WITNESS TESTIMONY

~My camera spies~

Well, I was covering the parade, when I saw two girls go into an alley.

"HOLD IT! Were the two girls Trucy and Sandra?" Apollo asked.

"Looking at the pictures of the two, yes." Lotta confirmed. The crowd burst into chatter.

"ORDER! Order in the court!" The judge yelled.

"Anyways.." Lotta continued.

I followed them, and managed to take a photo.

After all, they seemed to be up to no good.

When I took it, I realized that there was an odd glimmer.

"HOLD IT! Is the glimmer visible in this photo?" Apollo asked.

"No, but don' you worry!" Lotta smiled. "I'm getting it enlarged soon!"

When I looked up, I saw one of the girl lying down and the other holding a knife.

"HOLD IT! What exactly did you look up from?" Apollo asked.

"Really, Apollo?" Mia sighed.

"What did I do?" He asked.

"I looked up from my camera.." Lotta frowned.

"Oh. Well, I, um, just wanted to clarify that for the court?" Apollo played with his fringe awkwardly.

(What should I say to save face!?)

"This probably should have been asked when it was brought up earlier, but when is that photo going to be done?" Apollo changed the subject.

"Um, sometime soon? I'm not-" Lotta started to say.

"HOLD IT! The picture's done, pals!" Gumshoe ran in all of a sudden.

"Detective! Show us that photo!" The judge demanded.

*Photo updated in the Court Record*

You could clearly see Trucy fighting Sandy with a knife. They were both holding it, Sandy with her hands on the blade, Trucy with it on the grip.

(This condemns us...)

"Wait, let me take a look at that!" Mia grabbed the photo. "Apollo, this is the contradiction you need!"

"Huh? What are you talking about?" Apollo looked. "W-wait, I see what you mean!"

"Mr. Justice, please show what the contradiction is." The judge asked.

"TAKE THAT!" Apollo yelled as he pointed to the knife. "Your Honor, this contradicts the autopsy report, as if there was pressure put on the blade, there would be cuts on the victim's hands."

"!" Yumihiko looked surprised, as his adoge stood up straight.

"Which can only mean one thing." Apollo slammed the desk, and then pointed. "This shows not the victim being killed, but the defendant being knocked out by the victim!"

"Agh!" Yumihiko hit himself with his baton on accident.

"Do you have any proof of this, Mr. Justice?" The judge asked, surprised.

"Of course. Here it is." He took out that piece of evidence.

"TAKE THAT! As you can see in Trucy's medical report, she was hit on the head. Taking a look at the knife, if it went straight, it would have hit exactly where the bruise is!" Apollo hit the desk once more. "This contradiction can only mean one thing. There was someone else at the crime scene!" Apollo pointed. The court burst into chatter.

*Photo updated in the Court Record*

"OBJECTION! In that case, who exactly was there?" Yumihiko asked.

"I don't have a specific person. But Trucy told me about something going on in her life that we didn't know about." (And that was...)

"She was bullied. That was actually part of the reason she turned to drugs." Apollo explained.

"! I was never told about this?" Yumihiko winced.

"Trucy said you never got around to asking." Apollo indirectly pointed out how he had left the interrogation early. Yumihiko hit himself with the baton as he muttered something unintelligible under his breath.

"Anyways, one of the bullies could easily be the killer!" Apollo stated.

"Why, that's correct!" The judge realized.

"We need an extra day to find this bully." Apollo asked.

"Of course. Court is adjurned for today!" The judge banged his gavel.

To be continued...

COURT RECORD

Evidence

Attorney's Badge- The proof of my profession.

Trucy's medical report- "The patient has a bruise on her head. We also found a large amount of cocaine in her blood."

Magatama- A jewel shaped like a nine. Maya is letting me use her's.

Sandy's autopsy- "The victim died due to a stab wound to the head sometime between 8:00 and 9:00 PM on July 4th. There was also nicotine residue in her lungs, and we found a large trace of cocaine in the bloodstream."

Bloodstain- found near the victim's stomach, even though she was stabbed in the head.

Knife- The murder weapon. Has the victim's blood on the tip.

Bottle- Has traces of cocaine. Has Trucy and Sandy's fingerprints on it. However, Trucy wears gloves. Hmm...

Trucy's Testimony- "Sandy gave me the drugs, which I took. She then demanded I pay her for them, and I couldn't."

Photo- Shows Sandy hitting Trucy with the end of the knife. Was mistaken to be Trucy stabbing Sandy.

Profiles

Maya Fey (29)- Mr. Wright's girlfriend of 5 years. The Master of the Kurain Channeling Technique.

Athena Cykes (19)- My former coworker, she can hear other people's emotions. She is currently working on Aura Blackquill's case.

Phoenix Wright (35)- My former boss. He took Trucy out to a 4th of July parade, and has now disowned her.

Trucy Wright (16)- Mr. Wright's former daughter, I found out last month that we were half-siblings. She keeps sneaking out to do drugs. The defendant in this case.

Sandra Butz (17)- The victim. Trucy's friend, and the one who got her into drugs.

Larry Butz (34)- The victim's father. A witness. Seems like trouble.

Lotta Hart (32)- A photographer.

Slyvester Fox (17)- A student at Trucy's school. Seems like a nice person.

Yumihiko Ichiyanagi (25)- The prosecutor in charge of this case. Is very sympathetic towards Trucy for her troubles with her father.