back,
412
00:18:37,626 --> 00:18:39,958
and she throws it away on
this person half her age.
413
00:18:39,958 --> 00:18:42,430
What, you thought there'd
be none left for you?
414
00:18:42,430 --> 00:18:44,193
$50,000, $75,000.
415
00:18:44,193 --> 00:18:45,825
The money didn't matter to me.
416
00:18:45,825 --> 00:18:48,370
I couldn't stand to see
her taken advantage of.
417
00:18:48,370 --> 00:18:51,236
Did you know what the money
was gonna be used for?
418
00:18:51,236 --> 00:18:53,902
I found these cancelled
checks in her apartment.
419
00:18:53,902 --> 00:18:56,172
Metropolitan Financial Corp.
420
00:18:56,172 --> 00:18:57,907
Yeah, I never heard of it either.
421
00:18:57,907 --> 00:18:59,312
So I called.
422
00:18:59,312 --> 00:19:00,577
It's a factor.
423
00:19:00,577 --> 00:19:03,484
She was paying off loans
made to Avenue Fashions.
424
00:19:06,890 --> 00:19:08,187
Avenue Fashions, sure.
425
00:19:08,187 --> 00:19:09,850
In the hole for roughly $1 million.
426
00:19:09,850 --> 00:19:12,156
So you gave them $1 million just like that?
427
00:19:12,156 --> 00:19:14,993
I'm a factor. I'm banking
on his receivables.
428
00:19:14,993 --> 00:19:16,930
He's paid back a good chunk so far,
429
00:19:16,930 --> 00:19:18,194
but, uh, sales slow down,
430
00:19:18,194 --> 00:19:19,565
I tend to get a little nervous.
431
00:19:19,565 --> 00:19:22,002
Nervous enough to call in the entire loan?
432
00:19:22,002 --> 00:19:24,370
As of last week,
Gregg's in for about $600,000.
433
00:19:24,370 --> 00:19:25,703
This economy...
434
00:19:25,703 --> 00:19:27,767
If he were anyone else, I'd let him slide.
435
00:19:27,767 --> 00:19:30,506
But a past like his,
it's a little too shady for me.
436
00:19:30,506 --> 00:19:32,275
We checked. There's nothing illegal.
437
00:19:32,275 --> 00:19:33,782
Did you check Connecticut?
438
00:19:33,782 --> 00:19:36,080
One of my clients tells
me that back in Westport,
439
00:19:36,080 --> 00:19:38,383
Gregg got caught with his hand in the till.
440
00:19:38,383 --> 00:19:40,787
He gets a check on my desk by next week
441
00:19:40,787 --> 00:19:44,054
or my truck's hauling out
whatever's left in his warehouse.
442
00:19:47,164 --> 00:19:48,290
He was 25.
443
00:19:48,290 --> 00:19:50,595
First job in fashion.
I hired him as a stock boy
444
00:19:50,595 --> 00:19:52,999
but physical labor wasrt exactly his forte.
445
00:19:52,999 --> 00:19:54,230
What was?
446
00:19:54,230 --> 00:19:55,464
Sales.
447
00:19:55,464 --> 00:19:58,007
Especially if the customers
happened to be women.
448
00:19:58,007 --> 00:20:00,202
Oh, he wasrt Paul Newman
or anything like that,
449
00:20:00,202 --> 00:20:02,040
but there was definitely something there.
450
00:20:02,040 --> 00:20:04,137
Best numbers, two years in a row.
451
00:20:04,137 --> 00:20:05,943
A shame to lose a guy like that, huh?
452
00:20:05,943 --> 00:20:07,711
In more ways than you'll ever know.
453
00:20:07,711 --> 00:20:10,685
Wait a minute, you mean, you and him, uh...
454
00:20:10,685 --> 00:20:13,655
Robbing the cradle is not
gender-specific, detectives.
455
00:20:13,655 --> 00:20:15,385
Thank you, Gloria Steinem.
456
00:20:15,385 --> 00:20:16,483
So what?
457
00:20:16,483 --> 00:20:18,187
He took advantage of your friendship?
458
00:20:18,187 --> 00:20:19,626
In the front door with flowers,
459
00:20:19,626 --> 00:20:21,357
out the back door with the inventory
460
00:20:21,357 --> 00:20:23,365
to the tune of $30,000.
461
00:20:23,365 --> 00:20:25,128
And you didn't press charges?
462
00:20:25,128 --> 00:20:28,296
You bet your buns I did.
He spent a year in Danbury.
463
00:20:29,506 --> 00:20:31,133
Hey, the guy's down for the count.
464
00:20:31,133 --> 00:20:33,403
He needs major amounts of
cash by the end of the week
465
00:20:33,403 --> 00:20:35,138
or it's goodbye haute couture.
466
00:20:35,138 --> 00:20:36,440
And just like that,
467
00:20:36,440 --> 00:20:38,811
he's solvent, plus $1 million to spare.
468
00:20:39,683 --> 00:20:40,911
Could be he's lucky.
469
00:20:40,911 --> 00:20:43,316
Could be next week I'll be
doing shampoo commercials.
470
00:20:43,316 --> 00:20:45,820
Paul, this guy tried to get lucky before.
471
00:20:45,820 --> 00:20:46,947
He's got priors?
472
00:20:46,947 --> 00:20:49,287
Yeah, imported from the Toll Booth State.
473
00:20:49,287 --> 00:20:50,553
He flashes his pearlies
474
00:20:50,553 --> 00:20:53,562
while his fingers do the walking
through his girlfriend's pocketbooks.
475
00:20:53,562 --> 00:20:54,824
The older, the better.
476
00:20:56,422 --> 00:20:58,331
What? It's still all circumstantial.
477
00:20:58,331 --> 00:21:01,427
I'm looking for something that
directly connects him to the murder.
478
00:21:01,427 --> 00:21:03,666
You mean, like, uh, fingerprints?
479
00:21:03,666 --> 00:21:05,640
Connecticut just faxed us Gregg's file.
480
00:21:05,640 --> 00:21:07,643
I thought the murder weapon was wiped clean.
481
00:21:07,643 --> 00:21:09,702
It was. Others in the drawer werert.
482
00:21:09,702 --> 00:21:10,872
Right.
483
00:21:10,872 --> 00:21:12,881
He reaches in, he grabs Exhibit One,
484
00:21:12,881 --> 00:21:14,075
but he's not careful,
485
00:21:14,075 --> 00:21:16,642
so he touches Exhibit Two, Three and Four.
486
00:21:16,642 --> 00:21:18,551
It's as close as we're gonna get, Paul.
487
00:21:18,551 --> 00:21:20,021
My guess is, he starts singing
488
00:21:20,021 --> 00:21:21,921
as soon as we slap the cuffs on him.
489
00:21:23,727 --> 00:21:25,194
Pick him up.
490
00:21:36,106 --> 00:21:37,539
Stephen Gregg.
491
00:21:37,539 --> 00:21:39,039
What is it now?
492
00:21:39,039 --> 00:21:40,167
You're closed for business.
493
00:21:40,167 --> 00:21:41,676
Wait a minute. This is ridiculous.
494
00:21:41,676 --> 00:21:43,144
Stephen Gregg, you're under arrest
495
00:21:43,144 --> 00:21:44,771
for the murder of Barbara Spiegelman.
496
00:21:44,771 --> 00:21:46,247
You've the right to remain silent.
497
00:21:46,247 --> 00:21:47,374
Anything you do say
498
00:21:47,374 --> 00:21:50,214
will be used against you in a court of law.
Do you understand that?
499
00:21:50,214 --> 00:21:51,311
Yes.
500
00:21:51,311 --> 00:21:52,821
You have the right to an attorney.
501
00:21:52,821 --> 00:21:54,254
If you cannot afford an attorney,
502
00:21:54,254 --> 00:21:57,020
one will be provided if you so desire,
prior to any questioning.
503
00:22:00,430 --> 00:22:02,398
"Docket no. 788146.
504
00:22:02,398 --> 00:22:04,194
"People v. Stephen Gregg.
505
00:22:04,194 --> 00:22:06,201
Charge is murder in the second degree."
506
00:22:06,201 --> 00:22:07,998
Do we have a plea?
507
00:22:08,972 --> 00:22:10,633
Not guilty, Your Honor.
508
00:22:10,633 --> 00:22:11,765
Paul?
509
00:22:11,765 --> 00:22:14,402
The defendant savagely murdered
an elderly woman, Your Honor.
510
00:22:14,402 --> 00:22:16,342
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
511
00:22:16,342 --> 00:22:19,644
It says here, now, Mrs. Spiegelman was 61.
512
00:22:19,644 --> 00:22:21,047
That's correct, Your Honor.
513
00:22:21,047 --> 00:22:22,550
On my 61st birthday
514
00:22:22,550 --> 00:22:24,587
you were cramming for a torts exam.
515
00:22:24,587 --> 00:22:26,519
I'd advise you to choose your adjectives
516
00:22:26,519 --> 00:22:28,581
a little more courteously, Counselor.
517
00:22:28,581 --> 00:22:30,717
The People request bail of $500,000.
518
00:22:30,717 --> 00:22:33,592
My client can hardly afford cab
fare to Brooklyn, Your Honor.
519
00:22:33,592 --> 00:22:35,824
Why not make it $1 million?
520
00:22:35,824 --> 00:22:37,263
Why not?
521
00:22:38,001 --> 00:22:41,027
And they say the elderly
lose their sense of humor.
522
00:22:42,628 --> 00:22:45,834
Bail is set at $250, cash or bond. Next.
523
00:22:46,042 --> 00:22:47,669
There's a pattern here, Adam.
524
00:22:47,669 --> 00:22:50,338
He's a predicate felon,
he lied to the police.
525
00:22:50,338 --> 00:22:52,711
Motive, fingerprints.
When you add it all up...
526
00:22:52,711 --> 00:22:53,840
You add it all up,
527
00:22:53,840 --> 00:22:55,441
you get a basket of goose eggs.
528
00:22:55,441 --> 00:22:57,281
Not one piece of direct evidence.
529
00:22:57,281 --> 00:22:58,946
A first year law student
530
00:22:58,946 --> 00:23:00,922
could punch more holes in your case
531
00:23:00,922 --> 00:23:03,050
than Con Ed has in Third Avenue.
532
00:23:03,050 --> 00:23:04,889
It was intentional, That is, murder two.
533
00:23:04,889 --> 00:23:06,019
Anything less is a gift.
534
00:23:06,019 --> 00:23:07,120
All right,
535
00:23:07,120 --> 00:23:09,722
now unless he prances in
here with a confession
536
00:23:09,722 --> 00:23:10,823
you're gonna play Santa
537
00:23:10,823 --> 00:23:12,766
and you're gonna deal him down to man one.
538
00:23:15,906 --> 00:23:18,238
Please, Mr. Stone, I read the bill.
539
00:23:18,238 --> 00:23:20,742
David Copperfield couldn't
make a case appear.
540
00:23:20,742 --> 00:23:22,710
Miss Knight, your client lied to the police
541
00:23:22,710 --> 00:23:24,872
about spending the night
with Mrs. Spiegelman.
542
00:23:24,872 --> 00:23:27,075
A couple of your detectives
knocked on his door.
543
00:23:27,075 --> 00:23:28,447
What did you expect?
544
00:23:28,447 --> 00:23:31,146
He was afraid they werert
free thinkers like you and me.
545
00:23:31,146 --> 00:23:33,951
His fingerprints were on the
other knives in the drawer.
546
00:23:33,951 --> 00:23:35,685
You've come a long way, baby.
547
00:23:35,685 --> 00:23:37,693
She washed, he dried.
548
00:23:37,894 --> 00:23:39,452
He spent seven nights a week there.
549
00:23:39,452 --> 00:23:42,191
If you didn't find prints,
we'd have something to talk about.
550
00:23:42,191 --> 00:23:44,699
The jury won't overlook a $2 million motive.
551
00:23:44,699 --> 00:23:47,032
I told you, I had no idea.
552
00:23:47,032 --> 00:23:48,866
Mr. Gregg, please,
553
00:23:48,866 --> 00:23:51,066
if you want to spin the wheel, go ahead.
554
00:23:51,066 --> 00:23:52,870
But I'm sure your attorney'll tell you
555
00:23:52,870 --> 00:23:54,171
that for two-time felons,
556
00:23:54,171 --> 00:23:55,802
it usually stops on 25-to-life.
557
00:23:55,802 --> 00:23:57,039
What?
558
00:23:57,981 --> 00:23:59,243
Miss Knight.
559
00:23:59,243 --> 00:24:01,682
If you didn't ask him about his past record,
560
00:24:01,682 --> 00:24:03,912
you ought to be ashamed of yourself.
561
00:24:03,912 --> 00:24:05,284
And if you did,
562
00:24:05,284 --> 00:24:07,585
what does it say about his credibility?
563
00:24:07,585 --> 00:24:09,591
Your client served time in Connecticut.
564
00:24:09,591 --> 00:24:11,286
Grand larceny.
565
00:24:13,229 --> 00:24:14,992
A couple of thugs shook me down.
566
00:24:14,992 --> 00:24:17,090
I was a kid. What was I supposed to do?
567
00:24:17,090 --> 00:24:19,135
Give me 10 to talk to my client.
568
00:24:19,135 --> 00:24:20,931
About what? I didn't do anything.
569
00:24:20,931 --> 00:24:22,403
I loved her.
570
00:24:28,545 --> 00:24:30,945
Half hour. I don't know.
571
00:24:31,181 --> 00:24:33,843
Gregg didn't look like the word
"plea" was in his vocabulary.
572
00:24:33,843 --> 00:24:35,384
Well, you spend one year in prison,
573
00:24:35,384 --> 00:24:37,386
I doubt if you want to go back for 25 more.
574
00:24:50,834 --> 00:24:52,495
Man two. He serves the minimum.
575
00:24:52,495 --> 00:24:55,333
It was intentional homicide.
Man one is as low as I go.
576
00:24:55,333 --> 00:24:57,498
Whatever happened happened
in the heat of passion.
577
00:24:57,498 --> 00:24:59,007
He says he loved the woman.
578
00:24:59,007 --> 00:25:01,942
Then let him think about
her for the next 15 years.
579
00:25:02,879 --> 00:25:05,143
7 to 21, you've got a deal.
580
00:25:09,219 --> 00:25:10,618
All right.
581
00:25:12,856 --> 00:25:15,051
Why are you doing this to me?
582
00:25:20,463 --> 00:25:21,555
As I read it,
583
00:25:21,555 --> 00:25:23,656
you were in front of Judge
Franks only yesterday.
584
00:25:23,656 --> 00:25:25,030
To what do I owe the pleasure?
585
00:25:25,030 --> 00:25:26,193
If I may, Your Honor,
586
00:25:26,193 --> 00:25:28,737
the defendant wishes to
withdraw his plea of not guilty
587
00:25:28,737 --> 00:25:31,831
and enter the plea of guilty to
manslaughter in the first degree.
588
00:25:31,831 --> 00:25:34,001
The People concur, Mr. Robinette?
589
00:25:34,001 --> 00:25:35,476
Yes, we do, Your Honor.
590
00:25:35,476 --> 00:25:37,103
And we've agreed with defense counsel
591
00:25:37,103 --> 00:25:38,943
upon a sentence of 7 to 21 years
592
00:25:38,943 --> 00:25:40,676
in the state correctional facility.
593
00:25:40,676 --> 00:25:42,775
Please stand, Mr. Gregg.
594
00:25:45,755 --> 00:25:47,347
Do you understand the charges
595
00:25:47,347 --> 00:25:49,517
to which you are pleading guilty, sir?
596
00:25:50,026 --> 00:25:51,084
I do.
597
00:25:51,084 --> 00:25:52,992
Please describe in your own words
598
00:25:52,992 --> 00:25:56,692
what occurred on the morning
of the eighth of this month.
599
00:25:59,536 --> 00:26:01,470
I was at Barbara's apartment.
600
00:26:01,470 --> 00:26:03,267
That's Mrs. Spiegelman?
601
00:26:03,267 --> 00:26:04,397
Yes.
602
00:26:04,397 --> 00:26:05,702
Go on.
603
00:26:06,109 --> 00:26:09,601
She was sitting with her back to me.
604
00:26:16,986 --> 00:26:18,180
Your Honor...
605
00:26:25,662 --> 00:26:28,927
I took a knife out of the kitchen drawer.
606
00:26:29,165 --> 00:26:31,861
And what did you do with it, Mr. Gregg?
607
00:26:33,470 --> 00:26:35,563
I stabbed her in the back.
608
00:26:40,443 --> 00:26:42,707
And you killed her for money?
609
00:26:43,413 --> 00:26:44,573
Yes.
610
00:26:45,915 --> 00:26:48,179
Has your attorney explained
611
00:26:48,451 --> 00:26:49,975
that this plea
612
00:26:49,975 --> 00:26:52,851
has the same effect as a
guilty verdict by a jury?
613
00:26:53,423 --> 00:26:54,583
Yes.
614
00:26:55,358 --> 00:26:57,553
The court accepts the defendant's plea.
615
00:26:57,553 --> 00:27:00,255
The defendant is remanded
to the custody of the state
616
00:27:00,255 --> 00:27:02,127
pending sentencing.
617
00:27:07,637 --> 00:27:09,264
I just went over the forensics report
618
00:27:09,264 --> 00:27:10,431
on the Spiegelman case.
619
00:27:10,431 --> 00:27:11,838
The case is closed, Paul.
620
00:27:11,838 --> 00:27:13,967
Well, maybe it shouldn't be. The report said
621
00:27:13,967 --> 00:27:16,773
Barbara Spiegelman had
bruises on both of her knees.
622
00:27:16,773 --> 00:27:18,814
So she was standing when he stabbed her.
623
00:27:18,814 --> 00:27:20,179
That's what the ME concluded.
624
00:27:20,179 --> 00:27:21,911
Only in court today, at his allocution,
625
00:27:21,911 --> 00:27:24,545
Gregg said Barbara was
seated with her back to him.
626
00:27:24,545 --> 00:27:26,987
You said he was nervous.
Maybe he made a mistake.
627
00:27:26,987 --> 00:27:28,819
You don't forget how you killed someone.
628
00:27:28,819 --> 00:27:31,019
Maybe he didn't like his options. He's 38.
629
00:27:31,019 --> 00:27:33,756
Maybe seven years looks
a lot better than 25.
630
00:27:33,756 --> 00:27:36,355
An attorney is going to
let an innocent man deal?
631
00:27:36,355 --> 00:27:38,696
Justice is swift, it's not always fair.
632
00:27:38,696 --> 00:27:40,702
Sally Knight, four years Brooklyn legal aid
633
00:27:40,702 --> 00:27:42,397
before she hung out her own shingle.
634
00:27:42,397 --> 00:27:45,339
Last year, 62 cases, 59 pleas.
635
00:27:46,242 --> 00:27:47,800
And her trials?
636
00:27:47,800 --> 00:27:49,344
O for three.
637
00:27:52,515 --> 00:27:54,449
All right, talk to her.
638
00:27:55,218 --> 00:27:57,584
It doesn't matter how fast you are,
Mr. Robinette,
639
00:27:57,584 --> 00:27:59,485
you can't return your own serve.
640
00:27:59,485 --> 00:28:01,353
I'm counsel for the defense, remember?
641
00:28:01,353 --> 00:28:02,857
And I'm counsel for the People.
642
00:28:02,857 --> 00:28:04,052
All of them.
643
00:28:04,052 --> 00:28:06,027
I know you plead over 50 cases last year.
644
00:28:06,027 --> 00:28:07,756
And I figure I saved my clients
645
00:28:07,756 --> 00:28:10,731
collectively over 500 years behind bars.
646
00:28:11,100 --> 00:28:13,898
Don't let the grandeur fool you,
Mr. Robinette.
647
00:28:14,304 --> 00:28:17,171
My clients don't drink
martinis at the Oak Room.
648
00:28:17,171 --> 00:28:19,174
You guys set up the plea bargaining system.
649
00:28:19,174 --> 00:28:20,402
Don't blame me for using it.
650
00:28:20,402 --> 00:28:21,568
Did you ever consider
651
00:28:21,568 --> 00:28:23,737
that Stephen Gregg took the
deal for the wrong reason?
652
00:28:23,737 --> 00:28:25,371
He always maintained he was innocent.
653
00:28:25,371 --> 00:28:27,348
His mother died when he was eight years old.
654
00:28:27,348 --> 00:28:29,476
His dad beat the hell out
of him between six packs.
655
00:28:29,476 --> 00:28:30,849
I've heard it all before.
656
00:28:30,849 --> 00:28:32,114
If I didn't buy the story,
657
00:28:32,114 --> 00:28:34,019
how could I take a chance with the jury?
658
00:28:34,019 --> 00:28:35,921
If Stephen did kill Barbara Spiegelman,
659
00:28:35,921 --> 00:28:38,392
why would he lie in court
about how he killed her?
660
00:28:39,429 --> 00:28:41,897
I've got 30 court appearances
in the next two weeks.
661
00:28:41,897 --> 00:28:43,933
I can't afford to think too much.
662
00:28:43,933 --> 00:28:45,865
We're talking about a mars life.
663
00:28:45,865 --> 00:28:48,460
Look, you guys pile a stack
of evidence in front of me.
664
00:28:48,460 --> 00:28:51,098
Kevin tells me the guy is
guilty and should rot in hell.
665
00:28:51,098 --> 00:28:52,266
I gave Gregg his options,
666
00:28:52,266 --> 00:28:54,276
he made his choice. I did my job.
667
00:28:54,276 --> 00:28:55,402
Kevin?
668
00:28:55,402 --> 00:28:57,879
Doyle. The old lady's attorney.
669
00:28:58,215 --> 00:29:00,911
Gregg asked him for a lawyer,
Kevin sent me the case.
670
00:29:00,911 --> 00:29:03,886
I guess he thought I could use a
client who could actually pay.
671
00:29:04,488 --> 00:29:05,785
Doyle and Knight?
672
00:29:05,785 --> 00:29:07,551
He's Paul Stewart, she's K-Mart.
673
00:29:07,551 --> 00:29:09,525
Not the kind of referral you'd expect.
674
00:29:09,525 --> 00:29:12,118
Gregg is hardly solvent, Doyle knew that.
675
00:29:12,118 --> 00:29:15,164
He's not gonna give him Melvin
Belli's telephone number.
676
00:29:15,164 --> 00:29:16,824
He's gonna call the bar association
677
00:29:16,824 --> 00:29:18,993
and get someone within his price range.
678
00:29:18,993 --> 00:29:20,434
He's just trying to help out.
679
00:29:20,434 --> 00:29:22,062
Or maybe not.
680
00:29:22,439 --> 00:29:24,066
Doyle told Briscoe and Logan
681
00:29:24,066 --> 00:29:26,234
there was no way Gregg could be a murderer.
682
00:29:26,234 --> 00:29:28,642
But he told Knight there was
no question he was guilty.
683
00:29:29,880 --> 00:29:31,370
What are you saying, Paul?
684
00:29:31,370 --> 00:29:32,881
If he was involved,
685
00:29:32,881 --> 00:29:34,850
what better way to have the case disappear
686
00:29:34,850 --> 00:29:37,113
than refer it to a lawyer
who's afraid to go to court?
687
00:29:37,921 --> 00:29:39,821
But Doyle is Barbara Spiegelmars attorney.
688
00:29:39,821 --> 00:29:42,381
What motive could he possibly have?
689
00:29:45,796 --> 00:29:48,856
Kevin and I started here the same day,
same department,
690
00:29:48,856 --> 00:29:50,866
but, uh, he was miles ahead of me.
691
00:29:50,866 --> 00:29:52,333
Law school, I took civil rights,
692
00:29:52,333 --> 00:29:54,337
he took tax planning for the wealthy.
693
00:29:54,337 --> 00:29:55,895
Sounds like he knew what he wanted.
694
00:29:55,895 --> 00:29:57,338
He wanted to live among his own.
695
00:29:57,338 --> 00:29:59,069
Played touch football in Hyannis Port.
696
00:29:59,069 --> 00:30:01,338
I learned the hard way that
people like that aren't made,
697
00:30:01,338 --> 00:30:02,572
they're evolved.
698
00:30:02,572 --> 00:30:03,908
Doyle hasn't learnt that yet.
699
00:30:03,908 --> 00:30:05,073
Oh, he didn't have to.
700
00:30:05,073 --> 00:30:07,344
The guy is Exeter, Princeton, Harvard Law.
701
00:30:07,344 --> 00:30:08,544
He's that kind of guy.
702
00:30:08,544 --> 00:30:10,211
Kids like me from Regal Park,
703
00:30:10,211 --> 00:30:12,414
we don't get on the letterhead
of Smythe & Bradley.
704
00:30:12,414 --> 00:30:14,081
What about Doyle?
705
00:30:14,081 --> 00:30:15,716
I'll tell you what.
706
00:30:15,716 --> 00:30:17,727
We all thought Kevin was a slam dunk.
707
00:30:17,727 --> 00:30:19,262
He got passed over as a partner?
708
00:30:19,262 --> 00:30:20,388
Goes to show.
709
00:30:20,388 --> 00:30:22,830
Recession hits, nobody cares
how blue your blood is.
710
00:30:24,859 --> 00:30:27,802
The trick to becoming a
successful estates attorney,
711
00:30:27,802 --> 00:30:30,271
join the right clubs and
outlive your clients.
712
00:30:30,271 --> 00:30:32,104
And Kevin Doyle never learned the trick?
713
00:30:32,104 --> 00:30:33,404
Oh, he learned very well.
714
00:30:33,404 --> 00:30:34,739
That boy's as good as it gets.
715
00:30:34,739 --> 00:30:36,905
No, I sponsored him for Winged Foot myself.
716
00:30:36,905 --> 00:30:38,277
He's good enough for your club,
717
00:30:38,277 --> 00:30:39,714
but not good enough for partner?
718
00:30:39,714 --> 00:30:41,546
No, on the contrary, Mr. Robinette.
719
00:30:41,546 --> 00:30:44,143
Perhaps we werert good enough for him.
720
00:30:44,143 --> 00:30:45,552
He turned you down?
721
00:30:47,057 --> 00:30:49,457
First time in the history of the firm.
722
00:30:49,457 --> 00:30:51,494
He said he didn't want the headaches.
723
00:30:52,620 --> 00:30:55,597
Avoid partnership liabilities
during a recession.
724
00:30:55,597 --> 00:30:57,827
But he doesn't get a piece
of the profits, either.
725
00:30:57,827 --> 00:31:00,392
Exactly. But what goes around...
726
00:31:00,938 --> 00:31:02,803
That Spiegelman estate should buy him
727
00:31:02,803 --> 00:31:04,807
five bedrooms at Sag Harbor.
728
00:31:04,807 --> 00:31:06,843
I thought he doesn't share in the profits.
729
00:31:06,843 --> 00:31:08,571
Oh, he doesn't share in the legal fees,
730
00:31:08,571 --> 00:31:09,839
but read the will.
731
00:31:09,839 --> 00:31:12,040
He's got one hell of an
executor's commission
732
00:31:12,040 --> 00:31:13,447
coming his way.
733
00:31:13,851 --> 00:31:15,546
Barbara loved the boy.
734
00:31:15,546 --> 00:31:16,916
How much will he get?
735
00:31:16,916 --> 00:31:19,683
$20 million estate, roughly 2.5%.
736
00:31:19,957 --> 00:31:21,390
You do the math.
737
00:31:21,390 --> 00:31:23,187
He gets it all? Mmm-hmm.
738
00:31:24,061 --> 00:31:25,460
Now, if he were a partner,
739
00:31:25,460 --> 00:31:28,464
he'd have 75 mouths biting into that apple.
740
00:31:30,127 --> 00:31:33,294
Associates get to keep their
commissions all to themselves.
741
00:31:40,778 --> 00:31:42,268
He had motive, Adam.
742
00:31:42,268 --> 00:31:43,506
$500,000?
743
00:31:44,604 --> 00:31:47,013
After the Feds, state and
city get through with him,
744
00:31:47,013 --> 00:31:49,245
you can cut that down to half.
745
00:31:49,245 --> 00:31:51,913
A Wall Street attorney's
gotta be making six figures.
746
00:31:51,913 --> 00:31:53,217
If he needed money...
747
00:31:53,217 --> 00:31:54,450
If he needed money
748
00:31:54,450 --> 00:31:56,959
he would've accepted partnership,
or gone to his family.
749
00:31:56,959 --> 00:31:58,756
Maybe his family's not so generous.
750
00:31:58,756 --> 00:32:00,387
What do we know about Doyle, anyway?
751
00:32:00,387 --> 00:32:01,954
Harvard Law, '78.
752
00:32:01,954 --> 00:32:04,967
We got over 300 lawyers
working in this office.
753
00:32:04,967 --> 00:32:07,003
Somebody must have gone to school with him.
754
00:32:07,538 --> 00:32:08,766
Kevin Doyle
755
00:32:08,766 --> 00:32:10,466
loves to wave the crimson banner,
756
00:32:10,466 --> 00:32:12,372
never shows up at alumni cocktail parties.
757
00:32:12,372 --> 00:32:13,671
He doesn't have fond memories?
758
00:32:13,671 --> 00:32:15,803
He wasrt at Harvard long
enough to have them.
759
00:32:15,803 --> 00:32:17,904
Transferred in his third
year from Brooklyn Law
760
00:32:17,904 --> 00:32:20,973
took extra credits just so his diploma
would have the proper pedigree.
761
00:32:20,973 --> 00:32:23,451
Well, it served him well.
He's working at Smythe & Bradley.
762
00:32:23,451 --> 00:32:26,045
Where else? We're all in ripped jeans
763
00:32:26,045 --> 00:32:28,057
he shows up to class in a tweed jacket
764
00:32:28,057 --> 00:32:29,717
custom-made at Tripplers.
765
00:32:29,717 --> 00:32:31,693
Some people, that's a way of life.
766
00:32:31,693 --> 00:32:34,424
Well, if your name was Rockefeller, maybe.
767
00:32:34,424 --> 00:32:37,365
Kevin struts around campus
with his Mark Cross briefcase,
768
00:32:37,365 --> 00:32:39,425
everyone thinks he's Forbes 400.
769
00:32:39,425 --> 00:32:40,595
And he's not?
770
00:32:40,595 --> 00:32:43,435
Only if they're listing
the country's top frauds.
771
00:32:43,435 --> 00:32:45,805
After graduation,
we had this going away party.
772
00:32:45,805 --> 00:32:47,571
You know, family, friends.
773
00:32:47,571 --> 00:32:49,509
Kevirs there for about 20 minutes,
774
00:32:49,509 --> 00:32:51,343
tells us he has to run to the airport
775
00:32:51,343 --> 00:32:53,110
to see his folks off to Europe.
776
00:32:53,110 --> 00:32:54,775
You don't believe him. I did.
777
00:32:54,775 --> 00:32:58,117
Till a few of us hit some
all-night greasy spoon, 2:00 a.m.
778
00:32:58,117 --> 00:33:00,053
Guess who's there with two pitchers of beer
779
00:33:00,053 --> 00:33:01,613
and a bucket of fried chicken?
780
00:33:01,613 --> 00:33:02,852
Kevin Doyle.
781
00:33:02,852 --> 00:33:05,019
Mama, Papa and baby Doyle.
782
00:33:05,329 --> 00:33:07,354
It wasrt Kevirs blood that was blue, Paul,
783
00:33:07,354 --> 00:33:08,728
it was his collar.
784
00:33:08,728 --> 00:33:10,096
He took one look at us
785
00:33:10,096 --> 00:33:12,761
and herded his parents
into their beat up Chevy.
786
00:33:12,761 --> 00:33:14,861
I haven't seen him since.
787
00:33:16,039 --> 00:33:17,131
In the early '80s
788
00:33:17,131 --> 00:33:18,936
Doyle put all his money in tax shelters.
789
00:33:18,936 --> 00:33:21,239
Everything from shopping
centers to cable TV.
790
00:33:21,239 --> 00:33:24,212
All seven-to-one write-offs.
Never paid a nickel in taxes.
791
00:33:24,212 --> 00:33:25,407
And in the '90s,
792
00:33:25,407 --> 00:33:27,143
Uncle Sam disallowed those deductions.
793
00:33:27,143 --> 00:33:28,582
Penalties, interest.
794
00:33:28,582 --> 00:33:30,483
Adds up to almost $400,000.
795
00:33:30,483 --> 00:33:31,782
What about his bank accounts?
796
00:33:31,782 --> 00:33:32,913
Empty.
797
00:33:32,913 --> 00:33:34,855
IRS has liens on his apartment, his car,
798
00:33:34,855 --> 00:33:36,153
his place in Seaview.
799
00:33:36,153 --> 00:33:37,818
End of the month, they take it all.
800
00:33:37,818 --> 00:33:39,920
So Doyle needs $400,000.
801
00:33:39,920 --> 00:33:41,430
He collects $500,000
802
00:33:41,430 --> 00:33:43,193
as Barbara Spiegelmars executor.
803
00:33:43,193 --> 00:33:45,428
No, it was a lot more than money for Doyle.
804
00:33:45,428 --> 00:33:46,969
He's from Brighton Beach.
805
00:33:46,969 --> 00:33:49,232
He wants the world to think
he's from Palm Beach.
806
00:33:49,232 --> 00:33:50,898
Yeah, but without more than a motive,
807
00:33:50,898 --> 00:33:52,771
we're left in the starting blocks.
808
00:33:53,544 --> 00:33:55,205
Doyle told Briscoe and Logan
809
00:33:55,205 --> 00:33:57,577
he was with a client the
morning of the murder.
810
00:33:57,577 --> 00:33:59,115
Why did they even ask him?
811
00:33:59,115 --> 00:34:00,911
They didn't. He just offered.
812
00:34:00,911 --> 00:34:02,985
Could be he was feeling guilty.
813
00:34:04,187 --> 00:34:05,677
Call Briscoe.
814
00:34:07,457 --> 00:34:10,221
Paul, werert there unidentified
prints in the apartment?
815
00:34:10,861 --> 00:34:11,987
Four sets.
816
00:34:11,987 --> 00:34:13,529
When I took the bar exam,
817
00:34:13,529 --> 00:34:16,225
they took my fingerprints
for identification purposes.
818
00:34:20,637 --> 00:34:22,901
Doyle said he was with a Don Woodward.
819
00:34:22,901 --> 00:34:24,031
And he wasrt?
820
00:34:24,031 --> 00:34:26,098
Fortunately, his clients
don't tell him everything.
821
00:34:26,098 --> 00:34:29,111
Mr. And Mrs. Woodward were celebrating
their 40th wedding anniversary.
822
00:34:29,111 --> 00:34:30,305
A month in Aruba.
823
00:34:30,305 --> 00:34:31,506
Ben.
824
00:34:32,416 --> 00:34:34,748
The prints on the kitchen counter.
825
00:34:34,748 --> 00:34:36,979
Four point match with Doyle.
826
00:34:38,155 --> 00:34:40,646
Oh, God. I don't believe this guy.
827
00:34:42,159 --> 00:34:44,627
Paul, file a motion to withdraw
the charges against Mr. Gregg
828
00:34:44,627 --> 00:34:46,458
and let's get him home as fast as we can.
829
00:34:46,458 --> 00:34:48,054
And read Mr. Doyle his rights.
830
00:34:48,054 --> 00:34:50,156
An attorney? My pleasure.
831
00:35:00,410 --> 00:35:02,207
Paul, William Patton has never done
832
00:35:02,207 --> 00:35:03,940
a day of pro bono in his life.
833
00:35:03,940 --> 00:35:05,504
I thought that Doyle was broke.
834
00:35:05,504 --> 00:35:07,209
Well, his firm posted bail.
835
00:35:07,209 --> 00:35:09,218
They're probably picking up the tab.
836
00:35:09,218 --> 00:35:10,753
Yeah, well, at $450 an hour,
837
00:35:10,753 --> 00:35:12,846
I don't think we're gonna
see any deals on this one.
838
00:35:12,846 --> 00:35:14,390
Oyez, oyez, all rise.
839
00:35:14,390 --> 00:35:16,619
The Supreme Court of the State of New York
840
00:35:16,619 --> 00:35:18,627
Criminal Part 57 is now in session.
841
00:35:18,627 --> 00:35:20,560
The Honorable Mark Burns presiding.
842
00:35:23,600 --> 00:35:24,965
The CSU officers
843
00:35:24,965 --> 00:35:27,367
found seven fingerprints
in Mrs. Spiegelmars kitchen
844
00:35:27,367 --> 00:35:28,597
that were readable.
845
00:35:28,597 --> 00:35:30,640
One of them belonged to Kevin Doyle.
846
00:35:30,640 --> 00:35:32,868
Where exactly was that print located?
847
00:35:33,377 --> 00:35:34,867
On the kitchen counter,
848
00:35:34,867 --> 00:35:37,709
directly above the drawer which
contained the carving knives.
849
00:35:37,709 --> 00:35:39,214
Thank you.
850
00:35:39,950 --> 00:35:42,885
Tell me, sir, is there any way you
can say beyond a reasonable doubt
851
00:35:42,885 --> 00:35:45,513
that these prints were left
on the day of the murder?
852
00:35:45,513 --> 00:35:46,647
No.
853
00:35:46,647 --> 00:35:48,418
So they might have been a week old?
854
00:35:48,418 --> 00:35:49,618
That's right.
855
00:35:49,618 --> 00:35:51,752
How about a month? Or a year?
856
00:35:51,752 --> 00:35:52,988
Objection.
857
00:35:52,988 --> 00:35:55,827
We get your point, Counselor. Sustained.
858
00:35:57,367 --> 00:35:59,631
Well, you have to understand, um,
859
00:35:59,631 --> 00:36:02,399
Mom and Dad never really had very much.
860
00:36:02,399 --> 00:36:04,963
All of a sudden,
there were banks and brokers.
861
00:36:04,963 --> 00:36:07,237
They all promised the world.
862
00:36:07,237 --> 00:36:09,505
Mom didn't... didn't trust any of them.
863
00:36:09,505 --> 00:36:11,274
But she trusted Kevin Doyle?
864
00:36:12,282 --> 00:36:13,476
Yeah.
865
00:36:14,251 --> 00:36:15,809
She said, um,
866
00:36:15,809 --> 00:36:18,286
a young man like that
doesn't need our money.
867
00:36:18,588 --> 00:36:20,579
Was Kevin Doyle in the habit of
868
00:36:20,579 --> 00:36:23,455
showing up at your mother's
apartment uninvited?
869
00:36:23,455 --> 00:36:25,757
Sure. Yeah, um, Mom wouldn't have hesitated
870
00:36:25,757 --> 00:36:27,524
about buzzing him right in.
871
00:36:27,524 --> 00:36:29,565
There were always papers to sign.
872
00:36:31,435 --> 00:36:33,130
She trusted him.
873
00:36:33,704 --> 00:36:35,103
Thank you.
874
00:36:37,441 --> 00:36:38,703
Did your mother ever complain
875
00:36:38,703 --> 00:36:40,766
that Mr. Doyle overbilled his hours?
876
00:36:40,766 --> 00:36:41,936
No.
877
00:36:41,936 --> 00:36:44,810
Did she ever say that his
legal advice was unsound?
878
00:36:44,810 --> 00:36:46,007
No.
879
00:36:46,007 --> 00:36:49,052
So it's fair to say, then,
that he was a good attorney?
880
00:36:49,052 --> 00:36:50,177
Objection.
881
00:36:50,177 --> 00:36:51,652
Withdrawn.
882
00:36:53,423 --> 00:36:54,549
To your knowledge,
883
00:36:54,549 --> 00:36:56,854
was your mother aware that as executor,
884
00:36:56,854 --> 00:36:58,827
Mr. Doyle was entitled to a commission
885
00:36:58,827 --> 00:37:00,988
of approximately 500,000?
886
00:37:01,198 --> 00:37:02,290
Yes.
887
00:37:02,290 --> 00:37:04,526
Did she ever say that amount was excessive?
888
00:37:05,135 --> 00:37:06,193
No.
889
00:37:06,193 --> 00:37:08,703
Why do you suppose that is, Miss Spiegelman?
890
00:37:08,703 --> 00:37:10,899
I said, she trusted him.
891
00:37:11,708 --> 00:37:13,107
She liked him.
892
00:37:13,477 --> 00:37:15,138
You suppose she liked him enough
893
00:37:15,138 --> 00:37:18,477
to lend him $500,000 if
he desperately needed it?
894
00:37:18,949 --> 00:37:20,246
Objection.
895
00:37:20,246 --> 00:37:21,784
Sustained.
896
00:37:25,413 --> 00:37:27,889
Patton raised reasonable
doubt with every witness.
897
00:37:27,889 --> 00:37:29,516
That's why he drives a Ferrari.
898
00:37:29,516 --> 00:37:32,391
And they've written textbooks
on his closing arguments.
899
00:37:32,391 --> 00:37:34,259
Yeah, It's too bad that Doyle didn't hire
900
00:37:34,259 --> 00:37:36,128
his old friend Sally Knight.
901
00:37:36,833 --> 00:37:40,064
Paul, you said that Doyle was
from Brighton Beach, right?
902
00:37:40,064 --> 00:37:43,129
And you said that Knight
worked for Brooklyn Legal Aid.
903
00:37:43,129 --> 00:37:45,197
Do you think she ever visited the beach?
904
00:37:45,197 --> 00:37:47,266
What are you saying, they're in cahoots?
905
00:37:48,378 --> 00:37:50,471
Adam, if you were a defense attorney
906
00:37:50,471 --> 00:37:53,015
and a prosecutor came to you with evidence
907
00:37:53,015 --> 00:37:55,449
that tended to prove that
your client was innocent,
908
00:37:55,449 --> 00:37:56,850
what would you do?
909
00:37:56,850 --> 00:37:59,184
I'd celebrate up and down Center Street,
910
00:37:59,184 --> 00:38:01,247
and then move to set aside the plea.
911
00:38:01,247 --> 00:38:03,155
Until we withdrew the charges,
912
00:38:03,155 --> 00:38:05,251
there wasrt a peep out of Miss Knight.
913
00:38:05,251 --> 00:38:07,091
If we took the license
914
00:38:07,091 --> 00:38:09,724
of every incompetent lawyer in the city,
915
00:38:10,033 --> 00:38:12,365
we wouldn't have to recycle
the New York Times.
916
00:38:12,365 --> 00:38:15,165
"Sally Knight, 704, Mermaid Avenue,
917
00:38:15,165 --> 00:38:16,899
Brighton Beach, Brooklyn."
918
00:38:17,207 --> 00:38:18,640
She may be incompetent,
919
00:38:18,640 --> 00:38:20,437
but I think I can make a hell of a case
920
00:38:20,437 --> 00:38:21,977
that she's also unethical.
921
00:38:21,977 --> 00:38:23,444
Let's give her a visit.
922
00:38:24,314 --> 00:38:26,441
When you work here,
someone sends you a case,
923
00:38:26,441 --> 00:38:28,450
you take it, you don't ask questions.
924
00:38:28,450 --> 00:38:30,748
I do, Miss Knight.
And what I want to know is,
925
00:38:30,748 --> 00:38:32,880
would Stephen Gregg still be in prison
926
00:38:32,880 --> 00:38:34,617
if we hadrt withdrawn the charges?
927
00:38:34,617 --> 00:38:36,090
What the hell are you implying?
928
00:38:36,090 --> 00:38:38,753
I'm saying that you grew up with Kevin Doyle
929
00:38:38,753 --> 00:38:41,764
he referred the case to you,
and Stephen Gregg cut a deal.
930
00:38:41,764 --> 00:38:42,992
This is crock.
931
00:38:42,992 --> 00:38:45,864
No, it's a case of accessory
to murder in the second degree.
932
00:38:45,864 --> 00:38:48,063
How much of the $500,000 did he promise you?
933
00:38:50,073 --> 00:38:52,234
First of all, I don't know if Kevin did it.
934
00:38:52,234 --> 00:38:53,435
Second, if he did,
935
00:38:53,435 --> 00:38:55,410
you have no proof that I was involved.
936
00:38:55,410 --> 00:38:57,036
You can't possibly believe that l...
937
00:38:57,036 --> 00:38:58,944
What I believe is irrelevant, Miss Knight.
938
00:38:58,944 --> 00:39:01,040
And if you took the time to
go to court now and then,
939
00:39:01,040 --> 00:39:03,017
you'd know that the mere appearance of guilt
940
00:39:03,017 --> 00:39:04,416
is enough to get you convicted.
941
00:39:04,416 --> 00:39:07,047
Now if you tell us all you
know about Kevin Doyle
942
00:39:07,047 --> 00:39:08,784
we may spare you the burden
943
00:39:08,784 --> 00:39:10,850
of defending yourself
against felony charges.
944
00:39:11,294 --> 00:39:13,854
Retaliatory prosecution.
I could get you disbarred.
945
00:39:17,334 --> 00:39:19,495
We're about to play chicken, Miss Knight.
946
00:39:19,495 --> 00:39:21,469
And given our respective reputations,
947
00:39:21,469 --> 00:39:23,335
I think I know who's likely to win.
948
00:39:30,947 --> 00:39:33,040
I'll tell you what I know.
949
00:39:34,017 --> 00:39:35,985
But you can't charge me with anything.
950
00:39:35,985 --> 00:39:37,952
That depends on what you tell me.
951
00:39:43,126 --> 00:39:44,684
Kevin came to me.
952
00:39:45,128 --> 00:39:47,323
He said the case was a gimme.
953
00:39:48,131 --> 00:39:50,656
He said Gregg was guilty, cut a deal
954
00:39:50,656 --> 00:39:53,066
make a couple of grand without much effort.
955
00:39:54,004 --> 00:39:55,335
Did Mr. Doyle tell you
956
00:39:55,335 --> 00:39:58,101
why he chose to refer the case to you?
957
00:39:59,643 --> 00:40:01,474
Kevin and I grew up together.
958
00:40:02,212 --> 00:40:04,203
Now he was this big muckety-muck,
959
00:40:04,203 --> 00:40:05,748
and I was still begging for cases
960
00:40:05,748 --> 00:40:07,180
outside of the courthouse.
961
00:40:08,084 --> 00:40:10,382
I thought he was trying to help me.
962
00:40:10,382 --> 00:40:11,647
But he wasrt?
963
00:40:11,647 --> 00:40:13,118
Hardly.
964
00:40:13,823 --> 00:40:14,847
Once again,
965
00:40:14,847 --> 00:40:16,984
Kevin Doyle was thinking
only of Kevin Doyle.
966
00:40:16,984 --> 00:40:18,186
Objection.
967
00:40:18,186 --> 00:40:20,855
No opinions, Miss Knight. Sustained.
968
00:40:21,498 --> 00:40:23,796
What did the defendant tell you?
969
00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:25,763
After Mr. Robinette presented
970
00:40:25,763 --> 00:40:27,996
what might have been exculpatory evidence,
971
00:40:27,996 --> 00:40:30,198
I went to Kevirs office.
972
00:40:31,374 --> 00:40:34,902
He told me not to be stupid,
973
00:40:34,902 --> 00:40:37,277
to collect my money and keep my mouth shut.
974
00:40:39,450 --> 00:40:41,816
I told him I could be ruining a mars life.
975
00:40:42,386 --> 00:40:44,115
And what did Mr. Doyle say?
976
00:40:45,756 --> 00:40:47,747
He actually started to panic.
977
00:40:48,926 --> 00:40:51,520
He said I'd ruin everything.
978
00:40:53,931 --> 00:40:55,364
The great Kevin Doyle.
979
00:40:57,401 --> 00:41:00,370
He didn't actually come out and say it
980
00:41:00,370 --> 00:41:02,133
but I suspected.
981
00:41:02,506 --> 00:41:04,030
Suspected what?
982
00:41:04,241 --> 00:41:05,799
That he was somehow involved.
983
00:41:05,799 --> 00:41:07,309
Objection.
984
00:41:07,309 --> 00:41:08,673
Sustained.
985
00:41:08,673 --> 00:41:11,476
The jury will disregard the
witness's last statement.
986
00:41:12,249 --> 00:41:13,375
Uh, Miss Knight,
987
00:41:13,375 --> 00:41:15,180
there's one thing I don't understand.
988
00:41:15,180 --> 00:41:18,244
Despite your suspicions, you did nothing.
989
00:41:21,959 --> 00:41:24,325
People like me ride the F train.
990
00:41:25,162 --> 00:41:27,722
We buy new clothes maybe once a year.
991
00:41:29,500 --> 00:41:32,196
I thought maybe if I helped him,
992
00:41:32,870 --> 00:41:35,896
someday maybe he'd help me.
993
00:41:38,175 --> 00:41:39,608
Thank you.
994
00:41:41,846 --> 00:41:43,438
Do you believe that Stephen Gregg
995
00:41:43,438 --> 00:41:45,573
and Kevin Doyle acted in concert?
996
00:41:45,573 --> 00:41:46,775
No.
997
00:41:47,718 --> 00:41:50,016
So, if Mr. Doyle is guilty
998
00:41:50,016 --> 00:41:51,952
then your client Stephen Gregg
999
00:41:51,952 --> 00:41:54,287
has to be innocent, isn't that true?
1000
00:41:54,287 --> 00:41:55,552
Yes.
1001
00:41:55,552 --> 00:41:57,321
Did you do anything whatsoever
1002
00:41:57,321 --> 00:41:59,761
to secure his release from prison?
1003
00:42:01,699 --> 00:42:02,859
No.
1004
00:42:03,067 --> 00:42:04,227
So you admit
1005
00:42:04,227 --> 00:42:07,702
that you have violated
Disciplinary Code 7-101
1006
00:42:07,972 --> 00:42:11,931
of the ABA's Codes for
Professional Responsibility?
1007
00:42:12,510 --> 00:42:13,670
Yes.
1008
00:42:14,045 --> 00:42:15,945
Tell me, Miss Knight,
1009
00:42:16,781 --> 00:42:19,978
how do you expect this court to believe
1010
00:42:20,351 --> 00:42:22,182
an attorney who, under oath,
1011
00:42:22,182 --> 00:42:25,120
admits to committing a disbarrable offence?
1012
00:42:25,120 --> 00:42:26,383
Objection.
1013
00:42:26,383 --> 00:42:27,890
Sustained.
1014
00:42:30,027 --> 00:42:32,587
Of course, my fingerprints
were in Barbara's apartment.
1015
00:42:32,587 --> 00:42:34,722
I visited her several times a month.
1016
00:42:34,722 --> 00:42:36,790
What was the purpose of those visits?
1017
00:42:36,790 --> 00:42:38,266
Barbara was the trustee
1018
00:42:38,266 --> 00:42:40,235
of a trust created under Sam's will.
1019
00:42:40,235 --> 00:42:42,738
I frequently had papers for her to sign.
1020
00:42:42,738 --> 00:42:46,174
Tax returns, distributions,
transfers, things like that.
1021
00:42:46,174 --> 00:42:48,541
So these visits were strictly professional.
1022
00:42:48,541 --> 00:42:51,604
A good estates attorney is a family advisor.
1023
00:42:51,604 --> 00:42:53,809
Like a rabbi, if you will.
1024
00:42:54,051 --> 00:42:55,712
Barbara asked my advice
1025
00:42:55,712 --> 00:42:58,914
on everything from investments
to what kind of car to buy.
1026
00:42:59,623 --> 00:43:02,091
She trusted me. She respected me.
1027
00:43:03,394 --> 00:43:06,886
I respected her. It was almost like family.
1028
00:43:08,599 --> 00:43:11,898
It's preposterous to think
that I could kill her.
1029
00:43:12,970 --> 00:43:14,403
Thank you.
1030
00:43:17,141 --> 00:43:19,666
Mr. Doyle, it's true, isn't it,
1031
00:43:19,666 --> 00:43:21,404
that you represent
1032
00:43:21,404 --> 00:43:23,242
some of the wealthiest families
1033
00:43:23,242 --> 00:43:24,576
in New York City?
1034
00:43:24,915 --> 00:43:26,746
I suppose so.
1035
00:43:27,017 --> 00:43:29,747
And do they all invite
you into their households
1036
00:43:29,747 --> 00:43:32,118
like, uh, Barbara Spiegelman did?
1037
00:43:32,118 --> 00:43:33,747
For the most part, yes.
1038
00:43:33,747 --> 00:43:35,451
Why do you suppose that is, sir?
1039
00:43:35,451 --> 00:43:37,721
I happen to be a very
good attorney, Mr. Stone.
1040
00:43:37,721 --> 00:43:39,956
Oh, there are a lot of good
attorneys in New York City.
1041
00:43:39,956 --> 00:43:42,055
I mean, couldn't they hire
Miss Knight, for example?
1042
00:43:42,055 --> 00:43:43,225
No.
1043
00:43:43,225 --> 00:43:43,975
No?
1044
00:43:44,733 --> 00:43:46,963
Well, if she's not a good attorney,
1045
00:43:46,963 --> 00:43:49,232
why did you refer Stephen Gregg to her?
1046
00:43:49,232 --> 00:43:51,797
She's competent. She's just not...
1047
00:43:51,797 --> 00:43:54,970
Oh, she's not, uh... She's not what, sir?
1048
00:43:56,514 --> 00:43:58,812
She's not their kind of people?
1049
00:43:59,283 --> 00:44:00,375
That's right.
1050
00:44:00,375 --> 00:44:01,645
And you are?
1051
00:44:01,645 --> 00:44:02,913
Yes.
1052
00:44:02,913 --> 00:44:04,352
Which means Miss Knight
1053
00:44:04,352 --> 00:44:07,913
doesn't have the education,
or the upbringing
1054
00:44:08,192 --> 00:44:10,183
or the family history, is that right?
1055
00:44:10,183 --> 00:44:11,353
That's correct.
1056
00:44:11,353 --> 00:44:13,658
And if she were in financial need,
1057
00:44:13,658 --> 00:44:15,596
she could not go to her family for help
1058
00:44:15,596 --> 00:44:17,463
like your clients could, right?
1059
00:44:17,463 --> 00:44:18,661
No.
1060
00:44:18,661 --> 00:44:20,067
Now, Mr. Doyle,
1061
00:44:20,067 --> 00:44:23,368
people have testified in this courtroom
1062
00:44:23,368 --> 00:44:27,500
that you are in dire financial need.
1063
00:44:28,979 --> 00:44:31,072
Did you ever go to your family for help?
1064
00:44:32,883 --> 00:44:33,975
No.
1065
00:44:33,975 --> 00:44:35,916
Why not, sir?
1066
00:44:36,153 --> 00:44:39,122
Is it because a garage mechanic
1067
00:44:39,122 --> 00:44:42,751
is not likely to have $400,000
sitting in his bank account?
1068
00:44:43,360 --> 00:44:45,123
I went to Harvard.
1069
00:44:46,263 --> 00:44:48,231
I work on Wall Street.
1070
00:44:48,432 --> 00:44:50,400
But the truth is, sir,
1071
00:44:51,535 --> 00:44:54,629
you are not really
1072
00:44:55,506 --> 00:44:57,906
"their kind of people," are you?
1073
00:45:03,581 --> 00:45:05,378
So the question is,
1074
00:45:05,378 --> 00:45:09,078
how far would you go to conceal that fact?
1075
00:45:09,078 --> 00:45:10,313
Objection.
1076
00:45:10,313 --> 00:45:11,786
Sustained.
1077
00:45:14,692 --> 00:45:16,717
No more questions.
1078
00:45:22,199 --> 00:45:23,962
We may have a problem, Ben.
1079
00:45:23,962 --> 00:45:26,161
After Knight's testimony, I don't think so.
1080
00:45:26,161 --> 00:45:27,704
I can't find Doyle.
1081
00:45:27,704 --> 00:45:29,966
He didn't pick up his phone last night.
1082
00:45:29,966 --> 00:45:31,098
This morning?
1083
00:45:31,098 --> 00:45:32,506
Nothing.
1084
00:45:34,136 --> 00:45:36,577
Call Briscoe and Logan. Thanks.
1085
00:45:51,929 --> 00:45:54,295
If he left town,
he didn't take much luggage.
1086
00:45:56,700 --> 00:45:58,565
Paul. Lennie.
1087
00:46:04,008 --> 00:46:05,373
Oh, my God.
1088
00:46:10,981 --> 00:46:13,142
Lawyers killing their clients for money.
1089
00:46:14,184 --> 00:46:16,311
They left that one out
of the Canons of Ethics.
1090
00:46:16,311 --> 00:46:17,445
Well, for Doyle,
1091
00:46:17,445 --> 00:46:19,079
money was only the means to an end.
1092
00:46:19,079 --> 00:46:20,817
He climbed as high as he could,
1093
00:46:20,817 --> 00:46:22,290
and couldn't bear the fall.
1094
00:46:23,494 --> 00:46:24,893
Who could?