Part 3

First Situation:In the Cafe.

Elle is lining up to buy a drinks.When it comes her turn,Then Enrique excidentally got his
drinks first in the same line.
Enrique:Don't stomp your little last-season Prada shoes at me, honey.They're not last season.
2
nd
Situation :In the Law Room
Elle is running back to their friends
Elle:He's gay. Enrique is gay.
Tom:What?
Elle:Warner, what kind of shoes are these?
Warner: (clears throat) Black ones.
Elle: See?
Warner: What are you talking about?
Elle: He's gay. He isn't Brooke's lover. He's making it up.
Warner: Wait. Back up.
Tom: How do you know that he's gay?
Elle:Gay men know designers. Straight men don't.You know what?He did leave a Cher tape
in the pool house one time.
Proffesor Ariff:While I appreciateyour masterful legal theory,
Elle:I have a murder trial to attend to.
Proffesor Ariff: Emmett. OK.
Elle: I'll take care of it. Thanks.
Proffesor Ariff: OK.
Situation 3:In the Court
Proffesor Ariff: Enrique, do you have any proofthat you and Mrs. Windham
were having an affair?
Enrique:Only the love in my heart.
Proffesro Ariff:Well, if that's all the proof that he
has, Your Honor, I think I'm done here.

Judge: You may step down.
Tom:I'd like to ask a couple of questions.Just give me a couple of minutes.Did you ever take
Mrs. Windham on a date?

Enrique: Yes.
Tom:Where?
Enrique:A restaurant in Concord,where no one could recognize us.
Tom:How long have you been sleeping with Mrs. Windham?
Enrique: Three months.
Tom:And your boyfriend's name is?
Enrique: Chuck.
Tom:Right.
(all gasping)

Judge:Silence! Silence!

Enrique: Pardon... Pardon me.
Judge:Enrique?
Enrique:I was confused.I thought you said "friend,"Chuck is just a friend.
Judge: Oh, OK.
Chuck:You bitch!
(all exclaiming)
(gavel rapping)

Enrique:Chuck, wait!
Judge:Silence in my court.Sit down, Enrique .Silence in my courtroom!
Second Round In Court
Evidence:Do you swear to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God?
Jane: I do.
Judge:Ms. Woods, you may begin your questioning.

Elle:First of all, I would like to point out that, not only is there no proof in this case, but
there's a complete lack of mens rea(wrongful act including knowledge the act is illegal often
issues in murder trials), which, by definition, tells us that there can be no crime without a...
vicious will(brutal and cruel will) I am aware of the meaning of mens rea.

Judge: What I'm unaware of is why you're giving me a vocabulary lesson when you should
be
questioning your witness.
Elle: Yes, Your Honor.
Elle:Mrs.Windham...When you arrived back at the house......was your father there?
Jane:Not that I saw. But like I said,I went straight upstairs to take a shower.
Elle:And... when you came downstairs,what happened?
Jane:I saw Brooke standing over his body......drenched in his blood(covered)
Elle : But Mrs. Windham didn't have a gun?
Jane:No, she'd stashed it by then.(lay away)
Elle:Move to strike that from the record, Your Honor. It's speculation. So stricken(put out of
action)
Judge:Go ahead.
Elle:Ms. Windham, did you hear a shot fired?
Jane:No. I was in the shower.
Elle:OK.So... sometime in the 20 minutesthat you were in the shower......your father was
shot?
Jane:I guess.
Elle:Your father was shot while you were in the shower......but you didn't
hear the shot because......because you were in the shower?
Jane:Yes. I was washing my hair.

(barks)

Elle: Ms. Windham,what had you done earlier that day?
Jane:I got up, got a latte,went to the gym,got a perm and came home.
Elle:Where you got in the shower?
Judge:I believe the witness has made itclear that she was "in the shower."
(all chuckling)
Elle:Yes, Your Honor.Ms. Windham,had you ever gotten a perm before?
Jane: Yes.
Elle:How many, would you say?
Jane:Two a year since I was 12.
Elle:You do the math.
Jane:You know, a girl in my sorority(girl society for undergraduated),Anna , got a perm
once.We all tried to talk her out of it.Curls weren't a good look for her.
Elle:She didn't have your bone structure.
Jane:Aww.
Elle:But thankfully, that same day,she entered the Zara T-shirt contest, where she was
completely hosed down from head to toe.
Evidence 1:Objection! Why is this relevant?
Elle: I have a point. I promise.
Judge:Then make it.
Elle:Yes, ma'am.Jane, why were Annas curls ruined when she got hosed down?
Jane: Because they got wet.
Elle:Exactly.Because isn't it the first cardinal (key or fundamental)rule of perm maintenance
that you're forbidden(impermissible and exclude from mention) to wet your hair for at least
24 hours after getting a perm at the risk of deactivating the ammonium thioglycolate?
Jane:Yes...
Elle:And wouldn't somebody who's had,say 30 perms before in their life be well aware of
this rule?And if you weren't washing your hair, as I suspect you weren't,because your curls
are still intact,wouldn't you have heard the gunshot?And if, in fact, you had heard the
gunshot, Brooke Windham wouldn't have had time to hide the gun before you got
downstairs,which would mean that you would've had to have found Mrs. Windham with a
gun in her hand to make your story plausible. Isn't that right?
Jane:She's my age, did she tell you that?How would you feel if your father married someone
your age?
Elle;You, however, had time to hide the gun,didn't you, Jane? After you shot your father.
Jane: I didn't mean to shoot him!
I thought it was you (Ms.Windham) walking through the door!
(crowd exclaiming)
Judge:Order! Order! Order. Oh, my God.
Tom,Warner:Oh, my God.Oh, my God.
Judge:Jane, take the witness into custody,where she will be chargedfor the murder of
Heyworth Windham.In the matter of The State v. Brooke Windham,this case is
dismissed.Mrs. Windham, you are free to go.
Elle:Yes!
Everyone cheering up!