Hmm...
It's two o'clock, I think...
I-I've gotta pin this on someone.
Oh, I know!
He'll do...
Perfect!
Defense Lawyer — Phoenix Wright
I'm Phoenix Wright,
a rookie attorney, who just got his badge three months ago.
And today,
for the first time, I set foot in the courtroom as an attorney!
Courthouse
The First Turnabout
Lobby 2
March 26, 9:47 AM District Court — Defendant Lobby No. 2
Fey & Co. Law Offices Chief — Mia Fey
What's keeping Wright?
Excuse me!
Sorry I'm late...
The trial begins at 10 AM.
I hope you're ready.
I am!
Sorry to force you to take time to be here for me, Chief.
Don't mention it.
I mean, it's my beloved subordinate's first-ever defense.
I wouldn't miss it for the world.
Thank you!
But I must say I'm impressed.
Not everyone has the courage to take on a homicide trial, right off the bat.
I wanted... no, I had to do this.
Because I owe him a favor.
A favor? To the defendant?
Yes.
Actually, I kind of owe my current job to him.
He's one of the reasons I became an attorney.
Well, that's news to me.
Courtroom 2
I want to help him in any way I can!
Courtroom 2
March 26 District Court — Courtroom No. 2
Prosecutor — Winston Payne
That's my client, Larry Butz.
Defendant — Larry Butz
He's been my best friend since grade school.
Nick!
It wasn't me!
What's your problem? Lemme go!
Nick! It wasn't me!
I know. I believe you.
Nick!
But the newspapers say it was you.
Model Murdered in Own Apartment in Broad Daylight!!
Suspect Larry Butz (23)
Wright...
So he's the one who motivated you to become an attorney?
Yes.
He's a good guy at heart.
He just has terrible luck.
He doesn't seem to have the best attitude.
He just has terrible luck and a terrible attitude.
Anyway, you must believe in his innocence to the very end.
Do not forget that.
I won't!
Judge
Court is now in session
for the trial of Mr. Larry Butz.
The prosecution is ready, Your Honor.
The defense is ready, Your Honor.
Then, your opening statement, Mr. Payne.
At once, Your Honor.
Cindy Stone (22)
The victim is Cindy Stone,
a twenty-two-year-old model.
She was found dead in her apartment's living room.
We have concluded she was murdered from autopsy results and the state of the scene.
Time of death is estimated to have been around 4 or 5 PM.
The cause, blunt force trauma to the head.
The murder weapon was this statue of The Thinker.
I present it to the court as evidence.
Accepted.
But I must say, this is a modern thinker indeed.
Not "modern"! It's "Rodin"!
That is the gift of love that I made with all my heart and soul!
Oh, so it's handmade?
By the way, we found the defendant's fingerprints on the murder weapon.
Huh?! No way!
You made it by hand. Of course your fingerprints are all over it!
Nick!
Let me state my case, man...
At this rate, I'm gonna be found guilty!
The prosecution would also like to call the defendant to the stand.
Very well.
You may proceed.
All right! Hell, yeah!
Looks like your friend has a foul mouth, to go with his terrible luck and attitude.
Now, Mr. Butz...
It seems you were recently dumped by the victim.
Watch it, buddy!
We're the twentieth century's greatest couple!
The twentieth century ended a long time ago, dude.
But lately, she'd been ignoring my calls, just a bit.
And standing me up, just a bit.
That is generally what we call being dumped—
Shut up with your nonsense!
Then you knew about her trip overseas?
T-Trip overseas?
That's news to me, just a bit...
This is the victim's passport.
According to this, she returned from New York the day before the murder.
We also found a photograph taken during the trip.
My present...
I present these two items to the court as evidence, Your Honor.
Accepted.
Huh?
Hang on a second!
Who took that photo?
The man with whom she went, of course.
Aw! Hell, no!
Please stop repeating that word...
And there we have our motive.
The defendant heard about this, and murdered the victim in a rage.
Yes. That is quite the clear motive.
Wait a second...
I didn't do it, I swear!
By the way, on the day of the murder, did you visit the victim's apartment?
M-Maybe I did! And maybe I didn't!
I can hardly bear how dumb he is at playing dumb.
You don't remember?
Then, let me remind you...
The defendant is lying, Your Honor!
The prosecution would like to call its key witness to the stand.
A witness?
Order! Order in the court!
Escort the witness to the stand.
Hello.
This is where things get real, Wright.
Hello.
A witness?
Please state your name and occupation.
I am Frank Sahwit.
I sell newspaper subscriptions.
Please tell the court what you saw on the day of the murder.
Of course.
Witness Testimony
That day, I was at the apartment complex to sell subscriptions,
Testimony
when I saw a man hurriedly leaving the apartment in question.
It was that man, over there.
Damn it, Larry...
Why haven't I heard this?
I found that quite strange, so I looked inside the apartment.
Testimony
And I saw a woman lying there, dead.
I was too scared to go inside.
So I rushed to a nearby pay phone, and called the police.
It was 2 PM.
2 o'clock
Two o'clock...
A pay phone?
Didn't the apartment have a phone?
There was a phone by the front door,
but the area had a blackout that day, from 1 PM to 6 PM,
Blackout Notice
so he couldn't use it.
That does explain using a pay phone.
A blackout?
How about it, Your Honor?
You could hardly ask for a more conclusive witness testimony.
What's the matter?
N-Nothing.
The defense may begin its cross-examination.
Y-Yes, Your Honor!
Here's your time to shine.
If your client is innocent,
the witness must have lied in his testimony.
Compare the testimony to the evidence.
A contradiction is bound to be in there.
Find it.
A contradiction...
That's right.
The evidence holds all the keys.
Go get 'em.
Okay.
I'll give it a shot!
Er...
Your Honor! Just now, there was a clear contradiction in the testimony!
Oh? Where, exactly?
Well, uh...
I'm saying we should all put our heads together and find it...
Ow!
What's so funny?
Right now, you need less laughter, more thought.
Ah, y-yeah!
The autopsy report...
What is this?
All right!
Let's try again. The defense may begin its cross-examination.
Cross-Examination
You say you found the body at 2 PM.
Are you sure of the time?
Absolutely sure.
But according to the autopsy report,
the victim's estimated time of death was sometime after 4 PM.
Autopsy Report Name: Cindy Stone Sex: F Age: 22 Estimated Time of Death: After 4 PM Cause of Death: Blunt force trauma to the head Place of Death: Her apartment
Four o'clock
Two o'clock
Isn't this a clear contradiction?
Brilliantly done, Wright!
The witness is to explain himself.
O-Of course...
In the apartment, I heard the time being announced.
She must've been watching TV before she died.
Oh, that makes sense—
Huh?
Wasn't there a blackout at that time?
Blackout Notice: Today, 1-6 PM
2 o'clock 4 o'clock
The TV couldn't have been on.
My apologies, I was mistaken.
I heard the clock.
The table clock.
The table clock?
That's right!
The Thinker that he used to kill her.
Your Honor, if I may, this is indeed a clock.
If you twist the neck, it appears to say the time aloud.
Whaddya think of my genius idea?
Mention these things earlier!
If you twist the neck, it says the time?
Mr. Sahwit!
You're lying!
In your testimony, you said...
I was too scared to go inside.
You could only know this was a clock if you heard it announce the time.
That's right.
You heard this clock that day.
When you entered the apartment, and used it to strike the victim!
It's two o'clock, I think...
The sound must have surprised you.
And the time was burned into your memory.
Am I wrong?
How does the witness respond?
I never...
Shut up! Quit yammering and nitpicking!
I saw it with my own eyes...
He was the one who killed her!
Order!
Watch your mouth, witness.
Can the defense prove that the witness heard this clock announce the time?
W-Well...
Simple.
Let's sound the clock here and now, in this court.
Yes.
Hmm...
It's 9:25, I think...
What a Rodin way to announce the time.
Isn't it great?!
It's my genius voice—
But how is this proof of anything?
9:25?
Mr. Payne, what time is it right now?
Right now? 11:25.
It's two hours slow!
Mr. Sahwit's testimony was also two hours off.
Which means, what he heard at the time of the murder
was most definitely this clock!
I'll grant you that's an amusing story...
Sure, it looks like the clock's two hours slow.
But we don't know if it was running slow on the day of the murder!
Well?
Got an answer to that?!
If you can't prove that, you have no case.
Wright!
How about it, defense?
You can't back down here.
Am I going to fail you, after coming so close?
Objection!
If you don't have any proof, I cannot let you indict this witness.
I come all this way to testify, and you call me a murderer?
You attorneys are all scum!
Forgive me, Larry...
This concludes Frank Sahwit's cross-examination.
Not so fast!
Ch-Chief?
Now is the time to laugh, Wright.
An attorney can only laugh when times are desperate!
Don't give up until the very end.
If the defense has something to say, speak up.
Well, do you?
But there's no way to prove the clock was running slow on the day of the murder.
Turn your thinking about.
Turn it about?
Yes.
Try to figure out why the clock was running two hours slow, in the first place.
Two hours...
2 o'clock 4 o'clock
Two hours.
It seems the defense has nothing to say, after all.
I see...
2 o'clock 4 o'clock
Two hours!
This concludes the cross-examination.
Objection!
The reason the clock was running two hours slow is this...
Right here!
Wh-What about that photo?
Japan is in a different time zone than other countries.
According to her passport,
the victim had just returned from overseas the day before the murder.
The time difference between Japan and New York is fourteen hours.
When it's 4 PM here, it's 2 AM there.
Disregard AM and PM.
And the difference is exactly two hours.
The victim took the table clock with her on the trip,
but hadn't reset it since returning.
That's why the time you heard
was two hours off!
How's that, Mr. Sahwit... No, Mr. Didit!
Arrest the witness immediately!
Full Story
As a newspaper salesman, Frank Sahwit had been burglarizing homes,
while residents were away.
But the victim returned while he was in her apartment,
and that led to the murder.
It's two o'clock, I think...
Order!
Mr. Wright...
Yes, Your Honor.
I am quite honestly amazed.
In your first defense, you even discovered the true culprit.
Gee, thanks, Your Honor.
I shall now hand down the verdict.
Not
Not Guilty
Not guilty!
Aw! Hell, no!
Well done, Wright.
Thank you, Chief.
And with that, court is adjourned.
Lobby 2
You're amazing, Nick!
Congratulations, Mr. Harry Butz.
Uh, my name's Larry...
Could you repeat that, Harry?
Never mind, er, well...
Thank you so much!
I'll never forget this.
Dude, I was the one who saved you.
Oh, right!
Please accept this!
Wait, isn't this the murder weapon?
Oh, no...
It's the same thing, but it's not.
I made two of them, and this one's mine.
Ah.
Please accept it as a memento of our meeting!
Then, I guess I'll take you up on it.
Thank you.
I loved her, man. How could she betray me like that?
I'm so sad!
Larry...
I wouldn't be so certain.
She loved you.
And here's the proof.
Lies!
Nick!
Oh, yeah. She took that clock with her on the trip, didn't she?
She probably just didn't have any others.
You really think she'd take something so bulky, just because of that?
I guess not.
Thanks, man.
Today got a bit exciting, but you finally took your first step.
Yeah, it was really scary, though.
But still...
It was an important step you took to help someone.
Listen well, Wright.
In our massive society,
there must be plenty of people out there who need your help.
Do your best.
I will!
Oh, right... The reason you became an attorney?
I owe it all to him.
Tell me the whole story sometime.
Sure thing!
I forgot my bike at the courthouse!
Oh, dear...
See you later!
And so, my first trial came to a close.
But my promise to tell the chief about my reason for becoming an attorney
Fey & Co. Law Offices
was a promise I wouldn't be able to keep.
Ace Attorney
Objection!
One night, tragedy befell the chief.
Beautiful Attorney Murdered Mia Fey (28)
At the messy crime scene were shards of glass,
an utterly startling murder weapon,
and a dying message in blood.
What do those words mean?
The one under arrest
is the chief's little sister?
Why were you there?
Are you really a murderer?
Find the contradictions.
Reach out to the truth!
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