Suspect

- Miss Quinn.

- Justice Lowell.

I hope you haven't

been waiting too long.

Please come in.

- You have plans for the holidays?

- I'm staying in the city.

Spending Christmas with some friends.

I never know what to get people.

My wife would buy our gifts.

She always got just the right thing.

I hope this is appropriate.

Use it well.

Thank you, I will.

- Have a good Christmas.

- And you too.

Would you like

your car brought around?

Not just yet, Marie.

I want to clear my desk.

You know, Abraham Lincoln used to

hunt wild turkey down our roads.

You can still bag one there

for Christmas dinner.

Okay, polar bears! Let's go!

Come on, Mike. It's not that cold.

Bill, we've got something here.

UP here!

And now back to our main story.

Justice Lowell is said to have been

despondent over failing health.

The president, speaking this morning

at a memorial service, -

- called the Justice one of our

finest, most eloquent jurists.

A man dedicated to law and truth.

Funeral services will be held

this afternoon.

You pigs! That was my mother's!

- What is she doing?

- Out of the way!

From Your Honor's lock-up list:

Number fifteen,

United States vs Daniel Adams.

- Hi, Jack.

- Hi, Kath.

- Get my message?

- Yeah. You okay?

Yes, I'm fine.

Make him take a recess.

We'll blow smoke up his judicial ass.

Did I miss anything?

- Your assault with intent skipped.

- He promised me he wouldn't.

I have a feeling we'll see him

in March with a nice Florida tan.

Here's today's top forty.

- Busy night.

- 102 felony arrests.

Some kind of a record for Monday.

There must be something in the air.

- The Christmas spirit.

- Oh, yeah.

Get Carl Wayne Anderson.

Next on the list

is number seventeen:

United States

vs Carl Wayne Anderson.

Is his attorney present?

Your Honor, Mr. Anderson has refused

to speak with anyone at all.

You are accused of first degree murder.

Do you understand that?

Do you know where you are?

As I am unable to determine

whether Mr. Anderson is competent, -

- I will postpone presentment

pending psychiatric evaluation.

- Does the man have means of support?

- He's indigent, Your Honor.

The court, then,

will appoint new counsel.

Miss Riley with the Public Defenders'

Office will represent Mr. Anderson.

I'm due for vacation.

I haven't had a vacation in a year.

Miss Riley, please accompany

Mr. Anderson and interview him.

Yes, Your Honor.

What's next?

I'm Kathleen Riley,

with the Public Defenders' Office.

I'd like to ask you a few questions.

You're being charged with murder.

Could you tell me where you were

around midnight, December 18th?

Where were you at midnight,

December 18th?

I'm your lawyer.

Anything you tell me is confidential.

If you don't talk to me,

I can't help you.

I guess this is a waste of time.

Do you understand

what's happening to you?

Jim, you wanna let me out of here?

Can't they read?

Don't you own a watch?

We're in trouble.

We're in deep sh*t.

Support's drying up like an old whore.

It's too close to call.

- Did Comisky declare yet?

- She's still on the fence.

- Did she go in?

- Yep.

- Here's Eddie.

- Congressman Newton. Good to see you.

What about the whip? He said he'd never

turn his back on the American farmer.

What else is new? He got a sudden

backache. He's sitting out the vote.

Told his side of the aisle

to vote their conscience.

That'd be a first.

- What do you think, Grace?

- I can't help you, Eddie.

Just wanted to see

which way the wind was blowing.

- That's it?

- Yeah. I respect you.

I won't insult you with promises.

You gotta vote your conscience.

When you get humble, I get nervous.

I feel I'm being set up.

Nothing up my sleeve.

You did what you could. I'm in

a tight spot. My district's blue-collar.

- They don't like government subsidies.

- But I'm on their side.

I come from a farm family myself,

of dirty collars.

People expect milk on their table.

And if the price isn't right, -

- the dairy farmers dump it

in the river. It's a terrible waste.

Grace. Grace.

When you were in trouble

When you needed support

on the car company bailout, -

- I ran up the flag for you.

I pulled a lot of votes.

That's life, Eddie.

No, Grace, that's politics.

Life's what everybody else does.

All right, look.

Your district has a big inner-city

lunch program, right?

We'll donate a year's worth of milk.

No point in it going down the river.

I don't believe that you're trying

to bribe me with milk for babies.

Grace, it's a good bill.

Just give me some time

to shore up some support.

Have the vote postponed

till after the holidays.

Why did you wait so long

to come to me?

- It slipped my mind.

- Nothing slips your mind.

"Life's what everybody else does. "

You're dangerous.

I'll get it postponed.

But that squares us.

Don't ask me for my vote.

It's not for sale.

- What happened?

- He beat up an officer last night.

Like to put his eye out.

That's the third time in two months.

Keep going like this, he'll wake up

one morning and find himself hung.

I'll pretend I didn't hear that.

Did a doctor see him?

Yeah, he came and went.

He wouldn't let him touch him.

- Take the cuffs off.

- The chief told me not to.

Just take the cuffs off.

I'll be responsible.

All right.

You're wearing the suit.

- They put animals to sleep, you know.

- But they miss some sometimes.

Are you trying to commit suicide?

If you are, I've got better things

to do with my time.

Oh Jesus.

Get a doctor.

I couldn't read

your writing in some places.

I think I got most of it, -

- but I have to ask you

some more questions.

Carl?

Carl?

Carl!

Have you told me everything?

Have you told me everything?

Piece of cake.

Maybe it won't bother a jury that your

fingerprints were all over her body.

And, possibly, they won't mind

that you carried a big knife.

They'll probably understand.

She was dead anyway. Why not rob her?

And maybe I'll play quarterback

for the Redskins next season.

Tell me that you did it.

I'll ask the judge for mercy

and save us both a headache.

"Michael was there -

before me. "

Michael. Michael who?

And eyes?

What color were his eyes? Brown.

All right. And his hair?

Dark hair.

And how tall was Michael?

Medium.

He had a tattoo on his hand?

Is there anything more

about Michael?

Can you remember anything more?

Doctor's here. Come on.

Good evening, Louis, Ansel.

I hear you're up for an appointment

to the DC Circuit Court of Appeals.

- Yes, I've heard those rumors.

- Don't bullshit a bullshitter.

They're more than rumors.

When's the announcement?

The president will make his choice known

by the end of the month.

That reminds me.

I'm scheduled to hear the Winslow trial.

It's gotta drag on into spring.

Would you consider making a change?

I'd like to clear my docket

in case the appointment comes through.

You're scheduled for -

- United States vs Anderson.

It looks pro forma.

Two weeks at the outside.

It'd make my life a lot simpler.

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