strange legal procedures
The trials in the Perry Mason series were always a bit unrealistic, but they were law school instructional videos compared to the trial in this film.
shareCare to provide some examples? Or are you just hitting and running...
shareThis is a very forgettable movie I saw last year. To answer your question properly would require that I watch it again. That's asking too much.
sharePossible mistrial for disclosure of defendant's motive in closing arguments.
shareExactly, I though the same thing. Additionally, Burr's closing arguments also introduce new information that directly involves him in the life of the accused, which would be conflict of interest at the very least, surely.
Also, the DA never objects when Burr asks a leading question or encourages the witness to make a conjecture, like, "Was he mad enough to kill?"; However, when Burr himself objected when the DA asked a crime scene analyst if such and such spot on the rug would be wet under such and such conditions, he is sustained and the question is stricken. Anyone with even slight legal knowledge can see right through this.
It was somewhat fun, if a little strange, to see Jessica Fletcher and Perry Mason kissing each other.
I watched this on youtube yesterday and I thought what lawyer not only gives his client a motive for murder while they're on the stand in front of a jury, but himself too?! Not to mention conflict of interest. I also thought the after his disclosure a real jury would likely convict her!
What made this enjoyable was the fact that Perry Mason and Jessica Fletcher were involved with each other and even though Perry had another name he was still Perry.(lol)
Sheldon:"Was the starfish wearing boxer shorts? Because you might have been watching Nickelodeon."
It's not a "conflict of interest." It's just absurd. A lawyer cannot represent a client in a case and at the same time be a witness in it; if the lawyer has relevant information in a case he cannot represent anyone in it. And a lawyer cannot, in the guise of final argument, offer his testimony.If he dared to do such a thing, the Judge would immediately halt things, declare a mistrial and recommend sanctions against the lawyer. Either the film makers were completely ignorant of these elementary principles or just disregarded them. BTW, this Perry Mason would have no wish to kiss any Jessica Fletcher; but as for Karl Holt, that would be a different story.
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