Kaz suspects the surly judge presiding over his client's grand-theft case is mentally unbalanced following a rash of spasmodic rulings by the jurist as the new series begins.

Samuel Bennett and Kaz agree to defend Bennett's college roommate Gregg Marsh, who is charged with grand theft and embezzlement, but Kaz suspects his boss's close friend is guilty.

The testimony of a mentally retarded gas station attendant could acquit Kazinski's client of murder.