Mickey's tunnel vision opening statement
Mickey needles the long-winded opening, counts how often Golantz said gun, and frames the whole defense as police tunnel vision.
Judge James P. Stanton's Best Moments
Every The Lincoln Lawyer moment featuring Judge James P. Stanton, in story order.
14 moments · 34 min · by Favseen
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Mickey's cross: handcuffed, locked in, but not under arrest
Mickey walks the rookie deputy through the drawn gun, the cuffs and the locked car until his claim that Trevor wasn't arrested sounds absurd.
- 03
Is there a correct way to grieve? Mickey's closing jabs
Mickey challenges the deputy's read on Trevor's emotions and ends by pointing out he was still on probation that day.
- 04
Mickey's two brief questions at 4:27
Mickey squeezes in a late cross and gets Kinder to admit he never questioned Anton Shavar or anyone else close to Jan Rilz.
- 05
Judge Stanton exposes the fake juror
In chambers, the judge reveals an anonymous tip that juror seven is an impostor and threatens a mistrial, which Mickey argues against.
- 06
Sonia Patel testifies Trevor isolated Lara
After a sidebar fight over a surprise witness, Lara's old friend says Trevor cut her off from everyone, and that Lara called to meet days before she died.
- 07
Mickey's cross turns Sonia's grudge against her
Mickey reveals Sonia emailed Trevor over 20 times looking for career help and suggests she testified out of resentment.
- 08
Mickey's anonymous exhibit blows up in his face
Mickey attacks Loomis with a discredited old report, but the tech reveals a supervisor checks his work and the judge rules against Mickey.
- 09
The videographer and the Topanga shooting footage
Mickey has the crime-scene videographer recall a sniper shooting at deputies the night before, leaving Golantz and Trevor baffled.
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Mickey stalls, then calls the Sheriff's mechanic
Mickey buys time until his surprise witness arrives, then shows the shot-up patrol car was repaired but never cleaned.
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The magic bullet: patrol car 112
Dr. Arslanian agrees with the GSR finding, then the footage shows Trevor rode in the same uncleaned car as the sniper, explaining the residue.
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Give the jury a villain: Kinder recalled
Mickey explains why doubt isn't always enough, then shows the detective never questioned Shavar and wins a sidebar to call him.
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Mickey asks Anton Shavar if he was Mossad
Mickey grills the security chief about his intelligence past and his wife's affair with Jan Rilz until Shavar snaps.
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Shavar's 'careful man' claim meets Cisco's video
Shavar insists he isn't violent, so Mickey plays footage of him threatening Cisco, and Golantz asks Shavar directly if he killed Rilz.