The Marcia Hooper Murder Trial (Part 1 of 5)

Episodes: Episode 3x02 [New Kids On The Block]
Client: Scott Little
Case: The client was accused of murdering Judge Marcia Hooper.
CP&S Representation: Jeffrey Coho, Denise Bauer, Claire Simms
Opposing Counsel: A.D.A. Jonathan Winant
Presiding: Judge Harvey Cooper
Witnesses: Judge Brian Hooper, Dr. Zachary Simon, Lincoln Meyer, Barbara Little, Michael Schiller, Detective Frank Richmond
Notes: Events in this episode:

• Scott Little entered the offices of Crane, Poole & Schmidt requesting counsel. Jeffrey Coho volunteered to handle the case.
• Jeffrey and Claire Simms performed the first interview with the client, after which Claire withdrew from the case, believing he was guilty. Shirley Schmidt then assigned Denise Bauer to help Jeffrey.
• Scott was afraid that he'd be implicated in the murder of Judge Marcia Hooper. The two had been having an affair, and he had been with her earlier on the night she was killed.
• Scott and Jeffrey voluntarily approached the police and were interviewed by Detective Richmond, who treated Scott as if he were a suspect.
• Jeffrey learned that the victim had gotten a restraining order against Lincoln Meyer, her neighbor, six months earlier. Denise and Jeffrey went to see Lincoln at his home, but their visit was cut short when they learned that Scott had been arrested
• At the arraignment, bail was set at one million dollars. Jeffrey learned from A.D.A Winant that the piece of evidence which clinched the arrest was a video which showed Scott telling his therapist, Dr. Simon, that he'd had dreams of killing Marcia Hooper.

Other case notes from the trial:
Part 1: Episode 3x02
Part 2: Episode 3x03
Part 3: Episode 3x04
Part 4: Episode 3x05
Part 5: Episode 3x06