Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
Episode 5, Chapter 5
Pazu (lon_lsama@hotmail.com)
Rise from the Ashes
Day 3 - Trial Former
February 24, 9:41 AM
District Court
Defendant Lobby No. 1
Ema: So, what do you think,
Mr. Wright?
Phoenix: I think the prosecution is as
confused as we are.
Phoenix: After all...
Lana: the victim was murdered in
two different places at the
same time,
Lana: and a different suspect was
arrested at the other crime
scene.
Ema: Lana!
Lana: Good morning, Mr. Wright.
Lana: I apologize for yesterday.
I was... indisposed.
Phoenix: I hope they didn't hold you
too long for questioning.
Lana: We just finished, actually.
I'm used to all-nighters,
though.
Ema: So, how'd it go?
Lana: It's as Mr. Wright suspects.
The police are clueless.
Lana: I figured as much, so I struck
a plea bargain.
Ema: A plea bargain?
What do you mean by that?
Lana: We agreed that if I told them
the truth behind this
"simultaneous murder,"
Lana: they wouldn't seek capital
punishment.
That's what I mean, Ema.
Ema: But
Lana!
Don't tell me you...
Lana: Much to my regret,
Lana: I'm as much in the dark about
this as they are.
Phoenix: Ms. Skye.
Lana: Hmm?
Phoenix: We discovered traces left by a
certain person in the Police
Department's evidence room.
Phoenix: They belonged to Officer
Jake Marshall.
Lana: You found Officer
Marshall's... traces?
Phoenix: Blood-stained fingerprints, to
be exact.
Lana: !
Phoenix: That's the trump card I have
up my sleeve today.
Phoenix: You do understand what this
means, don't you?
Ema: In order to defend my sister,
you're going to accuse
Mr. Marshall?
Phoenix: We have to play the cards
we're dealt. Isn't that right,
Ms. Skye?
Lana: ...
Lana: Do what you have to do, Mr. Wright.
February 24, 10:00 AM
District Court
Courtroom No. 9
Judge: Court is now in session for
the trial of Ms. Lana Skye.
Phoenix: The defense is ready,
Your Honor.
Edgeworth: The prosecution is...
Hmph.
Judge: ...
Hmph? I'm afraid you'll have to
clarify.
Edgeworth: It takes 30 minutes by car to
reach criminal affairs from
the Prosecutor's Office.
Edgeworth: The victim, Bruce Goodman, was
slain at both places at the
same time.
Judge: But, that's not physically
possible, is it?
Judge: What's more, I hear the victim
from the evidence room
just "disappeared"!
Ema: Yes, and the body eventually
reappeared in the trunk of
Mr. Edgeworth's car.
Phoenix: (Wow... this is one messed
up trial...)
Edgeworth: One of my duties as prosecutor
is
to present impartial
evidence.
Edgeworth: Today I will present evidence
relating to the murder at
the Police Department.
Edgeworth: In so doing, I believe the
way in which we should proceed
will reveal itself.
Ema: Now that's what sets Mr.
Edgeworth apart. He sounds so
on top of things...
Ema: even though he doesn't
know what's going on himself!
Phoenix: And that's supposed to be
an admirable trait?
Judge: Very well, let the trial resume.
Judge: On the day of the crime, what
exactly transpired at the
Police Department?
Judge: Mr. Edgeworth, you may call
your first witness of the day
to the stand.
Edgeworth: For its first witness,
the prosecution calls...
Edgeworth: the suspect of the murder that
occurred at the Police
Department!
Judge: The suspect!?
You mean, the so-called
murderer!?
Phoenix: (Hoo boy.)
Phoenix: (Things are getting wild
from the get-go.)
Edgeworth: Will the witness please state
his name and occupation.
Meekins: Yes, sir! I am Officer
Mike Meekins, sir!
Meekins: My occupation is, um...
that would be murderer, sir!
Phoenix: ...
Edgeworth: ...
Judge: ...
Judge: Er...
Judge: So you're telling us you're a
"professional killer"...
Meekins: Sir. It was me, sir!
I'm the one who did it!
Meekins: I'll never kill anyone again,
sir! You've got to believe
me, sir!
Judge: Uh...
Actually, what we'd like
to hear from you is...
Meekins: Sir! I'm what you would call
part of the "younger
generation," sir!
Meekins: A person whose actions adults
can't possibly comprehend!
Judge: Please, Mr. Edgeworth, sir!
Help me, sir!
Edgeworth: Officer Meekins.
Meekins: Y-yes, sir!
Edgeworth: Give us your report of the
crime.
Consider that an order.
Meekins: Yes, sir! As you wish!
Meekins: After all, I am part of a
generation that must be told
what to do, sir!
Ema: You can't fault him for a lack
of enthusiasm.
Witness Testimony
-- Crime Report, Sir! --
Meekins: Although it's not my normal
duty, I was assigned to guard
the evidence room that day!
Meekins: I spotted a suspicious man on
the security screen, and
rushed into the room!
Meekins: I was only doing what I was
trained to do, sir!
Meekins: I was suddenly attacked!
Meekins: I fought for my life!
Then I... I did it!
Meekins: After that I passed out...
until another officer smacked
me awake!
Judge: Hmm.
Judge: So the victim, Detective
Goodman, attacked you?
Meekins: "Do unto others before
they do unto you"!
Meekins: That's the Meekins family
motto, sir!
Judge: I see. Then you fainted, and a
colleague helped you regain
consciousness.
Meekins: Yes, sir!
He knocked me upside the head,
sir!
Judge: Very well.
The defense may begin its
cross-examination.
Phoenix: (What I need here is more info
to work with!)
Cross Examination
-- Crime Report, Sir! --
Meekins: Although it's not my normal
duty, I was assigned to guard
the evidence room that day!
>Press
Phoenix: Mr. Meekins. You work in the
General Affairs Department, do
you not?
Meekins: Yes, sir!
Meekins: I am in charge of hiring new
recruits, sir!
Phoenix: (Yikes! Now there's a scary
thought.)
Edgeworth: Evidence transferal was
taking place on the day of
the crime,
Edgeworth: which meant many officers
were given special tasks
not ordinarily performed.
Meekins: I was in charge of guarding
the Blue Badger, sir!
Judge: The Blue Badger?
Meekins: Yes, sir. The lovely police
mascot created by the Head
Detective, sir!
Meekins: I was to ensure it wasn't
broken during the transferal
process.
Meekins: That was my sole mission for
the day, sir!
Judge: I see. Sounds like a very...
uh, important mission.
Meekins: After the awards ceremony
finished that day, there were
so many people running around
Meekins: that I relocated the Blue
Badger to the evidence room!
Judge: Oh... So that's why you went
to the evidence room.
Edgeworth: Tell us... what did you see
when you got there?
Meekins: I spotted a suspicious man on
the security screen, and
rushed into the room!
>Press
Phoenix: In order to enter the evidence
room...
Phoenix: you need an ID card, am I
correct?
Meekins: Precisely, sir!
I have one right here around
my neck!
Phoenix: So then...
your ID number should be
listed in here, right?
Meekins: ...
Meekins: There it is! I found it!
This is the one right here.
Judge: Could you please read us the
number?
Meekins: Yes, sir! It's "4989596."
That's my number, sir!
Phoenix: I see... Huh?
But the number 4989596...
Phoenix: is shown as being used twice!
Edgeworth: Please explain, witness.
Meekins: It's n-no real mystery, sir!
Meekins: The first time is when I
relocated Blue Badger to the
evidence room,
Meekins: and the second time is when I
went to go get him after
everything settled down.
Judge: I see.
So it was during that second
time when?
Meekins: Yes, sir! That was when I
spotted the man on the
security screen!
Meekins: I was only doing what I was
trained to do, sir!
I was suddenly attacked!
>Press
Phoenix: So you were attacked...
Can you please tell us exactly
what happened to you?
Meekins: It was a knife, sir!
A knife!
Judge: Detective Goodman pulled a
knife on you?
What happened then?
Meekins: Well, with me charging in on
him like that, he looked
as surprised as I was!
Phoenix: (You aren't exactly the kind
of person someone would want
to run into...)
Meekins: That's when I reacted, sir!
Meekins: I swung my arms like an
octopus, struggling to detain
him!
Meekins: That's how I got this gash on
my hand.
Ema: Maybe if you'd just kept your
cool your hand wouldn't be...
Meekins: When I saw the blood trickling
down my arm, I panicked!
Meekins: I grabbed the man by his
collar!
Meekins: I fought for my life!
Then I... I did it!
>Press
Phoenix: What exactly do you mean when
you say you, "did it"?
Meekins: I know I don't look the type,
but I'm really into kung fu
films, sir!
Meekins: The man let his guard down for
just an instant, so I
snatched his knife from him!
Phoenix: You took his knife?
Meekins: I spun him around and
performed a disarming
maneuver!
Meekins: I made sure to close my eyes
like a man!
Phoenix: I, uh, see...
(He must have been desperate.)
Meekins: The next thing I knew, his
white coat was drenched in a
sea of my blood, and then...
Meekins: Then, the next thing I knew...
Judge: Yes?
Meekins: He punched me right in my
face, sir!
Meekins: After that I passed out...
until another officer slapped
me awake!
>Press
Phoenix: About what time did you regain
consciousness?
Meekins: No offense, sir, but how am I
supposed to know that? I was
unconscious!
Phoenix: Oh... right.
Edgeworth: According to the report from
the officer that woke up the
witness, it was about 5:30.
Meekins: He hit me right in the
head too!
Meekins: I woke up crying tears of pain!
Judge: That's nice...
Er, I mean... it's nice that
you recovered, that is...
Meekins: When I came around though,
I made sure to finish my
mission, sir!
Phoenix: Your "mission"...?
Meekins: Yes, sir! The Blue Badger, sir!
Meekins: I returned him to the entrance
before things got out of hand!
Phoenix: (Well, we can all rest easy
now...)
Ema: This is what he was telling us
yesterday.
Phoenix: Well, we need to try and skim
some more detail from him.
For starters, what was an
Phoenix: officer from the General
Affairs Department doing in
there in the first place?
Ema: Right! Let's press him for
all he's worth!
Judge: I believe we now have a fairly
accurate picture of what
happened.
Edgeworth: Yes, Your Honor. Only one
thing remains unclear.
Edgeworth: Was the man this officer
"murdered," really the victim?
Phoenix: (He's got a point...)
Meekins: Um...
Judge: Yes, Officer Meekins?
Meekins: With regard to that, sir...
Meekins: Take a look at this. It was
sent to my cell.
Meekins: Chief Gant delivered it to
me just this morning sir!
Edgeworth: The Chief?
Phoenix: Delivered it...?
Judge: What is that?
A... videotape?
Meekins: Yes, sir! That's absolutely
right, sir! A videotape, sir!
Meekins: It contains footage from the
security camera in the
evidence room.
Edgeworth: OBJECTION!
Edgeworth: What!? But I specifically
asked if there was such a
tape,
Edgeworth: and was told it had been
mistakenly erased!
Judge: That's quite a mistake.
Meekins: I just do what I'm told, sir.
It's the only thing I'm really
good at.
Phoenix: (Looks like communication
with the Police Department
is as good as ever...)
Judge: Well then, let's have a look!
Judge: Show us the video of you
murdering the victim!
Meekins: Oh... Please stop using that
word, "murder," sir!
It scares me!
Phoenix: (A video of a real murder...
Just what are we getting
ourselves into...?)
Phoenix: ...
Edgeworth: ...
Meekins: ...
Judge: Well, I believe we're all
thinking the same thing.
Judge: How can we deal with these
unsettling feelings stirred
within us...?
Edgeworth: What the hell was that
wriggling piece of plywood!?
Meekins: Sir! That is the pride and
joy of the entire Criminal
Affairs Department, sir!
Meekins: It's the Blue Badger, sir!
Phoenix: (Why am I not surprised this
isn't going smoothly?)
Judge: Yes, well anyway...
Judge: this tape seems to prove that
that the witness did indeed
encounter... er, "someone"
Judge: in the evidence room, and
some sort of... er, "activity"
did take place...
Edgeworth: Your Honor...
instead of relying on clearly
incomplete footage,
Edgeworth: the witness's testimony will
suffice.
Edgeworth: Is that alright with you,
Officer Meekins?
Meekins: Yes, sir! As you wish, sir!
Witness Testimony
-- Mystery Man --
Meekins: His face can't be clearly
seen in the video,
Meekins: but there's no question that
the other person was Detective
Goodman, sir!
Meekins: I mean, he opened the locker,
which required Detective
Goodman's fingerprint to do!
Meekins: The locker he opened is
unquestionably Detective
Goodman's locker, sir!
Meekins: So it must be him! No one else
could have unlocked it!
Judge: What's this about a
fingerprint?
Edgeworth: Each detective has been given
a locker, equipped with a
fingerprint-activated lock.
Edgeworth: These locks ensure that each
locker can only be opened by
the detective it belongs to.
Judge: Intriguing...
That would mean...
Judge: the victim at the crime scene
would have to have been
Detective Goodman.
Judge: Very well! The defense may
begin its cross-examination!
Phoenix: (I don't know where this
cross-examination will lead,)
Phoenix: (but everything begins with
contradictions. That's where
I have to start!)
Cross Examination
-- Mystery Man --
Meekins: His face can't be clearly
seen in the video,
>Press
Phoenix: Tell me, were you able to get
a good look at him?
Phoenix: At the face of the man who
attacked you with a knife?
Meekins: S-sir! If you must label
people as having "seen" or
"not seen" the man's face...
Meekins: I believe I would be
classified as... the latter?
Phoenix: The latter? But you were
standing right in front of
him, were you not?
Judge: More to the point, you are
the person who fought him,
aren't you?
Meekins: Oh, yes sir! But... I didn't
get a clear look at his face,
sir.
Meekins: I'm not the kind of guy who
looks directly at people when
talking with them, you see...
Phoenix: (Yeah, that's a good trait for
a police officer...)
Meekins: Still, I'm sure it was him!
I'd bet my badge on it!
Meekins: but there's no question that
the other person was Detective
Goodman, sir!
>Press
Phoenix: But you don't know that
for sure, do you?
Phoenix: You never actually saw
Detective Goodman's face.
Meekins: Well... I suppose you might
say that.
Meekins: That is, if you must label
people as having "seen" or
"not seen" it.
Judge: Since his face can't be
identified in the video,
only you can verify it.
Meekins: !
Meekins: W-w-why is everyone l-looking
at me?
Meekins: If I had to label your stares
as "disturbing" or...
Edgeworth: Meekins!
Meekins: Eek!
Edgeworth: Having been shown a
questionable video at best, we
are not in the best of moods.
Edgeworth: Now please be more certain
when you testify!
Meekins: Y-y-yes, sir!
Edgeworth: You claimed the man who
brandished a knife on you was
Bruce Goodman.
Edgeworth: Tell us why you are positive
it was him!
Meekins: I mean, he opened the locker,
which required Detective
Goodman's fingerprint to do!
>Press
Phoenix: About these lockers... Is
there no other way to open
them?
Meekins: No, sir! I myself tried all
kinds of methods in the past!
Meekins: They only respond to
registered fingerprints, sir!
Phoenix: (I wonder what kind of methods
he's tried...?)
Judge: If the man opened the locker's
lock, which only responds to
its registered fingerprints,
Judge: then he must be the person the
locker was assigned to.
Meekins: Exactly my point, sir!
And this too!
Meekins: The locker he opened is
unquestionably Detective
Goodman's locker, sir!
>Press
Phoenix: How do you know that
information?
Meekins: I've heard rumors, sir! From
people in the know, sir!
Phoenix: "People in the know"?
Meekins: The workers in the department
cafeteria, sir! They keep me
informed!
Meekins: They also listen to my...
romantic troubles, sir!
Phoenix: ...
Edgeworth: For the record...
Edgeworth: the opened locker did indeed
belong to Detective Goodman.
Edgeworth: I verified this information
through a more... reliable
source.
Judge: Hmm...
Judge: So the victim opened the
locker with his own
fingerprint.
Meekins: So it must be him! No one else
could have unlocked it!
>Press
Phoenix: However, the most important
detail is not shown in this
video... the man's face!
Meekins: S-sir!
If I may say something, sir!
Judge: Please do. After all, you are
the one being examined.
Meekins: I don't understand why the
man's face is so important in
this case, sir!
Meekins: I mean, it was his hand that
opened the fingerprint lock...
Meekins: and it was his hand that tried
to thrust his knife into my
body, sir!
Meekins: My unsettled state can
testify enough to this, sir!
Judge: Yes, you have a point.
The footage doesn't lie.
Edgeworth: That is...
Edgeworth: unless the defense can find
a problem with it?
Ema: Mr. Wright! Let's check the
Court Record again!
Phoenix: (Is there a problem with
the security video?)
[E5-05-01]
A> No problem
B> There's a problem
[E5-05-01]
Answer: No problem
Phoenix: The tape was provided by the
Police Department, so there's
no problem with it.
Edgeworth: I admire your trust in the
Police Department Mr. Wright.
Ema: But if you ask me,
Ema: I think there's a problem with
what's shown on the tape...
Ema: rather than with the actual
tape itself.
Phoenix: (This all sounds true enough,)
Phoenix: (but the victim's body was
found at the Prosecutor's
Office.)
Phoenix: (There has to be a mistake
somewhere...)
Ema: The real thing's so much more
intense than in the movies!
Ema: Here, you can use the player
to watch it as much as you'd
like.
Phoenix: The security video...
Phoenix: (Maybe I should take another
look at the footage...)
[E5-05-01-B]
Answer: There's a problem
Phoenix: Regarding the video contained
on this tape,
Phoenix: there is one thing in
particular that seems rather
strange.
Judge: Strange?
Phoenix: This contradiction leads to
the possibility that...
Phoenix: the man may not be Detective
Goodman.
Judge: What? This video contains
such a contradiction?
Edgeworth: OBJECTION!
Edgeworth: Interesting...
Your Honor, I have a proposal.
Judge: Yes, Mr. Edgeworth?
Edgeworth: I propose we have the
defense...
Edgeworth: point out to us this alleged
"contradiction" in the video.
Phoenix: (He would want me to point it
out...)
Judge: Very well, proposal accepted.
Let us further inspect this
piece of evidence.
Judge: I will now play the security
tape.
Judge: Mr. Wright. Please show us
this contradiction you speak of.
Phoenix: (I have to point out a problem
in the video?)
Phoenix: (This is the first time I've
ever had to do that.)
Ema: You can do it, Mr. Wright!
Ema: It's set up so you can Fast
Forward, Rewind or Pause the
video.
Ema: Just take a good look and be
sure to point out the right
thing!
Meekins: Please don't play it too
many times. I-I can't stand
watching this video!
Phoenix: (How did this guy ever become
a police officer?)
Judge: Now then, Mr. Wright.
Please enlighten us!
Judge: Where is the contradiction
that indicates the man may not
be Detective Goodman?
[E5-05-02]
A> Present incorrect evidence
B> Present correct evidence
[E5-05-02-A]
Answer: Present incorrect evidence
Phoenix: The thing that's strange about
this video... would have to
be... uh, this?
Judge: ...
Judge: Hold on a second.
I need to use my eye drops.
Judge: ...
Judge: Well, I don't get it.
Phoenix: ...
Phoenix: Um, would you mind if I
borrowed your eye medicine?
Judge: Don't look at me with those
bleary eyes!
Edgeworth: Before your eyes get too
teary, perhaps you should
think this through again, hmm?
Phoenix: (Now what do I do?)
[E5-05-03]
A> Play video again
B> Cross examine again
[E5-05-03-A]
Answer: Play video again
Phoenix: Very well.
Let's try this again.
Edgeworth: Just remember one thing,
Mr. Wright:
Edgeworth: Every time you point your
finger, someone gets hurt.
Ema: But he's the one pointing his
finger...
Judge: I will now play the security
tape.
Judge: Mr. Wright. Please show us
this contradiction you speak of.
Phoenix: (I have to point out a problem
in the video?)
Phoenix: (This is the first time I've
ever had to do that.)
Ema: You can do it, Mr. Wright!
Ema: It's set up so you can Fast
Forward, Rewind or Pause the
video.
Ema: Just take a good look and be
sure to point out the right
thing!
Meekins: Please don't play it too
many times. I-I can't stand
watching this video!
Phoenix: (How did this guy ever become
a police officer?)
Judge: Now then, Mr. Wright.
Please enlighten us!
Judge: Where is the contradiction
that indicates the man may not
be Detective Goodman?
[E5-05-03-B]
Answer: Cross examine again
Phoenix: (It seems I've been taking the
wrong approach.)
Judge: Now then, the defense may
resume its cross-examination.
Judge: Assuming the witness is still
willing to continue, that is.
Officer Meekins?
Meekins: Yes, sir! It is my duty as a
police officer to help those
lost, sir!
Phoenix: (Great. Now they think I'm
lost...)
[E5-05-02-A]
Answer: Present correct evidence
Phoenix: The thing that's strange about
this video...
has got to be this!
Phoenix: Officer Meekins.
Meekins: Sir! D-do you mean me, sir?
Phoenix: As I understand it, the locker
apparatus works like this:
Phoenix: When you grab the handle, a
sensor reads your fingerprint.
If the print matches the
Phoenix: registered data, the light
turns on and the lock is
released.
Meekins: A-according to my very limited
experience, that's the way I
understand it, sir!
Phoenix: If so, then something is
seriously wrong with this
picture!
Phoenix: When the victim reaches for
the handle to open the
locker...
Phoenix: Let's rewind to a little
earlier...
Phoenix: Here! Notice the light?
Judge: What's this!?
It's... already lit!
Phoenix: Precisely my point,
Your Honor.
Phoenix: The locker was already open
before the victim grabbed the
handle!
Meekins: AAAAAAHHH!!!
Judge: Order! Order!
What's the meaning of this!?
Phoenix: It's very simple, Your Honor.
Phoenix: The locker wasn't locked on
the day of the crime!
Edgeworth: OBJECTION!
Edgeworth: But the locker locks are
controlled by an electronic
system.
Edgeworth: When a door is shut, a sensor
is triggered...
Edgeworth: and the locker is
automatically locked!
Judge: Oh, I know! It must have
broken down!
Judge: Of course, I'm not an expert
in this...
Edgeworth: That's not likely, Your Honor.
The sensor would detect and
report any malfunction.
Judge: Oh well. It just goes to show
novices should keep their
mouths shut.
Judge: So then, Mr. Wright. Do you
have an explanation?
Phoenix: Me, Your Honor?
Judge: Yes. Why wasn't the locker
locked?
Phoenix: Me, Your Honor?
Phoenix: ...
Phoenix: Yes, well. You see...
This isn't exactly my field...
Phoenix: What do you think, Miss
"Scientific Investigator"?
Ema: Huh? Oh, um...
Ema: Maybe something, like, jammed
the electronic system?
Phoenix: (Something... jammed the
sensor? Say...)
Phoenix: (There's something else that
seems out of place in this
video.)
Ema: Yeah, I thought so too!
Ema: There's got to be another clue
somewhere in this footage!
Judge: Very well. Let's inspect the
video once more.
Judge: The locker wasn't locked...
Mr. Wright. Please point out
the cause for this!
[E5-05-04]
A> Present incorrect evidence
B> Present correct evidence
[E5-05-04-A]
Answer: Present incorrect evidence
Phoenix: The thing that's strange about
this video... would have to
be... uh, this?
Judge: ...
Judge: Hold on a second.
I need to use my eye drops.
Judge: ...
Judge: Well, I don't get it.
Phoenix: ...
Phoenix: Um, would you mind if I
borrowed your eye medicine?
Judge: Don't look at me with those
bleary eyes!
Edgeworth: Before your eyes get too
teary, perhaps you should
think this through again, hmm?
Judge: Very well. Let's inspect the
video once more.
Judge: The locker wasn't locked...
Mr. Wright. Please point out
the cause for this!
[E5-05-04-B]
Answer: Present correct evidence
Phoenix: Please watch closely.
This is the continuation of
the part I showed you earlier.
Judge: What's this?
Judge: Something white fell out of
the locker!
Meekins: But sir! It's been my
experience that things fall
out when doors are opened!
Meekins: I often fall out and roll
great distances when I open my
car door, sir!
Phoenix: OBJECTION!
Phoenix: We can't be sure that item was
in the locker to begin with.
Judge: What do you mean?
Phoenix: The sensor triggers the lock
when the door is shut...
Phoenix: What if something was
inserted, say,
Phoenix: between the sensor and the
door?
Judge: In... Inserted...?
Phoenix: This white thing wasn't inside
the locker...
Phoenix: It was stuck between the
door and the sensor!
Meekins: Oh, I understand now, sir!
It's just like my tie!
Meekins: Two out of three times it gets
stuck in the door when I get
out of my patrol vehicle, sir!
Meekins: Instead of the door closing,
My tie chokes me!
Judge: But the object would have to
be extremely thin to fit in
the door.
Edgeworth: Not only that, it would also
have to block electrical
currents...
Edgeworth: It would need to be an
insulator.
Judge: Yes, an insulator!
But at the crime scene...
Phoenix: there just might have been
something that fits the
description.
Meekins: But s-sir!
By "insulator," you don't
mean...
Phoenix: (I think I've finally got this
figured out.)
Judge: Very well! Will the defense
please present the relevant
evidence!
Judge: What was this insulator that
was stuck in the door?
[E5-05-05]
A> Present incorrect evidence
B> Present correct evidence
[E5-05-05-A]
Answer: Present incorrect evidence
Phoenix: Behold! This was stuck in the
locker door!
Edgeworth: How about sticking your finger
in instead?
Phoenix: Huh?
Judge: You are rather thin. It just
might fit...
Phoenix: (I think my own current's just
been blocked.)
Ema: Instead of being sarcastic,
why don't you think this
through again?
Phoenix: (Something thin enough to slip
in the door, yet not
conductive to electricity...)
Judge: Very well! Will the defense
please present the relevant
evidence!
Judge: What was this insulator that
was stuck in the door?
[E5-05-05-B]
Answer: Present correct evidence
Phoenix: I found this near the locker:
a thin rubber glove.
Judge: But we can't be sure that was
in the victim's locker.
Phoenix: It has a tag that says,
"SL-9 Incident."
Edgeworth: !
Phoenix: The video seems to depict the
victim opening the locker,
Phoenix: but that isn't the case! The
lit lamp attests to this.
Phoenix: On the day of the crime, even
I could have opened that
locker!
Phoenix: Is this not so, Officer
Meekins!?
Meekins: Sir...
Meekins: It would appear so, sir!
Judge: Order! Order! Order!
Judge: So are we to believe then,
that the "victim" whom this
Judge: witness stabbed in the
evidence room...
was not Detective Goodman?
Edgeworth: OBJECTION!
Edgeworth: Do not be misled, Your Honor.
Judge: What do you mean,
Mr. Edgeworth?
Edgeworth: The defense has merely
demonstrated that possibility,
and nothing more.
Edgeworth: The "victim" in the video was
indeed Bruce Goodman.
Edgeworth: The prosecution will offer
one more testimony to prove
this!
Phoenix: What!?
Edgeworth: Officer Meekins, please
testify about this.
Meekins: Sir! M-me, sir!?
Meekins: I'm not sure what you're
referring too, sir...
Edgeworth: ...
Meekins: O-oh! You mean that, sir!
Of course, sir!
Phoenix: (Is this a joke...?)
Judge: Very well, begin your
testimony!
Witness Testimony
-- Mystery Man (2) --
Meekins: There's one other thing that
proves the man was Detective
Goodman, sir!
Meekins: To enter the evidence room,
one must use their ID card!
Meekins: When an ID card is used,
there's a record of it!
Meekins: At the time of the crime,
the detective had used his
card!
Judge: An ID card record. I see...
Edgeworth: I have the ID card record
right here, Your Honor.
Edgeworth: The ID used at 5:14...
is that of the victim.
Judge: Just before the crime, hmm?
Yes, without a doubt this is
the victim's ID!
Judge: However, one thing does strike
me as unusual...
Judge: Several hundred cases should
have been due for transferal.
Judge: Why were there so few people
using this room?
Edgeworth: This particular evidence room
is only used for storing
certain special cases.
Phoenix: "Special" cases...?
Edgeworth: Extremely violent cases
involving police staff.
Ema: Just hearing that makes
my hair stand on end!
Phoenix: (Me too, although it doesn't
make much of a difference...)
Edgeworth: There were only a few cases up
for transferal there, and most
were cleared up by noon.
Judge: Right... I see.
Now, Let us move on to the
cross-examination.
Cross Examination
-- Mystery Man (2) --
Meekins: There's one other thing that
proves the man was Detective
Goodman, sir!
>Press
Phoenix: So, unlike your earlier
testimony, you believe this
to be rock solid, do you?
Meekins: Yes, sir! Solid as stone, sir!
Meekins: If my hand wasn't wrapped in
bandages...
Meekins: I'd even give the 'V for
Victory' sign, sir!
Ema: Couldn't he just use his right
hand for that...?
Judge: Let's hear him out.
Judge: The witness can't afford to
make any more mistakes.
Meekins: To enter the evidence room,
one must use their ID card!
>Press
Phoenix: Is that card hanging from your
neck one of these ID cards?
Meekins: Yes, sir! This card right next
to my cuffs, sir!
Meekins: I keep it here so I won't
ever forget it!
Phoenix: But what if someone were to
steal it from you, keeping it
out in the open like that?
Meekins: ...
Meekins: Maybe I shouldn't wear it
around my neck...
Meekins: Remember when I said two out
of three times my tie gets
stuck in my car door when I
Meekins: get out? Well, the remaining
time my ID card gets stuck.
Meekins: Instead of the door closing,
my ID card chokes me!
Phoenix: (Maybe I should just leave
this one alone...)
Edgeworth: At any rate, each police
officer has only one ID card.
Edgeworth: Both the Police Department and
the Prosecutor's Office can
attest to this.
Judge: Please proceed with your
testimony.
Meekins: When an ID card is used,
there's a record of it!
>Press
Phoenix: Let it be noted that this is
the record the witness
referred to.
Judge: Let me see... yes, that would
be it. Detective Goodman...
Phoenix: ?
(What's the matter?)
Judge: A-according to this...
Judge: Mr. Edgeworth!
Your name is on here!
Edgeworth: So it is, Your Honor.
Court: Not that prosecutor again...
Court: Hey, maybe he's behind all
this! Being a prosecutor, he
could hide the evidence!
Court: Mommy! Is that man in blue
a murderer?
Court: Ssh! Don't stare at him!
Phoenix: (You've got the wrong color,
kid.)
Judge: It would seem...
Judge: the inquiry committee will
want to speak with you again
today.
Edgeworth: I have nothing to be ashamed
of regarding my actions, or
their consequences.
Edgeworth: For now, let us continue with
the cross-examination.
Ema: Poor Mr. Edgeworth...
It must be so difficult for
him...
Meekins: At the time of the crime,
the detective had used his
card!
>Press
Phoenix: Earlier I believe you
testified that when you asked
the man to show his ID card,
Phoenix: he pulled a knife on you.
Meekins: Yes, sir! He didn't show me
any ID card, sir!
Phoenix: Don't you think that's odd?
Phoenix: I mean, if he had his ID card,
Phoenix: all he had to do was show it
to you.
Phoenix: There wouldn't be any reason
to draw a knife!
Meekins: ...
Meekins: M-maybe he just panicked?
Phoenix: (Everything stems from
contradictions. Let's point
them out...)
Ema: Mr. Wright! What do you think?
Phoenix: I'm... confused.
Ema: What?
Phoenix: (The problem with this ID
card testimony is far too
obvious.)
Phoenix: (It's not like Edgeworth to
miss something like this...)
Ema: You're thinking too hard about
it. Come on, let's show them
what we've got!
Meekins: At the time of the crime,
the detective had used his
card!
>Present: Goodman's ID
Phoenix: OBJECTION!
Phoenix: Wait one moment, Officer
Meekins.
Meekins: I-I'm not good at waiting, sir!
Phoenix: I have the victim's ID card
right here.
Phoenix: I found it at the crime scene.
Judge: That makes sense.
Phoenix: When I say, "crime scene,"
Phoenix: I'm not referring to the
evidence room at the Police
Department.
Phoenix: I mean the "other" crime
scene...
Phoenix: The underground parking lot at
the Prosecutor's Office!
Edgeworth: ...
Phoenix: Your Honor...
I have one more piece of
evidence to present.
Phoenix: It's a very important clue
regarding the victim's ID card.
Judge: A... Lost Item Report?
It's only half completed,
Phoenix: but it shows that Detective
Goodman had lost "something"
on the day of the crime.
Phoenix: Something important enough to
fill out this report.
Edgeworth: Let me guess.
You believe this "something"
to be his ID card, right?
Phoenix: I can't say for sure...
but there is a high
probability!
Phoenix: On the day of the crime,
Detective Goodman was not
carrying his card!
Judge: Order! Order!
So now... what does this all
mean?
Phoenix: It can only mean one thing.
It doesn't require much
thought!
Phoenix: The man Officer Meekins
encountered in the evidence
room...
Phoenix: was not Detective Goodman, but
rather the man who stole his
ID card!
Judge: Order! Order! Order!
Does the prosecution have a
response?
Edgeworth: ...
Edgeworth: I have only one thing to say
to the defense.
Phoenix: ...?
Edgeworth: Bravo, Mr. Wright.
Phoenix: B-bravo...?
Edgeworth: Allow me to summarize the
defense's argument.
Edgeworth: At 5:15 PM on the day of the
crime, the man Officer
Meekins encountered
Edgeworth: in the evidence room was not
Detective Goodman.
Edgeworth: There are two grounds to
support this.
Edgeworth: First, the locker in the
evidence room was already
unlocked.
Edgeworth: Second,
the victim lost his ID card.
Edgeworth: Am I correct so far,
Mr. Wright?
Phoenix: Yes...
(What's he up to?)
Edgeworth: That being the case, we must
inevitably arrive at a single
conclusion:
Edgeworth: If the "victim" in this video
is a fake...
Edgeworth: then the murder in the
evidence room is also fake!
Edgeworth: In other words, the security
camera does not show the
instant of the murder.
Phoenix: Uh... Th-that is...
Well, I guess that's right...
Edgeworth: Is something wrong,
Mr. Wright?
Edgeworth: Only moments ago you seemed
content to be pointing
your finger around.
Phoenix: This isn't good...
Edgeworth: Well, well...
It seems you've finally
realized...
Edgeworth: exactly what you've gone to
such lengths to prove!
Judge: Explain yourself,
Mr. Edgeworth!
Edgeworth: The defense has already done
the explaining for me.
Edgeworth: The victim in this video is
a fake... which means a
murder did not take place
Edgeworth: at the Police Department at
5:15 on the day of the crime.
Judge: So...
Edgeworth: So the real crime could only
take place at one location:
the underground parking lot
Edgeworth: at the Prosecutor's Office!
The murderer being Ms. Lana
Skye, the defendant!
Edgeworth: The evidence is compelling!
Edgeworth: A trustworthy witness...
Edgeworth: observed the moment the
defendant used the murder
weapon!
Phoenix: Aaaah!
Phoenix: (I knew that testimony was way
too shabby.)
Phoenix: (It was all a trap from the
beginning!)
Judge: The activity in the evidence
room still leaves many
questions unanswered:
Judge: Who exactly was the "victim"
Officer Meekins encountered?
Judge: And where did this person
disappear to...?
Judge: However...
Judge: This trial's purpose is
to examine only the murder of
Detective Goodman.
Edgeworth: Just so, Your Honor.
Ema: Mr. Wright! You have to do
something, or else Lana...
Phoenix: (What do I do? How am I
supposed to get myself out of
this mess?)
[E5-05-06]
A>Object
B>Wait and see what happens
[E5-05-06-B]
Answer: Wait and see what happens
Phoenix: (I'd better pace myself. If I
rush ahead,)
Phoenix: (I might run right into
another trap!)
Ema: But Mr. Wright! If you don't
do anything...
Judge: It seems the defense is out
of ammunition.
Edgeworth: The surrender flag has been
raised.
Edgeworth: Your Honor, may we have your
ruling now?
Ema: Don't give up, Mr. Wright!
Get up and fight!
Phoenix: !
[E5-05-06-A]
Answer: Object
Phoenix: OBJECTION!
Phoenix: One moment, Your Honor!
Edgeworth: What now, Mr. Wright?
Edgeworth: Don't tell me you're objecting
to what you've just proven.
Phoenix: Of course not.
Phoenix: But I almost walked right into
the prosecution's trap!
Edgeworth: What are you talking about?
Phoenix: This cross-examination has
proven one thing and one thing
only.
Phoenix: The security video did not
show the actual murder.
Phoenix: However! It cannot be said
that it is unrelated to the
murder in the parking lot.
Phoenix: Specifically, large amounts
of blood traces were found in
the evidence room!
Edgeworth: ...
Phoenix: The defense demands further
examination into the truth
of the matter!
Judge: ...Mr. Edgeworth.
Edgeworth: Yes, Your Honor?
Judge: If this court were to examine
this further, other witnesses
will be necessary.
Judge: Is the prosecution prepared?
Edgeworth: I'm sorry, Your Honor...
Edgeworth: The prosecution considered the
incident at the Police
Department to be unrelated.
Edgeworth: We have not prepared any other
witnesses for this incident.
Phoenix: (This just might be my
chance.)
Phoenix: (Time to call a certain Texas
ranger to the stand!)
Ema: Mr. Wright...
Do you mean...
Phoenix: Your Honor.
Phoenix: The defense would like to
request a specific witness.
Judge: Oh?
Whom do you have in mind?
Phoenix: Someone we have reason to
believe knows the truth...
Phoenix: The truth behind the
activities that took place in
the evidence room.
Edgeworth: The prosecution requests to
hear this person's name
Edgeworth: before deciding whether or not
to comply.
Judge: Very well, then. Mr. Wright!
Judge: This person whom you would
have testify...
Judge: What is his or her name?
[E5-05-07]
A>Present incorrect profile
B>Present correct profile
[E5-05-07-A]
Answer: Present incorrect profile
Judge: Mr. Wright, I'm not even going
to bother asking you why.
Judge: I've never seen a more obvious
stall tactic in my entire
career!
Ema: Mr. Wright!
Don't you remember what you
said this morning!?
Ema: You know, about your "trump
card"?
Phoenix: (That's right! Those bloody
fingerprints we found in the
evidence room...)
Phoenix: (Now's my chance to bring
him in to testify!)
Judge: Very well, then. Mr. Wright!
Judge: This person whom you would
have testify...
Judge: What is his or her name?
[E5-05-07-B]
Answer: Present correct profile
Phoenix: Officer... Jake Marshall.
Edgeworth: Why him?
Phoenix: (I can't let him know
everything just yet...)
Phoenix: He's in charge of the evidence
room. I feel we should hear
what he has to say.
Edgeworth: The prosecution agrees to the
defense's request.
Edgeworth: Since he was responsible for
guarding the room, we should
hear his testimony.
Edgeworth: Fortunately he works in the
Police Department.
Edgeworth: We shouldn't need longer than
20 minutes to prepare.
Judge: Very well.
Judge: The court will take a 30
minute recess while the
witness is subpoenaed.
Judge: Will the prosecution please
prepare the witness during
this time?
Edgeworth: We will, Your Honor.
Judge: Court in recess!
February 24, 11:32 AM
District Court
Defendant Lobby No. 2
Lana: ...
Lana: There's no stopping you is
there, Mr. Wright?
Phoenix: Huh? What do you mean?
Lana: You called for Jake Marshall.
Lana: It seems you've figured
everything out.
Phoenix: Uh...
(I haven't figured anything
out...)
Ema: Lana...
Ema: You're the one who knows
everything!
Lana: Ema...
Ema: You always know everything!
Why don't you just tell us!?
Ema: Mr. Wright is trying his
hardest to protect you!
Lana: I... I don't recall ever asking
for his "protection."
Ema: How can you be so cold...
Ema: Don't you trust us?
Don't you trust... me?
Lana: ...
Gumshoe: Hope I'm not interrupting
anything, pals.
Lana: ...
Ema: ...
Gumshoe: Oh... Guess I am.
I'll come back later.
Phoenix: Oh, Detective Gumshoe!
What is it?
Gumshoe: You've got a lot of nerve,
pal! Making a detective run
all around while on duty,
Gumshoe: and to top it off you call me
here... I've seen happier
people at funerals!
Lana: Sorry, Detective.
Gumshoe: You better be, pal...Hey...
Gumshoe: Hey!
Gumshoe: Hey!!
Gumshoe: Hey!!!
Gumshoe: Hey!!!!
Gumshoe: I didn't see you there, Ms.
Skye!
Lana: That's ok. So...
Have you brought what I asked?
Gumshoe: Oh...
Gumshoe: Oh ho!
Gumshoe: Oh ho ho!
Gumshoe: Oh ho ho ho ho ho!
Gumshoe: You mean this, right!?
Lana: My apologies, Detective.
Due to my present
circumstances,
Lana: I was forced to use
Mr. Wright's name when making
my request.
Phoenix: My name!?
Gumshoe: Never in a million years would
I have thought it was you
who asked me,
Gumshoe: "Could I bother you to bring
me the SL-9 Incident files?"
Gumshoe: "I'll need them by noon."
Talk about crazy...
Phoenix: The "SL-9 Incident"?
Ema: But Lana! That's...
Lana: I thought Mr. Wright might
need them, so I had them
brought here.
Lana: Here. You might do well to
read them.
Gumshoe: I can't believe you, the
Chief Prosecutor, were a
witness in that case!
Phoenix: Ms. Skye... was a witness?
Gumshoe: Take it from me, you don't
want anything to do with
serial murders.
Phoenix: ...
Gumshoe: Oh, what? Now that I've
brought you your stuff, you're
just gonna ignore me?
Phoenix: E-Ema! But why...
Phoenix: Why is your name in here?
Ema: What? My name's in there!?
I don't know... Unless...
Ema: No, it couldn't be... Lana!
This "SL-9 Incident"...
Is that...
Lana: ...
Lana: That's the classification
number the police filed it
under.
Lana: Two years ago, the rest of
the world knew it as...
the "Joe Darke Killings."
Ema: The... Joe Darke...
No... No, Lana!
Ema: That's over with! No!!!
Phoenix: Ema, wait!
(She ran away...)
Gumshoe: Uh, ya know what?
I just remembered... I gotta
be somewhere.
Gumshoe: Sorry pal, but I'm outta
here!
Phoenix: (Jake Marshall, Angel Starr,
Damon Gant, Miles Edgeworth...)
Phoenix: (Not to mention Lana and
Ema...)
Phoenix: Everyone involved in this case
is connected to those killings
two years ago...
Phoenix: This can't be just a
"coincidence."
Lana: Knowing you, you just might be
able to figure it out.
Lana: Time to get back to the trial,
Mr. Wright. Best of luck.
Phoenix: (I'd better take a good look
at this file...)
To be continued.
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
Episode 5, Chapter 6
Pazu (lon_lsama@hotmail.com)
Rise from the Ashes
Day 3 - Trial Latter
February 24, 12:14 PM
District Court
Courtroom No. 9
Judge: The court will now reconvene
for the trial of Ms. Lana
Skye.
Phoenix: (Ema didn't come back...)
Edgeworth: Allow me to call the next
witness to the stand:
Edgeworth: the officer in charge of
guarding the evidence room on
the day of the crime.
Edgeworth: Witness, please state your
name and occupation.
Marshall: Me, pardner? Oh, I'm just a
man, same as you, wanderin'
the trails of civilization,
Edgeworth: occasionally helping the
elderly cross intersections
when needed.
Judge: Oh, I know! You're a
"patrolman"!
Marshall: As for my name, if you listen
hard 'nuff, you can hear the
howling wind calling it out.
Edgeworth: To be exact, it's Jake
Marshall... Your Honor.
Phoenix: ("Howling wind"...? I've never
heard Edgeworth described
that way before...)
Edgeworth: Now, Mr. Marshall. Let me ask
you something.
Edgeworth: You were in charge of guarding
the evidence room on the day
the crime took place.
Edgeworth: Is this correct?
Marshall: According to the papers,
pardner.
Judge: What do you mean?
Marshall: A desperado's soul is as
boundless as the desert sands.
No "paper" can sum it up.
Judge: Maybe it's best we get on with
this quickly.
Judge: Please share with us your
testimony of the day of the
crime...
Judge: in English!
Witness Testimony
-- Day of the Crime --
Marshall: My job was to keep a wary eye
on that bone orchard.
Marshall: They said I was supposed to
make rounds three times a day,
but that ain't my style.
Marshall: Besides, the room's protected
by two security systems,
anyway.
Marshall: If I remember right, I was at
a street-side saloon at the
time it went down.
Marshall: I'm just an innocent travelin'
man, so if you're out of ammo
it's time I hit the trail.
Judge: I can't say I particularly
care for your attitude...
Marshall: I can't say I care for
your beard, but you don't
see me complainin'.
Phoenix: Wait a minute...
Phoenix: What do you mean by "two
security systems"?
Marshall: I mean the security cameras
and the ID card reader.
Marshall: I reckon even a cowpoke
like you knows about those.
Phoenix: Yes, well, what about the
fingerprint activated locks
inside the evidence room?
Marshall: Fingerprint activated locks?
What kind of new-fangled
doohickeys are those?
Phoenix: (He's not being very
helpful...)
Edgeworth: He's not that good with
machines... or with following
orders.
Marshall: Everyone's got their
weaknesses, now don't they,
Mr. Prosecutor?
Judge: This one seems like trouble.
Judge: Okay Mr. Wright, he's all
yours.
Cross Examination
-- Day of the Crime --
Marshall: My job was to keep a wary eye
on that bone orchard.
>Press
Phoenix: How exactly did you "keep an
eye" on the evidence room?
Marshall: I just made sure nothing moved
in the security camera
monitor. That room's so still,
Marshall: even time dies in there.
I was just a caretaker who
interred the recordings.
Phoenix: You "interred" them?
Marshall: Videos of nothing aren't that
useful. When the time would
come, I'd erase the tape.
Edgeworth: If nothing unusual is
recorded, tapes are to be
erased every six hours.
Marshall: Each time I'd erase a tape, it
felt like I was erasing a
part of my life.
Phoenix: (This guy has a flare for the
dramatic, but it isn't going
to do him any good.)
Phoenix: So, in actuality you don't
physically enter the evidence
room?
Marshall: They said I was supposed to
make rounds three times a day,
but that ain't my style.
>Press
Phoenix: But you made your rounds on
the day of the crime, right?
Marshall: Ain't you heard a word I said,
pardner?
Marshall: I told you that ain't my
style.
Phoenix: ...
Um, I'm afraid I don't
understand.
Marshall: No desperado I know lets
"rules" get in his way.
Phoenix: (No desperados I know join
the police force...)
Judge: So, Officer Marshall. On the
day of the crime...?
Marshall: Just between you and me, I
didn't set foot in the
evidence room that day.
Judge: There was a rubber glove stuck
in the victim's locker. Do you
know anything about that?
Marshall: Sorry pardner, can't say I do.
Marshall: I haven't been in that crypt
in weeks.
Phoenix: (How does this guy avoid being
fired...?)
Marshall: Besides, the room's protected
by two security systems,
anyway.
>Press
Phoenix: You used to be a detective,
so you've used the evidence
room in the past, correct?
Marshall: Of course. Back in the day my
locker was a goldmine of
evidence!
Phoenix: And yet... you didn't know
about the fingerprint locking
mechanism?
Marshall: Sorry, pardner.
I ain't good with machines.
Marshall: I couldn't even tell you how
a bike works.
Phoenix: That's quite, uh...
incredible.
Edgeworth: The sensors on the locker
handles cannot be seen.
Edgeworth: It's well known that some
detectives are unaware of
their presence.
Phoenix: (Now that he mentions it,
Detective Gumshoe said
something like that too...)
Judge: At any rate, it doesn't seem
that this is relevant to the
crime.
Judge: Can you tell us what you
were doing when the crime
took place?
Marshall: If I remember right, I was at
a street-side saloon at the
time it went down.
>Press
Phoenix: What were you doing in a
place like that?
Marshall: I was eating spaghetti.
Marshall: Not even Angel's steak
lunches can beat that parlor's
vongole sepia pasta.
Judge: Do you mean to tell us...
Judge: you abandoned your police
duties to eat some noodles?
Marshall: Not all desperados eat tacos,
pardner.
Judge: That's not what I meant...
I hope this has at least
taught you a lesson!
Phoenix: (That's strange...)
Phoenix: (This is usually where
Edgeworth says,)
Phoenix: ("Did you not want a raise
this year?"...)
Marshall: I'm just an innocent travelin'
man, so if you're out of ammo
it's time I hit the trail.
>Press
Phoenix: Out of "ammo," officer
Marshall?
Marshall: That's right, pardner. Or as
you'd call it, "evidence."
Marshall: If you plan to pin me to this
crime, then you'd better draw.
Marshall: Otherwise, you're just wastin'
my time.
Marshall: My steel horse is waitin' to
carry me back west into the
sunset.
Judge: Hmm... One thing seems clear.
Despite being responsible for
guarding the evidence room,
Judge: the witness doesn't appear to
have seen anything.
Marshall: Texans don't take orders from
anyone. Everyone knows that.
Phoenix: (Apparently your superiors
don't...)
Phoenix: (Okay... I have a trump card
up my sleeve, so I'd best
keep my cool.)
Phoenix: (Before I use it though, I'd
better up the ante...)
Marshall: I'm just an innocent travelin'
man, so if you're out of ammo
it's time I hit the trail.
>Present: Marshall's Prints
Phoenix: OBJECTION!
Phoenix: Officer Marshall. Doesn't it
strike you as odd?
Phoenix: That is, you being called in
to testify like this?
Marshall: ...
Phoenix: After all, you weren't in the
security room at the time of
the crime.
Marshall: And yet you dragged me down
here.
Marshall: Explain yourself, pardner.
Phoenix: It's quite simple.
Phoenix: You left a very large
trail behind at the scene.
Phoenix: Or, to be exact...
a handprint.
Marshall: Hmph! Listen real good,
pardner.
Marshall: Like I said, I'm the caretaker
of that crypt.
Marshall: I pay my respects... that is,
make my rounds, about once a
month.
Marshall: It's only natural my
fingerprints would be in
there.
Phoenix: OBJECTION!
Phoenix: I only wish it were, Officer,
Phoenix: but you see...
Phoenix: your fingerprints were
covered in blood!
Judge: Witness! What's the meaning of
this!?
Judge: Your bloodstained fingerprints
were at the crime scene...!?
Phoenix: The blood was wiped away.
However!
Phoenix: A luminol test clearly
revealed this!
Phoenix: Well, Officer Marshall?
Marshall: ...
Marshall: It seems to me...
Marshall: there ain't a person in this
room with a head on his
shoulders.
Phoenix: !
Edgeworth: I take it you have an
explanation then,
Officer Marshall?
Edgeworth: About the "bloodstained"
fingerprints?
Judge: Very well, you may begin your
testimony about your
fingerprints,
Judge: found at the scene of the
crime!
Witness Testimony
-- Bloodstained Fingerprints --
Marshall: Like I said, it's only natural
for my fingerprints to be in
that evidence room.
Marshall: One of them just happened to
be at the same place as the
bloodstained handprint.
Marshall: The murderer touched the
locker where my fingerprint
was by chance.
Marshall: The bloodstain and the
fingerprint are completely
unrelated.
Marshall: Or didn't you know the
murderer was wearing gloves?
Marshall: See? I had nothing to do with
it.
Judge: Hmm...
The witness's explanation
appears valid,
Judge: although there's room for
doubt.
Marshall: Life wouldn't be any fun without
any doubt, pardner.
Judge: The defense may now cross-
examine the witness.
Phoenix: (This guy's hiding something,
I can feel it!)
Phoenix: (Now's my chance to prove it.)
Cross Examination
-- Bloodstained Fingerprints --
Marshall: Like I said, it's only natural
for my fingerprints to be in
that evidence room.
>Press
Phoenix: That's because you... how did
you put it... "pay your
respects," once a month?
Marshall: Yeah, that's right. That, and
one more thing...
Marshall: That locker happens to be
mine.
Judge: What!? What do you mean?
Marshall: I mean what I said.
Marshall: That's the locker I used when
I was a detective... the
locker I still use.
Marshall: All that's in there now though
is a heap of broken dreams.
Phoenix: I see...
Marshall: It'd be strange if my prints
WEREN'T all over that locker.
Phoenix: (Apparently his fingerprint
data was never changed.)
Phoenix: (He must have been using the
fingerprint lock without
even knowing it.)
Marshall: One of them just happened to
be at the same place as the
bloodstained handprint.
>Press
Phoenix: So then...
What about the bloody
handprint?
Marshall: Wasn't mine. It's no mystery.
Judge: Please explain.
Marshall: My locker is covered with my
fingerprints.
Marshall: It just so happened...
Marshall: The murderer touched the
locker where my fingerprint
was by chance.
>Press
Phoenix: The chances of that happening
are a million to one!
Marshall: On the contrary, one could
argue just the opposite.
The chances of that not
Marshall: happening are a million to
one!
Marshall: Get one thing straight,
pardner.
Marshall: You ain't gonna get no reward
for me with a mere
fingerprint.
Marshall: You wanna know why?
Marshall: The bloodstain and the
fingerprint are completely
unrelated.
>Press
Phoenix: Unrelated?
Marshall: They're as different as night
and day.
Marshall: Kinda like "cereal" an'
"serial."
Marshall: One's got to do with breakfast
while the other's a type of
murder.
Judge: He's right...
although seemingly alike,
they're totally different.
Phoenix: (I don't see what homonyms
have to do with this...)
Marshall: Or didn't you know the
murderer was wearing gloves?
>Press
Phoenix: How do you know that!?
Marshall: I may be a loner, but I still
do my job. I keep up
on the reports.
Edgeworth: There was a bloodstain at the
scene, thought to be left by
the murderer.
Phoenix: That's right,
it was found on Detective
Gumshoe's locker.
Edgeworth: However,
no fingerprints were detected
on that handprint.
Phoenix: (Oh yeah, I think we tried
that too.)
Judge: Hmm...So that would mean...
Judge: the murderer, wearing gloves,
Judge: happened to place his hand on
top of Officer Marshall's
fingerprint.
Marshall: That's the only logical
conclusion.
Marshall: Are you starting to get the
picture, pardner?
Phoenix: The picture...?
Marshall: This seal of blood...
in the desert, it's just food
for the buzzards.
Phoenix: !
Marshall: There's only one reality, and
that's this.
Phoenix: (The security tape...)
Marshall: So long as my trail isn't in
there... you can't say
otherwise.
Judge: This isn't getting us
anywhere, Mr. Wright.
Judge: Please consider carefully
where you're going with this
cross-examination.
Phoenix: Y-yes, Your Honor.
Judge: Now then, continue your
testimony, Officer Marshall.
Marshall: Too bad it wasn't me in that
video, right, pardner?
>Press
Phoenix: What do you mean by that?
Marshall: You want to tie me to this
crime, isn't that right,
pardner?
Phoenix: ...
Marshall: If so,
that video is the only direct
evidence you have.
Phoenix: OBJECTION!
Phoenix: But that video is next to
useless!
It's full of blind spots!
Judge: Blind spots?
Phoenix: Places you can't see!
Phoenix: The camera's panning back and
forth, the floor isn't
shown...
Phoenix: If someone was familiar with
the camera's position,
Phoenix: he could leave the room
without being caught on tape!
Edgeworth: OBJECTION!
Edgeworth: We don't have time for your
speculations, Mr. Wright.
Judge: Well, Mr. Wright.
If you can show us evidence
in this video that indicates
Judge: Officer Marshall was present,
please do so now.
[E5-06-01]
A>Show evidence
B>No evidence in video
[E5-06-01-B]
Answer: No evidence in video
Phoenix: (I might be walking right into
Officer Marshall's trap.)
Phoenix: (It's better to find out
a little more information.)
Edgeworth: It seems we should be moving
back to the testimony.
Judge: Very well.
Judge: Officer Marshall, can you
please give your testimony
again?
Phoenix: (I can't let him squirm out
of this one.)
Phoenix: (I've got to find something,)
Phoenix: (something decisive, to tie
Officer Marshall to this
crime!)
[E5-06-01-A]
Answer: Show evidence
Phoenix: Very well.
Phoenix: Allow me to point out your
mistake, Officer Marshall!
Edgeworth: Tread carefully, Mr. Wright,
or you might wind up being the
one making the mistake.
Judge: Now then, let's have another
look at the video.
Judge: Show us this incriminating
evidence of the witness...
Officer Jake Marshall!
[E5-06-02]
A>Present incorrect evidence
B>Present correct evidence
[E5-06-02-A]
Answer: Present incorrect evidence
Phoenix: There! How's that for
evidence!?
Judge: ...
Marshall: ...
Edgeworth: Please allow me to apologize
for my colleague, Your Honor.
Edgeworth: He gets carried away
sometimes.
Judge: Yes, well, this certainly
isn't a first.
Edgeworth: Will you forgive him too,
Officer Marshall?
Edgeworth: He's not a bad man, just a
bit... disillusioned.
Marshall: Of course. I'm not one to gun
down unarmed boys.
Phoenix: (Oh great, now Edgeworth is
defending me. Guess that
means I missed the mark.)
Judge: Very well, let's get back to
the cross-examination.
[E5-06-02-B]
Answer: Present correct evidence
Phoenix: Bringing our attention back to
the security camera...
Phoenix: Is a mistake I'm afraid you'll
soon not forget, Officer
Marshall.
Marshall: ...
Marshall: The days are short in Texas...
and so are our tempers.
Marshall: Could you sum up what
you have to say in
eight words or less?
Phoenix: Very well.
Phoenix:
You can clearly be seen in
this video!
Marshall: Exactly eight words...
Not bad, pardner.
Phoenix: The key...
lies in a certain
locker shown in the video.
Judge: See this locker that has a
white cloth sticking out? This
is the witness's locker.
Phoenix: Now then, let's rewind the
video a bit.
Judge: Oh!
The white cloth... it's gone!
Judge: What's the meaning of this,
Officer Marshall!?
Phoenix: When the crime took place...
The white cloth wasn't there.
Phoenix: Then... it suddenly appeared!
There's only one explanation:
Phoenix: Officer Marshall! You were in
the evidence room at the
time of the crime!
Phoenix: What's more, you opened your
locker when the camera was
turned away!
Judge: Order! Order!
It would seem that's the only-
Marshall: Hold your horses!
Sorry, pardner... but you
got the wrong man.
Phoenix: ...
Marshall: So what if my locker was
opened?
Marshall: That doesn't mean I'm the one
who opened it!
Edgeworth: ...
Marshall: The murderer needed to hide
something, so he opened a
locker and stuck it in.
Marshall: It's not my fault he happened
to choose mine!
Judge: ...
Marshall: ...
Marshall: Why's everyone staring at me
like I'm a wanted man?
Phoenix: (This guy isn't just playing
dumb...)
Phoenix: (He really doesn't know!)
Phoenix: Uh, I hate to rain on your
parade,
Phoenix: but you're the only person
who can open that particular
locker.
Marshall: Oh yeah?
I call your bluff.
Marshall: You say I opened that
locker... Now prove it!
[E5-06-03]
A> Present incorrect evidence
B> Present correct evidence
[E5-06-03-A]
Answer: Present incorrect evidence
Marshall: ...
Marshall: You can talk the talk alright,
but you got a long ways to go
before you can walk the walk!
Judge: Mr. Wright... I think even I
could prove this one.
Phoenix: S-sorry, Your Honor...
Phoenix: (If that's Officer Marshall's
locker...)
Phoenix: (Then only he can open it. I
should know this!)
Marshall: Come on, pardner.
Marshall: A revolver only holds five
bullets. The question is,
how many you got left?
Marshall: You say I opened that
locker... Now prove it!
[E5-06-03-B]
Answer: Present correct evidence
Marshall: A... "fingerprint" sensor?
Phoenix: We talked about this earlier
today.
Phoenix: The lockers can only be
opened by the detectives they
belong to.
Marshall: W-what kinda crazy talk is
this!?
Phoenix: (Well, Detective Gumshoe did
mention something about
this...)
Gumshoe: In any case, the locks
aren't that obvious.
Gumshoe: There's even some people in
the force that don't know
about the fingerprint locks!
Phoenix: So, sheriff!
Phoenix: What do you have to say...
in eight words or less?
Marshall: I only got one word for you,
pardner.
Marshall: NOOOOO!!!
Judge: Order! Order! Order!
Witness! Explain yourself!
Marshall: If this is a joke, it's the
worst I've ever heard...
Phoenix: I assure you this is no joke,
Officer Marshall.
Phoenix: Now then, please tell us what
you were doing in the evidence
room at the time of the crime?
Marshall: ...
Judge: Olé! Please answer the
question!
Phoenix: (What is he now, a
bullfighter?)
Phoenix: That's alright, Officer
Marshall.
Phoenix: I believe we can figure the
rest out from here.
Judge: We can?
Phoenix: Have a look at these floor
plans.
Phoenix: There is no place for someone
to hide in the evidence room.
Phoenix: Yet, Officer Meekins didn't
see Officer Marshall.
Judge: If that's so, then...
where was the witness?
Edgeworth: It seems Mr. Wright has an
answer.
Phoenix: (That's right. The only
possible conclusion!)
Judge: Well then? Let's hear it.
Judge: Where was Officer Marshall
at the time of the crime?
[E5-06-04]
A> Present incorrect position
B> Present correct position
[E5-06-04-A]
Answer: Present incorrect position
Phoenix: Officer Marshall was standing
right here!
Judge: Hmm...
Judge: So Officer Meekins didn't
notice him standing there...
Judge: That's almost as credible as
Meekins's warp theory.
Marshall: Your chamber's empty, pardner.
Better reload.
Phoenix: (Now they're ganging up on
me!)
Judge: Perhaps...
Judge: You should think a little more
about where Officer Marshall
was.
Phoenix: (Officer Meekins should have
seen him in the evidence
room.)
Phoenix: (That means the only place he
could have been would be...)
Judge: Well then? Let's hear it.
Judge: Where was Officer Marshall
at the time of the crime?
[E5-06-04-B]
Answer: Present correct position
Phoenix: Officer Marshall was standing
right here!
Judge: There? But that's...
Judge: That's where the victim,
Detective Goodman, was!
Phoenix: Correct... unless the man
wasn't Detective Goodman.
Phoenix: I believe the "victim" in the
video is... Officer Marshall!
Phoenix: It was you, dressed up like
Detective Goodman!
Edgeworth: OBJECTION!
Edgeworth: But that's preposterous!
Officer Meekins witnessed the
detective at the crime scene!
Edgeworth: Once he saw the man's face,
he'd know for sure!
Phoenix: OBJECTION!
Phoenix: May I point out though, that
Officer Meekins did not know
Detective Goodman.
Phoenix: He also testified about the
man's reaction when
confronted.
Meekins: When I entered the evidence
room, I asked him to show his
card, sir!
Phoenix: Yes? And how did Detective
Goodman respond?
Meekins: He suddenly pulled a knife on
me!
Phoenix: Something about the Officer's
story puzzled me.
Phoenix: If the man had his ID card,
why didn't he just show it?
Judge: Yes, he would have needed it
to enter the evidence room, so
he must have been carrying it.
Phoenix: The answer is simple.
He couldn't show it.
Edgeworth: !
Phoenix: As you can see, Detective
Goodman's picture is on his
ID card.
Judge: Oh, I get it.
Phoenix: If he showed that, his cover
would have been blown!
Phoenix: Officer Meekins would have
realized the man wasn't
Detective Goodman.
Phoenix: Do you have anything to say
to this, Officer Marshall?
Marshall: ...
Marshall: You've got quite an
imagination, pardner.
Marshall: We got a term for that.
It's called "circumstantial
evidence."
Phoenix: Circumstantial evidence...?
(He's still denying it!)
Marshall: You're gonna have to do better
than that to break a
detective.
Marshall: Unless you have hard evidence
proving I dressed up as the
victim...
Judge: Hmm...
Judge: I can't say I particularly
care for your uncooperative
disposition...
Marshall: I can't say I care for
your beard, but you don't
see me complainin'.
Judge: Well, Mr. Wright? Do you have
any evidence? Any evidence
proving beyond the shadow of a
Judge: doubt that Officer Marshall
dressed up as the victim?
Phoenix: Well...
(Who am I kidding? I don't
have anything like that...)
Marshall: I can see the fear in your
eyes, pardner.
Marshall: Seems you're the one who
couldn't take the desert heat!
Phoenix: Ack!
(This can't be happening!)
Phoenix: (It's so obvious he's the one!
What can I do...?)
Edgeworth: ...
Edgeworth: Hmph.
Edgeworth: It looks like your lack of
experience has finally
been exposed.
Phoenix: !
Edgeworth: I'll pass onto you what
someone told me when I was
just starting out.
Edgeworth: When you've run into a wall
with no place to go,
return to the basics.
Phoenix: The basics...
Phoenix: (For me, that would be what
Mia used to tell me!)
Mia: Nick! Try thinking outside of
the box!
Phoenix: (I shouldn't look for proof
that Officer Marshall was in
disguise...)
Phoenix: (but rather I should look for
evidence that came about
because he was in disguise!)
Edgeworth: Why do you think this locker
was opened in the first place?
Judge: What do you mean?
Edgeworth: There's no reason for Officer
Marshall to open his locker
at the time of the crime.
Edgeworth: Yet he did, despite the chance
that it might be discovered later
as it has been.
Phoenix: (Which means he didn't
originally plan to open his
locker...!)
Judge: According to the defense's
argument,
Judge: Officer Jake Marshall dressed
up as Detective Goodman at the
time of the crime.
Judge: Then, after the crime was
"committed,"
Judge: he opened his own locker for
some unknown reason.
Edgeworth: The fact that a white "cloth"
is sticking out of the locker
seems to indicate that
Edgeworth: he opened it in order to put
the cloth inside.
Judge: So... just what exactly is this
piece of cloth?
Phoenix: Perhaps...
Phoenix: Perhaps the video is the key
to all our unanswered
questions.
Phoenix: (I don't have any evidence, so
this video's my only shot!)
Marshall: ...
Judge: Very well.
Let's take yet another look
at the security tape.
Judge: After commiting the crime, the
witness opened the locker to
put away the white cloth.
Judge: Please show us why the witness
had to open his locker!
[E5-06-05]
A> Present incorrect evidence
B> Present correct evidence
[E5-06-05-A]
Answer: Present incorrect evidence
Phoenix: Well, what do you have to say
to that!?
Marshall: Alright, pardner.
Marshall: You really want to know the
reason I had to open my
locker?
Phoenix: Why?
Marshall: So I could stuff you in
there!
Phoenix: Huh!?
Marshall: I'm sure the world would be a
better place with you sent off
to the boneyard.
Edgeworth: Unfortunately unsolved cases
can't be stored in the
evidence room.
Phoenix: (Now I'm an "unsolved case"?)
Phoenix: (Something went wrong in that
evidence room...)
Phoenix: (That's why Marshall had to
open his locker.)
Phoenix: (The accident itself is the
reason!)
Phoenix: (I'd better have another crack
at this...)
Judge: According to the defense's
argument,
Judge: Officer Jake Marshall dressed
up as Detective Goodman at the
time of the crime.
Judge: Then, after the crime was
"committed,"
Judge: he opened his own locker for
some unknown reason.
Edgeworth: The fact that a white "cloth"
is sticking out of the locker
seems to indicate that
Edgeworth: he opened it in order to put
the cloth inside.
Judge: So... just what exactly is this
piece of cloth?
Phoenix: Perhaps...
Phoenix: Perhaps the video is the key
to all our unanswered
questions.
Phoenix: (I don't have any evidence, so
this video's my only shot!)
Marshall: ...
Judge: Very well.
Let's take yet another look
at the security tape.
Judge: After commiting the crime, the
witness opened the locker to
put away the white cloth.
Judge: Please show us why the witness
had to open his locker!
[E5-06-05-B]
Answer: Present correct evidence
Phoenix: For some reason, you disguised
yourself as Detective Goodman,
Phoenix: and entered the evidence room.
I don't know what that reason
was... yet.
Marshall: "Yet"?
Phoenix: However, something unexpected
happened.
Phoenix: Officer Meekins barged in on
you.
Phoenix: When asked to show your ID
card, you pulled a knife on
him.
Phoenix: However!
Phoenix: Officer Meekins panicked,
Phoenix: and the white coat you were
wearing was soiled with blood!
Judge: A bloody white coat...
Phoenix: You couldn't just walk out
like that,
Phoenix: so you hid the coat in your
locker.
Marshall: ...
Marshall: Not bad, huh "pardner"?
Judge: Now then, Officer Marshall.
Judge: Are you ready to tell us the
truth?
Marshall: Looks like I underestimated
y'all.
Marshall: I hope you're happy now,
Mr. Edgeworth.
Edgeworth: ...
Marshall: Two years ago...
Marshall: if you were only half as
persistent then as you are
today,
Marshall: we all wouldn't have to be
here, now would we?
Phoenix: Officer Marshall!
Tell the court what you
did... all of it.
Marshall: Alright.
Marshall: It seems the time has come.
Witness Testimony
-- Marshall's Confession --
Marshall: I had to do it that day. I
couldn't just stand by and let
it die.
Marshall: I stole the detective's ID and
dressed like him. I planned to
take out the evidence.
Marshall: I wasn't expecting Officer
Meekins. I knocked him out...
Marshall: and managed to escape. I knew
which areas wouldn't be caught
on the camera.
Marshall: There wasn't any murder in the
evidence room at 5:15.
Judge: So the supposed "victim" was
really you...
Edgeworth: But there's one thing I still
don't understand.
Edgeworth: Large quantities of blood
traces were found on the floor
of the evidence room.
Edgeworth: If no one was murdered, then
how could that be?
Marshall: Officer Meekins managed to
cut his own hand.
Marshall: My guess is he's the donor.
Phoenix: (It looked like too much blood
for that...)
Cross Examination
-- Marshall's Confession --
Marshall: I had to do it that day. I
couldn't just stand by and let
it die.
>Press
Phoenix: When you say "it," you
mean...
Marshall: Do you even have to ask,
pardner?
Phoenix: (The SL-9 Incident...)
Edgeworth: Two years have passed since
that case was closed.
Edgeworth: It was going to completely end
with the transferal that day.
Marshall: Not if I have anything to do
with it.
Marshall: That incident's not over!
Phoenix: But what did you hope to
accomplish by sneaking into
the evidence room?
Marshall: When a case is closed, only
the detective who was in
charge of it can look through
Marshall: the evidence. I wanted to have
a look at it myself one more
time...
Marshall: no matter what the cost.
Marshall: I don't care what anyone says,
pardner.
That case is mine.
Phoenix: (But Officer Marshall wasn't
in charge of that
investigation.)
Phoenix: (Why does he care so much
about it?)
Marshall: That day was my last chance.
That's why I...
Marshall: I stole the detective's ID and
dressed like him. I planned to
take out the evidence.
>Press
Phoenix: Why did you disguise yourself
as Detective Goodman?
Marshall: If I didn't make it look like
Goodman was carrying out the
evidence transferal...
Marshall: I'd be arrested for stealing
evidence, which wouldn't get
me anywhere.
Edgeworth: So you did it to fool the
security camera.
Judge: And the detective's ID card?
Marshall: I stole that the morning of
the incident.
Phoenix: (So that really was why
Goodman started filling out
that lost item report.)
Marshall: I returned his ID card.
Marshall: I left it on the floor in the
Prosecutor's Office parking
lot.
Phoenix: (The ID card I found was left
there by Officer Marshall!)
Edgeworth: So essentially...
Edgeworth: You managed to succeed despite
your lack of foresight.
Marshall: What do you mean... pardner?
Edgeworth: I mean the fingerprint-
activated lock, of course.
Edgeworth: No matter how well you
disguise yourself, you can't
change your fingerprints.
Edgeworth: Normally, that locker
shouldn't have opened.
Phoenix: (So it opened because a rubber
glove was stuck in the door
by chance...?)
Phoenix: (Then Detective Goodman must
have opened the locker
before Officer Marshall!)
Marshall: I wasn't expecting Officer
Meekins. I knocked him out...
>Press
Phoenix: You pulled a knife on Officer
Meekins and tried to drive
him off?
Marshall: Let's just say I was a little
surprised.
Marshall: I only planned on being in the
evidence room for no more than
five minutes.
Marshall: I didn't think anyone would
actually come in during that
short time.
Judge: Officer Meekins...
certainly is a one-in-a-
million type of person.
Judge: Mistaking a detective for an
intruder and demanding to be
shown his ID...
Edgeworth: I'll have to think a little
more about his raise this
year...
Phoenix: (When did Edgeworth get
so much influence...?)
Marshall: Anyway, he threw himself at
me, and I ended up cutting
him slightly.
Marshall: I'm sorry it had to turn out
that way...
Marshall: with me knocking him out and
everything.
Phoenix: By the way, what happened to
your knife?
Marshall: Oh, you mean this one?
Phoenix: ...
(I don't know what to say...)
Judge: Hmm... So, what happened next?
Marshall: and managed to escape. I knew
which areas wouldn't be caught
on the camera.
>Press
Phoenix: So you did your research
beforehand.
Marshall: Those who go into the desert
unprepared don't live long,
pardner.
Marshall: I didn't think it would make a
difference though. The
security tape is erased every
Marshall: six hours. If all had gone as
planned, no footage would have
been left.
Edgeworth: However...
Edgeworth: You bloodied your coat in your
struggle with Officer Meekins.
Marshall: If someone was in the security
room when I came out, the jig
would have been up.
Marshall: I opened my locker and stashed
it in there.
Phoenix: What was Officer Meekins doing
during that time?
Marshall: What else? He was sleeping
like a baby.
Judge: So what you're saying is,
on that day...
Marshall: There wasn't any murder in the
evidence room at 5:15.
>Press
Phoenix: But the blood found at the
scene certainly indicates a
crime took place!
Marshall: What are you, blind?
Marshall: The "victim" shown on that
tape is me, and I'm not dead
yet, pardner.
Edgeworth: So, you stole the evidence
from the locker?
Marshall: Actually...
no, I didn't.
Edgeworth: Why not?
Marshall: When I opened the locker, the
evidence was already gone.
Judge: What!?
Mr. Edgeworth. Where is that
evidence?
Edgeworth: It's still missing, Your Honor.
Phoenix: (Detective Goodman's locker
was already empty...)
Phoenix: (Someone else stole the
evidence!)
Phoenix: Officer Marshall. May I ask
you one thing?
Marshall: Fire away, pardner. It's a
free country.
Marshall: Just remember,
I'm also free to decide
whether or not to answer.
Phoenix: Why did you do this?
Phoenix: Stealing a detective's ID,
injuring a police officer...
Phoenix: This is no small offense!
Edgeworth: Moreover, you're an officer
yourself.
Edgeworth: This will have serious
consequences.
Edgeworth: It can't just be forgiven with
a simple cut in salary.
Phoenix: (Not that salary cuts are
ever a valid solution...)
Marshall: ...
Like I said.
Marshall: This isn't your case.
This one is mine.
Marshall: And I'll do anything it takes
to get an answer I'm satisfied
with.
Judge: Hmm...
Judge: The witness has an unusual
amount of zeal. Let's hear
more.
Marshall: I can't just forget the SL-9
Incident... You know why?
>Press
Phoenix: But that case was solved two
years ago, wasn't it?
Judge: That's the reason the evidence
was stored in the evidence
room.
Edgeworth: Joe Darke was convicted for
those crimes.
Edgeworth: One thing I can say for sure,
he deserved his sentence.
Judge: I remember the Joe Darke
case...
Judge: It involved serial murders,
didn't it?
Marshall: I don't intend to complain
about how it turned out,
Marshall: but there's something that
still bothers me.
Marshall: Something went down at that
trial.
Marshall: Something no one will talk
about.
Judge: What happened?
Marshall: I don't know. That's what I'm
trying to find out.
Edgeworth: ...
Phoenix: (Why is he so concerned with
that incident?)
Phoenix: (Maybe I should present him
with what I think his real
reason is...)
Phoenix: (I had a feeling we'd wind up
here sooner or later...)
Phoenix: (Everyone involved here is
related in some way to that
case...)
Phoenix: (I'd better take another look
at the files.)
Marshall: I can't just forget the SL-9
Incident... You know why?
>Present: SL-9 Incident Files
Phoenix: OBJECTION!
Phoenix: Officer Marshall, I think I
understand.
Phoenix: I think I know why you care so
much about the SL-9 Incident.
Marshall: Sounds like you've been
sipping too much cactus juice,
pardner.
Phoenix: I have the SL-9 Incident file
here.
Phoenix: The name "Marshall" is
mentioned in here...
Marshall: !
Phoenix: in a list of murder victims.
Phoenix: "Neil Marshall"...
Are you related to this man?
Edgeworth: Neil Marshall...?
Marshall: Yeah, I'm sure you've heard
the name.
Marshall: Two years ago...
Marshall: he received the same lousy
prosecutor award you got.
Judge: What!? A prosecutor...?
Phoenix: (He must be talking about
the King of Prosecutors
award.)
Edgeworth: Now I remember...
Prosecutor Neil Marshall.
Edgeworth: He handled the SL-9 case before
I did.
Marshall: That's right. He was killed...
Marshall: and the case fell into your
hands.
Judge: But what's his relation to
you...?
Marshall: He was my brother.
Marshall: He was investigating the
murders with Damon Gant, Chief
Detective at the time.
Marshall: The group of detectives I was
part of worked under them.
Marshall: We were desperate to prosecute
the killer.
Marshall: Joe Darke...
Marshall: My brother fought Darke and
was killed.
Marshall: That was the first time Darke
left behind any evidence.
That was all we needed.
Marshall: He was arraigned and
incarcerated.
The case was finally closed...
Marshall: at least, according to the
public records.
Judge: What do you mean?
Marshall: My brother couldn't have been
killed by Joe Darke.
Marshall: I knew my brother better
than anyone...
Marshall: No one could have beaten him
in a fight.
Edgeworth: And that's it? That's your
reason for your insane
actions?
Marshall: There's more to my brother's
death than what the records
say.
Marshall: No matter how much you try to
hide it, you can't fool me.
Edgeworth: ...
Judge: Well...
at least one thing's for
certain.
Judge: Now we know what happened at
the Police Department on the
day of the crime.
Edgeworth: That was the last day the SL-9
case could be reopened.
Edgeworth: Not satisfied with its
resolution, Officer Marshall
planned to steal the evidence.
Phoenix: Disguising himself as
Detective Goodman, he entered
the evidence room.
Phoenix: Officer Meekins confronted
him, so he rendered him
unconscious and fled.
Edgeworth: Yes, this mystery has finally
been cleared up.
Edgeworth: No murder took place at the
Police Department that day!
Phoenix: !
Edgeworth: The things that happen by
chance never cease to amaze...
Edgeworth: At exactly the same time as
the murder at the Prosecutor's
Office...
Edgeworth: this fake murder was going on
at the Police Department.
Phoenix: (Chance...? It's got to be
more than just that...)
Judge: So if no one was murdered at
the Police Department on the
day of the crime,
Judge: that means the murder in the
Prosecutor's Office parking
lot was the real one.
Edgeworth: Which, in turn, means...
only one person could have
committed the crime:
Edgeworth: Chief Prosecutor Lana Skye.
Phoenix: OBJECTION!
Phoenix: B-but wait! A verdict wasn't
reached in yesterday's trial!
Edgeworth: OBJECTION!
Edgeworth: Which is why we examined the
incident at the Police
Department today.
Phoenix: But...!
Edgeworth: There's only one reason the
defendant was not convicted
yesterday:
Edgeworth: there yet remained the mystery
of the simultaneous murder at
the Police Department.
Marshall: It seems to me...
this boy's got the draw on
you, pardner.
Edgeworth: All the mysteries at the
Police Department have been
uncovered. No contradictions
Edgeworth: remain. The murder took place
at the Prosecutor's Office!
The only suspect is Lana Skye.
Edgeworth: There were no errors in the
testimony of the witness,
Angel Starr!
Edgeworth: If you have a response...
make it one word or less.
Phoenix: ...
Phoenix: ARRRGHHHH!!!
Edgeworth: I rest my case.
Judge: It seems this trial has
reached its conclusion.
There's no room for doubt.
Edgeworth: Well done, Mr. Wright.
Thanks to you, I didn't need
to waste my time...
Edgeworth: disproving the alleged
"murder" at the Police
Department.
Phoenix: (There's no doubt what I
proved today is true...)
Phoenix: (The apparent murder on the
security camera's tape really
was fake!)
Phoenix: (But I didn't realize...)
Phoenix: (that would end up proving
Lana guilty!)
Judge: Now then, the time for the
verdict has arrived. This
court finds the defendant...
Ema: HOLD IT!
Ema: Y-your Honor!
Wait!
Phoenix: Ema!
Ema: The defense has an objection.
A scientific objection!
Ema: Right?
Phoenix: What do you mean, "right?"
Judge: Mr. Wright.
Judge: Are you this girl's guardian?
Phoenix: Your Honor!
Oh, uh... in a sense...
Ema: Please, Your Honor. All I'm
asking is for a minute of your
time!
Ema: Please hear me out!
Ema: Mr. Edgeworth, please...
Edgeworth: ...
Edgeworth: I don't want to leave any
loose ends.
Edgeworth: You want a minute?
I'll give you three.
Ema: I... I was kind of in shock.
Ema: I mean, finding out that the SL-9
incident referred to the Joe
Darke Killings!
Phoenix: (Now that she mentions it...)
Phoenix: (the names of both Skye
sisters were in that file.)
Ema: But that's when I figured it
out.
Ema: I mean, what Officer Marshall
was trying to do that day...
Ema: So I knew his fingerprint had
nothing to do with the crime.
Ema: That left only one thing...
the other handprint!
Edgeworth: You mean the traces of blood
found on Detective Gumshoe's
locker...
Judge: But no fingerprints were found
on it, right?
Ema: No, but I figured if I
examined it scientifically...
I'd be sure to find a clue!
Ema: So I ran over there and
looked at it again!
Phoenix: !
So did you find something?
Ema: Um... No!
Phoenix: Huh?
Ema: Sorry. I guess I'm not much of
a scientific investigator
after all.
Phoenix: ...
Ema: ...
Phoenix: Um... Is that all?
Ema: Please don't be mad.
I'm just a high school
student!
Phoenix: (And I'm just an attorney...)
Ema: But Mr. Wright! Those traces
of blood are the only clue we
have!
Ema: If we can't find something
wrong with them...
Ema: Please, Mr. Wright. You're a
professional.
Ema: If anyone can save Lana, it's
you!
Phoenix: Me?
Oh boy...
Judge: Time's up.
Now then, Mr. Wright.
Judge: With regard to the incident at
the Police Department...
Judge: Does any reasonable doubt
remain?
Phoenix: Um...
Edgeworth: It appears the defense is
troubled by the other blood
mark.
Edgeworth: Looking at the floor plans,
a handprint was discovered
around here.
Edgeworth: Is there a problem with this?
Ema: Mr. Wright!
I'm sorry I can't be of more
use...
Ema: But still!
Ema: If you can't find anything
wrong with that blood mark,
Lana will be...
Judge: Please answer my question, Mr.
Wright. We don't have all day.
Phoenix: Y-yes, Your Honor.
(If ever I've needed to
concentrate, it's now!)
Phoenix: (What could be wrong with that
handprint on Detective
Gumshoe's locker?)
Phoenix: (Could there be something I'm
missing...?)
[E5-06-06]
A> I object!
B> There's no problem!
[E5-06-06-B]
Answer: There's no problem!
Phoenix: (I've got to be honest...
I don't see anything wrong
with it!)
Phoenix: (Still...)
Phoenix: (If I give up now, Lana's
going to be convicted for
sure...)
[E5-06-06-A]
Answer: I object!
Phoenix: OBJECTION!
Phoenix: This handprint left at the
crime scene...
Phoenix: clearly shows a contradiction!
Edgeworth: The only thing that seems
clear is you're grasping, Mr.
Wright.
Judge: You've been staring pretty
intently at those floor plans.
Judge: Tell me... is there a problem
with them?
Phoenix: ...
(Yes, this is strange...!)
Phoenix: Take a good look at these
floor plans.
Phoenix: Something is missing.
Edgeworth: "Missing"...?
You mean, something hasn't
been drawn on there?
Phoenix: Yes. Something that, when
drawn,
Phoenix: will completely change the
meaning of the blood mark!
Judge: Let us pray the defense isn't
simply trying to buy time.
Judge: Very well, Mr. Wright!
Phoenix: (With all this evidence
here...)
Phoenix: (there's got to be something
I can use!)
Judge: The question is...
which item can prove something
is missing in the floor plans?
[E5-06-07]
A> Present incorrect evidence
B> Present correct evidence
[E5-06-07-A]
Answer: Present incorrect evidence
Marshall: As they say back west...
"Even a blind man can hit with
buckshot."
Marshall: That is...
so long as he's facin' the
general direction.
Edgeworth: It seems Mr. Wright's not sure
which direction to face.
Phoenix: (It's no use!)
Phoenix: (The more evidence there is,
the more wrong choices!)
Ema: Just calm down, Mr. Wright.
Ema: Try and remember what the
evidence room was like on the
day of the crime!
Phoenix: (What is it that bothers me
about this blood mark..?)
Phoenix: Please allow me another
chance, Your Honor. I'll prove
it this time!
Judge: Let us pray the defense isn't
simply trying to buy time.
Judge: Very well, Mr. Wright!
Phoenix: (With all this evidence
here...)
Phoenix: (there's got to be something
I can use!)
Judge: The question is...
which item can prove something
is missing in the floor plans?
[E5-06-07-B]
Answer: Present correct evidence
Marshall: What about that piece of
plywood?
Phoenix: The Blue Badger!
Mascot of the police force!
Phoenix: Defender of truth, guardian of
proof!
Edgeworth: Explain yourself, Mr. Wright.
Phoenix: Please look at the floor plans
of the crime scene.
The Blue Badger is not here.
Marshall: So?
Phoenix: So watch what happens when we
put him in.
Phoenix: This is where he was dancing
at the time of the crime.
Phoenix: Well...?
Judge: Well... what?
Edgeworth: ! *gasp!*
Phoenix: That's right. So long as the
Blue Badger is dancing here...
Phoenix: it would be impossible...
to place a handprint at this
spot on the locker!
Marshall: Whaaaaat!?
Judge: So that means...
Uh... just exactly what does
that mean!?
Phoenix: It means it can't be done!
Judge: What are you saying?
Blood traces were undeniably
found on that locker!
Phoenix: Don't look at me, I didn't put
it there!
Ema: Mr. Wright! Think it through
scientifically!
Phoenix: Ema!
Ema: On that afternoon...
Ema: Officer Meekins was the one
who brought the Blue Badger to
the evidence room, right?
Ema: After he put it down, it would
be impossible to leave a
handprint on that locker.
Phoenix: ...!
So that must mean this blood
mark...
Phoenix: was left there before the Blue
Badger was brought in...?
Judge: Just one moment! I will not
allow such farfetched
balderdash in my courtroom!
Phoenix: It may sound farfetched, Your
Honor...
Phoenix: but it's the only possible
explanation!
Phoenix: On February 21st...
in the Police Department's
evidence room...
Phoenix: blood was spilled not once,
but twice!
Edgeworth: B-but how...!
Phoenix: One time was captured on this
tape, taken by the security
camera.
Phoenix: Officer Meekins cut his hand,
from which a trivial amount of
blood fell.
Phoenix: The problem is... the "other"
time.
Phoenix: Someone bled prior to the
struggle shown on this tape.
Phoenix: It had to have been...
Phoenix: Detective Goodman, when he was
really murdered!
Edgeworth: OBJECTION!
Edgeworth: That's ridiculous! I refute
you!
Phoenix: OBJECTION!
Phoenix: The murder portrayed in the
security tape has been proven
to be a fake.
Phoenix: However!
Phoenix: That does not explain the
blood mark found on the
locker!
Edgeworth: OBJECTION!
Edgeworth: So then... assuming this
"murder" you purport really
happened.
Edgeworth: When did it take place!?
Edgeworth: I demand you show evidence
that proves it occurred!
Phoenix: (When did the first incident
occur...)
Judge: To surmise, the defense claims
that...
Judge: prior to Officer Meekins being
cut by Jake Marshall, who was
disguised as Detective
Judge: Goodman, another "incident"
took place in that evidence
room.
Phoenix: The blood mark on the locker
proves this.
Judge: Very well.
Then tell us...
Judge: When did this "first" incident
occur?
Proof must be presented.
Phoenix: (Proof that shows when the
murder took place...)
Phoenix: (There's only one piece of
evidence that can show that!)
Judge: Now then. Will the defense
please present its evidence?
Judge: What shows when the "first"
crime took place?
[E5-06-08]
A> Present incorrect evidence
B> Present correct evidence
[E5-06-08-A]
Answer: Present incorrect evidence
Phoenix: This is the proof!
It's quite simple, you see.
Edgeworth: If it's so simple, then don't
get it wrong.
Phoenix: ...
Huh?
Judge: If "huh" was an acceptable
excuse, we wouldn't need
police.
Ema: The first crime took place
before the Blue Badger was
brought to the room, right?
Ema: Say...
When was the Blue Badger
brought there, anyway?
Phoenix: Don't we have a time chart
among our evidence items that
lists the time?
Phoenix: (Proof that shows when the
murder took place...)
Phoenix: (There's only one piece of
evidence that can show that!)
Judge: Now then. Will the defense
please present its evidence?
Judge: What shows when the "first"
crime took place?
[E5-06-08-B]
Answer: Present correct evidence
Phoenix: If the crime took place inside
the evidence room, then the
perpetrator would had to have
Phoenix: entered the room. In order to
do so, an ID card is
required.
Judge: An ID card... Oh!
The ID Card Record!
Phoenix: Officer Meekins brought the
Blue Badger panel into the
evidence room at...
Judge: Let's see here... 4:50 PM.
Judge: If the crime took place before
that time, then it would be...
Judge: 4:40 PM... Ah!
Judge: AAAAAAAHHH!
Judge: M-M-M-M-M-M-M-
Judge:
M-M-M-M-M-M-M-
Miles Edgeworth!
Just what have you done!?
Marshall: I never figured you had nerve,
boy.
Edgeworth: Put off the act, witness.
Edgeworth: It doesn't take a lot of
thought to figure out it
couldn't have been me.
Marshall: Hmm...
Nope, I ain't gettin' it...
Judge: Hmm...
I'm afraid I don't understand
either.
Edgeworth: It's clear from the luminol
test that blood was there.
Edgeworth: However, when the "second"
crime took place...
Edgeworth: both Officer Meekins and
Officer Marshall failed to
notice the blood.
Phoenix: That means...
the blood from the first crime
was wiped away...
Phoenix: by the real murderer.
Edgeworth: I would have had just ten
minutes to murder the victim,
carry his body away,
Edgeworth: and clean up the blood...
Unfortunately that's
physically impossible.
Judge: That would mean...
Judge: the crime must have taken
place before Mr. Edgeworth
entered the evidence room.
Phoenix: Let's look at the chart again.
Phoenix: There's only one other card
number remaining: "7777777"!
Marshall: Talk about a lucky number...
Judge: But wait...
That doesn't make sense!
Judge: How could Officer Goodman have
entered the evidence room?
Phoenix: Since there's no record of his
card being used beforehand...
Phoenix: he must have entered along
with the real murderer.
Phoenix: That's the only plausible
explanation.
Phoenix: He went in with "7777777"!
Judge: Mr. Edgeworth!
Please look into this ASAP!
Judge: Find
out whose ID number is
"sevensevensevensevenseven-
sevensevenseven"!
Edgeworth: That's one "seven" too many,
Your Honor.
Edgeworth: Unfortunately...
I'm unable to look up the
owner of that ID card.
Edgeworth: At least, at present.
Phoenix: What!?
Marshall: Explain yourself, son.
Edgeworth: The ID number "7777777"
belongs to someone with a rank
of Captain or higher...
Edgeworth: Someone who is a so-called
"executive officer."
Edgeworth: We don't have the authority
to inquire into such a
person's identity.
Phoenix: OBJECTION!
Phoenix: But that's ridiculous! Just
how...
Edgeworth: I'm not finished talking,
Mr. Wright.
Edgeworth: There is one situation in
which we can be granted such
authority.
Judge: If an official charge filed
against an executive is
accepted.
Phoenix: An "official charge"...
Marshall: You're all alike, aren't you?
Marshall: With your "cover-ups" and your
"forgeries"...
Marshall: That's how the Prosecutor's
Office operates!
Edgeworth: OBJECTION!
Edgeworth: I take pride in my work,
Officer Marshall.
Edgeworth: I would appreciate it if you
would keep your slander to
yourself.
Marshall: "Slander," is it?
Okay.
Marshall: Let me ask a question.
Edgeworth: Yes?
Marshall: No, not to you. To her, the
defendant sitting over there.
Marshall: Your own little "executive."
Phoenix: (L-Lana?)
Edgeworth: OBJECTION!
Edgeworth: Don't be stupid.
She's been charged with
murder.
Edgeworth: Of course we've looked up her
ID number... and it's not
"7777777."
Marshall: Don't play me for a fool,
pardner.
That's not what I want to ask.
Marshall: All I want to know is one
thing... about that incident.
Judge: The SL-9 Incident?
Marshall: Answer me this, Chief
Prosecutor!
Marshall: In that trial two years ago...
Did you really only use
legitimate evidence!?
Edgeworth: Do you need the witness to
repeat his question, Chief
Prosecutor?
Lana: I heard him fine,
Mr. Edgeworth.
Edgeworth: Two years ago... I was in
charge of the prosecution for
that trial.
Edgeworth: At the time, we...
Lana: Occasionally...
we felt the powerlessness of
the law.
Lana: At least... I did.
Phoenix: ...!
Ema: L-Lana...
Lana: I became a prosecutor in order
to suppress crime with the
law.
Lana: But before I realized it,
we were the ones being
suppressed by the law.
Judge: Defendant!
Just what are you saying!?
Marshall: I'll ask you again, Chief
Prosecutor.
Marshall: During that trial two years
ago...
Marshall: did you really present all the
evidence in court?
Marshall: Can you look me, an
investigator in that crime, in
the eye and say that you did?
Judge: Chief Prosecutor!
You didn't...
Lana: ...
I don't have to, Officer
Marshall.
Edgeworth: !
Why don't you answer him!?
Lana: Drastic crimes require
drastic measures...
Lana: That's just the way it is.
Lana: We did what we had to...
in order for him to get the
verdict he deserved.
Ema: But Lana!
Lana: Even if it involved "forging"
evidence.
Marshall: See? That's what I'm
talking about.
Edgeworth: No...
NNNOOOOOOO!!!
Judge: Order! Order! Order!
ORDERRRRR!!!
Lana's remarks caused such a
stir...
the chaos in the courtroom
could not be quelled.
The conclusion of the trial...
would have to wait until the
following day...