Episode 1: The Lost Turnabout
Phoenix: ...*huff*...*huff*...
Grr!! How did I get into this mess...?
That’s far enough!
You can’t run forever, Mr. Phoenix Wright!
Phoenix: Wha...!?
What have I done wrong!?
I cannot allow you to go on like this!
Phoenix: ...?
B-but I’m just a simple defense attorney!
Silence!
You are no longer worthy of your title!
[whoosh!]
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September 8, 9:08 AM
District Court
Defendant Lobby No. 1
Phoenix: What a nightmare...
And I bet it was this ringtone that caused it...
I really shouldn’t be dozing off right before a trial starts anyway...
Phone: ...*beep*...
Phoenix: Huh... looks like they hung up.
???: Ah, good.
I finally found it.
[whack!]
???: Talk about a close call.
I hate to do this to you, but...
???: It's nothing personal... Mr. Attorney.
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A few minutes later...
District Court
Defendant Lobby No. 1
Phoenix: ...
Ouch... My head... It's throbbing...
And why does it feel... so foggy in there...?
???: Gooood morning!
Phoenix: Ack!
Uh... G-good morning...
???: What's wrong!? You don't look well!
People are at their best first thing in the morning! Where's that fighting spirit!?
Phoenix: ... Sorry, but can you please turn the cheeriness down?
My head... sort of hurts...
???: Roger that!
Phoenix: ...
???: ...
Phoenix: ...
Um... Am I in trouble or something?
???: Huh? "Trouble...?"
Phoenix: W-wait, never mind. You're a policewoman, right?
I thought maybe I had done something wrong...?
???: Wh-what are you talking about?
I'm the one in trouble!
Phoenix: ... What?
Byrde: I'm placing my life in your hands today, Mr. Phoenix Wright!
Phoenix: Life... in... my hands...?
Byrde: You promised me! You said you would prove that I was not guilty!
Phoenix: "N... Not... guilty"?
Byrde: Just when I thought all hope was lost; when all the other lawyers had laughed me off...
"Leave it to me!" you said! You! The one and only Phoenix Wright came to save the day!
And just like that, I was moved to tears, sir!
I'll never forget what you're doing for me, EVER!
Phoenix: (What is this girl babbling about...?)
Byrde: Actually, I really love to watch court proceedings, and I always root for you to win!
When I'm off duty, I like to come here and...
...?
What's wrong? You've been acting really strange and you keep staring at me.
You're making me kind of nervous, sir...
Phoenix: Oh... sorry.
(Hmm... I'm afraid to ask, but here goes...)
So, this might sound bad, but... uh... Who are you?
Byrde: Whaaaaat!?
Mr. Wright!! How can you say that!?
How can you do this to the fragile heart of a girl about to go on trial...?
You're absolutely horrible!
Phoenix: No -- I mean, I didn't mean it like that!
Byrde: Is this how a defense attorney treats his clients, sir!?
I can't believe this!!
Phoenix: No, it's just...
...Well, I think you have the wrong person.
I'm...
Byrde: Yes...!? "I'm..."!?
Phoenix: ...
... I'm... Who am I? (Why am I drawing a blank...?)
Bailiff: The trial will begin shortly.
Will the defendant and her lawyer please proceed to the courtroom immediately!
Byrde: The trial's about to start! I'm counting on you in there, OK?
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Phoenix: (Hmm... I guess I must have amnesia...)
(Let's see... What can I piece together...?)
(Hmm, from our conversation, I can safely say that I'm probably a defense attorney.)
(And that girl... I said I'd prove her "not guilty"...)
(I can't believe I made such an irresponsible promise.)
Phoenix: Aaaaaargh! Someone, please!!
Tell me this is just a bad dream!
Phoenix: (Why do I get the feeling this is one dream I won't be waking up from...? *gulp*)
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September 8, 10:00 AM
District Court
Courtroom No. 2
[gavel-whack!]
Judge: Court is now in session for the trial of Maggey Byrde.
Payne: The prosecution is ready, Your Honor.
Phoenix: ...
Judge: What is it, Mr. Wright?
Phoenix: Um, er... Are you talking to me...?
Judge: Do you see any other defense attorneys here?
Phoenix: (I guess not. Urk.)
Judge: Now then, are you ready?
---> No
Phoenix: Um...
What if I said, "No"? Would that be alright?
Judge: Of course it wouldn't!
Phoenix: (Then why bother asking to begin with??)
---> Yes
Phoenix: (I guess I should say, "Yes" for now.)
Judge: Are you ready, Mr. Wright?
Phoenix: Yes, Your Honor.
(... Wait a sec...)
(If her life is in my hands...)
(I should really do the responsible thing...)
Phoenix: Actually, you see, Your Honor... My memory is kind of...
Judge: The court will not hear the defense's excuses.
Because the defendant is a member of the police, this case is under great scrutiny.
Therefore, we must make this trial fair but swift.
I believe I have told you this before. I hope you're not telling me you've forgotten!
Phoenix: (Actually, I did...)
[gavel-whack!]
Judge: Mr. Payne, your opening statement, please.
Payne: Yes, Your Honor.
As I'm sure you're well aware, the defendant is accused of killing her lover.
What's worse, her lover was a fellow police officer!
Phoenix: A policeman? You did WHAT to a policeman!?
Byrde: It wasn't me!
And besides, Dustin and I...
We weren't "lovers" like that!
Payne: In any case...
The prosecution will prove that the guilty party is none other than the defendant!
Judge: Very well.
Mr. Payne, please call your first witness.
Payne: Hee, hee, hee.
It's been a while, Mr. Wright.
Let's see what you've learned since last time.
I won't show you any mercy this time, rookie!
Phoenix: Okaaay...
(And who are you again!?)
Payne: Please bring Detective Dick Gumshoe to the stand.
Byrde: Here we go! Don't let me down, Mr. Wright!
Phoenix: (Nowhere to hide... I'm sooo dead...)
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Payne: Witness, please state your name and occupation.
Gumshoe: My name is Dick Gumshoe, sir.
I'm the detective in charge of homicides down at the precinct, sir.
Judge: You don't look very well, Detective.
Gumshoe: Well, sir, the defendant... She works under me, so, you know...
Phoenix: You work under that detective?
Byrde: Yes, sir! And while I was a trainee, he was always watching out for me, sir!
He's such a wonderful guy, sir! I'll never forget what he's done for me!
Phoenix: (OK, calm down, I believe you.)
Payne: Detective Gumshoe. Please describe for us the details of this murder.
Gumshoe: Yes, sir.
It happened at the park near headquarters, "Expose Park".
The victim was one of the local cops, Dustin Prince.
He was pushed down from the benches on the upper path, sir.
The landing beat his body up bad and snapped his neck.
Payne: The details are listed in the report that was distributed yesterday...
Judge: Ah, yes. The autopsy report, correct?
Phoenix: (Why do I not remember getting a copy?)
Judge: I see everything is in order here.
Even the estimated time of death is unusually well documented!
Gumshoe: The victim's watch stopped from the impact of the landing, sir.
The results of the autopsy confirmed the time of death.
Payne: If I may, Your Honor,
the prosecution would like to submit this photograph.
Judge: Very well. The court accepts it into evidence.
[Crime Photo 1 added to the Court Record.]
Judge: Now then, I recall at yesterday's preliminary hearing,
a very important piece of evidence was brought to out attention.
Payne: Yes, Your Honor.
Gumshoe: Yes, sir.
Phoenix: Yes... I guess?
Judge: Mr. Wright! Is your head on right today!?
There was a very crucial piece of evidence found under the victim's body!
Phoenix: Um, was there?
Byrde: Have you lost your mind!?
Phoenix: Well, actually...
Um, it's just nerves. Give me a second.
Byrde: Whaaaat!?
How can you talk like such an amateur!? I thought you were a pro, sir!
...
Alright, sir. I'll help you through this!
At a time like this, maybe you ought to take a glance at the Court Record!
Phoenix: ...Court Record?
Byrde: Yup! Info about evidence and people involved with this case are all listed there, sir!
You can look at the Court Record by touching the Court Record Button!
Phoenix: The Court Record Button...? You really know what you're talking about, huh?
Byrde: It's too bad I'm a cop, right? Just think! I could totally be a legal aide instead!
Judge: Mr. Wright.
Phoenix: Yes, Your Honor!
Judge: Court is in session. Save your chit-chat for later!
Phoenix: S-sorry, Your Honor...
Phoenix: (Well, I guess I'd better check the Court Record and see what I can find...)
(What was it again? The Court Record Button...?)
Judge: Alright, Mr. Wright. Let's see if your notes are in order.
Judge: What was the piece of evidence found underneath the victim's body?
---> A wallet
Phoenix: Um... I'm pretty sure it was a wallet...
Payne: OBJECTION!
This is a court of law! You can't just make wild guesses!
Judge: Agreed.
Byrde: They're right, Mr. Wright!
You have to check the Court Record before you answer!
If you don't, your client might end up with a guilty verdict!
Phoenix: ("Your client"? You do realize that's you, right?)
Judge: I will ask you one more time.
---> A police badge
Phoenix: If he's a cop, then I guess maybe a badge or something...
Payne: OBJECTION!
Mr. Wright! Please stick to the facts of this case!
Phoenix: OBJECTION!
He is a policeman, correct?
Payne: I don't think you understand the problem here.
[gavel-whack!]
Judge: I will not have an uninformed lawyer in my court.
Phoenix: Yes, Your Honor. (Guess there's no fooling those two.)
Byrde: Please, for my sake, look at the Court Record, sir!
Phoenix: (Uh, it's the Court Record Button, right?)
Judge: I will ask you one more time.
---> Glasses
Phoenix: That's simple, Your Honor. A broken pair of glasses.
Judge: That's right.
Gumshoe: The victim grabbed the criminal's glasses as he was being shoved, sir,
and held onto them as he fell.
Phoenix: ...
Byrde: Hey! Why are you giving me the evil eye!?
Phoenix: Those glasses you're wearing...
Byrde: Nnnngh...
Yes, this is my spare pair.
But these glasses they found at the scene of the crime are not mine! I swear, sir!
Phoenix: You sure about that?
Byrde: Look, it was a coincidence that on that same day, I accidentally stepped on mine!
Phoenix: (A "coincidence" she says... Urk...)
Payne: Eh hee hee hee hee hee hee! Your Honor.
I have further evidence to present.
Judge: Oh? You have more?
Payne: And this evidence is very decisive.
[gavel-whack!]
Judge: Very well!
Let's hear from out witness about this "evidence".
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WITNESS TESTIMONY
-- Decisive Evidence --
Gumshoe: There's something even more incriminating than the glasses under the victim's body, sir.
During his date, the victim was pushed from the bench area.
But he managed to write the culprit's name on the ground where he landed.
I don't like saying it, but it was clearly the defendant's name, "Maggie", sir.
With this piece of evidence and the glasses, it's hard to say she's not the culprit.
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Payne: This is a picture of the writing, Your Honor.
Judge: Why, this is...! Yes, I can see the name is clearly written here.
Payne: The prosecution would like to submit this picture.
Judge: Understood. The court accepts it into evidence.
[Crime Photo 2 added to the Court Record.]
Phoenix: As if the glasses alone didn't make you look suspicious,
the victim even wrote your name clear as day on the ground!
Byrde: But, but, but, I already told you! Those glasses aren't mine!!
Phoenix: And how do you explain his dying message?
Byrde: ...
It's a conspiracy! I'm not guilty, sir!
[gavel-whack!]
Judge: Mr. Wright, you may cross-examine the witness.
Phoenix: Cross-examine?
Byrde: This is it! I'm counting on you!
Phoenix: Sure... But what am I supposed to do?
Byrde: WHAT!?
This isn't like you at all!
Normally, this is the part where you get in the witnesses' faces!
Phoenix: Get in their faces and do what?
Byrde: I guess there's no way around it!
OK, I'm going to lend you a hand!
The prosecution's witnesses all hide things from the court,
which means they lie from time to time.
Phoenix: Lie?
But... isn't that detective your superior?
Byrde: Well, even if they don't mean to lie, sometimes people just remember things wrong.
Phoenix: Hmm, like that detective. He does sort of look like a scatterbrain...
Byrde: It doesn't matter! Either way, it's bad for us, sir!
That's why when you question witnesses, you have to find and expose their lies!
[gavel-whack!]
Judge: Mr. Wright. Your cross-examination, please.
Phoenix: Y-yes, Your Honor.
Phoenix: (Talk about trial by fire. Here goes nothing.)
(As long as I can "expose the lies", we should be alright.)
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CROSS-EXAMINATION
-- Decisive Evidence --
Gumshoe: There's something even more incriminating than the glasses under the victim's body, sir.
---> PRESS
Phoenix: HOLD IT!
Hmm, about those glasses...
Do you have any proof that those belong to my client?
Gumshoe: The lenses are for near-sightedness, and are almost the same strength as her.
Even the frames look kinda like the ones she's wearing in her ID, pal.
Phoenix: Hmm... (What should I do now?)
---> Leave it be
Phoenix: (We're in real trouble if those glasses really are hers...)
(It's probably better to back out while we can.)
Byrde: Argh... Why don't you believe me..?
---> Continue pressing
Phoenix: Hold it!
"Almost" and "kinda" are not good enough in a case like this!
Gumshoe: Er, um...
Phoenix: Do you have more definitive proof?
Is there something that clearly links the defendant with those glasses!?
Gumshoe: Er, um, uh...
The dirt and sand rubbed out any traces of fingerprints or anything else.
Phoenix: So what you are saying, detective,
is that you have nothing that proves those glasses are my client's.
Gumshoe: Um, something like that...
Payne: Wh-wh-what!?
Judge: I see... Hmm... So there is no proof...
Byrde: Wow, that was amazing!
I could totally feel it, down in my gut!
Gumshoe: During his date, the victim was pushed from the bench area.
---> PRESS
Phoenix: HOLD IT!
Now, you're sure he was pushed and that's how he fell?
Gumshoe: Yeah, pal. If you look at the wounds on the victim's body,
there's no way it was anything else.
Phoenix: Hmm...
Judge: Please continue with your testimony, detective.
Gumshoe: Anyway, the victim fell pretty far...
Gumshoe: But he managed to write the culprit's name on the ground where he landed.
---> PRESS
Phoenix: HOLD IT!
The culprit's name?
Gumshoe: Yeah. I was surprised, too.
I didn't want to believe it, but...
Phoenix: Was the name that of my client?
Gumshoe: I don't like saying it, but it was clearly the defendant's name, "Maggie", sir.
---> PRESS
Phoenix: HOLD IT!
Are you absolutely certain!?
Gumshoe: Sorry, pal, but that's what it said.
This is a picture of it. No matter which way you look, it still says "Maggie".
Phoenix: (Hmm... He's got a point...)
Byrde: Hey, hold on!
Phoenix: Huh?
Byrde: Don't "huh" me! I know the picture says "Maggie", but...
Phoenix: (Now that she mentions it, something does feel kind of off about this picture...)
Byrde: That's how you know you found a contradiction! Now hurry up and present some evidence!
Phoenix: (So THAT'S what spotting a contradiction feels like...)
(I'd better check the Court Record again...)
Gumshoe: With this piece of evidence and the glasses, it's hard to say she's not the culprit.
---> PRESS
Phoenix: HOLD IT!
And you are certain that it was the victim who wrote the name on the ground?
Gumshoe: There were scratches on his fingers from the rough sand,
and there were grains of sand stuck under his pointer finger nail.
Judge: Hmm... It certainly seems that the name was written by the victim himself.
Phoenix: (That didn't go well.)
(If it really was him, then we're in a lot of trouble...)
Byrde: Don't give up! Keep that fighting spirit going!
Phoenix: I'm glad you're all pumped up, but...
Byrde: I really want to see your "special move", sir!
Phoenix: My what??
Byrde: You always look so cool when you present evidence!
Phoenix: Present... evidence?
---> Oh, THAT present evidence!
Phoenix: Actually, I was just thinking about that!
Byrde: Yes! The great Phoenix Wright is back!
Oh, that's right!
Phoenix: Huh?
Byrde: I heard that lately, you can present not only evidence, but people's profiles as well!
It sure makes things a bit more complicated, so be careful, sir!
Phoenix: (People's profiles, huh?)
(Alright, let's give this another try.)
---> Enlighten me
Phoenix: Um, about this "presenting evidence"...
Byrde: OK. When you're listening to testimony, you can compare it with the Court Record.
If you do that, you're sure to find contradictions in the witness's statements!
Phoenix: C-contradictions?
Byrde: Well, there are many reasons why a testimony might contradict the evidence.
The witness might be lying, or maybe they're just mistaken.
Phoenix: Uh huh. And?
Byrde: You still have no idea what I'm talking about??
When you find a contradiction, open the Court Record to the item you need...
Phoenix: And then I present that evidence, right!?
Byrde: You got it!
You can also present people's profiles as evidence!
With so many items, make sure you present the right thing!
Phoenix: Hmm... Sounds complicated, but I'll give it a try. You're pretty good at this.
Byrde: Wow, being praised by a pro! I don't know what to say!
Gumshoe: I don't like saying it, but it was clearly the defendant's name, "Maggie", sir.
---> PRESENT: Maggey Byrde's Profile
Phoenix: OBJECTION!
...
...
...
Judge: Wh-what is it?
Phoenix: ...
Phoenix: (What... What's come over me...?)
(Without thinking, I just blurted out, "Objection!"...)
Phoenix: (And I yelled it at the top of my lungs, finger outstretched, ready to take on my opponent!)
Phoenix: (What a rush!)
Phoenix: Detective Gumshoe!
Gumshoe: Y-you talking to me, pal?
Phoenix: Please state the defendant's name for me!
Payne: OBJECTION!
What are you trying to prove with this futile exercise, Mr. Wright?
Phoenix: You'll see. This is a very crucial line of questioning!
Actually, Mr. Payne, you can answer. The defendant's name, if you please.
Payne: Wh-where is this ridiculous question coming from?
The defendant's, uh, name is, uh... "Maggie Byrde".
Phoenix: I think someone needs to check the Court Record.
Payne: What...? It says right here that it's "Maggey Byrde".
Aaaah!!
Phoenix: It looks like the bird caught the cat napping!
Judge: What's going on here!?
Gumshoe: I have no idea either, sir!
Phoenix: As you can see,
the victim did indeed leave a name, "Maggie".
However, the defendant's name is actually spelled "Maggey"!
Phoenix: &n