D-day!

The whole lot that had occurred on The Lincoln Lawyer Season 2 up to now had been main as much as today — The Individuals vs. Lisa Trammel.

Supporters and opposers packed the courtroom within the gallery. As normal, Choose Medina was not a fan of theatrics, so everybody wanted to make their case by sticking to the information.

The Lincoln Lawyer Season 2 Episode 7 picked up on the primary day of the trial, and it was time to current opening statements.

Each a part of a trial, particularly with a jury, is essential. You should make nice impressions all through or threat shedding somebody, which could be the ultimate nail in somebody’s coffin.

It was disappointing that we did not see the jury choice course of, which is normally the primary of a sequence of essential duties.

Mickey’s phrases taught us that one juror could be on their aspect, and normally, that is all attorneys want.

Authorized: Now, what’s so essential that you simply needed to see me the morning your trial begins?
Mickey: Somebody left this on my doorstep final night time.
Authorized: That is an FBI goal letter.
Mickey: Yeah, addressed to Alex Grant, often known as Alex Gazarian, my strawman.
Authorized: I want the time period alternate suspect, and this says that your alternate suspect is an individual of curiosity in a federal investigation.
Mickey: Development fraud. that e-mail Mitchell Bondurant despatched? This places it in an entire new gentle.
Authorized: How so?
Mickey: Properly, Bondurant sends an e-mail threatening to show Alex Grant. By itself, it isn’t clear what he meant. The decide even stated it wasn’t sufficient to level the finger at him. She wanted extra. Properly, that is extra. This makes it seem like Alex Grant was as much as one thing unlawful. That e-mail he despatched wasn’t a menace. He was blackmailed.
Authorized: Blackmail’s are fairly good motive to kill somebody if it is legit. However this? This simply exhibits up in your doorstep on the eve of trial. Both somebody’s actually making an attempt that will help you, or they’re actually making an attempt to fuck with you. You gotta discover out which one.
Mickey: How do I do this?
Authorized: Properly, first, you gotta verify that the letter is actual or not, and also you gotta do it quick.

However earlier than the trial, Mickey discovered a mysterious letter (that we discovered was not so mysterious in spite of everything) on his door, and if Authorized’s recommendation was wanted, it will need to have been critical.

The goal letter was a recreation changer. Mickey’s case in opposition to Alex Grant was based mostly on phrases from an open-to-interpretation electronic mail.

A goal letter from the FBI proved that one thing was happening with Alex, and Bondurant may need identified about it, utilizing it to blackmail Alex.

Out of the blue, it did not appear so farfetched in spite of everything. Blackmail is a robust motive in anybody’s books.

However letters are simple to print — even from the FBI.

They needed to verify the letter was true earlier than introducing it in court docket, which took some doing from Cisco.

This far, Mickey had nothing with which to defend Lisa. The proof was overwhelming, and he had one play — show Lisa was being framed and provides the jury one other suspect. It was simpler stated than accomplished. Not when Andrea, on the opposite aspect, was out for blood.

Many trials on TV do not get the complete consideration they want as a result of there’s solely a lot time in an episode. However we bought it in full on this case.

Andrea Freeman was good; there was no denying that. She captured the jury’s consideration and stored them feeding from her hand for 25 minutes precisely.

Members of the jury, good morning. My identify is Deputy District Legal professional Andrea Freeman, and I am right here in the present day to talk on behalf of somebody who cannot. The hard-working, profitable man who helped construct this metropolis we name house and employed 1000’s of individuals alongside the way in which, Mitchell Bondurant. I am right here to let you know concerning the final brutal, violent moments of his life and about the one that ended it. The defendant, Lisa Trammel. Now the information of this case. They’re easy. The defendant and Mr. Bondurant had been in a dispute. A dispute which compelled Mr. Bondurant to take out a restraining order in opposition to the defendant due to her continued harassment. On the morning of the homicide, after visiting a close-by farmers market, the defendant entered a neighborhood espresso store close to the sufferer’s workplace, the place she noticed Mr. Bondurant getting a cup of espresso. The proof will present that she then left the espresso store, hurried to his parking storage, and hid behind a pillar, figuring out he’d be arriving quickly. There, she waited for him, slipping on a pair of gloves to ensure she did not go away any fingerprints. And when Mr. Bondurant lastly arrived and bought out of his automobile, she viciously attacked him from behind, bludgeoning him over the top with a blunt instrument. Beating him actually to demise. The proof will present how the defendant hated Mr. Bondurant, how she stalked him, and the way on the day of the homicide, she entered his parking storage with the motive, the means, and the chance to kill.

Andrea

She was so good that you simply could not inform whether or not she believed what she was saying. She spoke with calm assuredness; it was marvelous to see.

She commanded the room, pacing upright with out trying like she was in a rush.

She did not shrink back from getting ugly. She painted the complete picture of the crime scene, Lisa’s motivation for killing Bondurant, and her alternative that morning. Then there was forensic proof. It will be the toughest factor to low cost.

Lastly, you will hear how police discovered the defendant’s gardening gloves in her storage with Mitchell Bondurant’s blood on the gloves she used to homicide him, blood that might have solely been from that homicide. As I stated, it is easy. The information do not lie. Now, protection counsel will attempt to paint the defendant as an upstanding member of her group, a sufferer of gentrification who was harassed by Mitchell Bondurant. All I’d say to that’s do not be fooled. Do not be fooled by the calm expression, the crisp white shirt, the manicured nails. Do not be fooled by all of the purple herrings and smoke and mirrors. Protection counsel will placed on a very good present. That is all it’s. A present. As a result of he has no solutions to the proof we are going to current, and in the long run, his shiny bag of tips doesn’t erase the truth that Mitchell Bondurant was brutally and violently murdered. And the girl who murdered him is sitting proper there.

Andrea

Mickey didn’t waste time arguing that Lisa Trammel was harmless. He ran with what they believed about Lisa being framed. It will be laborious to show somebody was being framed when all professional witness testimony pointed to Lisa being the killer.

Properly, that was intense. So why do not we take a couple of steps again? I would like to begin off first by introducing you to my consumer, Lisa Trammell. As chances are you’ll know, she’s a chef at an excellent restaurant referred to as Elysian. Anyone right here prefer to eat? Properly, take it from me, the meals in that place is simply out of this world. Lisa has labored laborious for over ten years, perfecting the menu. Now the prosecution says she’s bought a temp. What? Actually? A chef with a mood. Whoever heard of such a factor? As a result of the prosecutor has by no means seen a kind of cooking TV exhibits. Sure, she’s bought a mood. Loads of cooks do. Comes with the territory, with the stress and lengthy hours. I am fairly positive it isn’t a high quality that she’s happy with. Does not make her a killer, does it?

Mickey

Even the detective in command of the case talked truthfully concerning the information.

Since Alex Grant was set to testify, Mickey Haller‘s job was to steer the case in that course as a result of it was the one play.

It was all that was wanted if they might get Alex to confess one thing damning about himself.

The letter’s authenticity was but to be confirmed because the trial progressed, which put Mickey in a troublesome place.

His total protection hinged on Alex Grant and the letter.

So, when it was his flip, he simply trod water. He requested essentially the most fundamental questions, and the detective’s exasperation was palpable.

However that may have labored in Mickey’s favor as a result of, by the point he launched the letter, the detective was worn out and would have stated something to go away the stand.

By that time, the jury was beginning to consider that Lisa couldn’t have been the one suspect with a robust motive. However there was the query of the overwhelming proof.

This case was hanging on by a thread, and had been it not for FBI’s Agent Vasquez, Mickey may not have been in a position to pull it off.

Izzy nonetheless chased her dream of proudly owning a dance studio however hit a snag elsewhere.

I used to be glad the present centered extra on Izzy independently of Mickey’s issues. She was attention-grabbing and deserved a storyline.

She had been speaking concerning the dance studio for therefore lengthy, and when it was lastly inside her attain, the supervisor moved the goal.

With Maggie out of the image, Mickey was extra concerned in Hailey’s life, and he found she had a crush on a boy.

Regardless of making an attempt to behave cool about it, he was such a dad. Nevertheless, he was nonetheless blissful that his little woman was rising. She additionally did not deceive him.

Lisa’s case was a real ache. After they made one step ahead, one thing else would come up and pull them two steps again.

The invention of the homicide weapon was one such factor.

Even when there had been such overwhelming proof in opposition to Lisa, the one factor she had going for her was that the prosecution had not discovered the homicide weapon.

The hammer – the identical as was used to kill Bondurant – was discovered, and this was the final nail, no pun meant.

Who was keen to guess that the hammer could be a match? Who was keen to guess the blood on it could match Bondurant’s? Who was keen to be the fingerprints that may match Lisa’s?

It was time to determine. Was Lisa being framed, or was she responsible?

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