Law & Order 13x8

1. the people are represented

2. by two separate yet equally important groups:

3. the police, who investigate crime

4. and the district attorneys, who prosecute the offenders.

5. These are their stories.

6. "Just light it up here. No one will ever notice."

7. How was I supposed to know there was a cop up the street?

8. Because you were supposed to be watching.

9. Look on the bright side—

10. at least you won't have a record.

11. Not to mention the great workout I'm getting.

12. You know what your problem is?

13. You don't know how to look on the bright side.

14. You know what Lincoln said?

15. Leslie, call the supervisor.

16. He said that most people are about as happy

17. as they make their minds up to be.

18. At least I think it was Lincoln...

19. Leslie, would you quit the damn psychobabble

20. and get the supervisor?

21. What? Why?

22. Oh, my God.

23. Wallet's gone, no ID.

24. You're thinking it was a mugging?

25. I can't think of a more amenable spot.

26. One of my guys found a piece of paper

27. with some scribble on it in the DOA's jacket pocket.

28. I want to get a look at that

29. before it goes to the lab, all right?

30. You got it.

31. The neck was snapped like a stalk of celery.

32. I hate celery.

33. It's good for you, man.

34. There you go.

35. Body temp tells me he's a relatively new arrival.

36. Dead maybe 12, 14 hours.

37. 12 to 14 hours?

38. You sure about that?

39. Give or take.

40. No external wounds or obvious bruising.

41. Hey, babe, we're looking at a real act of God.

42. I doubt God needed his watch, cash, and keys.

43. Have fun.

44. This guy's handwriting is worse than mine.

45. That shouldn't be a problem.

46. Lennie takes my messages sometimes.

47. I'm fluent in scribble.

48. Looks like a "to do" list.

49. "Pick up dry cleaning, photos, flowers for Suzy..."

50. Looks like Suzy will be the one sending flowers.

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52. No defensive wounds

53. no bruising around the neck

54. which was snapped like a...

55. I know, like a stalk of celery.

56. I was going to say like a twig

57. but celery's good.

58. So he went without a struggle?

59. Yeah, I'm thinking it went down too quick to fight back.

60. Oh, and I'm betting that the bad guy was a lefty.

61. Oh, this is going to be good.

62. Now, I'm a righty.

63. If I wanted to snap your neck, I'd go like this.

64. And just the opposite for a lefty?

65. Yeah.

66. The crack in his spinal column

67. was at a downward angle like this.

68. Now if you can only tell us

69. what he was doing in the park.

70. What makes you think I can't?

71. He was found face down, right?

72. Yeah.

73. Blood pooled in the posterior cavity

74. so unless this guy was able to defy gravity...

75. He was killed somewhere else and then dumped.

76. Damn litterbugs.

77. Any identifying marks?

78. You mean something like this?

79. So I'm a few days late renewing my license

80. I still run a kosher shop.

81. Mr. Pina, that ain't why we're here.

82. If it's that parole thing...

83. Ralph, maybe you ought to keep your mouth shut

84. before you talk yourself into a felony.

85. Come on. We need your expertise.

86. Yeah?

87. I always wanted to be an expert witness.

88. No, don't jump the gun, huh?

89. What about this guy?

90. Is he one of your clients?

91. Never seen him.

92. What about this tattoo?

93. Nice work.

94. Only one guy who does flames like that.

95. Name's Hades.

96. He got a real name?

97. I thought that was it.

98. Where can we find the artist known as Hades?

99. Try artist formally known as Hades.

100. He's dead.

101. He died in a motorcycle accident two months ago.

102. Okay, how about this?

103. This have any special meaning?

104. I don't do Japanese.

105. Nam... two tours.

106. I know it's not the same, but I still get spooked.

107. And what's in it for me?

108. Well, that cup of coffee is as good as it'll get.

109. Your partner, he only calls

110. when he wants something cheap.

111. Yeah, but I have your number on speed dial, Detective.

112. "Ike." It means "Live."

113. Okay, that solves it.

114. Not so fast, sport.

115. Ike is also short for Ikedo.

116. It's a last name.

117. Ike's a nickname—

118. you know, like "Sully" for Sullivan

119. or "Fitzy" for Fitzgerald.

120. Plus, it has a double meaning.

121. Yeah, can I have a number for a Suzy Ikedo?

122. In Manhattan.

123. S... I-K-E-D-O.

124. Smart guy, my partner, huh?

125. That's it.

126. Norman Pratt.

127. He proposed to me a month ago.

128. He was saving up to buy me a real ring.

129. He said he couldn't wait till he had the money to ask me.

130. He made me promise I'd wear this.

131. We're sorry, Ms. Ikedo.

132. Did you know of anyone

133. who would want to hurt your fiancé?

134. I can't think of anyone.

135. Any friends of his

136. he might've had a falling out with?

137. Norman was a recovering addict.

138. So some of his acquaintances...

139. Weren't exactly model citizens, huh?

140. But I don't think any of them

141. would want to hurt him.

142. Is there a chance that Norman started using again?

143. He's been clean almost a year.

144. He's got a really good program, a good job.

145. He put his life back together.

146. What kind of work was he doing?

147. He's a limo driver.

148. He was driving last night, too.

149. At least, that's what he told me.

150. So what if Norman was out of rehab?

151. I got an ex-con working as a mechanic.

152. If I don't give these kids jobs, who will?

153. Hey, no job, we all know what happens.

154. Hey, I'm just doing my part.

155. So we can assume that Norman Pratt was a good worker.

156. No complaints.

157. Oh, geez...

158. I really liked this kid.

159. You weren't concerned

160. when he didn't show up for work this morning?

161. Well, why would I even notice?

162. Well he has one of your cars, right?

163. Yeah, it was an overnight to Atlantic City.

164. And?

165. Sorry, we guarantee confidentiality.

166. Mr. Bosford, Norman Pratt was murdered last night.

167. Do I really have to tell you?

168. All right, all right, of course.

169. I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

170. I don't know what I was thinking.

171. A kid like that.

172. I'll get you the routing sheet.

173. Kevin Seleeby.

174. As in Kevin Seleeby, the baseball player?

175. He uses us all the time.

176. Norm always drove him.

177. I always gave him the plum assignments.

178. That's the one I hit my first dinger with.

179. Wow, I figured you would've kept using it till it cracked.

180. Yeah, I would have

181. but I struck out the next ten times at bat.

182. And then something about me and a major league slider.

183. Well, you finally figured it out.

184. Yeah, you dance, or you go home, right?

185. So what can I do you gentlemen for?

186. Uh, we have some questions about Norman Pratt.

187. Good guy.

188. Past tense, Kevin.

189. He was murdered.

190. Wow.

191. I mean, he was just with us last night.

192. Us?

193. My agent, Martin Stanley, and my cousin Davie.

194. We went down to Atlantic City.

195. What time did you get back?

196. Norman dropped me off around midnight.

197. I think, I couldn't be too sure.

198. I thought you booked an overnight.

199. We lost a little quicker than we expected.

200. I hear that.

201. Damn, poor Norman.

202. He had a girlfriend, a fiancee somewhere.

203. Yeah, we spoke to her already.

204. So, you and Norman were pretty friendly?

205. He was cool.

206. You know, didn't hassle me for balls, autographs—

207. stuff like that.

208. We got to know each other after a while... sure.

209. He say anything about any enemies?

210. No.

211. Norman was the kind of guy

212. who always wanted to help out.

213. He said if there's anything

214. I want, just ask.

215. What did he mean by that?

216. Hey, I'm just a hick from North Dakota.

217. I don't want to embarrass myself.

218. Hey, wasn't Maris from North Dakota?

219. I've got his signed picture on my wall.

220. What is it with the male of the species?

221. You got a couple of months?

222. Well, I'm referring to how you could just about melt

223. in front of a guy who could hit a ball with a bat.

224. All I said was if the kid stays healthy

225. he's a lock for Cooperstown.

226. Yeah, only it's

227. how you said it.

228. How'd I say it?

229. Like a six-year-old talking about a banana split.

230. Oh, please, like you're any better.

231. "Maybe he'll sign his rookie card for me."

232. See, that was

233. a business proposition.

234. That rookie card could put my grandchildren

235. through medical school.

236. Moving right along...

237. Seleeby and friends were the last guys

238. to see Pratt alive, right?

239. Oh, ain't no way.

240. M.E. said the doer

241. was a lefty.

242. What side of the bat does Seleeby bat from?

243. 30% of the league bats lefty.

244. And that don't include switch-hitters.

245. Okay, if not Seleeby, then who?

246. He did say Norman Pratt

247. bragged he could get his hands on anything.

248. Like what?

249. Maybe his fiancee will know.

250. I told you, Norman was off the stuff.

251. We're not saying that he was using

252. but what if some of his passengers wanted some?

253. He wasn't a pusher, if that's what you're hinting at.

254. No, not a pusher, an accommodator.

255. Look, that ring he was going to buy you—

256. couple of extra bucks wouldn't hurt the cause.

257. He's dead.

258. How can you slander him like this?

259. Because it might help us find out why he's dead, Suzy.

260. There was a guy he used to buy meth from...

261. Ellery... Roger Ellery.

262. Norman called him "Doc."

263. But they haven't seen each other since Norman got out of rehab.

264. I'm a doctor.

265. That's why he called me "Doc."

266. And this is your office?

267. That's right.

268. Sort of a Marcus Welby thing, huh?

269. You make a lot of house calls?

270. I'm a Ph.D. in Chemistry.

271. Yeah, I can guess

272. what kind of chemicals you cook up.

273. You can go now.

274. Lennie, what'd you think the good doctor

275. got brewing back here?

276. Beats me.

277. On my way to the can

278. I'll take a look.

279. You guys are funny.

280. I hear there's an opening at Caroline's.

281. Yeah, we'd check it out but we're getting our laughs working a homicide.

282. We don't care what you're selling, Doc.

283. Sure I knew Norman Pratt.

284. Yeah, I sold him crystal meth

285. crack sometimes... but I'm not into that anymore.

286. What are you into?

287. Oxymetholone.

288. It's an anabolic steroid.

289. You mean like the kind

290. that athletes ain't supposed to be using?

291. Athletes like Kevin Seleeby?

292. Norman might've mentioned his name.

293. Now they'll have to put an asterisk next to his name

294. in the records book.

295. Just like his idol.

296. Makes it harder to believe the Babe hit 60

297. on hot dogs and beer during 154-game season.

298. In my book, he deserves an asterisk, too.

299. Babe Ruth?

300. He never faced Satchel, did he?

301. Yeah, Green.

302. We're five minutes away. Uh-huh.

303. They found Pratt's limo.

304. All right, we'll talk to you.

305. Vehicle was sticking out into the lane like three feet

306. like this was his personal driveway.

307. What time did you find it?

308. Wrote the ticket at 11:10.

309. Just got your APB.

310. Called CSU to pop the locks

311. dust for prints, whatnot.

312. Nice work, Officer.

313. Okay, tell me you found a signed confession.

314. Other than about a million prints, this baby's clean.

315. Hey, Lennie, it says here that when Norm took the car out

316. the odometer read 11,622 miles.

317. So?

318. Well, now, it reads 11,629.

319. So either they moved Atlantic City

320. a whole lot closer...

321. Or Seleeby and his posse never left Manhattan.

322. That asterisk is getting bigger as we speak.

323. Okay, it's not like it's a secret.

324. Well, it's not exactly public knowledge, either.

325. The guys know.

326. Hell, most of them are on it, too.

327. Yeah, but most of them don't have a driver

328. that ended up dead in the park.

329. Look, I told you what I knew.

330. Yeah, the trouble is we like fact, not fiction.

331. Screw you.

332. Oh, that kind of attitude

333. is not going to get you on a Wheaties box, Kev.

334. We know you didn't go to Atlantic City, Kevin.

335. Oh, and that means I killed Norman?

336. No, but it means that you lied to us.

337. Yeah, and that kind of puts a dent in your credibility.

338. Look, I got an image to protect, all right?

339. Martin, my agent, he was going to get us some girls.

340. You know, pros.

341. Now, why the hell

342. would you need a pro?

343. Because they don't want anything from me.

344. It's not like they're going to accidentally get pregnant

345. or tell some judge that I promised to take care of them

346. for the rest of their lives.

347. We were at a small hotel:

348. The Scott House... over in the 60s, East Side.

349. Well, if you wanted to party

350. wouldn't it have been easier here?

351. Call girls have been known to become stalkers.

352. I prefer not to give out my address.

353. We're going to need the names of those girls.

354. I can't.

355. I mean, Martin never called them.

356. A photographer followed us in the hotel

357. so we just stayed there, got drunk

358. and watched the Knicks game.

359. And then we went home.

360. Look, talk to Martin.

361. I swear, I don't know what happened to Norman.

362. You don't know the headaches these kids have to live with.

363. Oh, I guess $10, $20 million a year helps ease the pain.

364. 90% of them would do it for free.

365. But like anything in this world, there's a price:

366. Women throwing themselves at you nonstop

367. not because of who you are

368. but because of what you do.

369. And what you've got in the bank.

370. Exactly.

371. Kev's from a place called Rugby.

372. There are more people in this building

373. than in all of Rugby

374. but he's got a head on his shoulders.

375. You saw what happened to guys like Shawn Kemp...

376. kid's in every NBA port.

377. So you keep his nose clean?

378. That's right.

379. I mean, he's human, he has needs.

380. All right, how about you give us a rundown

381. of Tuesday night's festivities?

382. Sure.

383. Kev picked me up at about... I don't know, 7:30.

384. No, 7:45.

385. And Norman was driving the limo?

386. Davie was also in the car.

387. That's Kevin's cousin?

388. David Arkuss, that's right.

389. Pretty good pitcher until his rotator cuff

390. went on the permanent fritz.

391. He's finishing college over at Manhattan.

392. Good for him.

393. Right, why would you care?

394. You just want to know

395. when we got to the Scott House.

396. There was a little traffic.

397. I'd say we got there at about 8:20.

398. Did you go right up to the room?

399. Unfortunately, we saw someone

400. Davie thought he recognized from The Daily News.

401. So we went to the bar. He followed us in.

402. At about 9:10, I went upstairs.

403. Ten minutes later, Kev came up.

404. About ten minutes after that

405. Davie joined us.

406. We ordered a bottle of Jack

407. and watched the game.

408. About a quarter to 12:00

409. we decided to call it a night.

410. I was dropped off first, about ten after.

411. That was our night.

412. So Kev told me about Norman.

413. It's a real kick in the ass.

414. We wanted to ask you some questions about Tuesday night.

415. Sure.

416. We arrived at the hotel about 8:20.

417. Then I saw some dude

418. who hung around batting practice all the time.

419. A reporter?

420. A photographer more likely.

421. Kev couldn't take a chance

422. and so then we went into the bar.

423. Oh, sure, no image problem there, huh?

424. About ten after 9:00, Martin went up to the room.

425. Ten minutes later Kevin pretended to take a leak

426. and he snuck up

427. and ten minutes after that, I went up.

428. Then we ordered a bottle

429. and we watched the game.

430. Sounds like fun.

431. What were you drinking?

432. Jack Daniels.

433. We left the hotel at quarter to 12:00.

434. Kev dropped Martin off at home first

435. and then he dropped me off at about 12:30.

436. And then I went to bed.

437. That's some memory you've got there, Davie.

438. You know, back in Rugby, Kev once found a buck

439. with a broken leg when he was out hiking.

440. He carried it on his back

441. to the vet for over two miles.

442. He wouldn't hurt anyone.

443. So I got psych in five.

444. Thanks.

445. Well, they certainly had their stories straight.

446. A little too straight, don't you think?

447. Oh, come on.

448. Last night I brushed my teeth at 11:47.

449. Let's go see what's going on with Seleeby's LUDs.

450. A buck?

451. You're kidding.

452. I don't think he meant the spending kind.

453. Well, whatever happened

454. to the good old cherry tree story?

455. It's better than "I told you so."

456. Okay, when was it you first showed up at Seleeby's apartment?

457. Yesterday... about 5:30.

458. Spent about 20 minutes, did you?

459. That's about right.

460. Well, at 5:57 Seleeby called his agent

461. talked for about ten minutes

462. hung up and dialed the cell phone of someone named Arkuss?

463. That's Seleeby's cousin, the memory expert.

464. And the night of the murder

465. your hero called the agent's cell

466. at 8:36.

467. Yeah, when he was supposed to be at the hotel bar.

468. We happen to be very discreet here.

469. Serve drinks to a lot of big shots, do you?

470. You see, I'm not going to answer that.

471. Look, we're only interested in one big shot.

472. So if you don't want to talk about it here

473. we can always drag you down to the squad room.

474. Yeah, after we make quite a scene

475. out in the lobby so the boss doesn't miss a word.

476. Discreetly, of course.

477. Well, of course, the big cheese

478. might not understand

479. and you might wind up discreetly pounding the pavement.

480. What?

481. Kevin Seleeby, the baseball player.

482. Yeah, I know who he is.

483. What about him?

484. What time did he get here Tuesday night?

485. I don't know, maybe 8:30.

486. That's funny because he told us

487. he didn't get here till almost 10:00.

488. Oh, now you expect me to change my story.

489. Very clever.

490. Well, for cops.

491. I'm sticking with 8:30, thank you.

492. This guy got to everybody.

493. Or he was telling the truth

494. and somebody else used the phone in his house.

495. Yeah?

496. Excuse me, you know Kevin Seleeby?

497. Who doesn't?

498. Hey, Lieu, what's up?

499. Tuesday night when he showed up here with his buddies

500. did you happen to get a good look at his driver?

501. Why would I look at a cabbie?

502. Okay, thanks, Lieu. Later.

503. That whole "tell the truth" thing, forget about it.

504. Lieu ran all the LUDs on the cell phones.

505. 9:17 the night of the murder

506. the agent made a phone call

507. to 911 on his cell.

508. Hung up before he said anything.

509. I wonder if that had anything to do

510. with Kevin showing up here in a cab without Norman.

511. Tails, I talk to the agent.

512. I made a mistake.

513. I meant to dial 411.

514. From the bar at the hotel?

515. That's right. Check the phone records.

516. I did.

517. So you saw I called information

518. right after the slip-up?

519. I did.

520. I also saw that you didn't make

521. another phone call from your cell

522. until the next day.

523. We were going to order some food.

524. I called for the number of Bucci's.

525. What? Then you got full from the peanuts at the bar?

526. Well, I was the only one who was hungry

527. so I figured, what the hell.

528. No, we never planned on going to Atlantic City.

529. Martin was just going to get the girls.

530. And bring them to the hotel?

531. That's right.

532. Like I told you before

533. that reporter guy ruined our plans.

534. See, thing is, Davie

535. the last I heard, they have girls in Atlantic City.

536. Yeah, they also have scum-sucking reporters.

537. When you're good, you're good.

538. I checked.

539. You even called and made room reservations

540. at the Taj.

541. Just to throw everybody off track, right?

542. I don't know about that...

543. uh, Martin takes care of all that stuff.

544. There's one thing that pisses me off to no end

545. is when a suspect confesses

546. and then some defense attorney

547. comes at me with all this Fifth Amendment crap.

548. I didn't hear me confess.

549. Yet.

550. I don't know what you're talking about.

551. Oh, right. You were at the hotel bar?

552. Until we snuck up to the room.

553. You and Martin Stanley, and your cousin, right?

554. That's right.

555. Thing is, if Kev was with you at the bar

556. how could he call Martin's cell phone from his house?

557. Wrong answer, Davie.

558. You should've said it was the maid who called.

559. Bucci's, huh?

560. Yeah, it's a three-star restaurant.

561. They must have one hell of a veal piccata.

562. Yeah, as a matter of fact, they do.

563. I wouldn't figure a place

564. like that would deliver.

565. I'm a good customer.

566. Well, you must be to get them to deliver

567. from 23rd and 1st all the way up to 63rd and 3rd?

568. Like I said, it was moot anyway.

569. I was the only one who was hungry.

570. That's one explanation.

571. Another one is...

572. that you saw Norman with his neck snapped

573. you freaked out

574. you dialed 911, and Kevin made you hang up.

575. Now which story sounds more plausible to you?

576. I didn't kill anybody.

577. Well, that's up to the jury now, Davie.

578. Lucky for Kev he's a ball player, huh?

579. Juries love ball players.

580. I mean, you saw what happened with O.J.

581. So now it's just you, Davie.

582. A hick with a bad right arm.

583. You got the DP in North Dakota?

584. DP, that doesn't mean "designated player."

585. It means death penalty

586. 'cause we have it here.

587. Damn it. I just wanted to play some blackjack.

588. Kevin screwed it all up.

589. He killed Norman Pratt?

590. Me and Martin just helped him dump the body.

591. So I guess blood isn't thicker than water.

592. Well, neither is ten percent.

593. Stanley said the same thing.

594. They got to Seleeby's and found Norman dead.

595. And you still want his rookie card?

596. Arrest him.

597. Did you find out who killed Norman?

598. Yes, as a matter of fact, we did.

599. Hey, what the hell's going on?

600. Two outs, bottom of the ninth

601. and you just struck out, pal.

602. Kevin Seleeby, you're under arrest

603. for the murder of Norman Pratt.

604. You have the right to remain silent...

605. People v. Kevin Seleeby, Martin Stanley and David Arkuss.

606. Charges are Murder in the First Degree

607. and Conspiracy to Commit Murder in the First Degree.

608. Let's talk pleas.

609. Not Guilty. Not Guilty.

610. Not Guilty.

611. Ms. Southerlyn?

612. The People request remand, Your Honor.

613. And I'm sure you have something to say

614. on that matter, Mr. Fenwick?

615. Absolutely, Your Honor.

616. Due to my client's celebrity

617. he's hardly a flight risk.

618. In addition... Which one's the hot shot?

619. Kevin Seleeby happens to be...

620. Indicted for murder

621. famous face or not.

622. Bail is set at a half million for all three.

623. Mr. Seleeby?

624. You should've dove for that ball against the Sox in '99.

625. So is this kid guilty?

626. His friends say he is.

627. Will they say it in court?

628. If we drop the charges

629. to accessories after the fact. No time.

630. Done.

631. That'll put this Seleeby thing to rest—

632. no hustle or bustle.

633. You want me to deal with Seleeby?

634. The whole deck.

635. Oh, I see. If you can hit a ball

636. you get special treatment?

637. That's right, Serena... by the jury.

638. I'll give you Marcia Clark's phone number

639. if you want a second opinion.

640. How low?

641. How long are we on motive?

642. Well, we think that the victim was asking Seleeby

643. for money to keep his steroid use out of the papers.

644. Blackmail's good.

645. Two witnesses?

646. Fenwick will grab Man One and run.

647. Now this is all very generous of you, Jack

648. but you got to know I can't accept it.

649. Actually, Alan, I thought you'd see Man One

650. as manna from heaven.

651. Not considering my client's status.

652. When will people get off O.J?

653. That verdict was jury nullification, pure and simple.

654. The Juice never crossed my mind, Ms. Southerlyn.

655. I was thinking more about Ray Lewis

656. All-Pro linebacker for the Ravens

657. who was knee-deep in a homicide.

658. Not only was he acquitted, he was voted MVP.

659. We have two witnesses.

660. They had about 50.

661. Do you realize that

662. after Alan Iverson was caught

663. running around Philly with a gun

664. the sales of his jerseys

665. and shoes increased tenfold?

666. On the other hand, Rae Carruth

667. is in maximum security for the rest of his life.

668. Athletes are not immune.

669. I agree.

670. But you see, Kevin has one thing

671. that Carruth didn't have.

672. You?

673. That, too.

674. Kevin here is suffering from steroid-induced psychosis.

675. That's like saying your drunk driver is not responsible

676. for vehicular homicide because he was drunk.

677. That's one argument.

678. I'll send you my expert's report.

679. You have your guy

680. spend some time with Kevin, then we'll talk.

681. It must be something... thousands of people screaming for you?

682. Or against you.

683. Well, how does that feel?

684. You don't hear it. You focus.

685. On a ball coming at you at close to 100 miles an hour?

686. Yeah, that's all you see.

687. It's like you're in a tunnel.

688. You, the pitcher, and the ball.

689. Nothing else is there. Nothing else exists.

690. Too bad it can't be like that

691. outside the ball park.

692. I get by.

693. Actually, you don't, Kevin.

694. That's why you're here.

695. The guy got in my face!

696. You're talking about Norman Pratt?

697. Kevin, are you always this tense?

698. No.

699. Maybe, I don't know.

700. Why Norman?

701. Do you know what it's like to get to The Show, man?

702. Do you know how hard it is to stay there?

703. Would the world end if you couldn't?

704. Yes.

705. You don't know!

706. My old man, if I didn't...

707. He used to have to shovel horse manure

708. on someone else's ranch 12 hours a day for 40 years.

709. Now you tell me, what man deserves...

710. That's his problem, Kevin, not yours.

711. Well, I got to The Show, man.

712. And he got to put down his shovel

713. and hold his head up high.

714. And Norman Pratt was going to take that all away.

715. To be accurate, they're called

716. anabolic-androgenic steroids.

717. They're synthetic derivatives of testosterone.

718. Which hardly makes you psychotic.

719. No comment.

720. Naturally occurring testosterone

721. triggers male maturation and helps retain proteins which aid in muscle growth.

722. So far I don't hear anything about insanity.

723. Okay.

724. Most normal men produce

725. less than ten milligrams a day.

726. Kevin Seleeby was taking over ten times that.

727. And that affects his behavior?

728. Professional athletes are aggressive to begin with.

729. Toss a little fuel on that fire...

730. He was being blackmailed.

731. He knew exactly what he was doing.

732. Knowing what you're doing

733. and not being able to prevent it are two different things.

734. There's actually a clinical term for it:

735. "roid rage."

736. And he conveniently told you

737. all about how he was suffering from it.

738. I don't think this kid is faking it, Jack.

739. Are you saying he was truly unable

740. to control his actions?

741. Look, there was a lot of pressure on him.

742. There's a lot of pressure on me.

743. Yeah, you're not injecting yourself

744. with chemicals twice a day.

745. Look, I'll testify that he was legally sane

746. but was he what the masses would consider normal?

747. Not a chance.

748. Did you know that far and away

749. the most common users of steroids are teenagers?

750. Kids have to get bigger to get on the team

751. to get the scholarship, to get drafted.

752. And the league just turns a blind eye.

753. More home runs means more tickets sold.

754. Yeah, even if the law is broken?

755. Special rules for special talents.

756. Well, the upside is that their testicles shrink.

757. It's Fenwick's expert's reports, written by Sarah Hoffman.

758. Kid's got money— might as well go with the best.

759. Let me guess: a hundred pages?

760. Something's wrong here.

761. This shouldn't...

762. Somebody from Fenwick's office screwed up

763. and attached an interoffice memo.

764. Money doesn't always buy you competence.

765. "I spoke with Douglas Karell

766. and he has no intention of testifying."

767. Who's he?

768. I don't know, but there's more.

769. "I believe this will allow us

770. to pursue our original theory of the case."

771. Is there an address for Mr. Karell?

772. It's about living life. It's about fun in the city.

773. You know, out loud and proud.

774. New York Magazine for gay people.

775. Mm-hmm.

776. People love to read about who's seeing whom

777. and who's doing what.

778. And occasionally we have dish on celebrities.

779. As a matter of fact

780. that's exactly why I'm here, Mr. Karell.

781. Um, sorry.

782. ADAs don't rate.

783. I'm here about Kevin Seleeby.

784. Um, am I supposed to know him?

785. The baseball player?

786. Oh, I'm sorry.

787. Baseball bores me.

788. Now hoops, on the other hand, that's...

789. Kevin's on trial for murder.

790. That's too bad.

791. Your name came up in the course

792. of our investigation.

793. My name?

794. Yeah, it seems that Seleeby's counsel

795. would like to keep you out of the courtroom.

796. You know, it must be another Karell.

797. There's a Marty over on...

798. Why don't you stop playing games with me?

799. Because I can get detectives here in less than 15 minutes.

800. You want to know what I think?

801. I think you and Norman Pratt

802. were blackmailing Kevin Seleeby.

803. I think that you...

804. No, no, no.

805. I would never do anything

806. to hurt Kevin or his precious little career.

807. The publisher of the magazine was his lover, Jack.

808. Was?

809. They had different views on freedom of expression.

810. Anyways, back when they were closer

811. they were in Norman's limo.

812. He recognized Mr. Karell...

813. And started blackmailing Seleeby.

814. Jack.

815. I'm glad I found you.

816. Changed your mind on that deal, did you?

817. Hardly.

818. The expert report I sent you—

819. there might've been a memo attached?

820. A very interesting one.

821. You read it?

822. And we talked to Mr. Karell.

823. Shame on you.

824. I should say the same to you, Alan.

825. Oh, I didn't read your confidential work product, Jack.

826. That's a no-no.

827. You use it, I don't know how many canons it violates.

828. Lucky for you there isn't a judge in this state

829. who'll let you make that mistake.

830. It's a clear-cut situation, Judge.

831. If Mr. McCoy would just go back to the notes he took in Evidence

832. he'll see that attorney work-product is sacred.

833. Then why did you send it to me?

834. If you don't know already, Mr. McCoy

835. I'm not big on sarcasm.

836. As the Supreme Court said in Hickman

837. the work-product doctrine is critical to a lawyer's ability

838. to render professional services.

839. Practically, the rule prevents

840. one lawyer from intruding upon opposing counsel's legal strategizing.

841. The People did not intrude in this case.

842. Mr. Fenwick delivered his strategy by messenger.

843. By attorney error.

844. My client shouldn't suffer

845. because of my associate's negligence.

846. He's right, Mr. McCoy.

847. The Second Circuit held that the rule

848. protects against disclosure of mental impressions

849. conclusions, opinions, legal theories only.

850. Not facts.

851. The People do not plan on using counsel's theories

852. only the fact that Mr. Karell exists.

853. Nice, Jack.

854. My brother-in-law's a barber.

855. Tomorrow I'll send you a whole bunch of hairs to split.

856. My judicial sarcasm rule

857. applies to both sides of the aisle, Mr. Fenwick.

858. I apologize, Your Honor

859. but the memo clearly expresses my associate's opinion

860. of how to try the case—

861. to wit: "In my opinion

862. "it is crucial to keep Douglas Karell

863. from testifying."

864. Game, set, match.

865. Any reference to Mr. Karell

866. and/or his particular relationship to the defendant

867. is inadmissible, Mr. McCoy.

868. Fenwick should have known better

869. than to put something like that down on paper.

870. It wasn't Fenwick. It was his associate.

871. And if that one ever knocks on our door begging for work

872. politely escort him to the elevator.

873. This has to be a first.

874. A lawyer's negligence benefiting his case.

875. I don't see why.

876. We had a case before we knew Seleeby was gay.

877. We still have a case now.

878. Since when do we need a motive?

879. Me and Martin were at the Scott House

880. over on the East Side.

881. Kev was supposed to pick us up at around 7:00.

882. That would be in his limo?

883. That's right.

884. To take us to Atlantic City.

885. How did your plans change?

886. Kev never showed.

887. Why not?

888. He called Martin on a cell.

889. He was freaked.

890. Martin couldn't calm him down

891. so he gave the phone to me.

892. I've known Kevin my whole life

893. but I never heard him like that.

894. I mean, it scared me.

895. What did you do?

896. We took a cab down to Kev's place.

897. I have a key, so we just went in, and Kev...

898. he was so just so jacked up, he could hardly talk.

899. What else did you see, Mr. Arkuss?

900. I didn't know what to do

901. so I went to get Kev

902. a glass of water.

903. In the kitchen there was the driver.

904. You're referring to Norman Pratt?

905. That's right.

906. He was slumped over the table.

907. I could tell he was dead.

908. Did you call the police?

909. Martin started to

910. but I stopped him.

911. Why?

912. Kev's my cousin.

913. I know what we did was wrong.

914. When... when Kev finally calmed down

915. we, uh, loaded the body into the limo

916. and dumped it into the park.

917. And then we left the limo

918. over on the West Side

919. and went to the hotel.

920. To establish an alibi?

921. That's right.

922. Did your cousin tell you what happened in the kitchen?

923. Not really.

924. So he didn't tell you why

925. he killed Mr. Pratt?

926. No.

927. No more questions.

928. Yes, it's possible that when placed

929. in a threatening situation, an abuser of anabolic steroids

930. can become exceptionally violent.

931. Would that be a psychotic reaction, Doctor?

932. Psychosis, no.

933. Psychotic disorders

934. are characterized by an extreme impairment

935. of a person's ability to understand reality.

936. Typical symptoms are hallucinations and/or delusions.

937. Did Mr. Seleeby tell you, for example

938. that he heard voices

939. telling him to kill Norman Pratt?

940. No.

941. He may have had an overly violent reaction

942. because of the abundance of synthetic chemicals in his body

943. but in the end, he merely lost his temper.

944. So... in your analysis

945. there was an actual inciting event

946. as opposed to an imaginary one.

947. That's correct.

948. Thank you, Doctor.

949. Did my client tell you what that inciting event was?

950. Not specifically, no.

951. But you did ask him, didn't you?

952. Of course, but he refused to answer.

953. Isn't it true that a mark

954. of a psychotic disorder is an incorrect emotional response

955. to ordinary situations?

956. Yes, but inappropriate responses are not necessarily psychotic.

957. Killing for no motive, whatsoever, Doctor—

958. would you consider that psychotic?

959. In certain cases.

960. No more questions.

961. The People call Roger Ellery.

962. Objection, Your Honor.

963. On what grounds?

964. I get to ask that question, Mr. McCoy.

965. Chambers, Your Honor?

966. Ten-minute recess.

967. Is Dr. Ellery on the People's witness list or not, Mr. McCoy?

968. Front and center, Your Honor.

969. But that's not the issue.

970. What is then?

971. His testimony is inadmissible.

972. Well, who the hell is he?

973. Dr. Ellery sold steroids to Norman Pratt

974. who sold them to Kevin Seleeby.

975. You better not be wasting my time here, Mr. Fenwick.

976. I wouldn't think of it.

977. Since an element of our defense is that Mr. Seleeby

978. abused steroids

979. it would be redundant to offer testimony

980. that he actually bought them from someone.

981. Redundant, yes; inadmissible, no.

982. Come on, Jack.

983. We both know what you're doing here.

984. Perhaps one of you would explain it to me.

985. Gladly.

986. In order to counter our defense

987. of steroid-induced psychosis

988. Mr. McCoy is planning to offer evidence of motive.

989. That's a very good plan, Mr. Fenwick.

990. Yes, it would be

991. if the prosecution had some reasonable basis

992. in fact for offering it.

993. Clearly, Mr. McCoy is planning to argue

994. that Mr. Pratt was blackmailing my client.

995. He was.

996. That's right, about his being gay

997. not about his steroid use.

998. Ergo, offering evidence to the latter

999. would in effect be arguing something

1000. that Mr. McCoy knows is false

1001. and we all know that would be tantamount to suborning perjury.

1002. I can present facts and the jury can draw their own conclusions.

1003. Rules may be there to be broken, Mr. McCoy

1004. but not in my courtroom.

1005. Defense's objection to Mr. Ellery's testimony is sustained.

1006. I think we split on the experts.

1007. Yeah, well, with no motive

1008. my money's on the jury's love for apple pie, Mom and baseball.

1009. We have two witnesses who said he did it.

1010. For no reason at all

1011. which means he must be legally nuts.

1012. Let's face it, Jack: Seleeby is not going to go to prison.

1013. I did what I thought was necessary to put him there.

1014. Which also includes arguing a false motive.

1015. Implying is not arguing

1016. and it's certainly isn't subornation of perjury.

1017. Well, it's not exactly

1018. ethical, either.

1019. There are rules, Jack.

1020. You were knowingly going to break them.

1021. Look, I think that Seleeby should be convicted

1022. as much as you, but I don't think

1023. that we have the right to pick and choose

1024. which laws we're going to follow

1025. and which ones we're going to ignore.

1026. Rugby, North Dakota.

1027. I'll bet most of you can't pick that out on a map

1028. but that's where Kevin Seleeby was born and raised

1029. and most probably would have lived and died

1030. if not for his special talent.

1031. Unfortunately, in a universe that was Kevin's destiny

1032. talent wasn't enough.

1033. 25 players on a team, 30 major league teams.

1034. That's 750 men

1035. in the entire world.

1036. Kevin had to be bigger.

1037. He had to be stronger.

1038. He had to be quicker.

1039. He heard whispers around the clubhouse of a magic potion—

1040. a potion that would make him

1041. the best ballplayer he could possibly be.

1042. That would keep him from shoveling horse manure

1043. like his old man back home.

1044. So he took the potion.

1045. And he became bigger and he became stronger

1046. and he became quicker.

1047. And he also became sick.

1048. I'm not talking about the kind of sick

1049. that would put him on the disabled list.

1050. I'm talking about a mental disease

1051. that would cause him to kill a friend...

1052. for no reason whatsoever.

1053. Luckily in this country

1054. we don't put men like that in prison.

1055. Let's be clear that just because we couldn't state

1056. with certainty in this courtroom here today

1057. just what Mr. Seleeby's motive was, it doesn't mean

1058. that he didn't have one.

1059. And just because the defense counsel

1060. has presented you with a touching story

1061. doesn't mean that it's the whole story.

1062. Mr. Fenwick omitted the part about his client

1063. admitting to killing Norman Pratt.

1064. He left out the part

1065. about his client enlisting his friends

1066. to help him cover up the crime.

1067. He omitted the part

1068. about his client trying to evade

1069. the consequences of his act.

1070. Just in case anyone has forgotten

1071. taking steroids is illegal.

1072. It's cheating.

1073. Kevin Seleeby didn't care.

1074. Why would he?

1075. After all, it isn't really cheating

1076. if you don't get caught.

1077. But this time, he did get caught.

1078. He cheated... at his chosen profession.

1079. He cheated... at life.

1080. And now he's trying to cheat the justice system

1081. but you have to ask yourselves

1082. is it really justice if it's obtained fraudulently?

1083. Can cheating become its own defense for murder?

1084. Has the jury reached a verdict?

1085. We have, Your Honor.

1086. On the sole count of the indictment

1087. Murder in the First Degree, how do you find?

1088. We find the defendant, Kevin Seleeby, guilty.

1089. The defendant is remanded.

1090. This case is adjourned

1091. for three weeks while sentencing is decided.

1092. So the rumor is Fenwick is going to appeal.

1093. He's claiming the jury convicted

1094. against the weight of the evidence.

1095. Yeah, well, if he manages

1096. to get a retrial

1097. I bet he changes gears

1098. and argues that Seleeby was being blackmailed

1099. about his sexual preference.

1100. Not a chance.

1101. Why, because being a cheater

1102. is more sympathetic than being gay?

1103. I can see you've never been in a pro locker room.

1104. Hell of a closing, Jack.

1105. I've got nothing to apologize for.

1106. That's right.

1107. Special rules for special talents.

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