Ted Crawford:
My dick, my private investigator. I call him Dick. Perhaps I should call him as a rebuttal witness, because since the tragedy, um, he's dug up hotel records and witnesses that confirm that my wife and Mr Nunally were having an affair. My dick is good.
Willy Beachum:
Your Honour, so what if he was?
Judge Robinson:
Mr Beachum.
Willy Beachum:
Even if he was...
Judge Robinson:
Your witness was intimate with the victim and assaulted the defendant during the arrest.
Ted Crawford:
Actually, while trying to obtain my so-called confession.
Judge Robinson:
Yes.
Willy Beachum:
Oh, come on.
Ted Crawford:
Is that a legal argument, "Oh, come on"?
Willy Beachum:
Don't make me come across this table cos I will...
Ted Crawford:
I just want...
Willy Beachum:
Your Honour, he dictated and signed his confession at the station long after the incident, all right?
Ted Crawford:
In fear for my life, since my wife's lover who had just beaten me, was in the room with his friends, and the other officers.
Judge Robinson:
Was Detective Nunally present during Mr Crawford's interrogation?
Willy Beachum:
Uh... he... he... he may have been, I don't know.
Judge Robinson:
Because if that is indeed the case, the confessions, both of them, are out. If Nunally was there, Mr Crawford was under duress. The confessions and any evidence gathered while Mr Nunally was present will all have to be excluded as "fruit of the poisonous tree."
Willy Beachum:
This... This is insane.
Ted Crawford:
That's the Bible, isn't it? The fruit of the tree and all that? It's Matthew. Or is it Mark?
Willy Beachum:
He set all this up. This is a setup.
Judge Robinson:
I'm sorry, Mr Beachum, but I am not going to allow coerced confessions in my courtroom.
Ted Crawford:
Your Honour, do you think I could go home now, with Thanksgiving around the corner?
Willy Beachum:
Unbelievable.
Judge Robinson:
Don't push it, Mr Crawford.
Judge Robinson:
What I want to do is I'm going to give Mr Beachum a few days to come up with some new evidence, and if he can't then maybe you can go home. So we will reconvene on Monday morning. I think that's all.
Ted Crawford:
Thank you, Your Honour.
