The Star Chamber Page #7

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You could never disappoint me.

Marvin Dawson.

Age:
29. Six feet, 160 pounds.

Eight prior arrests, two convictions.

1977 armed robbery

and 1980 assault with a deadly weapon.

August 20, 1980.

A jewelry store owned by a Mr. Victor Willis...

located on Spring Street, is robbed.

Mr. Willis is shot and killed.

Local informants told the police

that the robbery was committed by Dawson.

Investigators brought photographs

of Dawson to the witnesses.

Both identified him.

A warrant was obtained on the basis

of the identifications...

the informants

and Dawson's prior criminal record.

His apartment was searched.

The stolen jewelry was found, along with

the knitted hat and a. 22 caliber revolver.

Ballistics confirmed that both

murder victims were killed by that gun.

Dawson was arrested later

that night in a local bar.

He was Mirandized and booked.

He was informed of the jewelry and the gun.

He waived his Miranda

and confessed to a police stenographer.

Dawson was convicted and sentenced to life.

The case was appealed by his lawyer...

on the grounds that

the warrant that had been obtained...

stated that the police were searching for...

quote, "stolen jewelry,"end quote...

and that the warrant

should have been more specific.

The appellate court ruled that stolen jewelry

could have meant any other stolen jewelry...

from any other robbery and gave the police a

license to search for anything they felt like.

The appellate court held in favor of Dawson

and ruled that the warrant was invalid.

Since the warrant was invalid,

thejewelry and the gun were not admissible.

And since they were not admissible,

the subsequent confession was not admissible.

Dawson's free.

Hello? Yeah.

Dr. Harold Lewin, who was scheduled

to go on trial next month...

for the courtroom shooting of a policeman...

has apparently committed suicide

by taking a massive overdose of sleeping pills.

Dr. Lewin is the father

of eight-year-old Daniel Lewin.

Daniel Lewin was one of nine children

who have been brutally murdered...

in what police suspect

may be a child pornography ring.

Lawrence Monk and Arthur Coons, who were

accused of murdering Dr. Lewin's son...

were released from custody and all

charges against them were dropped...

when Judge Steven Hardin

ruled that a crucial piece of evidence...

linking them to the murdered child

could not be used in the trial.

When the ruling was announced

byJudge Hardin in court...

Dr. Lewin allegedly tried to

shoot Monk and Cooms.

In the ensuing struggle,

a police officer was wounded.

Dr. Lewin left a note

asking his wife Carol to please forgive him.

Guilty.

Guilty.

Guilty.

Guilty.

Guilty.

- Guilty.

- Guilty.

Guilty.

Here.

You all right over there?

Flowers,

w- would you quit being a pain in the ass?

Hey, I really don't feel like running after you.

I just ate lunch.

Flowers, this is so dumb.

Look at you, bimbo. I ain't getting down

on my hands and knees and look for you...

and ruin a perfectly good pair of pants.

So what I'm gonna have to do is...

shoot this gun under some cars.

Now the bullets,

they're gonna bounce all over hell and back.

And one of them

could hit a gas tank and rupture it...

and the car would blow up,

and you'd be roastedjust like a marshmallow.

Then I'd have to go fill out

all those reports about the car.

And the morgue guys would come

and put you in one of those black plastic bags.

And that's a whole ton of paperwork

for me, Flowers.

And you know

how much I hate to do paperwork.

Ooh, I could wound you. Nah, that would

mean paramedics and ambulances...

and a whole bunch of noise.

Then I'd have to go to the hospital

and question you.

And that's two different sets of reports.

So the more I think about it...

when I weigh all my options...

the least amount of paperwork

for me to do is...

if I just blow your f***ing head off.

Gotta hand it to you, Flowers.

If you're gonna hide,

you might as well hide under a Cadillac.

His name is Flowers.

He's a car thief. He's one of the best.

He's been stealing foreign cars

for a ring that ships them across the border.

They got a really fine operation.

He gets an order for a blue BMW coupe...

Flowers steals 'em for him.

And there's no speculation

in the deal, either.

He gets them the year,

make and model that they want.

He also does some domestic work

for a few of our local cuties.

If they're gonna do a really nasty job,

they order a car from Flowers.

We've been watching him

for a couple of weeks...

and we staked out a garage he's particularly

fond of and he didn't disappoint us.

Just like fish in a barrel.

He's served two stretches already...

and he's shitting a brick

about being a three-time loser.

Flowers, this is Detective Lowes.

- Pleased to meet you.

- Hi.

This is not a good bust for you, my man.

Not good at all.

I know, I know. I'll deal, I told you that.

What you want?

Three-time loser, that's real bad.

You're really good at what you do,

aren't you?

The best.

Sh*t, anyone can open a domestic.

The GM's, they're a f***ing invitation.

Now the Germans, they make some fine cars.

- I can get you anything you want.

- That's not exactly what we had in mind.

- Three-time loser.

- I told you I'd deal.! You want names?

I'll give you any damn name you want.

And it's a big deal too.

It goes through Mexico

and then back through Texas.

- It's a good bust.

- You're gonna have to do better than that.

Your partner was a real tough guy.

Like a rock.

He gave us more names

and dates than we knew what to do with.

He talked so fast we needed more

than one stenographer in here.

Well, what the f*** do you want?

Well, what the f*** do you want?

Tell Detective Lowes

what you told me before about the van.

- The van?

- The van.

Oh! Oh, oh, oh, sure, I'll give you that,

but, uh, what do, uh, I get?

If it leads to an arrest,

you might get a break...

because grand theft auto

is a lot of paperwork.

And you know I don't like to do paperwork.

W- Well, what do you mean I might get?

I mean if you don't start

doing something good...

you're gonna get so much hard time

that when you get out there won't be any cars.

People will be getting around

on conveyor belts.

Okay. Okay, the van. A blue van.

I stole it for these three dudes

who needed it for a few hours.

The deal was I pick it up for them...

and then I bring it back to where I got it...

so nobody, not even the owner,

knew it was copped.

This was a while ago. I got them this van...

and then I waited at a bar

until they brought it back to me.

And then I returned it

to where I copped it from.

There was...

There was some blood in the back...

and mud on the tires

like they were driving through the park.

And there was this little kid's shoe

or something. I really didn't look too close.

Hey, I didn't know

they was gonna kill some kid.

I just got them this car and I brought it back.

That's all, and I swear to God.

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