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THE PEOPLE ARE REPRESENTED

BY TWO SEPARATE

THE POLICE,
WHO INVESTIGATE CRIME

AND THE DISTRICT ATTORNEYS,
WHO PROSECUTE THE OFFENDERS.

THESE ARE THEIR STORIES.

NICE TRIP, MR. GROBMAN?

TOO SHORT, RUDY.
IS THERE ANY MAIL?

OH, YES, SIR.

AND THE PACKAGE
FROM THE COURT.

MAKE SURE MY WIFE
GETS THAT

WHEN SHE COMES UP
FROM THE GARAGE.

OH, SURE THING.

OH, MY GOD!
OH, MY GOD!

CALL 911!

CALL!

DENISE. DENISE!

ALL I SAW,
JUDGE GROBMAN
WAS WOUNDED

AND THEIR CAR WAS
FISHTAILING OUT OF HERE.

BRAND NEW JAGUAR XJR.

DID YOU SEE ANYBODY
HANGING AROUND HERE
BEFORE IT HAPPENED?

NOBODY WHO DIDN'T BELONG.

SHE'S A NICE LADY.

SHE GOING TO BE OKAY?

I HOPE SO.

THANKS FOR YOUR HELP.

WHICH HOSPITAL?
ST. MARKS.

HUSBAND WENT WITH HER
IN THE AMBULANCE.

ANY WITNESSES?

NOT THAT WE KNOW OF.

WE GOT THE CAR INFO
FROM THE DOORMAN.

A.P.B. WENT OUT
MAYBE SEVEN MINUTES
AFTER THE SHOTS WERE FIRED.

OKAY, THANKS.
CANVAS THE TENANTS.

SEE IF THERE'S ANYBODY
WE NEED TO TALK TO.

VICTIM'S DENISE GROBMAN,
CIVIL COURT JUDGE.

SHE AND HER HUSBAND
HAVE LIVED HERE

FOR NINE YEARS
AND CHANGE.

POLITE, BUT NOT CHATTY.

HUSBAND'S AN ARCHITECT.

WHAT DO YOU GOT?

VICTIM WENT DOWN HERE.

.38's HERS.

TWO ROUNDS FIRED.

CIVIL COURT JUDGE
NEEDS A GUN?

MAYBE SHE HANDS OUT
TOO MUCH ALIMONY.

YOU FIND THE SLUGS?

NO. BLOOD OVER HERE
CAN'T BE HERS.

SHE MIGHT HAVE HIT HIM
TWO OUT OF TWO.

GOOD SHOOTING.

FAIR. GOOD WOULD BE HIM
LAYING HERE DEAD.

AND OVER HERE WE HAVE
THREE CIGARETTE BUTTS.

SO GUY WAITED HERE
FOR THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY.

FUSEBOX IS OPEN.

MAYBE IT WAS
AN ELECTRICIAN WORKING.

MAYBE. DUST IT ANYWAY.

YEAH, NO PROBLEM.

A.P.B. WENT OUT QUICK.

IF THE CARJACKER'S GOT
TWO GUNSHOT WOUNDS

HOW FAR CAN THEY GET?

I'M FEELING LUCKY.

LAST TIME I GOT LUCKY WAS 1986.

IT'S ALL IN THE
ATTITUDE, LENNY.

ALL I SAW WAS DENISE
LYING THERE BLEEDING.
NOTHING ELSE REGISTERED.

WHERE WERE YOU
AND YOUR WIFE COMING FROM?

WE HAVE A COTTAGE
IN SAG HARBOR.

WE HAD BEEN THERE
A FEW DAYS.

NOTICE ANYBODY
FOLLOWING YOU?

NO.

MR. GROBMAN,
SHE CAME THROUGH SURGERY.

WE WON'T HAVE A PROGNOSIS
UNTIL SHE STABILIZES.

DADDY?

WHAT ARE HER INJURIES?

SHE TOOK TWO HITS.

ONE SEVERED
HER LUMBAR SPINE.

THE OTHER DAMAGED
HER KIDNEYS.

WE HAVE TO REMOVE
ONE OF THEM.

WILL WE BE ABLE
TO TALK TO HER?

IF SHE LIVES.

LEAVE ME YOUR CARD.

THANKS.
THANKS.

UNIFORMS TURNED UP
A WITNESS.

HE WAS SMOKING A CIGARETTE.

THE FUSEBOX WAS OPEN

AND I FIGURE HE WAS
WORKING ON IT.

WHAT DID HE LOOK LIKE?

LIKE A GUY
WHO WOULD BE

WORKING ON A FUSEBOX.

AND I DON'T THINK
THIS IS WHO SHOT THE LADY

AND STOLE HER CAR.

WHY NOT?

IF HE WANTED A CAR

HE WOULD HAVE TAKEN
MY MERCEDES, WOULDN'T HE?

I LEAVE THE KEYS
IN THE IGNITION.

WHY?

I GOT TIRED SPENDING
HALF MY TIME TRYING

TO REMEMBER WHERE
I PUT THEM.

THANKS.

IF HE'D HAVE WANTED
JUST ANY CAR

HE WOULD HAVE TAKEN
THE OLD MAN'S MERCEDES.

SO YOU THINK JUDGE
GROBMANS'S JAG WAS
STOLEN TO ORDER?

LaMOTTE'S CHECKING
THE M.O.

HOSPITALS DON'T HAVE ANY
UNACCOUNTED-FOR GUNSHOT WOUNDS

THAT MATCH OUR NEEDS.

DID YOU GET A DESCRIPTION?

WITNESS IS IN WITH
THE SKETCH ARTIST.

HERE'S YOUR POSSIBLES.

THEY SPECIALIZE IN HIGH-END
EUROPEAN CARS TO ORDER.

SO, IN OTHER WORDS,
IF I WANTED AN XJR

AND I DIDN'T WANT
TO PAY RETAIL...

CALL ONE OF THESE GUYS.

CHECK WITH THE
AUTO THEFT SQUAD.

THESE GUYS HAVE ALL GOT
D.M.V. CLERKS ON THE PAYROLL.

HARD TO CATCH 'EM.

SO THE CLERK PUTS
THE STOLEN CAR

IN THE SYSTEM
UNDER A DIFFERENT
VIN NUMBER?

YEAH.

HOW DO YOU FIGURE OUT
WHICH ONES ARE STOLEN?

BY WEARING OUT
THE SHOE LEATHER.

OKAY, I'M SHOWING
14 '99 XJRs REGISTERED

SINCE LAST THURSDAY.

TWO PRIVATE PARTY SALES

WHICH IS ALMOST ALWAYS HOW
THE STOLEN ONES SHOW UP.

WHO SOLD THEM?

THE SELLER'S GOING
TO BE A PHONY

IF THE CAR'S HOT.

OKAY, THEN WHO
BOUGHT THEM?

GOT A "SUSAN ROBINSON"
AND "MATTHEW CARTON, M.D."

"SIX, TWO, FOUR, ONE."

THAT'S IT.
THAT'S THE JUDGE'S CAR.

HEY!

AND WE HAVE INCOMING.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

DR. CARTON?

WHO WANTS TO KNOW?

I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS STOLEN.

IS THIS THE GUY
YOU BOUGHT IT FROM?

NO. HE WAS OLDER.

ONE OF THESE?

YOU GOT NO RECORD.

WHY DO YOU WANT TO DO THIS
THE HARD WAY?

NICE LEATHER UPHOLSTERY.

CLEANS UP PRETTY GOOD,
BUT NOT GOOD ENOUGH.

WHAT'S THAT MEAN?

BLOOD IN THE SEAMS.

YOU READ THE PAPERS?

A NEW YORK STATE JUDGE
WAS SHOT OVER THIS CAR.

YOU CAN PROBABLY FIGURE OUT
WHAT THAT MEANS FOR YOU.

I GOT A $100,000
MED SCHOOL DEBT.

I COULDN'T AFFORD
A DECENT CAR ANY OTHER WAY.

HOW MUCH DID YOU PAY FOR IT?

20K.

YOU COULD HAVE GOTTEN
A PERFECTLY GOOD LEGAL CAR

FOR HALF THAT MUCH.

WHAT? A FORD ESCORT?

I'M A DOCTOR

FOR GOD'S SAKE.

WHICH ONE?

HIM. KRASNER.

I DON'T KNOW A DAMN THING
ABOUT ANY JUDGE.

I SELL USED CARS.

YEAH, THE TROUBLE
IS THE PEOPLE
WHO ARE USING THEM

AREN'T FINISHED
WITH THEM YET.

ATTEMPTED MURDER,
A-1 FELONY, 15 TO LIFE

OR PEDDLING STOLEN CARS,
A WHOLE LOT LESS.

YOUR CHOICE.

BOBBY WARD.

HE CAME BY
MIDDLE OF LAST WEEK.

SAID HE HAD A LINE
ON AN XJR.

DID I WANT IT?

HE WANTED FIVE K,
I TOLD HIM THREE.

THE DOCTOR PAID 20.

NICE PROFIT MARGIN.

HOW'D BOBBY WARD LOOK?

FIVE-TEN, WIRY.

NO. I MEAN,
WAS HE IN PAIN?

LIMPING, BLEEDING?

LOOKED FINE TO ME.

WHERE CAN
WE FIND HIM?

ROBERT WARD, POLICE!

OPEN UP!

THERE'S NOBODY HOME.

GET BACK!

HIM AND HIS GIRLFRIEND
LEFT THIS MORNING.

GET HER BACK!

ED, IN HERE.

HE'S ALIVE.
GET THE PARAMEDICS.

ONE IN THE ARM.

ONE IN THE BELLY.

LOOKS LIKE THE JUDGE
DID HIT HIM TWICE.

NO GUN.

"DANIEL K. WARD."

VISA RECEIPT IN THE NAME
OF "ARLENE PULASKI."

I LOVE IT WHEN THEY'RE STUPID.

WHAT THE HELL IS THIS, MAN?!

ONE.

TWO.

HEY, THAT'S MINE!

MUST BE $600, $700 HERE.

THREE GRAND GOES
PRETTY FAST, HUH?

WELL, WELL, WELL,
WHAT'S THIS?

BLOOD.

WOW. PROBABLY TEN,
15 GRAND HERE.

WHERE'D YOU
GET IT, BOBBY?

BITE ME.

GO AHEAD. BITE HIM.

I DIDN'T STEAL THE CAR.

I DIDN'T SHOOT NO JUDGE.

LOOK, I WASN'T EVEN THERE.

YOU SOLD THE CAR
TO KRASNER.

HE THOUGHT IT WAS
HIS COUSIN'S CAR!

THE GUN WE TOOK OFF
OF YOU IS AT THE LAB.

IF IT TURNS OUT IT'S THE ONE
THAT SHOT THE JUDGE

IT'S BYE-BYE, BOBBY.

I TOLD YOU IT'S
MY COUSIN'S GUN.

THE COUSIN
YOU LEFT TO DIE.

HEY, I WAS GOING
TO CALL THAT IN

YOU KNOW, WHEN I GOT
OUT OF STATE.

NOT THAT YOU ASKED

BUT HE'S IN SURGERY.

YOUR STORY BETTER MATCH
THE ONE HE TELLS

WHEN HE COMES TO.

WHERE'D THE BLOODY
14 GRAND COME FROM?

POSSESSION AND SALE
OF STOLEN PROPERTY.

NO CHARGES IN THE SHOOTING
OR THE CAR THEFT.

THAT'S UP TO THE D.A.

YOU CAN TAKE YOUR
CHANCES IF YOU WANT.

ALL RIGHT.

DANNY SAYS HE HAS
A LINE ON AN XJR.

I TOLD HIM I GOT EXPERIENCE.

HE SHOULD LET ME RIP IT.

HE SAYS, "NO, IT'S
A PIECE OF CAKE."

HE JUST WANTED ME
TO HELP HIM TURN IT OVER.

SO YOU TALKED
TO KRASNER?

YEAH. KRASNER TOPS OUT
AT THREE GRAND.

DANNY SAYS THAT'S OKAY

'CAUSE HE'S GOT SOMETHING
IN THE WORKS

THAT'S WORTH, LIKE,
TEN TIMES THAT.

WHAT WAS IN THE WORKS?

HE WOULDN'T TELL ME.

TEN TIMES THREE

IS $30,000.

WE TOOK ALMOST
$15,000 OFF YOU.

WHERE'S THE REST OF IT?

THAT'S ALL HE HAD ON HIM.

WHAT? YOU RIPPED
A GUY OFF FOR 15 GRAND

YOU DIDN'T EVEN ASK HIM
WHERE THE REST OF IT WAS?

YEAH, HE SAID HE
DIDN'T HAVE IT YET.

LOOK, YOU WANT MORE THAN THAT

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE
TO TALK TO DANNY.

WE GOT A SITUATION.

LOOKS LIKE THAT BIG
WAD OF MONEY WAS

SOME KIND OF
DOWN PAYMENT.

HALF UP FRONT,
HALF LATER.

MURDER FOR HIRE?

THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

WE WON'T KNOW FOR SURE
UNTIL WE LEAN ON COUSIN DANNY.

WELL, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE
TO LEAN PRETTY FAR.

HE JUST DIED ON
THE OPERATING TABLE.

SO WE DO IT THE HARD WAY.

WHO WANTED
JUDGE GROBMAN DEAD?

WELL, SHE SAT ON THE CRIMINAL
COURT BENCH FOR TEN YEARS

BEFORE SHE MOVED OVER TO CIVIL.

AND SHE JUST ACCEPTED A POSITION

ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL
FOR CIVIL RIGHTS.

DUE TO MOVE TO D.C. NEXT MONTH.

WHAT'S THE CONNECTION
TO DANNY WARD?

WELL, WHAT WE'VE GOT--

DANNY WARD HAD 14 JOBS
SINCE HIGH SCHOOL.

PIZZA DELIVERY,
AIR CONDITION REPAIR

PRETZEL VENDOR...

I GET THE IDEA.

ARRESTED FOUR TIMES,
PENNY-ANTE STUFF

ONE CONVICTION FOR
DISORDERLY CONDUCT,
PROBATION...

BIG STEP UP FROM THERE TO
CARJACKING AND ATTEMPTED MURDER.

THE GUN WE TOOK FROM
COUSIN BOBBY SHOT THE JUDGE.

HER GUN SHOT
THE LATE DANNY WARD.

IT'S DANNY'S BLOOD
ON THE MONEY.

OKAY, THAT'S SETTLED.

LET'S MOVE ON
TO WHO HIRED HIM.

IT HAD TO BE SOMEBODY WHO KNEW
WHEN THEY WERE COMING BACK

FROM LONG ISLAND.

WELL, ASSUMING SHE DIDN'T
HIRE HIM HERSELF

WE KNOW ONE OTHER PERSON
WHO KNEW.

START WITH HIM.

I DON'T KNOW THIS MAN.

THE NAME DANNY WARD
MEAN ANYTHING TO YOU?

NO.

YOU REALLY THINK SOMEBODY
HIRED HIM TO SHOOT MY WIFE?

YEAH. SOMEBODY WHO KNEW
WHEN YOU AND YOUR WIFE
WERE COMING BACK.

BUT NOBODY KNEW
EXCEPT DENISE AND ME.

YOU DON'T THINK
THAT I HIRED HIM?

WHO ELSE KNEW WHEN
YOU'D BE COMING HOME?

WELL, WE CAME BACK EARLY.

WE WERE SUPPOSED TO STAY
TILL SUNDAY.

BUT DENISE'S CLERK
CALLED THURSDAY MORNING.

SOMETHING ABOUT A MEETING
SHE HAD TO GO TO ON FRIDAY.

SO YOU AND THE CLERK
KNEW-- WHO ELSE?

NOBODY THAT I KNOW OF.

YOU AND YOUR WIFE
GET ALONG OKAY?

HEY, IT'S OUR JOB
TO ASK.

YEAH, WELL, YOU'RE
WAY OFF-BASE THERE.

WE'VE BEEN MARRIED
27 YEARS.

I'VE GIVEN HER
A PAINKILLER.

YOU GOT TWO MINUTES.

WE'D LIKE TO TALK
TO HER ALONE.

I'M GOING IN WITH YOU.

NO, SIR, YOU'RE NOT.

THAT'S HIM.

YOU RETURNED FIRE?

YES.

I DON'T REMEMBER
ANYTHING ELSE.

FORGIVE ME...

YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND
HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP?

WHY?

IT LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE HIRED
THIS GUY TO SHOOT YOU.

NOT MY HUSBAND.

IT'S NOT POSSIBLE.

ANYBODY BESIDES
HIM AND YOUR CLERK

WHO KNEW YOU WERE COMING BACK
TO THE CITY EARLY?

I CAN'T REMEMBER.

YOU DID THE DRIVING?

WALTER WANTED A NAP.

AT NOON?

UP LATE.

WHY'D HE GET OUT
BEFORE YOU DROVE
INTO THE GARAGE?

NOT WALTER.

RIDICULOUS.

PLEASE...

I NEED... TO REST.

YOUR BOSS EVER GET ANY THREATS?

ALALL JUDGES GET THREAT.

THE D.A.'s OFFICE
CHECKS THEM OUT.

NEVER FOUND ANYTHING
SERIOUS.

WE'D LIKE TO CHECK
THEM OUT OURSELVES.

I'LL GET YOU
THE FILE.

WHAT TIME DID YOU
CALL THE JUDGE?

AROUND 9:30 THAT MORNING.

WERE THERE EVER ANY PROBLEMS

BETWEEN THE JUDGE
AND HER HUSBAND?

UH, HE PROBABLY WISHES
SHE WOULDN'T WORK SO HARD.

CAREER COMES FIRST, HUH?

TIED FOR FIRST.

THEY'RE A DEVOTED COUPLE.

UH, DID YOU TELL ANYBODY ELSE
THAT SHE WAS COMING BACK EARLY?

I CALLED HER DOORMAN TO TELL HIM

I WAS MESSENGERING
A PACKET TO HER--

THE DOCUMENTS SHE NEEDED
FOR THE CONFERENCE

ON FRIDAY.

THE JUDGE WAS A PLAINTIFF
IN A CIVIL ACTION?

JUDGE GROBMAN'S PRESIDENT
OF HER CO-OP BOARD.

THEY SUED THEIR MANAGEMENT
COMPANY A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

MARLTON REALTY?

WHAT FOR?

THEY WERE EXTORTING KICKBACKS
FROM SUBCONTRACTORS

AND SERVICE COMPANIES.

IT GET UGLY?
EXTREMELY.

THE HEAD OF MARLTON
IS NOT A NICE MAN.

GREG TORINO?

YES.

TORINO EVEN FOUND
A WAY TO PUT THE BITE

ON OTHER COMPANIES'
DELIVERYMEN.

THIS AVENUE LOOK
PROMISING?

TORINO'S A REAL PIECE
OF WORK.

JUDGE GROBMAN RIPPED HIM
TO SHREDS

AND ALMOST PUT HIM
OUT OF BUSINESS.

WHERE'S THAT LIST
OF DANNY WARD'S JOBS?

HE WORKED BRIEFLY FOR
ALL-KOOL HEATING AND AIR.

GUESS WHO DID MAINTENANCE
AND REPAIRS

FOR JUDGE GROBMAN'S
BUILDING?

ALL-KOOL.

THERE'S THE DOT
THAT CONNECTS TORINO
TO DANNY WARD.

BUT IT DOESN'T EXPLAIN
HOW TORINO COULD HAVE KNOWN

THE GROBMANS
WERE COMING HOME EARLY.

THE DOORMAN.

THE JUDGE'S CLERK
TOLD THE DOORMAN.

AND HE PROBABLY KNOWS PEOPLE
AT MARLTON.

I DIDN'T HAVE A DAMN THING
TO DO WITH IT.

I DIDN'T TELL ANYBODY THE
GROBMANS WERE COMING BACK EARLY.

IT'S A STRAIGHT LINE
FROM YOU TO TORINO
TO THE SHOOTER.

I GOT NOTHING TO DO
WITH TORINO.

I'M THE ONE THAT BLEW
THE WHISTLE ON HIM
TO THE BOARD.

WHO GOT ALL-KOOL
THIS CONTRACT? TORINO?

THEY WERE ALREADY HERE WHEN
TORINO TOOK OVER THE MANAGEMENT.

THEY DON'T OWE HIM ANYTHING.

AND TORINO PUT THE BITE
ON EVERYBODY EXCEPT ALL-KOOL?

THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.

WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE
OFFICER JOHNSON HERE
TO KEEP YOU COMPANY

WHILE WE CHECK
ON SOME THINGS.

YOU CAN'T LEAVE
A COP HERE.

HE'LL TONE UP THE PLACE.

DANNY WARD DIDN'T DO
ANY RESIDENTIAL WORK.

STRICTLY COMMERCIAL.

HERE'S HIS JOB LIST.

THERE'S NO "TORINO"
ON ANY OF THESE JOBS.

NO. I'D LIKE TO HELP YOU
NAIL THAT SON OF A BITCH

BUT I DON'T SEE HOW HE AND DANNY
COULD HAVE CROSSED PATHS.

HOW'D YOU GET
THE MAINTENANCE CONTRACT

TO JUDGE GROBMAN'S BUILDING?

NO IDEA. I WAS A CREW
FOREMAN THEN.

THE OWNER BACK THEN MUST
HAVE KNOWN, BUT HE'S DEAD.

WOULD IT BE IN THESE FILES?

MAYBE.

YEAH, WE DID A...

GOT RECOMMENDED OFF A JOB WE DID

AT A QUEENS MINIMALL.

CAN YOU LOOK UP THAT JOB?

HEY, HERE YOU GO.

WELL, WELL, LOOK WHO DESIGNED
THE MINIMALL-- WALTER GROBMAN.

DID DANNY WARD
WORK ON THIS PROJECT?

YEAH. I REMEMBER.

THE DESIGN FIRM
HAD A BAD EXPERIENCE

WITH ANOTHER COOLING COMPANY.

THEY WERE ALL OVER DANNY
TO MAKE SURE THIS JOB
GOT DONE RIGHT.

THANKS FOR COMING IN,
MR. GROBMAN.

WE KNOW THINGS ARE TOUGH
RIGHT NOW.

ANYTHING I CAN DO.

WELL, OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE TRYING
TO TIE THE SHOOTER

TO SOMEONE WHO HAD A GRUDGE
AGAINST YOUR WIFE.

NOW, I DON'T SEE
HOW I CAN HELP YOU THERE.

WELL, WE JUST WANTED
TO MAKE SURE.

NOW, YOU SAID YOU'D NEVER SEEN
THIS MAN-- DANNY WARD-- BEFORE?

IS THAT RIGHT?

YES.

YOU SURE ABOUT THAT?

YES, WHY?

BECAUSE TWO YEARS AGO
YOU WORKED CLOSELY WITH HIM

DURING THE CONSTRUCTION
OF THE CROSSTOWN MINIMALL.

HE INSTALLED THE HEAT
AND THE AIR.

NO, NO, NOT THIS GUY.

THAT GUY WAS... HEAVIER.

WELL, THIS PICTURE
WAS TAKEN TWO YEARS AGO.

HIS COUSIN SAYS
IT'S A GOOD LIKENESS.

I... I'M SORRY.
I DON'T RECOGNIZE HIM.

WHY DON'T YOU
RECOGNIZE THE NAME?

WELL, I NEVER KNEW
HIS LAST NAME.

THE OWNER OF
ALL-KOOL

SAYS YOU LEFT INSTRUCTIONS
FOR DANNY ALMOST EVERY DAY

IN ENVELOPES WITH "DANNY WARD"

WRITTEN ON IT.

WELL... YOU KNOW,
IT WAS TWO YEARS AGO.

WHY WAS YOUR WIFE
DRIVING ON THURSDAY?

BECAUSE SHE WANTED TO.

SHE SAID YOU ASKED HER TO DRIVE
SO YOU COULD TAKE A NAP.

WELL, MAYBE I DID.
I DON'T REMEMBER.

DO YOU REMEMBER WHY

YOU GOT OUT
AT THE FRONT ENTRANCE

INSTEAD OF GOING INTO THE GARAGE
WITH HER?

LOOK, I DIDN'T HIRE ANYBODY.

MR. GROBMAN,
WE TALKED TO YOUR DOORMAN.

YOU AND YOUR WIFE WENT TO YOUR
COTTAGE TEN, 12 TIMES A YEAR.

THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME
YOU EVER GOT OUT

IN FRONT OF
THE BUILDING.

YEAH. WE WENT TO THE MARKET.

WE HAD GROCERY BAGS
PLUS SUITCASES.

WHY NOT LET THE DOORMAN HELP?

THAT YOUR IDEA OR YOUR WIFE'S?

KEEP IN MIND,
WE'RE GOING TO ASK HER, TOO.

MY WIFE IS LYING IN THE HOSPITAL
IN EXCRUCIATING PAIN

AND YOU'RE ACCUSING ME
OF PUTTING HER THERE!

I DON'T HAVE TO LISTEN

TO ANY MORE OF THIS!

WE WERE THINKING THAT
THIS WAS A COINCIDENCE

BUT YOU'RE DOING
A LOUSY JOB EXPLAINING IT.

I DON'T HAVE
TO EXPLAIN ANYTHING.

NOW, GET OUT OF MY WAY!

EH, EH, MR. GROBMAN...

YOU SURE YOU DON'T WANT
TO CLEAR THIS UP?

EXCUSE ME, BUT I AM ON MY WAY
TO VISIT MY WIFE

IN THE HOSPITAL!

YOU'RE NOT GOING
NEAR HER.

YOU'RE UNDER ARREST
FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER.

WHA...?

THE PEOPLE ASK
THE DEFENDANT BE REMANDED.

MY CLIENT'S WIFE
IS IN THE HOSPITAL

UNABLE TO CARE FOR HERSELF.

MR. GROBMAN
NEEDS TO BE WITH HER.

SHE'S THERE BECAUSE
THE DEFENDANT TRIED

TO HAVE HER KILLED.

HE SHOULDN'T BE
ALLOWED NEAR HER.

THIS IS AN AFFIDAVIT
FROM JUDGE DENISE GROBMAN--

THE VICTIM IN THE CASE.

SHE GIVES HIM AN
ALIBI, YOUR HONOR.

"WALTER WAS WITH ME
WHEN I LEARNED

"WE HAD TO RETURN
TO THE CITY EARLY

"AND HE WAS WITH ME CONTINUOUSLY
THEREAFTER.

HE HAD NO OPPORTUNITY
TO ARRANGE THE INCIDENT."

IN OTHER WORDS,
THE D.A. HAS NO CASE.

WE ASK THAT THE DEFENDANT
BE R.O.R.'d.

MISS CARMICHAEL?

ONE MILLION DOLLARS.

THAT'S RIDICULOUS.
MY CLIENT CAN'T RAISE THAT.

HE'S A SUCCESSFUL ARCHITECT,
YOUR HONOR.

HE'S NOT FRANK GEHRY.

MOST OF THE GROBMAN MONEY
IS TIED UP IN TRUSTS

FROM MRS. GROBMAN'S
FAMILY.

WHAT IS ACCESSIBLE
IS EARMARKED FOR
HIS WIFE'S CARE.

BAIL IS SET AT $25,000.

DID YOU READ MY AFFIDAVIT,
MISS CARMICHAEL?

YES.

DO YOU GRASP
THE MEANING

OF THE WORD "CONTINUOUSLY"?

HE WAS NEVER OUT
OF YOUR SIGHT?

YOUR HEARING?

NO.

NOW, I'D LIKE TO BE
WITH MY FAMILY.

YOU UNDERSTAND YOUR HUSBAND KNEW
THE MAN WHO SHOT YOU?

HE LIED ABOUT WHY YOU WERE
BEHIND THE WHEEL.

YOU CALL THAT EVIDENCE?

MY GOD.

WHOEVER ARRANGED THE SHOOTING

WAS SOMEONE WHO KNEW
YOU WERE COMING BACK

TO THE CITY EARLY.

I REALIZE THAT YOU
ARE DOING YOUR JOB

BUT PLEASE, IT'S ABSURD.

AND IF YOU INSIST
ON PROSECUTING MY HUSBAND

I WILL TESTIFY ON HIS BEHALF.

I WANT YOU TO LEAVE
MY PARENTS ALONE.

YOU FATHER KNEW DANNY WARD
AND LIED ABOUT IT.

HE MADE A MISTAKE.

LOOK, YOU HAVE NO IDEA

WHAT THESE PAST TWO WEEKS
HAVE BEEN LIKE.

MY PARENTS HAVE A GOOD MARRIAGE,
AND MY FATHER DID NOT DO THIS.

HEY, YOU GUYS!

HEY...

HI, DAD.

OKAY, NOW, REMEMBER,
WE HAVE TO BE QUIET.

GRANDMA WANTS TO SEE YOU,
BUT SHE DOESN'T FEEL GOOD.

WHY DIDN'T YOU ASK JUDGE GROBMAN
ABOUT THE ALIBI

BEFORE YOU ARRESTED
HER HUSBAND?

MY DETECTIVES DIDN'T
WANT HIM LOOSE.

YOU WANT IT ON YOUR HEAD
IF HE KILLS HER IN THE HOSPITAL?

THE GROBMANS LEFT SAG HARBOR

SHORTLY AFTER THE JUDGE
HEARD FROM HER CLERK.

HOW DID MR. GROBMAN
GET IT ARRANGED SO FAST?

WELL, HE PROBABLY ALREADY HAD IT
ARRANGED FOR SUNDAY NIGHT.

THAT'S WHEN THEY WERE ORIGINALLY
SCHEDULED TO COME HOME.

ONE PHONE CALL
TO REARRANGE THE HIT...

DO YOU HAVE THE PHONE RECORDS
FROM THEIR COTTAGE?

WE'RE ON IT.

NOW THE JUDGE
HAS SET LOW BAIL.

YOU'RE RIGHT BACK WHERE
YOU DIDN'T WANT TO BE.

I DOUBT IT.

HE'D HAVE TO BE AN IDIOT
TO KILL HER NOW.

SO THE ARREST WAS PREEMPTIVE?

COME ON, LIEUTENANT.

WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?

THIS MAN HIRED SOMEONE
TO BLAST HIS WIFE.

AND I'LL BE GLAD TO NAIL
HIS HIDE TO THE WALL

IF HE DID IT,
IF YOU BRING ME A CASE...

FAST.

WE PULLED THE LUDS
FROM THE PHONES
AT THE COTTAGE

AND BOTH THEIR
CELL PHONES.

NOTHING THAT DAY
ON THE CELLS

AND ONLY ONE CALL
FROM THE COTTAGE.

WHO TO?

LISTED UNDER A "D. VAN HORN,
11:17 A.M., SAG HARBOR."

AN HOUR AND A HALF AFTER
THE CLERK LEFT THE MESSAGE.

WELL, MAYBE GROBMAN
CALLED D. VAN HORN

AND D. VAN HORN
CALLED DANNY WARD.

YEAH, WE SHOULD BE
SO LUCKY.

IT WAS JUST AFTER 11:15.

I'D JUST GOT BACK
FROM THE MARKET.

BUT WALTER DIDN'T CALL;
DENISE DID.

WHAT DID SHE WANT?

OH, TO APOLOGIZE FOR
LAST-MINUTE REGRETS.

THEY WERE SUPPOSED
TO STOP BY FOR DRINKS

THAT AFTERNOON.

DENISE SAID IT WAS
AN OFFICE THING.

SHE'D JUST FOUND OUT.

JUST THEN, AT 11:15?

YES. SHE HAD A MESSAGE
FROM HER CLERK.

I CAN'T BELIEVE WALTER HAD
ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS.

WHY IS THAT?

IT JUST DOESN'T TRACK.

I'VE KNOWN DENISE
HER WHOLE LIFE

AND WALTER FOR
DAMN NEAR 30 YEARS

EVER SINCE HE CAME BACK
FROM CALIFORNIA WITH HER.

I MEAN, THEY'RE
THE GOLDEN COUPLE

THAT EVERYBODY ENVIES.

THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS
BETWEEN THEM?

WELL, THEY'RE NOT SAINTS

AND THEY BOTH HAVE
STRESSFUL CAREERS,
BUT NOTHING MAJOR.

WHAT DOES
"THEY'RE NOT SAINTS" MEAN?

WALTER WASN'T THRILLED

ABOUT THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT APPOINTMENT.

HE DIDN'T WANT TO MOVE
TO D.C., BUT WHO WOULD?

WELL, COULDN'T HE
DESIGN BUILDINGS

FROM PRETTY MUCH ANYWHERE?

I GUESS, BUT I THINK, LATELY

HE'S BEEN TIRED
OF PLAYING TAGALONG.

HOW SO?

WE HAD A LITTLE RECEPTION
ABOUT A MONTH AGO

TO CELEBRATE DENISE'S
APPOINTMENT

AND WALTER WAS
INTRODUCING HIMSELF AS

"MR. JUDGE DENISE GROBMAN."

YOU SAID YOU WENT TO THE MARKET
IN SAG HARBOR?
YES.

DID YOU SEE MR. GROBMAN
IN TOWN?

NO, BUT I DROVE PAST
THEIR HOUSE ON THE WAY BACK

AND WALTER WAS
IN THE SIDE YARD

RUNNING WATER FROM THE HOSE
OVER HIS HEAD...

I GUESS HE'D BEEN JOGGING.

WHY DO YOU SAY THAT?

HE HAD HIS JOGGING
CLOTHES ON--

YOU KNOW, HE RUNS EVERY DAY.

TOOK IT UP A COUPLE
OF MONTHS AGO.

JUDGE GROBMAN SWORE
IN HER AFFIDAVIT

HE NEVER LEFT THE HOUSE
AT ALL THAT MORNING.

IF HE HEARD THE MESSAGE
COME THROUGH EARLIER...

YOU THINK
HE WENT JOGGING

AND CALLED DANNY WARD
ALONG THE WAY?

BRISCOE AND GREEN
ARE PULLING LUDS

ON PAY PHONES
HE WOULD HAVE PASSED.

YOU RUN ACROSS ANYTHING
THAT SMELLS LIKE A MOTIVE?

AS FAR AS THE COPS
CAN TELL

GROBMAN DIDN'T GAMBLE;
HE DIDN'T PLAY THE FIELD;

THE INSURANCE MONEY IN HER
ESTATE GOES TO THE GRANDKIDS.

STILL LOOKING.

NO, I DON'T THINK
HE TRIED TO KILL HER

BUT, YES, I AM BREAKING OFF
OUR PARTNERSHIP.

DO YOU MIND
IF I ASK WHY?

WALTER IS A REALLY
GOOD ARCHITECT

BUT YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER
THE CLIENT'S NEEDS

AND HE'S JUST NOT WILLING
TO DO THAT ANYMORE.

WELL, ISN'T THAT
PART OF THE JOB?

THANK YOU.

CLIENT WANTS COLONIAL

WALTER GIVES THEM 50 REASONS
WHY IT SHOULD BE BAUHAUS.

WON'T TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER.

CLIENT GOES SOMEPLACE ELSE.

SO DO I... FINALLY.

THAT'S THE PRAGER PRIZE--
THE NOBEL OF ARCHITECTURE.

WALTER WON IT

AS PART OF A TEAM

WHEN HE WAS STARTING OUT
IN L.A.

IT WAS 25 YEARS AGO.

WALTER WAS A PRODIGY.

HE NEVER LIVED UP
TO EXPECTATIONS?

IT'S HARD WHEN YOU
WON'T LISTEN TO THE CLIENT.

HE'S A GREAT GUY
IN A LOT OF WAYS.

IT'S JUST THAT HE...

I DON'T KNOW, HE NEEDS
TO BE RIGHT ALL THE TIME.

IS THAT PART OF HIS RELATIONSHIP
WITH HIS WIFE?

IT'S PART OF

WHO HE IS.

SHE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH IT
THAT I COULD SEE.

HE HAD FREE REIGN
ON THEIR NEW COUNTRY HOUSE.

WHAT NEW COUNTRY HOUSE?

THEY BOUGHT 20 ACRES

IN DUCHESS COUNTY.

WALTER WAS GOING TO DESIGN
THEIR DREAM HOUSE.

HOW MANY COUNTRY HOUSES
DO THEY NEED?

THE ONE
IN SAG HARBOR

IS FROM DENISE'S FATHER.

THIS WAS GOING TO BE THEIRS.

WAS?

HE GAVE IT UP.

DENISE'S JOB
WITH THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT?

EIGHT DAYS A WEEK.

WALTER SAID, "WHAT GOOD'S A
DREAM HOUSE WITH NOBODY IN IT?"

25 YEARS AGO HE WAS
AN AWARD-WINNING YOUNG ARCHITECT

AND SHE WAS SCRAMBLING
TO PAY HER STUDENT LOANS.

NOW THE SHOE'S

ON THE OTHER FOOT.

HE SUDDENLY JUST HAD ENOUGH.

THE CO-OP'S IN HER NAME.

THE COTTAGE IS IN HER NAME.

HIS NET INCOME LAST YEAR
WAS HALF WHAT SHE MADE.

WHERE'D HE GET THE MONEY
TO PAY DANNY WARD?

HE PUT
A $20,000 DEPOSIT

ON THE LAND UPSTATE

AND GOT IT BACK
WHEN THEY CHANGED THEIR MINDS.

AND IT WAS NEVER REDEPOSITED.

NOT IN ANY
OF THEIR ACCOUNTS.

CARMICHAEL.

YOU'RE SURE?

THANKS, LENNIE.

BINGO.

YOUR CLERK LEFT
A MESSAGE AT 9:30.

MR. McCOY...

THIS IS ALL THE SAME NONSENSE.

AT 10:14,
A CALL WAS MADE

FROM A PAY PHONE IN SAG HARBOR.

A CALL TO DANIEL WARD...

THE MAN
WHO SHOT YOU.

ARE YOU SURE?
YES.

AT 11:00 YOUR NEIGHBOR
SAW YOUR FATHER IN THE YARD

IN HIS JOGGING CLOTHES

COOLING HIMSELF OFF
WITH A HOSE.

TELL THE NURSE I NEED DEMEROL.

NOW, DANA.

YOU HAVE A WITNESS
WHO SAW HIM USE THE PHONE?

NOT YET.

HIS PRINTS
ON THE KEYPAD?

WE'RE RUNNING THEM NOW.

ISN'T IT OBVIOUS WHAT HAPPENED?

SOMEONE WAS WATCHING US.

THAT PERSON CALLED DANIEL WARD.

HOW DID THAT PERSON

KNOW YOU WERE GOING
BACK TO THE CITY EARLY?

I DON'T WANT

TO HEAR THIS.

I CAN'T.

WALTER DID NOT DO THIS.

IT'S NOT POSSIBLE.

BRISCOE AND GREEN HAVE TALKED

TO PRACTICALLY EVERYONE
IN SAG HARBOR.

NO ONE SAW GROBMAN
USE THE PAY PHONE.

DID ANYBODY
SEE HIM JOGGING?

A DOZEN...

BUT NO ONE CAN REMEMBER
WHAT TIME OR WHICH DAY.

AND THERE'S NOTHING
IN FORENSICS?

NO SMOKING GUN.

AS LONG AS HIS WIFE'S
GIVING HIM AN ALIBI

THIS ISN'T
GOING ANYWHERE.

CARMICHAEL.

YES.

THANK YOU.

JUDGE GROBMAN
FILED AN APPLICATION

TO TERMINATE HER TREATMENT.

HER DIALYSIS?

SHE WANTS TO DIE.

BAD TIME FOR
AN IRREVOCABLE DECISION.

ANY TIME'S BAD.

IT'S HER LIFE.

ONLY SHE CAN DECIDE
IF IT'S WORTH LIVING.

I'M NOT SURE
IT SHOULD BE UP TO HER.

UP TO THE PROPER COURT
TO CONSIDER HER APPLICATION.

EVEN THEN.

YOU HAVE A MORAL OBJECTION?

YEAH, I DO.

HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN
YOUR PROFESSIONAL
OBLIGATION?

IF FOR WHATEVER
REASON

SHE'S NOT AROUND
TO TESTIFY

ON HER HUSBAND'S
BEHALF...

THAT'S PRETTY DAMN CALLOUS.

IT'S A CIVIL MATTER ANYWAY;
WE HAVE NO STANDING.

WE DO NOW.

MR. GROBMAN'S
FILED FOR A T.R.O.

TO BLOCK
HIS WIFE'S APPLICATION

TO TERMINATE TREATMENT.

QUICK WORK.

Judge Pongracic:
YOU WANT ME

TO GRANT A T.R.O.
TO STOP JUDGE GROBMAN

FROM TERMINATING
DIALYSIS?

IN EFFECT, HER LIFE.

YES, SO SHE CAN TESTIFY
FOR YOUR CLIENT.

ISN'T THIS A CIVIL
MATTER, COUNSELOR?

SHE'S A WITNESS, JUDGE.

YOU CAN PRECLUDE HER
FROM TAKING ANY ACTION
UNTIL AFTER THE TRIAL.

THAT COULD TAKE MONTHS.

IN THE MEANTIME,
MY CLIENT SPENDS

EVERY MINUTE OF EVERY DAY
IN UNENDURABLE PAIN.

I SAW MRS. GROBMAN
ON WEDNESDAY, YOUR HONOR.

SHE'S COPING
WITH HER PAIN.

WHAT, YOU'RE SIDING
WITH THE DEFENSE ON THIS?

YOUR HONOR,
THIS SHOULD BE DECIDED

BASED ON WHAT'S BEST
FOR MY CLIENT.

SOMEBODY ELSE'S

JURISDICTION, MR. BRIZARD.

MINE IS PROTECTING THE INTEGRITY
OF THE TRIAL PROCESS.

HER TESTIMONY

IS ABSOLUTELY CRUCIAL
TO MY CLIENT'S DEFENSE.

IN THAT CASE,
I'M GOING TO GRANT THE T.R.O.

MY CLIENT
HAS ASKED ME

TO PROPOSE AN ALTERNATIVE.

HER TESTIMONY
COULD BE TAKEN NOW

PRESERVED ON VIDEOTAPE

FOR THE JURY.

ANY OBJECTION?

IF WE CAN TAPE HER TESTIMONY

WE'LL WITHDRAW THE APPLICATION
FOR THE T.R.O.

YOU DON'T GIVE A DAMN

ABOUT ANYTHING
BUT HER TESTIMONY.

YOUR HONOR, THIS IS GIVING HIM
EXACTLY WHAT HE WANTS.

HIS WIFE DIES
AND HE GETS AWAY
WITH IT.

THAT'S ENOUGH

MS. CARMICHAEL.

MR. McCOY?

THE D.A.'s OFFICE

HAS CONCLUDED THAT
JUDGE GROBMAN WAS MISTAKEN

IN HER AFFIDAVIT.

I'D WELCOME THE CHANCE
TO CROSS-EXAMINE HER.

ARE YOU SAYING

SHE PERJURED HERSELF?
DENISE GROBMAN?

THE WORD I USED
WAS "MISTAKEN."

THIS IS AN INCONCEIVABLE
SITUATION.

DENISE IS A FRIEND
AND A COLLEAGUE.

BUT IF HER TESTIMONY
IS EXCULPATORY

I DON'T HAVE MUCH CHOICE.

APPLICATION FOR T.R.O. IS MOOT.

THE WITNESS TO BE EXAMINED

AT THE EARLIEST
POSSIBLE MOMENT.

MY HUSBAND NEVER LEFT
THE COTTAGE THAT MORNING.

HE DIDN'T GO FOR A RUN.

WHERE WAS HE?

PART OF THE TIME
HE WAS IN THE YARD WITH ME

AND HE SPENT AN HOUR OR SO
GOING OVER BLUEPRINTS.

WHERE?

IN THE GARAGE, THERE'S A STUDIO.

WOULD YOU HAVE KNOWN
IF HE HAD LEFT?

YES.

IS THE TELEPHONE
ANSWERING MACHINE
IN THE GARAGE?

NO, IN THE HOUSE.

THANK YOU.

NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN

WHY YOUR HUSBAND
WAS IN THE YARD AT 11:00

IN JOGGING CLOTHES
RUNNING WATER OVER HIS HEAD?

IT WAS A HOT DAY

AND HE LIVES
IN HIS JOGGING CLOTHES

WHEN WE'RE AT THE COTTAGE.

HE WORKED UP A SWEAT
GOING OVER BLUEPRINTS?

I GUESS SO.

AND HE WAS
SO EXHAUSTED
FROM LOOKING

AT THESE BLUEPRINTS

THAT HE NEEDED
TO TAKE A NAP IN THE CAR

WHILE YOU DROVE?

HE WAS TIRED, YES.

AT NOON?

YES.

I WANT TO REMIND YOU,
JUDGE GROBMAN

THAT YOU NOT ONLY
TOOK AN OATH TODAY

TO TELL THE TRUTH

YOU ALSO TOOK AN OATH

12 YEARS AGO WHEN YOU WERE
SWORN IN AS A JUDGE...

YOUR HONOR!

TO UPHOLD THE LAWS

OF THIS STATE...

WALTER DID NOT DO THIS.

AND THE RULES OF THE COURT.

I'M TIRED. I'M IN PAIN.

NO MATTER HOW MANY

DIFFERENT WAYS
HE APPROACHES THE QUESTION

THE ANSWER IS THE SAME.

MY HUSBAND DID NOT ARRANGE
THE SHOOTING.

HE HAD NO MOTIVE.

HE HAD NO OPPORTUNITY.

WHY ARE YOU
PROTECTING HIM

JUDGE GROBMAN?
YOU KNOW HE...

THAT'S ENOUGH,
MR. McCOY.

YOUR CROSS-EXAMINATION IS OVER.

THE WITNESS IS EXCUSED.

SO, I EXPECT
YOU'LL DISMISS THE CHARGES NOW?

NOT A CHANCE.

YOU'RE GOING
TO DRAG THIS OUT?

YOU DON'T GIVE A DAMN
ABOUT THIS FAMILY, DO YOU?

MY MOTION TO DISMISS
WILL BE ON YOUR DESK
IN THE MORNING.

NOW WHAT?

IF SHE DIES BEFORE

WE CAN SHAKE HER LOOSE
FROM HER LIES...

WHY IS SHE
DOING THIS?

WHY IS SHE COVERING
FOR THE MAN

WHO TURNED HER LIFE
INTO A LIVING HELL?

OF COURSE SHE KNOWS, MR. McCOY.

WE BOTH KNOW...

THAT MY DAD TRIED TO...
KILL HER.

DID SHE TELL YOU THAT SHE KNEW?

NO.

SHE WON'T EVEN ADMIT IT
TO HERSELF, BUT I CAN TELL.

IF SHE KNOWS,
WHY IS SHE COVERING FOR HIM?

GUILT.

GUILT?

SHE CAN'T TAKE BACK

WHO SHE IS.

I'M SORRY,
I'M NOT FOLLOWING YOU.

MY MOM'S CAREER
ALWAYS CAME FIRST.

AND I DON'T MEAN
THAT SHE NEGLECTED

BEING A WIFE AND A MOTHER.

SHE JUST NEVER REALIZED
HOW MY DAD FELT.

SHE WAS MORE SUCCESSFUL
THAN HE WAS.

SHE KEPT MOVING UP.

AND HE JUST
TREADS WATER.

THEY ARGUED ABOUT IT?

HE WOULD SHOUT
THAT HE GAVE UP HIS DREAMS

TO MOVE EAST WITH HER.

THAT SHE HAD IT ALL
AND HE HAD NOTHING.

WHAT WAS YOUR
MOTHER'S REACTION?

SHE THOUGHT

THEY WERE SUPPOSED
TO BE PARTNERS.

THAT WHAT WAS GOOD FOR ONE
WAS GOOD FOR BOTH.

SHE DIDN'T SEE A PROBLEM.

DO YOU WANT YOUR FATHER
TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE?

DO YOU THINK
YOUR MOTHER

MIGHT CHANGE HER MIND
ABOUT FACING IT?

ISN'T IT OBVIOUS

THAT SHE WOULD RATHER DIE
THAN FACE IT?

IF SHE DIES, IT'S OVER.

I'VE TRIED SO HARD

TO TALK HER OUT OF
WANTING TO DIE.

BUT SHE STILL HAS HER MIND
AND SHE HAS PEOPLE WHO LOVE HER.

SHE'S SO DEPRESSED
THAT...

SHE CAN'T THINK STRAIGHT.

WOULD YOU BE WILLING
TO SIGN AN AFFIDAVIT ABOUT THAT?

YES.

YOU'RE CHALLENGING

JUDGE GROBMAN'S COMPETENCY
AS A WITNESS?

ON WHAT GROUNDS?

I HAVE AN AFFIDAVIT
FROM THE GROBMANS' DAUGHTER

STATING THAT HER MOTHER
IS TOO DEPRESSED

TO THINK RATIONALLY.

IS SHE QUALIFIED TO DIAGNOSE
HER MOTHER'S EMOTIONAL STATE?

OUR PSYCHIATRIST
DR. SKODA IS.

YOUR HONOR,
IF YOU RULE

THAT MY CLIENT ISN'T
COMPETENT TO TESTIFY

YOU COLLATERALLY DAMAGE
HER APPLICATION

TO TERMINATE HER LIFE.

NOT NECESSARILY.

ALREADY THE STATE
ATTORNEY GENERAL
AND THE HOSPITAL

ARE CONTESTING
MY CLIENT'S APPLICATION.

ANY RULING THAT PUTS
HER COMPETENCY IN QUESTION

WEAKENS OUR POSITION.

MY ONLY CONCERN

CAN BE THIS
CRIMINAL CASE.

I'M SORRY.

YOU HAVE MY PERMISSION

FOR DR. SKODA
TO EXAMINE HER.

IT'S NOT IRRATIONAL
TO WANT TO DIE?

NOT IF YOU'RE IN
THIS CONDITION.

YOUR CONDITION IS NEW.

HOW DO YOU KNOW
YOU WON'T CHANGE YOUR MIND?

I'M NOT INTERESTED
IN ANY MORE QUESTIONS.

YOU DON'T CONVINCE ME
YOUR DECISION'S RATIONAL

YOU MAY LOSE CONTROL
OF YOUR SITUATION.

LOOK AT ME.

I'M NOT EVEN IN CONTROL
OF MY BOWELS.

CAN'T YOU PEOPLE
LEAVE ME ALONE, LET ME DIE?

I'M IN PAIN
EVERY MINUTE
OF EVERY DAY.

I'VE SPOKEN WITH YOUR DOCTORS.

THEY SAY THE PAIN IS TREATABLE.

IT'S ALL TREATABLE.

A CATHETER, A COLOSTOMY BAG,
A DIALYSIS MACHINE

A WHEELCHAIR,
A PHYSICAL THERAPIST

A LIFETIME SUPPLY OF DEMEROL...

WOULD YOU WANT THAT?

WILL YOUR HUSBAND
TAKE CARE OF YOU?

YES.

I KNOW PEOPLE WHO ARE PARAPLEGIC

EVEN QUADRIPLEGIC, WHO LEAD
VITAL, PRODUCTIVE LIVES.

WOULD YOU LIKE
TO MEET THEM?

I'M TIRED.

CAN'T YOU PEOPLE
JUST LEAVE ME ALONE?

CAN'T YOU LET ME DIE?

IS IT HER PHYSICAL CONDITION

OR HER MENTAL STATE
THAT'S DRIVING HER?

I CAN'T GIVE
A CLEAN ANSWER TO THAT.

THEY'RE FEEDING
OFF EACH OTHER.

IS SHE COMPETENT?

SHE'S OVERWHELMED...

DEPRESSED, CONFUSED.

IS THAT A NO?

SHE'S NOT CAPABLE

OF MAKING A RATIONAL DECISION
RIGHT NOW.

SO WE MAKE IT FOR HER.

RIDING THIS INTO THE GROUND.

AT FIRST I THOUGHT THE COPS
WERE WRONG; THEY WEREN'T.

WALTER GROBMAN HIRED SOMEONE
TO KILL HIS WIFE

BECAUSE HE FELT ECLIPSED.

HE'S DESTROYED HER LIFE
FOR NO GOOD REASON.

WHY SHE'S
SHIELDING HIM

I WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND

BUT I KNOW MY JOB.

I'M GOING TO CONVICT THIS
NARCISSISTIC SON OF A BITCH.

WHAT ABOUT HER?

HER LIFE IS OVER

WHETHER SHE DIES OR NOT.

HIS CONVICTION IS THE ONLY THING

WE CAN SALVAGE OUT OF THIS MESS.

IF YOU HAVE HER DECLARED
INCOMPETENT TO TESTIFY.

NO CIVIL JUDGE WILL LET HER
PULL THE PLUG.

THEN SHE'LL BE ALIVE...
NOT DEAD.

FOR A LIFE SHE
DOESN'T WANT.

IS THIS A THING THAT YOU
DECIDE FOR SOMEONE ELSE?

SHE'S CLINICALLY DEPRESSED

AND IN MASSIVE DENIAL.

HER JUDGMENT IS IMPAIRED

BY DEPRESSION, PAIN,
DENIAL AND DRUGS.

SHE'S SUICIDAL.

THANK YOU, DR. SKODA.

IF SOMEBODY CAME TO YOU

AND TOLD YOU THEY WERE THINKING
OF COMMITTING SUICIDE

YOU WOULD TREAT THEM,
WOULDN'T YOU?

YES, IF THAT'S WHAT THEY WANTED.

BECAUSE YOUR PROFESSION
CONSIDERS

SUICIDAL THOUGHTS TO BE
SYMPTOMATIC OF NEUROSES?

YES.

CAN YOU FORESEE
ANY CIRCUMSTANCES

IN WHICH A PERSON COULD MAKE
A RATIONAL DECISION

TO END THEIR LIFE?

SUCH DECISIONS ARE ALWAYS
MADE UNDER DURESS.

AREN'T RATIONAL
DECISIONS

OFTEN MADE
UNDER DURESS?

YES, I SUPPOSE SO.

AS A MEDICAL DOCTOR,
DO YOU SUPPORT A PATIENT'S

RIGHT TO DIE?

MY PERSONAL BELIEFS...

AS A MEDICAL DOCTOR.

THEN, NO, I DON'T.

THANK YOU.

NO MORE QUESTIONS.

JUDGE GROBMAN,
ARE YOU DEPRESSED?

OF COURSE I AM.

WHO WOULDN'T BE?

CAN YOU ARTICULATE
YOUR REASONS

FOR WANTING TO
TERMINATE YOUR LIFE?

I'M IN CONSTANT PAIN.

I'M TOLD IT WILL
NEVER GET BETTER.

THERE'S NOTHING THE DOCTORS
CAN DO TO GIVE ME BACK MY LIFE.

I DON'T WANT TO LIVE LIKE THIS.

DOES YOUR DESIRE TO DIE

SPRING FROM YOUR
PHYSICAL CONDITION

OR FROM THE POSSIBILITY

IT WAS YOUR HUSBAND
THAT DID THIS TO YOU?

FROM MY PHYSICAL CONDITION.

MY HUSBAND DID NOTHING.

THANKS.

YOU DO UNDERSTAND
THAT WE'RE NOT HERE

TO DECIDE YOUR RIGHT TO DIE,
DON'T YOU?

OF COURSE I DO,
MR. McCOY.

YOU WANT TO PROVE
I'M IRRATIONAL

SO YOU CAN PRECLUDE
MY TESTIMONY

ON BEHALF OF MY HUSBAND.

YOU LEFT THE HOSPITAL
THREE DAYS AGO, IS THAT RIGHT?

YES.

WHERE ARE
YOU STAYING?

WITH MY DAUGHTER
AND HER FAMILY.

WHY NOT WITH
YOUR HUSBAND?

BECAUSE MY DAUGHTER
LOST THE COIN TOSS.

COULD YOU BE
RESPONSIVE, PLEASE?

MY HUSBAND HAS
A BUSINESS TO RUN.

MY DAUGHTER DOESN'T.

DO YOU GET
NURSING CARE

AT YOUR DAUGHTER'S?

YES.

AROUND THE CLOCK?

YES.

WHY COULDN'T THEY
DO THAT JUST AS
WELL AT YOUR HOUSE?

MY DAUGHTER INSISTED
I STAY WITH HER.

DID SHE SAY WHY?

JUDGE GROBMAN.

YOU'VE CONVINCED HER
HER FATHER TRIED TO KILL ME.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND

THAT YOUR HUSBAND KNEW THE MAN
WHO SHOT YOU?

YOU SAY.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND

THAT YOUR
HUSBAND WAS ONE

OF A VERY
FEW PEOPLE

WHO KNEW THAT YOU WERE
COMING BACK TO THE CITY EARLY?

SO WHAT?

DO YOU UNDERSTAND
THAT YOUR HUSBAND

MADE THE PHONE CALL...

THAT SET UP THE SHOOTING?

I DON'T KNOW THAT
AND NEITHER DO YOU.

BUT YOU DO UNDERSTAND...

THAT YOUR HUSBAND

RESENTED
FOR 25 YEARS

YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

YOUR SUCCESS.

WE HAD A GOOD MARRIAGE.

DID HE SAY TO YOU,
MORE THAN ONCE

THAT IF HE HADN'T
KNUCKLED UNDER

TO WHAT YOU WANTED

HE'D HAVE GOTTEN
THE RECOGNITION

THAT HE DESERVED?

HE DIDN'T MEAN IT
THE WAY IT SOUNDS.

HOW DID HE MEAN IT?

WHY DO YOU HAMMER
AND HAMMER AT THIS?

CAN'T YOU SEE IT'S MY FAULT?

PLEASE...

PLEASE LEAVE
WALTER ALONE.

I'VE LOVED HIM
FOR MORE THAN HALF MY LIFE.

EVERYTHING
IS MY FAULT.

WHEN IS THIS OVER?

WHEN IS THIS OVER?

LISA...

PLEASE...

MAKE THEM STOP.

LET ME DIE.

ALL RIGHT, MR. McCOY,
I THINK THAT'S ENOUGH.

THIS HAS BEEN
A DIFFICULT DECISION TO MAKE.

I WAS ASKED TO RENDER
AN OPINION

THAT AFFECTS,
HOWEVER INDIRECTLY

DENISE GROBMAN'S CONTROL
OVER HER OWN DESTINY.

I KNOW MY RULING HERE
MAY WELL AFFECT THE OUTCOME

OF HER APPLICATION
FOR TERMINATION OF LIFE SUPPORT.

I AM DEVASTATED
BY THAT RESPONSIBILITY.

THAT BEING SAID...

IT IS THE DETERMINATION
OF THE COURT

THAT DENISE GROBMAN

IS NOT COMPETENT
TO GIVE TESTIMONY

IN THE MATTER OF
THE PEOPLE v. WALTER GROBMAN.

NOTICE OF INTENT TO APPEAL...

APPLICATION TO JUDGE PONGRACIC
TO RECONSIDER.

WHAT GOES ON INSIDE YOU
WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR WIFE

KNOWING THAT YOU DID IT
FOR NOTHING?

KNOWING THAT SHE'D RATHER DIE
THAN ACKNOWLEDGE IT WAS YOU?

WE'RE NOT PLEADING, MR. McCOY.

WHY THE HELL DIDN'T YOU
JUST DIVORCE HER?

WAS THE WOUND TO YOUR EGO

SO BIG
THAT SHE HAD TO DIE?

I WANT IT OVER.

WALTER...
I WANT IT OVER!

I DID IT. I DID IT.

I KILLED HER. I DID IT!

I DID IT!
WALTER, SHUT UP.

I CAN'T TAKE ANY MORE.

I WANT IT OVER.

ATTEMPTED MURDER ONE,
25 TO LIFE.

WE'LL TAKE OUR CHANCES
AT TRIAL.

NO. WHAT ABOUT
MY WIFE?

YOU FIXED IT SO THAT
SHE CAN'T WIN HER APPLICATION.

SHE'LL BE LIKE...

SHE'LL BE LIKE THAT-THAT...
SHE'LL...

CIVIL COURT
WON'T GET WORD

OF JUDGE PONGRACIC'S
DECISION FOR WEEKS.

IT CAN ALL BE OVER BEFORE THEN.

WE WON'T OPPOSE HER APPLICATION.

KNOCK IT DOWN
TO ATTEMPTED MURDER TWO.

NO.

FOR GOD'S SAKE, McCOY

TOSS US A BONE.

IN 25 YEARS, WHEN MR. GROBMAN
COMES UP FOR PAROLE

THE D.A.'s OFFICE
WON'T OPPOSE IT.

DENISE GROBMAN PASSED AWAY
AN HOUR AGO.

WAS HER HUSBAND WITH HER?

YES.

I HOPE HE TAKES THAT IMAGE
WITH HIM TO PRISON.