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or "no, your honor."

- Understood?

- Yes sir.

I speak english.

Did you hire a lawyer,

or do we need

to appoint one for you?

I... I thought I had one, sir.

You can appoint me.

You are charged with murder

in the first degree

and sexual assault.

Not guilty on all counts,

your honor.

And, uh, if I could have it

noted for the record,

we are planning

on requesting a trial

by jury.

Nice to see you, mr. Stone.

It's my pleasure, your honor.

You represent mr. Torres?

- Yes, your honor, I do.

- Excellent.

What are you doing?

I thought we had a deal.

We did have a deal,

but I had time

to think about it

and you know what they say,

"if the glove doesn't fit..."

What the hell

are you doing here?

Just look forward, okay?

Trust me.

The longer we hold out,

the better deal you get.

Based on the allegations

contained in

the arrest affidavit,

and the fact that the defendant

resides near the alleged victim

and has ties in other states

and other countries,

the court denies bail

and sets this matter

for a pre-trial hearing.

The court clerk will

notify you of the date.

- Oh, and mr. Stone.

- Yes, your honor?

I expect you

to show up on time.

I apologize.

I'll be in touch, okay?

Jesus f***ing christ, jax!

I could've f***ing

killed you, man.

Come on, you know better

than to just bust

the f*** in here.

- You alone?

- Yes, I'm f***ing alone, man.

- God, you need to watch

where you point that gun.

- F***. Jeez.

F***.

- You want a drink?

- No, man, I'm good.

Oh, glad you got your head

finally screwed on, huh?

- Yeah.

- What the f*** are you doing

over this side of town?

I haven't seen you

in months, man.

I need some

background work done.

Not a problem. Who's the mark?

His name is vincent de la cruz.

This is the check

he gave me. It's got all

the account numbers on there.

This is gonna help.

Think you can find something?

Come on, jax, remember who

you're talking to, okay?

With this kind of sh*t,

I can access anyone's

f***ing life.

It's all electronic now, man.

You just gotta know

where to look.

Okay, let's cast out

that f***ing net

and reel the sh*t in, right?

- Look at this.

- What am I looking at?

Right here...

multiple large

f***ing transactions.

All of the same amount.

It's bullshit.

Look at this.

All recipients are ghosts,

just like the companies.

They don't exist,

either domestically

or internationally.

Okay. And you know that

for a fact?

It's right there, man.

- Okay. Okay.

That's a good start.

- Uh-huh.

Do me one more favor, okay?

- Uh-huh.

- Selena lopez.

She is the key witness

for the prosecution.

I need to find out

some information on her

before she hits the stand.

- You hear me?

- I'll get it.

I can't talk to her

myself, man,

so if you can do this,

this would be huge.

- You got it.

- Thank you, sir.

- I'll call you.

- Perfect.

- Hey, stone.

- Yeah?

Be f***ing careful, okay?

Yeah.

You need to lay off

the whiskey too, all right?

Cheers.

Okay, so, what we have here

is we have a full print

and a partial print.

Full print meaning 100%

partial print meaning...

I don't know...

somewhere around 10 to 15%.

Now, don't get me wrong.

I've won a case before

with a full print.

But in that situation,

I had the client's help.

And in yours,

your brother's not helping me.

Okay, so what we need to do

is we need to find a way

to... I don't know...

place someone else

at the crime during

the time of the murder.

Okay, so I need you

to tell me what you know

- about alberto lopez.

- Nothing.

Nothing?

- No?

- No, I mean,

I've seen him around.

He kept to himself.

We didn't really

talk that much.

Okay, well,

what about the wife?

You know anything about her?

You guys ever... I don't know...

have dinner, lunch, breakfast?

- No, same thing.

- Okay, so you've never met her?

No, I mean, I met her.

I saw her, but we didn't...

Talk. I mean,

we're not friends.

Okay, so you weren't friends.

You were more like

acquaintances.

- Right?

- Yeah.

Okay. Sure. Okay.

On to the next thing.

Back to work.

So what we're

getting ready to look at

is actual photos.

Beware, they are gruesome.

Prosecution,

call your first witness.

Your honor,

the state calls

officer tucker to the stand.

Do you swear to speak

the truth, the whole truth

and nothing but the truth,

so help you god?

I do.

Can you introduce yourself

to the jury?

I'm officer byron tucker.

I am an officer

with the los angeles

police department.

Now, officer tucker,

on february 13th,

you were called

to 1155 tenth street,

the scene of an alleged

rape and homicide.

And when you arrived,

did you make contact

with anyone?

Yes, there was

a deceased adult male

and a distressed adult female.

Did you ascertain the identity

of these individuals?

The female was

selena lopez,

and the male was alberto lopez.

Can you describe

mrs. Lopez's demeanor?

The female was

wrapped in a blanket,

laying in

the fetal position

on her couch.

Was she injured?

She had bruising on her face,

which appeared recent.

She was very upset as well.

Did you speak

with this mrs. Lopez?

- - Yes, the victim said

that her neighbor juan

broke into her place,

physically assaulted her,

raped her,

stole her wallet, her rings,

and shot her husband

when he caught him

raping her.

Thank you.

No further questions.

Your witness, mr. Stone.

Officer tucker,

you did not process

the alleged

crime scene, did you?

- No.

- So it's safe to say

that you are not

an investigator,

are you, officer tucker?

No.

Well, what about

the bruising you said

you saw?

Do you know exactly

when that happened?

- They were recent.

- Officer, that is not

what I asked you.

I said, do you know

- exactly when

that happened?

- An exact time? No.

Well, what about some pictures?

Do you have pictures

of these so-called bruises

- that the jury can see?

- Pictures?

- I didn't take any pictures.

- You didn't take any pictures

of the bruises. Okay.

Well, what about

the alleged point of entry?

Obviously, you took pictures

of those, correct?

- No.

- You were the first

law enforcement agent

to arrive on the scene

at the first point in time

after the alleged crime.

Yet you're telling me

that these fine people here

have no evidence

other than your word

so they can make

their decision.

Is that correct?

Yeah, I... I guess so.

Officer tucker,

do you believe that

the truth today

- is the same

that it was yesterday?

- Objection. Badgering.

- Sustained.

- Officer tucker,

you did write a report

in this case, right?

I see that you have it

in front of you.

Can you do me a favor?

Can you look at it and...

Find the place where you

talked about the bruises?

It's not there.

Are you sure it's not there?

- You wanna

take another look?

- It's not there.

Is it not there

because it disappeared,

- or is it not there

because it never existed?

- Sergeant smith...

sergeant smith is not here,

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