An insanity trial. A mentally ill man attacks an actress and nearly kills her because he is "in love" with her and he hears a voice in his head telling him that if he can't get her he must kill her. The girl is very afraid and pleads with Stone to get the man convicted for maximum sentence because he had accosted her several times in the past and would do so in the future if left walking in the world. Stone struggles with making a case because juries are hard to convince of a crime on part of mentally ill. Towards the end in the trial Stone asks the man: if you get an apportunity would you still like to talk to her? Pursue her?.. etc., and he said: yes, nothing is changed. That's what was needed. The jury convicts him for attempted murder after Stone's speech to them.
Good points: The way Stone first asks the above mentioned questions to the defendant followed by a speech to the jury that wins him the conviction for the defendant. After the trial on their way out, however, Stone expresses his unhappiness to Robinette, saying: the man should be in hospital, we put him in jail.
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