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Oh, yeah, here we are. Here's the little beauty. 3 ,500 square feet, lit level,
all electric.
How much?
$275 ,000. The owner will carry a second.
That seems expensive.
Mr. Nelson, you gotta realize that Oakdale is the hottest suburb in
Home for young, upwardly mobile Atlantans like yourself.
And me.
It's the place to be.
I need to see you.
Oh, hi, Walt. I was just showing the Nelsons here the Freelander place.
Must be some sort of emergency.
Would you excuse me? I'll be right back. Sure. Just a second.
Walt.
What are you doing, Walt, acting like that in front of my clients?
My clients, Charlie.
Last time I looked, the firm still belonged to Roger and me.
You were just an employee.
What is your problem, Walt?
My problem?
Look.
Spray paint on my car.
Well, if it were mine, I would have settled just for the pinstripe. I think
writing's a bit busy. It's not funny.
I know who did that.
It was you and your team.
What? Me and my team? You've been egging them on ever since I umped that last
game when you came running out of the dugout like a madman.
Just a game, Walt. Then why did you go to the commission to keep me from umping
the championship, huh?
You told them I couldn't be impartial.
Fellas, please.
Can we take this somewhere else? You know something, Rog? Walt is not very
beautiful when he's angry. To you, everything is a joke, isn't it?
funny. No, as a matter of fact, poking me in the chest is not funny.
I'm warning you. You take this out of my team, you're going to hear about it,
all right?
That's it.
You're history.
Anybody for sushi?
No.
All right, look, look, look. We've got a problem with Walt.
You mean you got a problem. He's your partner.
You're getting an attitude, Barney. You know what he means, Barney. Walt is
going to ump tonight.
Yeah,
that's right.
He could bury us.
Now, it's the biggest game of the year. We're not going to let him blow it for
us. Well, just what do you suggest we do, Freddy?
Well, somebody's got to talk to him. No, no, no, no.
Best thing to do is not say a word to him. Don't even blink.
Let's just pray there are no close calls, all right?
Don't put that up to Jack. Come on, Jack.
Charlie,
you're the manager of the team. Why don't you pinch hit for the guy? With
Freddie and Barney have already been in. Roger hasn't shown up. Look, I don't
like to stand for this game in the hands of a dentist either. What can I do?
Come on, Jack.
Big swing, baby.
I've gone all over Charlie's disposable assets. His bank and savings account.
And all I can tell you is, he's going to come up short on his legal fees.
But what's your point, Freddie?
Well, we're all Charlie's friends. We all believe in him. I mean, that makes
the sole members of the Charlie Bonham Defense Fund.
You mean we should all kick in?
That's the idea, Barney.
Naturally, we're going to apportion it according to one's ability to pay.
Help me out.
Before we go any further, anybody else want out?
No.
All right, then. Where's our big -time lawyer?
Dave?
Mr. Matlock come in here?
Do you mean him?
Excuse me, Doc.
Matlock? Yes.
I'm Roger Cullen. We spoke on the phone. Oh, yes.
Would you like to join us over here?
I got here a little early, and I thought it was time to catch up on the
newspaper.
Gentlemen, Mr. Matlock.
How are you doing? Well, gentlemen, I didn't expect such a crowd.
Well, we're all Charlie's friends here.
Some lunch?
Oh, no, thanks.
Are you at all familiar with the case?
Well, um...
I've read about it in the newspaper and I've seen it on television. I haven't
spoken with anybody down at the jailhouse yet, if that's what you're
to.
I'm not that familiar with your work, Mr. Matlock. Have you handled many of
these types of cases?
Well, to tell you the truth, I've never heard of a murdered umpire case before.
Well, I'm sure at this point in his career, Mr. Matlock has tried a lot of
murder cases.
Are you still in active practice?
Well, yeah,
most days I can still remember where the courthouse is.
What would you say is your success rate?
Let me stop you right here.
I know you're all concerned about your friend, and I know you want to get your
money's worth.
And I don't blame you for that.
Let me make it easy for you.
It's going to cost somebody.
A hundred thousand dollars as a retainer for me to take this case.
Now, there are lawyers who work cheaper and are just as good.
But like I say, I go for a hundred thousand.
Now, I'm going to go up here and pay my check and go out that door.
And if you want me to consider taking this case, you better make up your mind
before I get to my car.
And I enjoyed meeting all of you.
Is that all you have? Just coffee? Just coffee.
That'll be a dollar seven.
Thanks.
Would you
like
a toothpick?
Yeah.
How's everything, Counselor?
Thank you, Lieutenant.
This is everything found on the victim?
Yes.
Math, a test protector, a bar key, a cigarette, a lighter, a wallet, and a
strike counter.
Ball strike counter.
No kidding.
Yeah, it's how the arm keeps track of strikes, balls, outs, like that.
Yeah, I know.
You used to play a little ball yourself, huh?
Yeah.
Yeah, in high school. It was a long time ago.
It was a state championship, though.
That was my last game.
It was the bottom of the ninth, and bases were loaded, and I was up, and the
crowd was yelling, Matlock, Matlock.
Pitcher throws a fastball out over the plate.
You're a client, Brady. Okay.
I understand there were several arguments between you and Walter during
game. One real big one.
Yeah.
Top of the eighth. We had a real rhubarb.
Well, let's hear about it.
Well, score was tied.
The fog was rolling in and out all night.
Bases were loaded.
Two outs.
Mike Golby, who we called Dr. K, was on the mound for my team.
You managed the team?
Yeah, I play second base.
This Mike Golby, is that Dr.
Golby, the psychiatrist with the radio show?
The one who wrote that book, Reality on $5 a Day? Yeah, yeah, yeah.
He's the one.
Made millions off that book. But he takes the softball very seriously.
Pretty upscale team you got there.
Yeah, I guess.
I used to play a little ball.
Did you? Yeah, in high school.
I remember this one game.
So Doc was on the mound, huh?
Yeah, and he's our ace. But Walter was squeezing his strike zone all night.
Run was forced in. Monroe took the lead. I don't know. I just... I blew my
stack.
It was
a pitch
a batter could not take. An umpire could not call a ball unless he had some sort
of personal vendetta or something.
All right, so finally...
They pulled us apart. And now it's the bottom of the eighth.
And Mike is up at bat. He goes to a three -and -two count.
He grounds out. The inning is over. Walter goes under the stands.
Went under the stands?
Yeah, for a cigarette.
His usual end -of -the -inning routine.
Then what?
Well, then it's the bottom of the ninth.
And that's when the trouble began.
I was the first batter up.
I doubled to right, and Sam bumps me over to third, and then Marshall Turner
flied to center field.
I tag up.
Walter calls me out. I am telling you, Mr. Matlock, I was safe. I mean, my foot
was so far across home plate, I spiked Walter before I even made the call.
So you ran after him just to protest?
Yeah, that's all.
You didn't go after Walter?
To harm him? No.
I don't know what I would have done if I'd caught him.
But I didn't.
Look, I had a lot of reasons to dislike Walter.
And I wasn't alone.
That's the heart of it, isn't it? Yeah.
Kill the umpire.
A lot of fellas disliked Walter. We just have to find that one who disliked him
more than you did.
You startled me. I didn't know anybody was about.
Here, Cha.
I'll have you know I hit a home run one time.
You did?
Yeah. High school.
Ninth inning.
So did I.
No kidding.
Base is loaded. One out.
You? Two outs.
Chris Lyra never has a chance.
I did hit a home run one time. Yeah?
Mine was only a triple.
I didn't know you liked baseball.
I don't.
If I did, I'd have hit a home or two.
P .E. requirement, St. Clair's Prep.
Oh. I was just checking.
Look at this list that Charlie gave me.
There's Fred Hatton, Roger Cullen, Barney Sutler.
That's three people besides Charlie who were missing when Walter was killed.
One of them could have done it.
Yeah.
Well, let's see. I'll call Tyler and get him in on this.
Saw a beauty salon on my way over here.
Beautiful? Yeah.
I think I'll get a little trim and find out what's going on. Oh, yeah.
You see, I was in the game, Miss Thomas.
It is myth, isn't it? Yeah.
Then remind me later to show you some excellent policies we have for single
women. Well, I may not have the time.
So you were playing?
Yes, up until the fifth inning when I put my back out. I got this disc in my
third cervical vertebrae to play anyway.
So he put in Howard Kaufman, the accountant.
That's him with the pocket calculator.
Oh, yeah.
There's your firm's name.
Yes, I'm also a sponsor.
Well, then I'm curious, why weren't you there when the game ended?
Weren't you concerned how it turned out?
Can I get you a cup of coffee or a soft drink?
Coffee would be fine.
Have a seat, won't you? Thank you.
Patty, would you get Miss Thomas a cup of coffee, please?
You see, this was no ordinary game.
This was part of the regional championship.
I mean, there were games all over the state affecting us.
So I went out to my car to call up some people downstate to get the scores of
those games. And that's where I was when the game ended here.
Thank you.
Uh, Patty.
Patty, close the door after you, would you?
Thank you.
In other words, then, you didn't find out what happened to Walter until...
I heard the police sirens coming into the ball field.
Why are you asking these questions?
It's just a routine investigation.
But I did hear about the big fight you had with Walter last week. You heard?
Yeah, in the mall.
Heard it almost came to blows.
Oh, yes.
Russell. Hair do's all Russ, wasn't it? He told you.
I have my hair done there, too. Not by Russell, by Belinda.
What do you think?
Well, it's very nice, but... Right, Walter.
Miss Thomas, I love that big lug.
We grew up together.
I mean, that fight was just business.
In what way?
I underwrite all of the insurance on properties Cullen Judd has in escrow.
The rates went up.
Walter took it personally.
He was like that, Walter was. A very excitable guy. He was like that when he
umped. I mean, he took the slightest thing personally.
I see.
By the way, how is your business?
Oh, it's dynamite. Yeah.
I heard you drove your competitors out of town. Since when is that a crime?
Now, what about that policy for the single gown?
Well, thank you, but I do have to go.
But don't take that personally.
Freddie. Freddie.
Listen, how could you treat me like this?
Whoever told you, told you right.
I wasn't around at the end of the game.
Where were you?
Well, Charlie doesn't always put me in the game.
I'm usually first or second sub.
But Roger hadn't shown up, so Charlie started me in right field.
It can get real boring out there.
So I had a pint with me.
I took a couple of pulls in between pitches.
I was feeling no pain.
Wouldn't catch no fly balls either.
Of course, with all that fog, I couldn't have caught a fly ball if I was sober.
Anyway, Charlie pulled me out of the game and put in Marshall Turner.
Imagine, being replaced by a dentist.
Uh, yeah, okay.
And when you got back to the dugout, what happened?
Well, I didn't want to embarrass old Charlie by drinking in the dugout, so I
figured I'd take a little walk.
I mean, why stay around if I'm out of the game anyway?
And while you were away from the game, did anybody see you?
Well, how would I know?
Well, as I understand it, you have Walter and Roger's company to thank for
business not being so good.
Who told you that?
Was it Russell, that creep hairdresser?
Seems a couple years ago you had quite a few lots for sale that were lying
fallow. Nothing was happening.
Then Walter came to you and offered to help you unload him.
Find a good buyer.
And he did.
Found a good buyer.
Himself.
You see, Walter had inside information that that was going to be a major
development.
Information that you didn't have.
The way I hear it, Walter talked you into giving up two million
dollars?
Russell knows a lot.
But does he know who killed Walter?
No.
But do you?
Yeah.
Charlie.
I understand that you had a break -in here the other night.
Yeah.
That was the same night that the Walter judge was killed, wasn't it?
You think there's some connection to the murder?
I don't know.
It seems strange breaking into a real estate office. I mean, an appliance
they could steal a toaster or television set, but a real estate office can't
steal a house.
I really wish I could help you.
But who knows why people do what they do?
Who knows why somebody went out and killed Walter?
You weren't there for the end of that game, were you?
I wasn't there for the game at all.
It was a bad accident on the interstate.
Tied up traffic for miles.
It wasn't until I drove into the parking lot, saw the crowd standing around and
the police.
That was the first I knew my partner was dead.
You probably heard about the loud and bitter arguments between Walter and
recently. You would have soon enough.
Especially if you talked to Russell.
Big mouth hairdresser down at the mall.
Look, like any partners, we argued.
But it was just business.
I see.
Walter and I were like brothers.
I would have given him the shirt off my back.
I often did.
You have to understand about Walter.
He moved slower than evolution.
I wanted to expand. Walter didn't.
That's all there was to it.
I guess now you'll have things your way.
That's a thought, isn't it?
It's really tremendous.
Why don't you have some, Dick?
Thanks. Try some.
I'm not eating raw fish.
What'd you find out?
A cut and shape at Hairdew's R .S. here in Yuppieville is twice as expensive as
it is in Atlanta.
I also found out that not only was Fred Hatton missing at game's end, but he had
a public fight with Walter recently.
As with Barney Sutton.
Roger Cullen did, too.
I got a job for you.
I want you to stake out the Cullen Judd offices tonight.
Who?
You.
Somebody wants something from in there, and it might have something to do with
this murder.
And what if it doesn't?
Then you would have spent a night in a parking lot for nothing.
I'm glad to see that you and I think alike.
Help yourself.
I'm pretty happy.
Lucky I'm the one you almost hit.
You got any damage at all? I got great coverage.
So this...
Intruder was trying to break into Walter Judd's office and you surprised him.
Yeah.
I thought these places went out of business 30 years ago.
The 50s are back in.
Old is new.
Okay, let's see then.
We've got Roger Cullen, Barney Sutler, and Fred Hatton, three suspects who
should have been at the game and weren't.
And all three have uncorroborated alibis for the time of the murder.
In my book, Freddy Stands Out, I want to know what he was doing driving around
last night having an accident with me.
Maybe it wasn't an accident.
I think I'll get a facial.
Huh? You know, so I can check all this stuff out.
At the beauty salon.
Oh, yeah.
Where are you going to be?
What? Where are you going to be?
At the courthouse.
What did our man Russell say?
A lot.
All right, where to now?
Freddie's office.
Seems our friend was more than just a sponsor of the team. He founded the
league, and through it became the single biggest insurance agent in the county.
Softball? Insurance?
I don't see the connection.
We'll figure it out. Everyone bought insurance from him just to get on the
Did you hear what I said?
Not only did I hear what you said, I see what I see.
What's that?
That's the car I was chasing last night before I was so rudely interrupted by
one Freddy Hatton.
Excuse
me,
miss. You're blocking me in. I can't get my car in my parking space.
What are you talking about? My car's in my space in the lot. The yellow Camaro?
That's right.
The one I was chasing last night that your boss managed to keep me from
catching? I really don't know what you're talking about.
You're Patty Judd, aren't you?
Yes.
As in Walter Judd's daughter?
Oh, in other words, you were breaking into your father's office.
Uh, I'm afraid you must be confused, Mr. Hudson.
Patty was here working late last night.
Now, if you'll excuse us, we're on our way to the trial.
Plus, of course, you'd like to look at some insurance policies we have.
in case you're slapped with a lawsuit for libel or slander, which I understand
comes up often in your line of work.
I never make accusations that I can't back up.
Good day.
Now we go to Walter Judd's office.
You think whatever Patty was after last night's still there? I'm positive of it.
And now that I know she was involved with Freddie, I've got a good idea what
is.
Mr. Cullen, when you saw Walter Judd and the defendant together, did they appear
to be having a gentlemanly conversation?
No, they were obviously arguing.
And could you determine what they were arguing about?
That was obvious, too.
Someone had... painted Kill the Umpire on Walter's car, and he was accusing
Charlie and his team of doing it.
How would you characterize the defendant's relationship to your
Things have been rough between them all season.
So there was friction about some of the softball games, hmm? Yes.
Charlie accused Walter of purposely making bad calls against our team every
he umped.
Would you say he was mad enough to kill?
Objection calls for speculation.
Sustained?
What are you looking for? Michelle.
I hope she's found something. That's why she's late.
So this friction between Charlie and Walter, do you know if... Did it exist
during the baseball season?
Well, it went back several years. To when?
We all worked for a large firm together.
Myself, Charlie, Walter.
We're good friends.
We decided we wanted to open our own agency.
Only problem, Charlie had blown his dough on other things.
So good time Charlie here couldn't go into business with you and Walter.
Your Honor, counsel's leading the witness. I strenuously object to his
characterization of my client.
Sustained. All right.
So, Mr. Bonham did not go into business with you.
But why?
Why was he so angry with Walter?
Because he asked Walter to lend him the money so he could go in for a third.
And Walter refused.
Charlie became very bitter.
But didn't Walter turn around and give him a high -paying position in the firm?
Yes.
Walt may have seemed cold, but he had a good heart.
And that's how Charlie repaid him.
With a blunt end of a lead bat.
Objection. Argumented. Prejudicial.
Sustained. No further questions.
No cross, Your Honor.
You may step down.
That concludes the case for the state, Your Honor. Prosecution rests.
Will there be a defense at this time?
Yes, Your Honor. Defense calls Freddie Hatton to the stand.
You handled the escrow insurance for Cullen Judd? That's right. And Walter
Judd's personal insurance?
Well, yes, I did.
You used the past tense. Did he replace you as an agent? I handled it at first,
and for a while, and then he let it lapse.
When was that, recently?
I guess.
You guess.
I suppose...
Ten years is recent to a mountain or a redwood tree.
Objection, Your Honor.
Counsel is testifying.
Mr. Matlock, I fail to see where this is going.
Your Honor, with the court's indulgence, I intend to make this abundantly clear.
Objection sustained.
Please ask questions, Mr. Matlock.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Hatton, isn't it true that Walter Judd's life insurance lapsed ten years
ago?
I have the termination notice right here.
Would you like to refresh your memory?
Uh, it lapsed ten years ago.
Only Walter didn't know that, did he?
He'd been paying the premiums right along until a few weeks ago when he
borrow against his life insurance and found out that you had been short
-stopping those payments for the past ten years.
Isn't that right?
I'm not on trial here. But you might be.
You see, I think Walter Judd had evidence that you had been pocketing
premiums, and he threatened to go to the state authorities unless you came up
with the money.
So you got Patty Judd to break into her father's office, get the evidence so you
could destroy it. But she was thwarted.
So you had to go to your more deadly plan B, correct? No, that's not true.
Oh, sure it is.
Sure it is. But now with...
With Walter dead, those files were potential evidence for murder as well as
fraud. So you sent Patty back in again?
I didn't kill Walter.
What I don't understand is how you got Patty Judd to help with the cover -up
when she must have known you killed her father.
Patty knows I didn't murder her father.
Because...
I was with her in a parked car when it was happening.
We were, uh... You know?
How long were you you -knowing in the parked car?
Well, from the bottom of the third till the end of the game.
Six innings? You're kidding.
Mr. Madlock.
Why didn't you say anything about this before?
I was worried about Patty's reputation. Oh, come on. Mr. Madlock. Oh, Your
Honor, come on. Mr. Madlock. Oh, Your Honor.
You wanted to protect your insurance company, didn't you? Well, yeah, that's
true. No further questions.
What do we do now?
It's the bottom of the night, Charlie.
What we need is a home run.
So Charlie slid into home plate.
Walter called him out and took off. Start the clock.
Charlie got up, started to follow Walter.
But by then, the fans and friends were coming out of the stands and onto the
field.
That slowed Charlie down.
He first went to the parking lot.
through this trunk.
Okay, so he found Walter's car right here under the third
light. He gave it a kick, started to go back, and then something attracted his
attention under the stand and went to investigate.
And then he found Walter's body.
How long?
64 seconds.
64 seconds.
Now, let's assume that Walter got here 30 seconds before Charlie.
Now, that leaves 34 seconds for whoever it was to kill Walter and get away.
Why didn't Charlie see anybody?
He should have seen somebody, Michelle. Don't you think he should have seen
somebody?
No. No, there's nobody there. I'm telling you, there was nobody there.
I was all alone under the stands with Walter's body for just a couple of
before anybody showed up.
Charlie, think back to that last inning. Just go through that again.
Okay.
It's the bottom of the ninth.
One out.
All right.
Marshall Turner comes up.
First pitch is low and away. Swings and misses. Strike one.
All right. Marshall settles into the batter's box.
Pitcher winds up. Throws the 0 -1 pitch.
Marshall hits his towering fly to dead center. All right.
I get ready to tag.
Outfielder goes back.
He makes the catch. I go.
Now, wait a minute.
Wait a minute.
The count was 0 and 1 and 1 away.
When Marshall Turner hit into the game -ending double play. Yeah, yeah, that's
right.
There was a ball strike counter found in Walter's pocket, and it doesn't have
that count.
It says, three balls, two strikes, two outs.
I remind you, you're still under oath.
Okay.
Mr. Cullen, when we first spoke, you said that you and
Walter Judd had had several loud arguments.
That's correct.
And that they were over business. You wanted to expand and he didn't. Is that
right? Yes, it is. How is business?
Excellent. That's what I thought. And that's why I wanted to recall you to the
stand.
It just seems odd.
If business was doing well enough that you wanted to expand, why did Walter
find it necessary to try to borrow from his insurance?
I don't know.
Well, you've borrowed from the company, haven't you? Yes. And Walter, too? Yes.
So if the company...
had enough money that it could expand, then I have to assume that if Walter
needed to borrow money from the company, he could.
Of course.
Do you... Do you recognize these?
What are you doing with those?
I suppose that's recognition enough. These are...
Cullen Judd Associate Books.
I subpoenaed them from your accountant this morning.
Now, a superficial look at these books would show that Cullen Judd
is inches from bankruptcy. And a closer look at these books would show some
rather interesting bookkeeping that is more commonly known as embezzlement.
I don't know what you're talking about.
Well, you are familiar with a property at 327 Fieldston Drive.
I'd have to consult my books.
Well, let me refresh your memory.
Cullen Judd bought the property at 327 Fieldston Drive for $177
,000 three months ago.
I vaguely remember that.
You remember selling it?
No.
Your company sold that property for $223 ,000 two weeks
before Walter Judd died and not one penny went back into the company.
Now, that's what you and Walter were arguing about, wasn't it?
He had found out you had embezzled that money.
You're imagining things, Mr. Matlock.
And when you couldn't stop your partner from going to the police...
Your only recourse was to kill him, wasn't it? I wasn't at the game.
I didn't get there until after Walter died.
I think that's what you'd like us to believe.
How tall was Walter?
About 6 '1". In fact, you and Walter were about the same size, weren't you?
Yes.
And you've seen Walter umpire lots of ballgames, haven't you?
Sure. So you're aware that...
At the end of each inning, he would go under the stands for a cigarette.
I don't know.
Oh, yes, you do.
Yes, you do.
Because you were waiting for him under those stands at the bottom of the eighth
inning, weren't you?
It's absurd.
I'll tell you how I think it could have happened.
You could have had a chest protector, mask, cap, jacket.
Killed Walter.
Put on the chest protector, mask, cap, jacket.
Gone out, umpired the ninth inning. And since you and Walter were approximately
the same size and shape, no one would have noticed.
Your Honor, objection.
This is pure speculation.
No, it's not.
It better not be.
Proceed. Yes.
You recognize this?
It's a ball strike counter an umpire uses. More specifically, it is the ball
strike counter used by Walter Judd.
And the police have already testified that it was found in his pocket after
death. What does it read?
Three balls, two strikes, two outs.
Three balls, two strikes, two outs.
That was the exact count at the bottom of the eighth inning when the last
grounded out and Walter Judd... Went for a smoke.
I really don't keep track of such things. The game statistician does.
I think this indicates that Walter Judge stopped umpiring at the end of the
eighth inning, and someone, probably you, killed him, put on the chest
protector mask cap jacket, and umpired the ninth inning.
I told you I wasn't there.
I was tied up in traffic for two hours.
Come on, Mr. Conn.
The moment of truth is here.
An accident did tie up traffic on the highway for two hours.
But not on your side of the road.
You zipped right along, didn't you? Of course, slowed down for a moment for
lucky lose, but you zipped right along.
And you know it.
Of course, this would all be circumstantial and inconclusive if it
one fact.
Charles Bone was wearing steel spikes on his shoes that night.
And we know that he slid into home plate with such force
that he spiked the umpire on the leg.
The autopsy report shows no spike marks on the victim.
Now, that game took place just 12 days ago. Just 12.
That's not long enough for good -sized cuts made by spikes to have
healed completely.
So whoever umpired the ninth inning
Must still have some spike marks on his leg.
Mr. Cullen, want to just show us your leg?
No, I don't.
I don't have to do that.
But if you didn't umpire the ninth inning, your leg should be clean as a
whistle. This can all be over right now.
Want to just show me your leg?
Mr. Matlock, I'd like to see my lawyer.
Good move.
No further questions?
No questions, Your Honor.
Mr. Cullen, you may step down. And you're ordered not to leave this
After further investigation, the people move to dismiss in the interest of
justice. On the people's motion, this case is dismissed.
This court is adjourned.
All right.
Mr. Matlock, I can't thank you enough.
Congratulations, Charlie.
Hey, you know, you're not bad. For an old guy?
Hey, we didn't say that.
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