Motion To Dismiss by Jonnie Jacobs
By Jonnie Jacobs
Scrupulous San Francisco safeguard legal professional Kali O'Brien is familiar with how you can play the percentages in a procedure the place truth may be shaded. regardless of apassion for justice that does not permit for compromise, her most recent case is casting doubt at the one precept she adored such a lot: absolutely the useless sure bet that her shopper is telling the reality. Grady Barrett, a filthy rich desktop multi-millionaire married to Kali's ally, has been arraigned within the rape of Deirdre Nicholas. no matter if the intercourse used to be consensual, that does not acquit him, in Kali's eyes, of an indiscretion that has shattered his marriage, and additional eroded his doubtful popularity as a guy of precept. in particular within the shadow of Deirdre's brilliant, emotional, and punctiliously convincing deposition--damning testimony that Barrett keeps is a shrewdpermanent and manipulative net of lies spun to capture him. regardless of his pleas of innocence, Kali's instincts inform her that Barrett will be as responsible as sin. Then Deirdre plunges to her dying from a second-story balcony. a sad twist of fate? Or cold-blooded homicide? Now, guaranteed to a consumer she is afraid to belief, Kali reveals herself straddling the razor-sharp line among crime and punishment. it's not lengthy earlier than she unearths her personal existence in jeopardy as a veil of lies is lifted, and the pasts of all people from sufferer to victimizer, from illicit lover to faithless good friend, spread with their very own provocative surprises.
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I was dumbfounded. " "It's date rape," Marc offered. "Not, you know, the real thing. " "Date rape? " I felt anger rise up in my chest. Marc spread his hands, shrugged. "Besides," I said testily, "date rape is the real thing. " "You know what I mean. " Marc shook his head. "I don't know. We didn't get much chance to talk. He's coming by the office about four. " "No. " "Or a felony conviction," I added. " "Not yet. " I bet he would, I thought. "I'm glad this trial is over, Kali. Grady's going to need help.
You'd done all the work. " The flickering television screen caught Nina's attention. She reached for the remote and turned up the volume. " "Maybe you shouldn't -- " She glared in my direction. " The arrest of Grady Barrett was, in fact, the evening's lead story. His picture -- the same one I'd seen splashed across the business section on several occasions -- flashed on the screen while the newscaster reeled off a summary of the arrest. The screen cut away to footage of a woman. She was small-boned but amply rounded in the manner of an eighteenth-century beauty.
Carson. " "No, Your Honor, we believe we've shown that the defendant company is in breach of -- " The judge cut him off. "This is not the time for closing arguments, Counselor. We'll take a thirty-minute recess. Save your remarks until court resumes. " When the jury had filed out, I found a pay phone and called Nina. "Hi, it's Kali. " Given the sleepy sound of her voice, I wasn't so sure. "I thought you'd want to know that we've just finished with the final witness. Closing arguments begin after the break.