Meekins: His face can't be clearly seen in the video, but there's no question that the other person was Detective Goodman, sir! I mean, he opened the locker, which required Detective Goodman's fingerprint to do! The locker he opened is unquestionably Detective Goodman's locker, sir! 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. These locks ensure that each locker can only be opened by the detective it belongs to.
Judge: Intriguing… That would mean… the victim at the crime scene would have been Detective Goodman. Very well! The defense may begin its cross-examination!
Phoenix (Thinking): I don't know where this cross-examination will lead, but everything begins with contradictions. That's where I have to start!
Phoenix: Offcier Meekins, were able to get a good look at the man's face? The one that attacked you with a knife?
Meekins: S-sir! If you must label people as having "seen" or "not seen" the man's face… I believe I would be classified as… the latter?
Phoenix: The latter? But you were standing right in front of him, were you not?
Judy: Once more, you should have seen his face if you fought him.
Meekins: Oh, yes ma'am! But… I didn't get a clear look at his face, sir. I'm not the kind of guy who looks directly at people when talking to them, you see…
Phoenix (Thinking): Yeah, that's a good trait for a police officer!
Meekins: But still, he opened his locker that requires his fingerprints, so I'm pretty sure it was him, sir!
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! They only respond to registered fingerprints, sir!
Phoenix (Thinking): 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, then he must be the person the locker was assigned to.
Meekins: Exactly my point, sir!
Phoenix (Thinking): This really seems impossible to someone else to open the locker, but I can't give up, I've got to keep trying!
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! I mean, it was his hand that opened the fingerprint lock… and it was his hand that tried to thrust the knife into my body, sir! My unsettled state can testify enough to this, sir!
Judge: Yes, you have a point. The footage doesn't lie.
Edgeworth: That is… unless the defense can find a problem with it?
Judy: Wright! This is our only chance! Is there something wrong with the footage?
Phoenix: Regarding the video contained on this tape, there is one thing in particular that seems rather strange.
Judge: Strange?
Phoenix: This contradiction leads to the possibility that… the man may not be Detective Goodman.
Judge: What? This video contains such a contradiction?
Edgeworth: Objection! Interesting… Your Honor, I have a proposal.
Judge: Yes, Mr. Edgeworth?
Edgeworth: I propose we have the defense… point out to us this alleged "contradiction" in the video.
Phoenix (Thinking): He would want me to point it out…
Judge: Very well, proposal accepted. Let us further inspect this piece of evidence. Here you are Mr. Wright. This is the remote that controls the big screens. You may rewind, fast forward, or pause the video at anytime you choose. Just make sure you point out the thing in this video that you believe may not be Detective Goodman.
Phoenix: Yes, Your Honor.
Judge: I will now play the security tape.
Meekins: Please don't play it too many times. I-I can't stand watching this video!
Phoenix (Thinking): How did this guy ever become a police officer?
Judge: Now, Mr. Wright, enlighten us. Where is the contradiction that indicates the man may not be Detective Goodman?
Phoenix: Your Honor, members of the court. If I can have your attention to the video, this is where the contradiction lies! Officer Meekins.
Meekins: Sir! D-do you mean me, sir?
Phoenix: As I understand it, the lock apparatus works like this: When you grab the handle, a sensor reads your fingerprints. If the print matches the 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! When the victim reaches for the handle to open the locker… Let's rewind to a little earlier… Here! Notice the light?
Judge: What's this!? It's… already lit!
Phoenix: Precisely my point, Your Honor. The locker was already open before the victim grabbed the handle!
Meekins: AAAAAAAAAAHH!
Judge: Order! Order! What's the meaning of this!?
Phoenix: It's very simple, Your Honor. The locker wasn't lock on the day of the crime!
Edgeworth: Objection! But the locker locks are controlled by an electronic system. When a door is shut, a sensor is triggered… and the locker is automatically locked!
Judge: Oh, I know! It must have broken down! 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. 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? … Yes, well. You see… This isn't exactly my field. What do you two think?
Ema: Uh… What if something jammed the electronic system?
Phoenix: Jammed…?
Judy: There must be something else in the video that can prove that something was jammed. Your Honor, the defense would like to examine the video again!
Judge: Very well. I'll play the video tape again, please point to us the reason why the locker wasn't locked.
Judy: Please watch closely. This is the continuation of the part Mr. Wright showed us earlier. See this little thing that fell from the locker?
Judge: What's this? You're right! Something white fell out of the locker!
Meekins: But ma'am! It's been my experience that things fall out when doors are opened! I often fall out and roll great distances when I open my car door, ma'am!
Judy: But we don't know if that thing was in the locker in the first place!
Judge: What do you mean?
Judy: We've just learn that when a locker door is shut a sensor triggers the lock. But what if something was inserted, say, between the sensor and the door?
Judge: In… Inserted…?
Judy: Yes, I have a feeling that this white thing wasn't in the locker in the first place. This was the one that was stuck between the door and the sensor!
Meekins: Oh, I understand now, ma'am! It's just like my tie! Two out of three times it gets stuck in the door when I get out of my patrol vehicle, ma'am! Instead of the 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… 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.
Meeinks: But s-sir! By "insulator," you don't mean…
Phoenix (Thinking): I think we've finally got this figured out.
Judge: Very well! Will the defense please present the relevant evidence! What was this insulator that was stuck in the locker door?
Phoenix: Here, we 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, but that isn't the case! The lit lamp attests to this. On the day of the crime, even I or Judy could have opened that locker! Is this not so, Officer Meekins!?
Meekins: Sir… It would appear so, sir!
Judge: Order! Order! Order! So are we to believe then, that the "victim" whom this witness stabbed in the evidence room… was not Detective Goodman?
Edgeworth: Objection! Do not be misled, Your Honor.
Judge: What do you mean, Mr. Edgeworth?
Edgeworth: The defense has merely demonstrated that possibility, and nothing more. The "victim in the video was indeed Bruce Goodman.
Judy: H-how do you know!?
Edgeworth: Simple. Officer Meekins, would you provide one more testimony to prove that the victim was Bruce Goodman?
Phoenix: What!?
Meekins: Sir! M-me, sir!? I'm not sure what you're referring to, sir…
Edgeworth: …
Meekins: O-oh! You mean that, sir! Of course, sir!
Phoenix (Thinking): Is this a joke…?
Judge: Very well, begin your testimony!