The Practice: Trial And Error
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9.7
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Trial And Error
- 3.
- Season: 1
- Episode: 3
- First Aired: 3/18/1997
- Prod Code: PR02
Bobby pays attention to The Commonwealth V Ronald Martin, as he plans to represent Gerald Braun in a wrongful death suit against Martin. "Free Willy" returns, after being arrested in a peculiar position with a hooker. Defense Lawyers in the Emerson Ray case make a motion to have the case dismissed. Bobby fears that the judge is biased, and uses a controversial card to have the judge removed. Jimmy is fired for approving a construction loan under false pretenses. Bobby decides to hire Jimmy. Add a recap »
- Writers:
- David E. Kelley
- Director:
- Rick Rosenthal
- Stars:
- Dylan McDermott (Bobby Donnell (seasons 1-7, recurring afterwards))
- Lisa Gay Hamilton (Rebecca Washington (seasons 1-7))
- Steve Harris (Eugene Young)
- Camryn Manheim (Ellenor Frutt)
- Kelli Williams (Lindsay Dole (seasons 1-7))
- Recurring Role:
- Roderick Bascom (The Guard)
- Mary Joan Negro (Roberta Braun)
- Gibby Brand (Judge William McGough)
- Edward Herrmann (Anderson Pearson)
- Arye Gross (Rabbi Daniel Warner)
- Guest Star:
- Greg Wrangler (Ronald Martin)
- Craig Wasson (Father O'Brien)
- Michael Byrne (The Court Officer)
- Jerry Sroka (Attorney Bob Walsh)
- Anne De Salvo (Sylvie Adelstein)
- Jane Kaczmarek (Pamela Bourge)
- Ed Rosen (The Jury Foreperson)
- Katherine La Nasa (Sheila Roe)
- Robert Peters (Officer Cooper)
- Max Alexander (Benjamin Holsten)
- Gary Friedkin (Michael Hart)
- Michael Harney (A.D.A. Walt Frazier)
- Jack Laufer (Dr. Gerald Braun)
- Mickey Cottrell (Doctor Michael Helms)
- John C. McGinley (Leonard Goode)
- Brad Blaisdell (The Clerk)
- Hynden Walch (Sarah Fisher)
- Paul Kent (Judge Skully)
- Robin Gammell (Judge Small)
- James Greene (Emerson Ray)
- Willie Garson (D.A. Frank Shea)
- Natalija Nogulich (Judge Stevens)
- Michael Badalucco (Jimmy Berluti)
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- Pearson: What was all that, Lindsay?
Lindsay: The beginning, professor.
Pearson: Do you know what you're in for?
Lindsay: I think so. Do you? edit » - Bobby: Still, if we can get that judge off this case.
Linday: What are you thinking?
Bobby: I'm thinking, that if that judge slept with a woman in Pearson's firm, that is a card. And it's not beneath me to play it. edit » - Rebecca: Bobby, you want to keep this place in operation, that's fine. But you better think real hard about exactly what it is you're trying to keep going. edit »
- When addressing the Jury in his final submission, Attorney Leonard Goode refers to Ronald Martin not appreciating the "nature and qulaity of his act". This phrase was orginally coined in the English case of R .v. Daniel McNaughton (1843) in which the defence of Insanity was first established. Since this time the defence, known as the the M'Naghton Rules, has remained unchanged in the UK and has since been adopted by other states including America. To plead insanity the Defendant must suffer from a defect of reason caused by a disease of the mind which means he does not appreciate the nature and quality of his act. edit »
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