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Previously on L .A. Law. Did you ever
meet Gail's husband?

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No. He was never in the office when you
were there?

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I don't know what he looks like.

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Can you tell me where you were in the
morning Gail was killed?

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Yeah, within my room.

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Can you think of anybody who might have
seen you in your room?

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No.

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I want you to change the plea to
insanity.

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I won't do that. You hired me to be your
son's attorney, and I'm going to do

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what's in his best interest.

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Do you think it's in his best interest
for him to be on the street? I think

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in his best interest to be in a
controlled therapeutic environment. That

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mean locking him up, particularly when
he's innocent of the crime with which

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he's been charged.

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Counselor, I'd like to talk to you for a
moment.

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By all means.

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Catch up.

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Isn't it customary to have the proof
before you make the charges?

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I'll take it in whatever order it comes.

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In other words, you're turning up the
heat in the hope that I might panic and

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make a mistake?

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Something like that.

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Why?

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Won't it work?

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What exactly is it that you think
happened?

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I think that you were involved with
Pamela Risenfeld and with every

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remaining involved.

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I think that your wife, had she known,
would have been deeply wounded by your

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infidelity. so much so that remaining
married to you would have been out of

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question. And you're suggesting that I
chose murder rather than divorce?

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Yes, I am.

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Why would I do that?

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Your wife was an heiress.

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Maybe you wanted to get your hands on
her money.

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Maybe you didn't want to be mired in a
long, melodramatic divorce.

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Or maybe you felt as though you were a
genius, and that gave you the right to

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whatever you wanted.

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And so, not only did I kill my wife...

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I manipulated events and circumstances
so as to implicate your client.

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Yours is a prodigious talent, Mr.
Berkey.

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I have no doubt but that you're capable.

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What if I told you... you were right?

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What if you did?

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I would have confessed to you.

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What would you do with that?

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I would resign as trial counsel.

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I would take the witness stand, and I
would testify.

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Naturally, I have no intention of
confessing.

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I was just curious.

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The Bentley Continental R. You ever seen
one?

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No, I haven't. Few people ever have.

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Even fewer have contemplated owning one.
And how long is this contemplation

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going to go on for, Arnie? We've only
been talking about it for, what, less

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a month?

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Given that I can't afford it and given
that I do want it, do you see any reason

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that I shouldn't buy it? If you're not
bothered by the display of wealth and

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enjoy arousing the feelings of envy in
others, and if you have no better use to

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put that kind of money, I think you
should.

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Have we concluded our biweekly
discussion of Arnold's Bentley?

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Yes, we have.

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In that case, Douglas, can we get
started with the meeting?

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Wilton versus Wilton.

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That's mine. I'm representing the wife,
the husband, a CEO of Western and

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Telecom, and a very rich man.

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I'm seeking to set aside a prenuptial
agreement, and if I succeed, the wife

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become a very rich woman. Where does it
stand?

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We're in depositions. People versus
Sandy Morrison.

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The trial's underway.

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I think pretty much my only shot is to
make the kid look as likable as possible

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and to point the finger at someone else.
That someone else being the husband.

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Right. You think the husband actually
did it, or are you just looking to stir

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the pot?

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Yes to both.

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Without the husband, there is no
reasonable doubt, and I think he's

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May have been a mistake getting Tom
Mulaney off this case.

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Why? If there were questions to be asked
of the husband or anyone else, I

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suspect that Tom would be willing to ask
them.

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Are we done with that? I don't know.

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Are we done?

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I'm done. I just wanted to know if we
were done, because if we are, I'd like

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discuss this renovation a little bit. I
don't know when it's going to be

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finished. I don't care when it's going
to be finished. I care about why we're

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doing it on the cheap.

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As opposed to what?

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As opposed to doing it right? From the
drawings, this place is going to look

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like we specialize in hack licenses and
drunk driving arrests.

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What are you saying? I'm saying it's low
rent. It's not supposed to be that,

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Douglas. It's not supposed to be low
rent. Daniel, I don't understand how you

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can tell this or anything else for that
matter just from looking at the

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drawings. I got my undergraduate degree
in architecture.

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Ah, then I have a suggestion.

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Why don't you deal with it?

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You meet with Lauren Chase, you pick out
fabric samples, you pick out furniture.

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I have never wanted to be the one to be
in charge of this. Believe me, I've been

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ducking this woman for days. I'm not
angling for the job, Douglas.

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Excuse me, I don't know the procedure
here, but there's a Lauren Chase who's

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been waiting about 45 minutes. Tell her
Mr.

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Morales will be out to see her
momentarily. In fact, take her directly

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office. All right.

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Thank you.

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Bye.

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I'm Daniel Morales.

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How do you do?

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Other than the fact that I've been
waiting for nearly an hour, I'm fine.

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My apologies.

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I need your approval on fabrics and
window treatments.

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Tell you what, I've got a client coming
in ten minutes. Why don't you leave the

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samples here, I'll look at them, and
I'll get back to you. No.

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What do you mean, no? I mean I've been
chasing one member of your firm or

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another around for three months trying
to get answers, trying to get one of you

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to focus on what it is you've hired me
to do. I know that to be the attorney,

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architect's time can't be all that
valuable.

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Let me assure you that while my hourly
rate may pale next to yours, my time is

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indeed quite valuable to me.

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Let's you and me go to the Pacific
Design Center tomorrow afternoon.

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I'll meet you at the entrance at two.

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Two it is.

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You've got a ten -minute grace period.

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After that, I'm gone.

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Mrs. Wilton, when you signed this
agreement, did you understand it to say

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in the event of a divorce, that your
husband would relinquish to you your

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in Hancock Park and pay you the sum of
$20 ,000 a month for the next five

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Yes. Did you further understand that
anything either of you owned prior to

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marriage, as well as all income
subsequently derived from his holdings,

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remain each individual's sole property
should this marriage be dissolved?

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Yes. And did you have your own lawyer
representing you when you signed this

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agreement?

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Yes, I did.

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Someone who frequently did work for my
husband.

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But you did have both the time and the
opportunity, did you not, to make a

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thorough investigation of your husband's
record of assets before signing this

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document? I would have signed anything
you'd ask me to, Matthew.

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I loved you and trusted you. I was your
mentor at a point in your career when

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you needed one.

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You attached yourself to me like a
remora to a shark.

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Can we try not to have this degenerate
into a series of recriminations?

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When you resigned from your husband's
company, he provided your seed money for

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you to start your own, didn't he? Yes,
he did.

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And six months ago, after I'd poured
seven years of sweat and caring and

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imagination into it, he sold the company
out from under me. I owned 51 % of the

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voting stock. I was well within my
rights to act as I did.

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You knew how much it meant to me. Look,
I have a few more questions I'd like to

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ask you. It was not a well -run
business. I ran it the way I wanted to

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thought that was my prerogative.

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Prerogatives have their limits.

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especially when you're dependent on
other people for your finances.

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For our anniversary one year, I bought
him a painting he'd admired, a

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I thought he'd be thrilled. Look, I'd
like to get into the area of that. Do

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know what he did?

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He returned it.

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He said it was a bad investment. It was.
It was a gift.

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We have more money than we could ever
spend.

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What good is it if it doesn't bring
pleasure to you or to other people? One

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thing you have never been capable of,
Jessica, is calculating the proper value

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of things. You don't have a clue what's
really valuable, Matthew.

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And that's why I'm divorcing you.

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Yeah, come.

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Hello, Mr. Robinson.

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Mr. Mullaney.

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To what do I owe the pleasure of this
visit?

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I want to talk to you about the Morrison
case.

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It's not my case anymore.

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I know that.

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So why are you here?

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Because Beverly Halloran's not going to
listen to me. I was hoping you would.

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I think you've got the wrong man. In
case you've forgotten, your client

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confessed. My client is mentally ill.

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He was browbeaten into confessing by an
overzealous cop, and your office was

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happy to take the path of least
resistance. Are you kidding?

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No, I'm not kidding.

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I think your office is more interested
in getting a conviction than they are in

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convicting the right man.

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I think it's safe to say that this
conversation is over.

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Want to hear who I think murdered Gail
Berge? Not particularly, no. Well, I'm

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going to tell you anyway. I think it was
Jonah Berge. I think he murdered his

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wife because he was cheating on her,
because he wanted her money, because he

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thought he could get away with it. And I
think you're doing what any defense

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lawyer who doesn't have two facts to rub
together does.

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You are flailing around and you're
looking for somebody else to point the

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at.

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Leland McKenzie has a pretty high
opinion of you, you know that? He thinks

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don't care about office politics, about
conviction rates or anything else if it

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goes against what you think is right.

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Nice try, Counselor.

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Thanks for your time.

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Detective Riley, would you describe the
events of July 28, 1993 for us? I was on

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duty in the homicide unit of the Los
Angeles Police Department.

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I got a call.

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I went to the social services walk -in
facility located on 6th near La Brea.

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At that location, I found the body of
Gail Berge. Would you describe the

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condition of Gail Berge's body?

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She had been stabbed numerous times and
was lying face down, fully closed, on

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the floor.

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Did you recover a murder weapon at the
scene?

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Yes, I did.

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Located in close proximity to the
decedent's body was a hunting knife.

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The police lab report revealed that
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belonging to the decedent on that knife.
Is this the knife, detective?

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Yes, it is. Ask that said knife be
admitted into evidence of people's

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one. So ordered. Ask that a
aforementioned lab report be stipulated

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evidence of people's exhibit two. So
stipulated.

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Detective, were there any fingerprints
found on this knife?

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Yes, the fingerprints of the defendant.

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Sandy Morrison were found on it. And
were you involved in the apprehension

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arrest of Mr. Morrison?

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Yes, I was. What statement, if any, did
Mr. Morrison make following his

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apprehension and arrest?

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He admitted having committed the murder
of Gail Berge.

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I have here a copy of a confession
signed by Mr. Morrison and asked that it

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admitted into evidence in People's
Exhibit 3.

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So ordered.

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I'm no further questions.

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You're a pretty good interrogator,
aren't you, detective?

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I'm good at my job, counselor.

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And one of the primary aspects of your
job... is interrogating suspects and

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exacting confessions. Is that not the
case?

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Yes, it is. Did you have an occasion to
interview the husband of the deceased

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detective? Yes, I did. Did he say
anything that led you to suspect Sandy

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Morrison of having committed this crime?

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Yes, he did. So, at the point you
brought the defendant into that room,

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a murder weapon with his fingerprints on
it, you knew he had a history of mental

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illness, and you knew he had been to see
the deceased on the day she was killed.

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As far as you were concerned, was there
even a possibility he didn't commit that

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crime? No, there wasn't. So you didn't
bother investigating anyone else, did

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you? No, I didn't. Tell us, how long did
you question the defendant before you

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got him to sign that confession?

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Approximately ten hours.

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Did he ask to leave?

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Yes, he did. How did you respond?

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I said that he couldn't. What else did
he ask for?

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He asked if he could lie down and go to
sleep.

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How did you respond to that?

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I said he couldn't do that either. What
was his response?

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He started to cry.

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And at that time, you informed him, did
you not, that the only way he was going

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to leave that room or lie down and go to
sleep or get away from you was by

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signing a confession?

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I may have used words to that effect,
yes.

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It wasn't a casual conversation at that
point. He was my prisoner. He was the

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primary suspect in a murder
investigation.

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And he wasn't leaving that room till I
was done with him.

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I have no further questions.

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There you are.

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Were you looking for me? I was just
thinking I never properly welcomed you

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the firm. Never said how glad I was that
you were going to be working here.

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Thank you.

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I was hoping that I could steal you to
lend me a hand on this Wilbur case.

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Sure. Just let me know what you need me
to do.

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The first thing I want you to do is
accept my apology for trying to initiate

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personal relationship before you were
even hired.

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Apology accepted.

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Good. Now, given that you are hired and
given that we are colleagues, what would

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you say to a collegial dinner?

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I would say, well, thank you.

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You are a striking -looking woman, you
know that?

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What am I, your backup position?

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No, I was just noticing you for the
first time.

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You're Eli's secretary, right?

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Let me ask you something.

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Don't. Don't what?

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Don't embarrass yourself twice in one
day, all right?

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My net worth at the time of the
prenuptial agreement was exactly what I

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was. Would that have been inclusive or
exclusive of the venture in Palo Alto?

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That was a highly speculative venture,
Mr. Becker. I doubt that it would have

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impacted on my net worth one way or
another.

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What would you estimate your net worth
is today, sir? I really don't know. The

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market's still open.

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How does $300 million sound with another
$50 million coming your way in December

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when you can exercise your Western and
telecom stock options?

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You're in the ballpark.

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What's Western's connection with Raleigh
Microsystems? We acquired Raleigh in

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1986, shortly after I became president.

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And who was responsible for the Raleigh
acquisition, Mr. Wilton? I made the

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decision to take over Raleigh. Who
brought it to Western?

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A great many people were involved.

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I did.

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All right, Jessica, you did.

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At this point, I'd like to ask that we
be provided with all corporate bank

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records going back to the beginning of
Mr. Wilton's tenure at the company.

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You're not entitled to that. I think the
fact that he was actively concealing

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assets suggests that I am.

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There's no reason for us to quibble
about it. Tomorrow morning, I'll be in

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court. I'll make my request to the
judge.

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You know what?

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I'm not going to give you anything.

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You're going to disrupt not only my
life, but the operation of a business.

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where do you get off thinking that you
are entitled to do that? Just talk to

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Mr. Wilton. I'm the lawyer. I'm the one
making the request.

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Could we possibly take a little break?

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As far as I'm concerned, we're done.

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We'll be objecting to that request.

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Did you ever talk to your wife about
Sandy Morrison, Mr. Berge?

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Yes, I did.

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Why was that?

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Because after her sessions with him, she
came home a complete wreck.

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Objection. Overruled.

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And what, if anything, did you suggest
she do? I suggested that she stop seeing

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him. How did she respond?

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You have to understand something about
Gail. She felt that no one was beyond

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redemption, and she took the
responsibility of redeeming them

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first, she insisted that she could get
through to Sandy.

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His condition continued to deteriorate,
and she finally agreed that he needed to

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be in some sort of controlled
environment.

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The day that she was killed was the day
that she told him that.

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Objection. Hearsay.

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Sustained. The day that she was killed
was the day she told me that she planned

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to tell him.

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Objection. Hearsay.

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Sustained. The jury will disregard.

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Would you describe your wife's condition
when she left for work that day? She

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was utterly terrified.

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I have no further questions.

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What do you do for a living, Mr. Berge?

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It's a little difficult to encapsulate
in a few words.

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Use as many words as you like. I do a
variety of things. I design what I call

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epigrammatic signage. What is that?

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Words and phrases.

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Painted, projected, or digitally
superimposed.

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Designed to alter people's view of art
and of the world.

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I also compose electronic greeting
cards, interactive computer games,

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holograms.

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Trained in a number of different
disciplines, and I draw on all of them.

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much did you make last year, drawing on
all of them?

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Objection. Overruled. I made about $30
,000.

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Are you familiar with an individual by
the name of Pamela Reisenfeld?

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Yes, I am. Would you characterize for us
the kind of relationship you have with

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Ms. Reisenfeld?

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Counselor. Although I know that you're
barely able to control yourself from

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springing forth with some damning piece
of evidence, let me move us beyond that

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point. The kind of relationship that Ms.
Reisenfeld and I had was that we were

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lovers.

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Was your wife aware of that fact, Mr.
Berge? To the best of my knowledge, she

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was not. You testify that your wife
discussed Sandy Morrison with you. Is

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right? Yes, I did. Did you ever have
occasion to read your wife's journals

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regarding Sandy Morrison?

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00:19:26,960 --> 00:19:28,240
No, I never have.

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Asked to receive into evidence said
journal as a defense exhibit one?

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So ordered.

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Would it surprise you to learn, sir,
that nowhere in your wife's journal is a

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single entry that indicates that she was
afraid of Sandy Morrison?

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Oh, it wouldn't surprise me at all. She
was ashamed to admit it.

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Are you aware of the fact that what is
recorded in her journal are numerous

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entries expressing her affection for
Sandy, and one which states that he had

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turned his knife over to her for
safekeeping?

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No. I was not aware of any of that.

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If, for the sake of argument, you had
been aware of the fact that Sandy's

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was in her office, it would have been
possible, would it not, for you to have

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gained entry to your wife's office, put
on gloves, and used that weapon to stab

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your wife to death. Objection! Mr.
Levinson!

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Wait until Sandy left the office. You
would have known that his fingerprints

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were on the murder weapon. Objection!
Because after all, you knew that it was

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his knife. Mr. Levinson!

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In the state of California, when an
objection is made, the attorney asking

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question stops.

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until a ruling is made.

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Do you understand?

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Yes, Your Honor.

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The objection is sustained.

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Move on.

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The house you live in is valued at $4 .5
million.

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Who paid for it? It was purchased with
money that my wife inherited from her

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grandmother. Are you aware of the fact
that an inheritance is not considered

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community property in the state of
California?

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00:20:45,870 --> 00:20:47,210
No, I wasn't aware of that.

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00:20:47,450 --> 00:20:51,449
So you weren't aware of the fact that
had you and your wife divorced, you

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wouldn't have received any of the money
that she'd inherited.

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00:20:53,640 --> 00:20:56,770
Neither my wife nor myself ever
considered getting divorced.

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How much did you inherit when your wife
was killed, Mr. Berge? Objection.

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Irrelevant. Overruled.

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I inherited about $11 million.

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00:21:07,620 --> 00:21:09,080
I have no further questions.

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00:21:15,940 --> 00:21:21,280
So you like this couch, right?

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It's a cabotier. What's not to like?

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00:21:24,330 --> 00:21:25,380
Right.

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It's a lot more money than I was told to
spend.

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You shouldn't be dictated to by the
timid. You were hired to design a new

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office. You should design a new office.
And I don't have to get approval from

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anyone else. They turned this over to
me, and I want offices that have a

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sophistication, a little refinement, you
know.

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From my experience, attorneys are not
usually inclined to spend money for

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like that.

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You've obviously been dealing with a
more vulgar class of attorney.

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I take it, then, that you have an
appreciation for architecture and

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Yes, I do.

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Do you come by that naturally?

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To some extent. My father was an
engineer, and I studied architecture

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in college.

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00:22:03,290 --> 00:22:04,340
What stopped you?

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Challenge, the lack thereof.

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00:22:07,351 --> 00:22:10,669
The architects I admired were geniuses,
and the best I could hope to be was

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ordinary.

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00:22:11,730 --> 00:22:13,590
Who were the architects you admired?

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00:22:13,870 --> 00:22:18,010
Neutra, Alto, Farnan, Louis Kahn.

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00:22:20,420 --> 00:22:22,280
You're right. Those guys are geniuses.

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So you're a little impressed now, right?

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00:22:27,560 --> 00:22:30,870
When's the last time you talked to a
lawyer who knew about Neutra?

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I am a little impressed.

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00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:34,090
Good.

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I like to think I got something out of
four years of calling.

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00:22:39,340 --> 00:22:41,930
So what do we think of this building we
were just in?

401
00:22:42,420 --> 00:22:43,470
I think it's great.

402
00:22:44,060 --> 00:22:45,110
Cesar Pelli, right?

403
00:22:46,560 --> 00:22:48,380
Right. You're impressed, right?

404
00:22:49,420 --> 00:22:50,470
I am impressed.

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00:22:51,040 --> 00:22:52,380
All right, now I can stop.

406
00:22:58,160 --> 00:23:04,540
Up until he was 14, Sandy was a normal
kid.

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00:23:04,780 --> 00:23:07,700
In what way at the age of 14 did he
cease to be a normal kid?

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00:23:07,940 --> 00:23:09,860
He stopped having a normal life.

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00:23:10,540 --> 00:23:14,060
He stopped going out with his friends,
stopped going to school.

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00:23:15,500 --> 00:23:19,680
He'd leave our apartment in the morning
and just go drifting around New York,

411
00:23:19,860 --> 00:23:24,440
riding the subway, walking, drinking
coffee at McDonald's.

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00:23:25,160 --> 00:23:28,720
He'd be expelled from one school and
we'd enroll him into another.

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00:23:29,060 --> 00:23:33,240
What kind of schools did he go to? Every
kind, public schools, private schools.

414
00:23:33,700 --> 00:23:37,200
We tried every approach from Trinity to
Montessori.

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00:23:37,840 --> 00:23:39,720
Sandy just didn't want to be in school.

416
00:23:39,721 --> 00:23:43,159
What kind of behavior did your son
manifest when he was around the

417
00:23:43,160 --> 00:23:44,240
He stayed in his room.

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There were periods he wouldn't sleep,
and there were periods he'd sleep all

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time. I'd wake him up in the morning and
make a point of having bowls of cereal

420
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and eggs, toast, coffee, orange juice
all laid out.

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I'd prod him to have a good breakfast,
get his day started right.

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00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:05,439
His mother would, too. We both would.
He'd sit there and pick at the food and

423
00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:07,620
sooner or later make it back to his
room.

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00:24:07,621 --> 00:24:09,839
Did you see professional help for your
son?

425
00:24:09,840 --> 00:24:12,640
Sandy saw one psychiatrist or another.

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00:24:13,320 --> 00:24:14,780
Since he was 15.

427
00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:19,300
He also was treated at Austin Riggs on
and off for about four years.

428
00:24:19,301 --> 00:24:22,779
And what mental condition was your son
diagnosed to be suffering with?

429
00:24:22,780 --> 00:24:25,000
Chronic recurrent dysthymia.

430
00:24:25,500 --> 00:24:26,550
Depression.

431
00:24:27,420 --> 00:24:32,239
My son is a young man who finds a great
deal of difficulty coping with the world

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around him.

433
00:24:33,140 --> 00:24:35,460
His response to it is retreat.

434
00:24:35,461 --> 00:24:39,319
Objection. The witness is not qualified
to render a psychiatric opinion.

435
00:24:39,320 --> 00:24:41,520
Sustained. My son was never violent.

436
00:24:42,220 --> 00:24:46,339
He was never cruel, and I would stake my
life on the fact that my son never

437
00:24:46,340 --> 00:24:47,359
killed anyone.

438
00:24:47,360 --> 00:24:48,740
I have no further questions.

439
00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:53,360
I don't have very many questions for
you, sir.

440
00:24:53,560 --> 00:24:58,619
I would like to know how long prior to
the arrest of your son for the murder of

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00:24:58,620 --> 00:25:00,850
Gail Berge had it been since you'd seen
him?

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00:25:00,851 --> 00:25:01,879
Six years.

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00:25:01,880 --> 00:25:07,219
So if, in fact, during that six -year
period, your son had become violent, you

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00:25:07,220 --> 00:25:10,280
wouldn't know, would you? I didn't stop
knowing my son.

445
00:25:10,860 --> 00:25:14,590
No matter how long it had been, I never
stopped knowing him. Would you, sir?

446
00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:17,070
Do you know what a sweet, happy little
boy he was?

447
00:25:17,220 --> 00:25:19,600
Do you know how hard it was to watch him
change?

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00:25:19,840 --> 00:25:24,239
Mr. Morrison. To see him desperately try
to stay sweet and happy and not to be

449
00:25:24,240 --> 00:25:28,719
able to? Mr. Morrison. Not to be able to
get out of the way of this dense, black

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00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:32,599
cloud that he carried around inside of
his skull? Mr. Morrison, I have to

451
00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:34,420
admonish you to stop this outburst.

452
00:25:34,910 --> 00:25:38,849
I'll ask you once again, sir. Would you
have known it if in the last six years

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00:25:38,850 --> 00:25:40,290
your son had become violent?

454
00:25:42,270 --> 00:25:43,320
No.

455
00:25:43,430 --> 00:25:44,810
I have no further questions.

456
00:25:50,531 --> 00:25:57,659
Your Honor, the attorney who advised my
client to sign this prenuptial was an

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00:25:57,660 --> 00:25:59,679
associate of her then soon -to -be
husband.

458
00:25:59,680 --> 00:26:02,819
Be that as it may, Your Honor, there's
absolutely no evidence of collusion

459
00:26:02,820 --> 00:26:05,539
Do you have any evidence of undisclosed
assets, Mr. Beckman? We know that Mr.

460
00:26:05,540 --> 00:26:08,499
Wilton had proprietary interest in at
least one computer venture that was

461
00:26:08,500 --> 00:26:10,000
disclosed. How do we know that?

462
00:26:10,001 --> 00:26:13,819
As an addendum to our motion is a copy
of a letter memorializing said interest.

463
00:26:13,820 --> 00:26:16,899
When the prenuptial was signed, his
interest in that venture was worth

464
00:26:16,900 --> 00:26:18,220
It's not worth nothing now.

465
00:26:18,221 --> 00:26:22,159
Moreover, I can't determine the full
extent of nondisclosure or negligent

466
00:26:22,160 --> 00:26:25,599
representation without access to Mr.
Wilton's corporate records. Your Honor,

467
00:26:25,600 --> 00:26:28,839
Mrs. Wilton blames her husband for her
bad choices and professional failure.

468
00:26:28,840 --> 00:26:31,799
She's pursuing this simply because she
knows what kind of a burden fulfilling

469
00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:34,959
this motion will create for him right
now, a scant two days before his

470
00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:38,119
shareholders' meeting. I really don't
care about your client's meeting, Mr.

471
00:26:38,120 --> 00:26:40,710
Fine. We're talking about a great deal
of money here.

472
00:26:40,711 --> 00:26:44,319
Mr. Becker and Mrs. Wilton have a right
to take a look at these documents.

473
00:26:44,320 --> 00:26:46,199
I'm going to uphold Mr. Becker's
request.

474
00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:47,979
It's an invasion of privacy, Your Honor.

475
00:26:47,980 --> 00:26:49,030
It's done, Mr. Fine.

476
00:26:53,820 --> 00:26:59,400
Jessica, I'm really very tired of
dealing with this whole business.

477
00:26:59,401 --> 00:27:03,279
Now, whatever vendetta you're trying to
satisfy by upsetting my life to the

478
00:27:03,280 --> 00:27:07,120
scavenger hunt, will it be satisfied
with $2 million in cash?

479
00:27:07,720 --> 00:27:11,960
Barney? Could you excuse us? Don't let
this guy push you around, Jesse.

480
00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:15,280
I think I ought to take it. No.

481
00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:18,070
Matthew brought a lot of that money to
the marriage.

482
00:27:19,960 --> 00:27:21,700
Maybe he was right about my company.

483
00:27:22,700 --> 00:27:24,750
I'm not a gold digger, Ernie. Listen to
me.

484
00:27:24,751 --> 00:27:28,319
You made a significant contribution to
his wealth with your work at Western

485
00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:31,519
Intellicum. You spent ten years trying
to make a marriage work with him.

486
00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:35,490
The law says you're entitled to share in
the marital assets as an equal partner.

487
00:27:35,500 --> 00:27:37,730
Giving that two million dollars is
nothing.

488
00:27:54,100 --> 00:27:55,840
Okay. The suit looks good on you.

489
00:27:56,920 --> 00:27:57,970
Yes, it does.

490
00:27:58,400 --> 00:27:59,450
It's big on me.

491
00:27:59,540 --> 00:28:01,340
Eli thought it should be a little big.

492
00:28:01,341 --> 00:28:04,059
Your clothes are too big. You generally
look a little smaller.

493
00:28:04,060 --> 00:28:05,799
A little less threatening to the jury.

494
00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:08,750
Well, not that you look all that
threatening to begin with.

495
00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:10,560
It's just something lawyers do.

496
00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:12,280
But it's a trick.

497
00:28:12,780 --> 00:28:15,330
Right. That's why we need a lawyer,
Sandy.

498
00:28:15,570 --> 00:28:16,710
They know these things.

499
00:28:19,610 --> 00:28:22,260
I'm going to need to put you on the
stand today, Sandy.

500
00:28:22,390 --> 00:28:24,130
You said maybe you wouldn't have to.

501
00:28:24,290 --> 00:28:27,180
I think we need to let the jury hear you
speak for yourself.

502
00:28:27,410 --> 00:28:30,010
Why? I think we should help ourselves
where we can.

503
00:28:30,450 --> 00:28:31,850
I think this will help us.

504
00:28:33,330 --> 00:28:36,700
Well, you think I could be alone in this
room for a minute by myself?

505
00:28:37,030 --> 00:28:38,080
Sure.

506
00:28:46,190 --> 00:28:47,240
Excuse me.

507
00:28:48,050 --> 00:28:51,570
Yeah? Um, are you going to be in court
when I testify?

508
00:28:54,750 --> 00:28:56,370
I'll be there if you want me there.

509
00:28:56,910 --> 00:29:00,340
Well, every day I go to court, I look to
see if you're going to be there.

510
00:29:01,190 --> 00:29:05,829
I mean, it's like I don't even know you,
but every day I'm there, I look to see

511
00:29:05,830 --> 00:29:07,210
if you're there.

512
00:29:08,390 --> 00:29:09,530
It's a nice thing to say.

513
00:29:09,810 --> 00:29:11,920
Well, I wish you didn't have to be in
court.

514
00:29:11,921 --> 00:29:12,859
I know.

515
00:29:12,860 --> 00:29:18,040
I wish I could be getting a hamburger in
a coffee shop or going for a drive,

516
00:29:18,180 --> 00:29:21,120
taking a walk, something good.

517
00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:25,220
Sandy, listen to me. You can get through
this.

518
00:29:26,060 --> 00:29:30,119
Yeah, well, you don't know that because
I can't do a lot of the things that

519
00:29:30,120 --> 00:29:33,040
everybody else can do.

520
00:29:33,660 --> 00:29:35,300
Well, I think you can do this.

521
00:29:35,500 --> 00:29:36,550
Really, I do.

522
00:29:36,880 --> 00:29:39,200
Well, you're going to be there, right?

523
00:29:39,740 --> 00:29:40,790
Yeah, I'll be there.

524
00:29:44,219 --> 00:29:45,269
Bye.

525
00:29:51,220 --> 00:29:53,990
Sandy, could you tell the court how you
met Gail Berge?

526
00:29:54,880 --> 00:29:59,500
She came up to me in the park and she
offered me a sandwich.

527
00:30:00,020 --> 00:30:03,480
She said it was part of the outreach
program, she called it.

528
00:30:03,481 --> 00:30:07,459
And I started talking to her and she
seemed all right.

529
00:30:07,460 --> 00:30:08,510
What happened next?

530
00:30:08,880 --> 00:30:11,540
She told me she was a psychiatric social
worker.

531
00:30:12,160 --> 00:30:13,210
She gave me a card.

532
00:30:14,480 --> 00:30:17,500
She said if I ever wanted to come see
her, then I could.

533
00:30:17,501 --> 00:30:18,619
Did you?

534
00:30:18,620 --> 00:30:19,760
Yeah, eventually I did.

535
00:30:19,980 --> 00:30:21,120
How often would you go?

536
00:30:21,420 --> 00:30:26,180
Well, sometimes it was like once a week,
and sometimes it was every day.

537
00:30:26,540 --> 00:30:29,620
What, if anything, changed as a result
of your seeing Gail?

538
00:30:29,980 --> 00:30:33,720
I got a place to live, and I got in
touch with my mom.

539
00:30:34,260 --> 00:30:39,539
And Gail helped me work out a way so my
mom could send me enough money so I

540
00:30:39,540 --> 00:30:41,100
could get a place.

541
00:30:42,940 --> 00:30:46,589
She got me to... and she got me to
change my clothes a little more often

542
00:30:46,590 --> 00:30:50,020
had been. How did your knife come to be
found in Gail's office, Sandy?

543
00:30:50,021 --> 00:30:53,449
She asked me to give it to her, so I
gave it to her. She said, since I wasn't

544
00:30:53,450 --> 00:30:56,430
staying in the park anymore, that I
didn't need it.

545
00:30:57,930 --> 00:30:59,450
Did you kill Gail, Sandy?

546
00:31:00,710 --> 00:31:01,760
No.

547
00:31:02,490 --> 00:31:03,870
I have no further questions.

548
00:31:07,270 --> 00:31:10,690
That is your signature on the
confession, isn't it, Sandy?

549
00:31:11,830 --> 00:31:14,600
Yeah. Yes. And yet you're in here
claiming to be innocent.

550
00:31:15,040 --> 00:31:18,800
I guess my question is, why would you
confess to a crime you didn't commit?

551
00:31:18,801 --> 00:31:20,359
Because I was tired.

552
00:31:20,360 --> 00:31:21,410
You were tired?

553
00:31:21,580 --> 00:31:22,960
Yeah, sometimes I get tired.

554
00:31:23,160 --> 00:31:26,770
Are you telling us that you confessed to
murder because you were tired?

555
00:31:26,980 --> 00:31:28,660
I couldn't keep my head up anymore.

556
00:31:28,780 --> 00:31:31,790
I couldn't keep hearing the detective
ask me the questions.

557
00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:33,980
I couldn't keep listening to him talk.

558
00:31:33,981 --> 00:31:37,059
He kept saying he knew what happened, so
I thought maybe he did.

559
00:31:37,060 --> 00:31:40,819
If I were as good at asking questions as
the detective, would you confess to me?

560
00:31:40,820 --> 00:31:41,900
Objection. Sustained.

561
00:31:41,901 --> 00:31:46,059
I want to answer that question. Do you
understand the concept of truth, Mr.

562
00:31:46,060 --> 00:31:47,039
Morrison?

563
00:31:47,040 --> 00:31:50,999
Yeah. Your father sat up here yesterday
and testified that in all the time he

564
00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:54,550
was around you, you had never gotten
violent. Was he telling the truth,

565
00:31:54,551 --> 00:31:58,179
Your father knew he wasn't telling the
truth, didn't he, Sandy? Your father

566
00:31:58,180 --> 00:32:01,639
he wasn't telling the truth because you
had, in fact, become violent in his

567
00:32:01,640 --> 00:32:05,399
presence. Wasn't what happened, Sandy,
that you attacked your father with a

568
00:32:05,400 --> 00:32:09,859
screwdriver? He had all these ideas. He
kept wanting to make lists, and he kept

569
00:32:09,860 --> 00:32:13,139
wanting to make plans, you know? Kept
wanting me to be happy. Isn't the reason

570
00:32:13,140 --> 00:32:16,819
you left New York that your parents were
ready to put you in an institution, and

571
00:32:16,820 --> 00:32:19,439
it wouldn't have been Austin Riggs, and
you wouldn't have been able to check

572
00:32:19,440 --> 00:32:22,779
yourself out? It would have been a
secured mental hospital, and you would

573
00:32:22,780 --> 00:32:26,390
been locked up. I'm different now than I
was then, right? Are you, Sandy?

574
00:32:28,420 --> 00:32:29,470
Yep.

575
00:32:29,680 --> 00:32:31,060
I have no further questions.

576
00:32:32,891 --> 00:32:39,679
The background noise level is rather
high. I think there are things we can do

577
00:32:39,680 --> 00:32:41,970
reduce it. Not surprisingly, they cost
money.

578
00:32:42,100 --> 00:32:45,300
What kind of things and how much money
will they cost?

579
00:32:45,301 --> 00:32:48,999
We can use a better grade of ceiling
tile, we can use fabric on the walls,

580
00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:51,199
we can consider an electronic masking
system.

581
00:32:51,200 --> 00:32:52,720
How important is all that?

582
00:32:52,721 --> 00:32:57,059
I don't know. How important is it that
the secretaries out here be comfortable?

583
00:32:57,060 --> 00:32:58,110
Not very.

584
00:32:58,740 --> 00:33:00,900
But think about this, Douglas.

585
00:33:01,140 --> 00:33:05,140
There are eight secretaries and four
paralegals working out here.

586
00:33:05,141 --> 00:33:09,679
In the aggregate, that comes to, what,
almost half a million dollars in salary,

587
00:33:09,680 --> 00:33:14,319
right? It comes to $640 ,000 a year in
salary. Well, if noise accounts for them

588
00:33:14,320 --> 00:33:19,299
being distracted 5 % of the time, we're
losing over $30 ,000 a year. Did you two

589
00:33:19,300 --> 00:33:20,920
work out this formula together?

590
00:33:20,921 --> 00:33:24,799
Actually, this is the first I'm hearing
of it. You're overseeing this job,

591
00:33:24,800 --> 00:33:29,199
Daniel. If you feel the money is well
spent, let's spend it. By all means, we

592
00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:32,330
don't want to have bad acoustics and
distracted secretaries.

593
00:33:34,530 --> 00:33:35,580
That was pretty good.

594
00:33:37,850 --> 00:33:38,900
Douglas?

595
00:33:39,270 --> 00:33:40,320
What's all this?

596
00:33:40,510 --> 00:33:42,370
Matthew Wilton's corporate records.

597
00:33:42,830 --> 00:33:43,880
Thanks.

598
00:33:45,150 --> 00:33:46,200
Douglas,

599
00:33:46,410 --> 00:33:48,580
I'm going to need all hands on deck
tonight.

600
00:33:48,581 --> 00:33:51,769
Why? I've got to get through all these
files before the Western and Telecom

601
00:33:51,770 --> 00:33:53,689
stockholders' meeting convenes on
Friday.

602
00:33:53,690 --> 00:33:56,529
I'll stay if you need me. Great. Jane
said that you would stay, too. She's

603
00:33:56,530 --> 00:33:58,489
to be working with you here at night,
Arnold?

604
00:33:58,490 --> 00:34:03,030
Yeah. Stuart, try to prevent this from
resulting in a sexual harassment suit.

605
00:34:06,900 --> 00:34:08,500
Beyond a reasonable doubt.

606
00:34:09,060 --> 00:34:11,290
You've heard the phrase thousands of
times.

607
00:34:11,739 --> 00:34:13,520
But what exactly does it mean?

608
00:34:14,239 --> 00:34:19,519
The court in U .S. v. Pfizer said,
reasonable doubt is such as would cause

609
00:34:19,520 --> 00:34:23,860
prudent men to hesitate before acting in
matters of importance.

610
00:34:24,100 --> 00:34:26,630
Let's consider why you might want to
hesitate now.

611
00:34:27,600 --> 00:34:31,859
Jonah Berge had access to his wife's
office. He had access to his wife's

612
00:34:31,860 --> 00:34:35,859
journals. He knew she had a knife
belonging to the defendant in her desk.

613
00:34:35,860 --> 00:34:39,999
the opportunity to kill her and the
information necessary to implicate the

614
00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:41,050
defendant.

615
00:34:41,420 --> 00:34:42,940
He also had a motive.

616
00:34:43,960 --> 00:34:48,139
He was involved with another woman, and
he wanted out of his marriage.

617
00:34:48,780 --> 00:34:52,210
The only problem was he had gotten used
to living on his wife's money.

618
00:34:52,211 --> 00:34:54,589
Of course, that problem could be
overcome.

619
00:34:54,590 --> 00:35:00,769
The terms of Gail's will left $11
million to him. All he had to do to get

620
00:35:00,770 --> 00:35:02,470
was to kill her.

621
00:35:03,690 --> 00:35:06,710
On the other hand, Sandy Morrison
confessed.

622
00:35:07,730 --> 00:35:11,580
You may well ask yourself, why would
anybody do that if they weren't guilty?

623
00:35:11,581 --> 00:35:15,469
That's a good question, and I'm going to
try to answer it. The young man who

624
00:35:15,470 --> 00:35:17,430
signed it is mentally ill.

625
00:35:17,650 --> 00:35:21,150
He lives enshrouded in a depression so
deep...

626
00:35:21,400 --> 00:35:25,979
that the simplest human interactions are
altogether unbearable. A skilled

627
00:35:25,980 --> 00:35:29,060
interrogator locks him in a room for ten
hours.

628
00:35:29,340 --> 00:35:34,219
He grinds down whatever resistance Sandy
is capable of, and by the end, unsure

629
00:35:34,220 --> 00:35:39,400
himself of what he did or didn't do,
Sandy confesses. What you now have to

630
00:35:39,480 --> 00:35:43,380
ladies and gentlemen, is look beyond the
four corners of that document.

631
00:35:44,140 --> 00:35:45,380
You have to look.

632
00:35:46,480 --> 00:35:49,000
Please look at the young man who signed
it.

633
00:35:49,750 --> 00:35:53,769
You've listened to his father. You have
listened to him. I submit to you that

634
00:35:53,770 --> 00:35:54,820
he's not a killer.

635
00:35:54,990 --> 00:35:59,389
I submit to you that he mourns this
woman's death more than anybody in this

636
00:35:59,390 --> 00:36:03,530
room. And I ask that you find him not
guilty.

637
00:36:04,930 --> 00:36:05,980
Thank you.

638
00:36:09,090 --> 00:36:14,490
What I am going to ask is that you
distinguish between fact and fancy.

639
00:36:14,491 --> 00:36:19,309
Now, my adversary has invented an
elaborate scenario whereby Gail Berge's

640
00:36:19,310 --> 00:36:21,890
husband is guilty and his client is
innocent.

641
00:36:22,170 --> 00:36:28,369
Now, the problem with this scenario is
there are no facts to support it. The

642
00:36:28,370 --> 00:36:30,810
problem is my adversary made the whole
thing up.

643
00:36:31,030 --> 00:36:32,350
Jonah was having an affair.

644
00:36:32,590 --> 00:36:36,590
Gail was rich. Jonah must have killed
his wife. Well, ladies and gentlemen,

645
00:36:36,610 --> 00:36:37,930
Jonah didn't kill his wife.

646
00:36:37,970 --> 00:36:42,749
The man who's charged with killing her
did. The defendant has a long history of

647
00:36:42,750 --> 00:36:43,800
mental problems.

648
00:36:44,040 --> 00:36:48,899
And contrary to the sworn testimony of
his father, he does have a history of

649
00:36:48,900 --> 00:36:53,479
violence. He came to trust and depend on
the young woman who was attempting to

650
00:36:53,480 --> 00:36:57,099
treat him. And when she determined that
she couldn't treat him anymore, when he

651
00:36:57,100 --> 00:37:01,879
felt betrayed and abandoned by her, he
reacted in the same way he had reacted

652
00:37:01,880 --> 00:37:04,200
before, with violence, with rage.

653
00:37:04,420 --> 00:37:08,739
And so he raised up his knife and he
stabbed her to death. That, ladies and

654
00:37:08,740 --> 00:37:12,000
gentlemen, is the only scenario
supported by fact.

655
00:37:12,490 --> 00:37:17,429
There's no reasonable doubt here.
There's no doubt at all. I ask that you

656
00:37:17,430 --> 00:37:19,570
the defendant guilty as charged.

657
00:37:35,490 --> 00:37:36,540
Stuart?

658
00:37:36,990 --> 00:37:40,530
Oh, Stuart, wake up. What time is it?

659
00:37:40,830 --> 00:37:43,000
It's about 7 .30. I thought you left
when I did.

660
00:37:43,950 --> 00:37:47,390
Yeah, I had a few questions, so I came
back.

661
00:37:47,610 --> 00:37:50,910
Oh, right. Well, I can't believe you
slept here all night.

662
00:37:51,310 --> 00:37:53,170
Did you bring any donuts?

663
00:37:54,450 --> 00:37:55,500
Just as well.

664
00:37:55,850 --> 00:38:00,530
So, well, your guy walks a very thin
line, doesn't he?

665
00:38:00,531 --> 00:38:04,109
He's definitely feathered his own nest
using his Western and telecom

666
00:38:04,110 --> 00:38:08,189
connections, and he had several
ultimately profitable deals pending at

667
00:38:08,190 --> 00:38:12,100
of the prenup that he didn't mention to
anybody. but there's no slam dunk there.

668
00:38:12,560 --> 00:38:13,610
Anything?

669
00:38:14,540 --> 00:38:16,040
I don't know. Take a look at this.

670
00:38:17,840 --> 00:38:24,419
Now, you see there's a whole series of
unexplained one - and two -night trips

671
00:38:24,420 --> 00:38:25,119
St. Louis?

672
00:38:25,120 --> 00:38:31,079
Yeah, well, couple that with some small
but what I would call very odd stock

673
00:38:31,080 --> 00:38:33,120
purchases. What makes them odd?

674
00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:35,980
Well, he's buying up World Electronics.

675
00:38:36,780 --> 00:38:38,760
That's his company's main competition.

676
00:38:40,879 --> 00:38:43,840
And they're located in? You got it. St.
Louis.

677
00:38:45,340 --> 00:38:46,980
Now, this could mean nothing.

678
00:38:47,260 --> 00:38:48,310
I don't know.

679
00:38:49,480 --> 00:38:50,680
What are you going to do?

680
00:38:52,120 --> 00:38:53,170
Improvise.

681
00:39:03,660 --> 00:39:04,710
Warning, gentlemen.

682
00:39:07,120 --> 00:39:08,170
We need to talk.

683
00:39:08,620 --> 00:39:09,670
Not now, we don't.

684
00:39:09,671 --> 00:39:13,699
I have to finish preparing to address
tomorrow's stockholders' meeting.

685
00:39:13,700 --> 00:39:16,260
$35 made me a Western and Telecom
stockholder.

686
00:39:16,261 --> 00:39:17,739
Address me.

687
00:39:17,740 --> 00:39:18,939
What's this about, Arnold?

688
00:39:18,940 --> 00:39:21,879
I want him to give his wife what she's
entitled to under California community

689
00:39:21,880 --> 00:39:22,930
property laws.

690
00:39:23,360 --> 00:39:24,410
That said,

691
00:39:24,940 --> 00:39:26,380
we'll settle for $50 million.

692
00:39:26,420 --> 00:39:29,310
Most people don't think I have a sense
of humor, Mr. Becker.

693
00:39:29,400 --> 00:39:32,840
You've obviously seen past that. Now, if
you'll excuse us.

694
00:39:32,841 --> 00:39:37,499
What do you suppose my fellow
stockholders would think about their

695
00:39:37,500 --> 00:39:40,499
leader dumping Western and Telecom and
joining the competition?

696
00:39:40,500 --> 00:39:43,059
Now, why would they think that? Because
that's what I'm going to tell them at

697
00:39:43,060 --> 00:39:45,959
tomorrow's stockholders meeting, unless
you give your wife a fair settlement.

698
00:39:45,960 --> 00:39:50,000
Are you threatening me, Mr. Becker? Just
thinking out loud.

699
00:39:50,001 --> 00:39:53,899
Wondering if the other stockholders will
be as curious as I am about all those

700
00:39:53,900 --> 00:39:57,039
trips you've been making to St. Louis. I
mean, I guess you could just be trying

701
00:39:57,040 --> 00:39:58,540
to get a closer look at the Arch.

702
00:39:59,020 --> 00:40:00,070
But I don't think so.

703
00:40:00,071 --> 00:40:03,189
What do you think? I think you're
playing to jump ship as soon as you can

704
00:40:03,190 --> 00:40:06,069
in your stock options. I think your
relationship with World violates your

705
00:40:06,070 --> 00:40:09,729
fiduciary relationship with Western. I
think once news of that hits the street,

706
00:40:09,730 --> 00:40:12,689
you'll be the named defendant and a
great many lawsuits in your stellar

707
00:40:12,690 --> 00:40:14,490
will go into something of an eclipse.

708
00:40:14,950 --> 00:40:16,390
I'm late, Mr. Becker.

709
00:40:17,530 --> 00:40:18,690
And you're delusional.

710
00:40:20,410 --> 00:40:21,460
Am I?

711
00:40:24,690 --> 00:40:25,770
See you at the meeting.

712
00:40:33,230 --> 00:40:35,640
Can I speak to you for a moment,
Counselor? Sure.

713
00:40:35,641 --> 00:40:38,349
I've interviewed witnesses.

714
00:40:38,350 --> 00:40:39,930
I've gone over police reports.

715
00:40:40,230 --> 00:40:44,669
I've done everything I know how to do.
And? And nothing. If Jonah Berge killed

716
00:40:44,670 --> 00:40:47,320
his wife, he's done a good job of
covering his tracks.

717
00:40:47,510 --> 00:40:53,009
Okay. So, you know, I try very hard not
to send innocent people to prison. The

718
00:40:53,010 --> 00:40:56,260
prospect of doing that disturbs me at
least as much as it does you.

719
00:40:56,490 --> 00:40:58,630
Counselor, the jury's better.

720
00:41:00,450 --> 00:41:01,500
Good luck.

721
00:41:02,220 --> 00:41:03,270
Thank you.

722
00:41:11,020 --> 00:41:12,960
Has the jury reached a verdict?

723
00:41:13,380 --> 00:41:15,640
We have, Your Honor. What say you?

724
00:41:16,820 --> 00:41:22,039
In the case of the state of California
versus Sandy Morrison on the charge of

725
00:41:22,040 --> 00:41:27,420
murder in the second degree, we find the
defendant not guilty.

726
00:41:27,421 --> 00:41:31,359
The jury is dismissed with the thanks of
the court.

727
00:41:31,360 --> 00:41:32,880
The defendant is free to go.

728
00:41:33,120 --> 00:41:34,520
The court's adjourned.

729
00:41:37,280 --> 00:41:44,200
How about if we go out for a
celebration?

730
00:41:44,500 --> 00:41:46,060
Would that be all right, Sandy?

731
00:41:46,900 --> 00:41:47,950
Yeah, Ma.

732
00:41:58,830 --> 00:42:02,749
Did you talk to the receptionist? Yes.
Mr. Wilton hasn't left a message there

733
00:42:02,750 --> 00:42:03,830
either. Damn!

734
00:42:04,570 --> 00:42:06,210
Arnie? Jessica.

735
00:42:06,670 --> 00:42:07,770
What have you done?

736
00:42:09,810 --> 00:42:10,860
Thanks.

737
00:42:12,150 --> 00:42:13,710
Matthew called this afternoon.

738
00:42:14,590 --> 00:42:18,850
He gave me a cashier's check of $15
million.

739
00:42:20,250 --> 00:42:22,150
Yeah? How did you do it?

740
00:42:22,530 --> 00:42:24,450
A magician never tells his trick.

741
00:42:28,560 --> 00:42:31,750
I would have been here sooner, but I
wanted to get you something.

742
00:42:33,220 --> 00:42:34,360
I shouldn't have.

743
00:42:40,300 --> 00:42:41,350
What's this?

744
00:42:43,060 --> 00:42:45,620
No. I noticed the brochure is in your
office.

745
00:42:45,621 --> 00:42:49,239
I asked a couple of your partners. They
said this is the car you want.

746
00:42:49,240 --> 00:42:50,290
Oh, it is.

747
00:42:50,960 --> 00:42:53,790
But I can't possibly accept this. It's
way too much money.

748
00:42:54,340 --> 00:42:58,550
Arnie. I don't ever want to hear another
man tell me how to spend my money.

749
00:42:58,690 --> 00:43:01,640
Jessica, it's not that I don't
appreciate the gesture. I do.

750
00:43:04,630 --> 00:43:05,680
It's outrageous.

751
00:43:05,990 --> 00:43:07,040
I know.

752
00:43:13,350 --> 00:43:14,550
It's too extravagant.

753
00:43:15,090 --> 00:43:16,140
It's yours.

754
00:43:17,950 --> 00:43:22,550
I love this car.

755
00:43:52,171 --> 00:43:57,279
Walking after a meal is something people
don't do in LA.

756
00:43:57,280 --> 00:43:58,800
One of life's great pleasures.

757
00:43:59,020 --> 00:44:00,070
Isn't it?

758
00:44:00,480 --> 00:44:05,180
Sandy, your father and I were planning
on heading back to New York.

759
00:44:06,560 --> 00:44:07,610
All right.

760
00:44:08,400 --> 00:44:09,720
I'd like you to come with us.

761
00:44:10,520 --> 00:44:12,380
It wouldn't have to be permanent, son.

762
00:44:12,381 --> 00:44:16,439
We thought it would be an opportunity
for us to spend some time together so we

763
00:44:16,440 --> 00:44:18,279
could figure out what your next step
ought to be.

764
00:44:18,280 --> 00:44:20,579
It would also give you a chance to
decompress a little.

765
00:44:20,580 --> 00:44:23,179
There's nothing like clean sheets and
hot meals to help with this whole thing

766
00:44:23,180 --> 00:44:24,230
behind you.

767
00:44:24,330 --> 00:44:25,890
Yeah, well, I can't just do that.

768
00:44:26,050 --> 00:44:27,100
Why not?

769
00:44:27,410 --> 00:44:29,520
I can't keep up my end of the
conversation.

770
00:44:29,650 --> 00:44:30,910
You don't have to, Sandy.

771
00:44:32,270 --> 00:44:34,550
Well, I can't pass you in the hall.

772
00:44:34,551 --> 00:44:38,609
I can't be there when you get up in the
morning and go to work and still be

773
00:44:38,610 --> 00:44:40,069
there at night when you come home.

774
00:44:40,070 --> 00:44:41,949
Maybe you'll start going out yourself.

775
00:44:41,950 --> 00:44:45,260
Maybe you won't still be here. Look, I
will, all right? I know I will.

776
00:44:45,310 --> 00:44:46,450
Maybe you won't, Sandy.

777
00:44:48,650 --> 00:44:50,290
I went nuts not too long ago.

778
00:44:51,310 --> 00:44:54,020
I couldn't get out of my room. I was in
a mental hospital.

779
00:44:54,970 --> 00:44:56,090
I wasn't able to work.

780
00:44:56,091 --> 00:45:00,149
I wasn't able to be with anyone else,
talk to anyone else. I finally trusted

781
00:45:00,150 --> 00:45:02,070
other people enough to let them help me.

782
00:45:02,230 --> 00:45:03,970
And I got so I could get out of my room.

783
00:45:04,650 --> 00:45:05,700
I'm not like you.

784
00:45:06,610 --> 00:45:07,660
Sorry.

785
00:45:09,150 --> 00:45:10,200
I have to go.

786
00:45:10,910 --> 00:45:11,960
Where will you go?

787
00:45:11,961 --> 00:45:17,929
Sandy, we can't just let you go. We have
to know where you're going, what you're

788
00:45:17,930 --> 00:45:18,980
going to do.

789
00:45:27,080 --> 00:45:29,430
I don't know those things, sis. I can't
tell you.

790
00:45:29,480 --> 00:45:33,720
What I know is that I gotta walk away
from you and from all of you.

791
00:45:34,720 --> 00:45:35,940
Just be by myself.

792
00:45:37,100 --> 00:45:38,150
Will you call?

793
00:45:39,740 --> 00:45:41,940
Yeah. Will you call me, Sandy?

794
00:45:53,260 --> 00:45:54,310
Dad.

795
00:45:57,610 --> 00:45:59,090
Please, don't follow me.

796
00:45:59,140 --> 00:46:03,690
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