Psst, Grissom. [whispering] We got a development. I went over those swatches that Sara gave me from the bed sheet.
Are you whispering?
I don't want that Gerard guy to hear me.
Well, he's not here, so stop it.
“The Accused Is Entitled” · Season 3, Episode 2
In this episode: Gil Grissom (14), Nick Stokes (10), Catherine Willows (7), Dr. Phillip Gerard (4), Sara Sidle (3), Greg Sanders (3), Warrick Brown (3), Jim Brass (2)
(Looking at his beeper before going to the lab across the hall) You beeped me from across the hall
Uh yeah, I waved, you didn't look up.
MWMarjorie Westcott
[on television] Aside from the fact that the other woman in this case also known as Tonya is still at large and is still a likely suspect in this murder the evidence Las Vegas CSI did collect the evidence they're using to railroad my client, Tom Haviland, has been completely and irretrievably compromised. I'm holding in my hand compromised, contaminated evidence, ladies and gentlemen. CSI should be ashamed; and you, as citizens, should be outraged. This is not how we do things in America.
Warrick [to Grissom]: You don't recognize that guy, do you? It's Tom Haviland, movie star.
Clark Gable was a movie star.
THTom Haviland
I get one phone call, right?
Sure. Just like in the movies.
D.A. just got the call. Tom's manager hired Marjorie Westcott to defend him.
"Soundbite" Westcott?
Guilty, rich client, high-profile case it's right up her alley. Publicity for her new cable show.
Forget about who's involved. We do this like we do any other case.
COCasino Owner
Can the casino do anything to hurry this up, Mr. Stokes?
I'm processing as fast as I can, sir. It would help if I had the dice used at this table.
COCasino Owner
We replace the dice every hour.
I've got my work cut out for me then, don't I?
Tom Haviland's attorneys are not waiving time.
Are you serious?
They're actually exercising their right to a speedy trial?
No requests for continuances, no stall tactics. They're pushing for their day in court.
Good defense attorney always does the last thing you expect.
Yeah. What typically drags on for months has now been put on the fast track and the prelim is less than 72 hours.
I'm only done processing half the evidence.
You're going to have to call in help, because if the judge thinks that our evidence isn't strong enough to go to trial, he's going to dismiss the charges on Tom.
Can't the D.A. drop the charges and we'll refile when we get our evidence together?
Sure, but the odds are that Tom will relocate to Europe and pull a Polanski.
And what's a Polanski?
Get-out-of-jail-free card. One more thing: Westcott just added a forensic scientist to their roster. She wants him to examine every piece of evidence we have against Haviland.
As soon as it's processed they'll get a copy of our report.
They're entitled to see it as it's processed.
I've never done a case where the defendant took advantage of that rule of discovery.
Well, when you can't attack the evidence itself, you attack the method of gathering the evidence.
So who's their guy?
Dr. Phillip Gerard.
Phillip Gerard? Your mentor is their forensic scientist?
Yeah. Marjorie Westcott's a smart lawyer.
Marjorie's requesting copies of CSI's proficiency test records, by midnight.
So relax. If any of us had failed the yearly proficiency test, we wouldn't be here.
You completely forget, don't you? My test is on appeal.
Oh, right.
Board said I was wrong on one question. I said the question was ambiguous. They're going to rule my way, but not before the prelim. [sighs] Just trying to rattle me.
Is it working?
Maybe I should just take a page out of your book. If I don't collect or analyze anything, I don't have to testify. Of course, it helps to be boss. Very politic. Ecklie must be rubbing off on you.
Yeah, that's it. Ecklie.
I just got served. Movie star's lawyer wants the shirt that I wore to the crime scene.
So give it to him.
I had to throw it out.
Why?
It was covered in the blood from the accident victim.
Well, you have to find it; otherwise, it'll look like you've got something to hide.
Oh, CSI's on trial now?
CSI's always on trial, Warrick; you know this. Burden of proof is on us.
[as he and Dr. Gerard are reviewing video surveillance] Looks like Raymond was disposing of the bodies for your client. You think he ran out of time before he could move Kim's out?
Or Ray was disposing of them for himself. You've just supplied Tom Haviland with reasonable doubt.
No. What I showed you on video is Ray in the casino during the time the murders were committed.
His zeal is clouding his judgment. It's not what did happen; it's what the jury will believe could have happened.
[to Dr. Gerard] What happened to you? You were a pioneer in forensic science. How many bad guys did you put away in Hennepin County?
My share. How many innocent men have been locked away since then because of sloppy investigating shortcut forensics?
You look for mistakes in any lab, you'll find them.
I shouldn't be able to, Gil.
Humans are fallible.
Not this fallible: compromised blood, sweetheart deals...
No, no, no, no. You're subverting good evidence. These are good people.
The accused is entitled to the best defense possible.
The accused is entitled, yeah. He's a movie star, that's why he's entitled. He's killed two women. You know it. But you're willing to decimate these CSIs so that you can spoon-feed a jury into letting him walk.
A jury believes me because of my reputation just like they do you.
The difference is, Philip, I get the same paycheck regardless of what I testify to.
I'm saying this as a friend. For the reputation of CSI, tell the D.A. to drop this, re-file down the road.
What about the victims' families? Who's their friend? [Dr. Gerard doesn't answer] My guys will see you in court.
There was another guy in that room. That's, that's great. The defense has us moving so fast we can't make sense of our own evidence.
That's what they want.
[when Tonya's body is found] Did, uh, Tom Haviland ever play a boxer? Girl's face looks like hamburger meat.
Looks like uncontrollable rage to me.
Grissom, you might want to come down here.
Just say it, Nick.
Beans and franks. Tonya's a man.
Looks like that old Hollywood saying: "Never get caught with a dead girl or a live boy." So, let's see Tom's in bed with what he thinks are two girls. He reaches down on one, becomes very confused. Most guys would have just cleared the room and gargled with whiskey. But Movie Boy, who brags about doing his own stunts, couldn't take the thought of having a man in his bed, so he freaked out.
[to Grissom] You're not running evidence. Or have you changed your mind? [Grissom doesn't say anything] By the way, tell your mother I say 'Hello' next time you talk. I was so impressed that night we all had dinner. The sign language... how you interpreted for her. Fluid, didn't miss a beat.
What'd you do, subpoena my doctor?
Knowing your genetic predisposition for hearing loss?
You've become a bottom feeder, Philip.
Your work is dependent upon your five senses. The fact that you're losing one of yours wouldn't bode well for any evidence you introduced.
You know, all those years I worked for you, you never got to know me at all, did you?
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