The usual disclaimer applies: All characters are property of Dick Wolf and NBC Universal. Perry Mason is the property of...well, frankly, I have no idea. The point being that none of the characters are mine, and I'm not making any money.
The case had barely started, and Ben was already fed up with defense counsel.
He didn't care that the man was renowned, or that he'd been flown in from Los Angeles. The last time an attorney had arrived from another state – that damned rodeo clown from Texas, egged on by Shambala Green – it had been a total disaster.
And this case was shaping up to be the same. The defense had hired an onslaught of investigators and experts, all in the name of proving that someone else had committed the crime.
Ben could barely disguise his annoyance.
"Mr. Mason, sir, the police have already done their job," he said.
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