Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney/Episode 4: Turnabout Goodbyes/Day 2 - Trial

You learn from Miles Edgeworth of the name of the Prosecutor: Manfred van Karma. He is considered a god of prosecutors. Throughout the 40 years of his career, Karma is never lost a single case, or so he claims. Karma would do just anything to make the "guilty" verdict, and Miles means anything! He even taught Edgeworth what it means to "prosecute"! Phoenix calls for Mia's help, but with lack of training, she is to weak reach her. Is it over already? Guess you'll have to see.

Day two: Court Mode
After a few scares from Karma whose opening statements are decisive evidence and a decisive witness, Gumshoe takes the stand an describes the events of the day of the murder.


 * The murder happened Christmas Eve, around midnight.
 * There's on boat in the middle of Gourdy Lake.
 * There were two men on the boat.
 * A woman was camping on the edge of the lake.
 * She heard two pistol shots on 12:10am.
 * The boat started to move.
 * It went towards the boat rental shop.

The Overhead Map will be added to your Court Record. Karma demands Gumshoe to testify his court about his arrest. The judge says it wasn't Karma's job, however Karma insults the Judge by telling his job was to slam the gavel down and say the word "guilty". The Judge agrees. This doesn't look good.

Cross-examination
Karma demands you to begin cross-examining.

Press him on his second to last statement. Gumshoe will show the bullet that was in the body. The Pistol Bullet will be added to the Court Record.

Now Press him on his last statement. Gumshoe says they found the pistol on the boat. The Judge orders Gumshoe to add a new statement.


 * The weapon we found on the boat was decisive evidence.

Press him on that statement. Karma will laugh at you, just like Edgeworth did once. It turns out, there were Edgeworth's fingerprint's on the pistol. Karma sees that as critical evidence, and demands that the Pistol will be added to the Court Record. Karma asks that if the bullet came from the pistol. Thanks to the ballistic markings (the fingerprints of the gun) it is. Karma concludes that the bullet that killed the victim was fired from the gun with the fingerprints of the defendant. The Judge would declare the verdict, but he needs to listen more of the witness' testimony. Karma then forces the Judge to call a recess.

Phoenix tells Edgeworth about the fingerprints. Egdeworth that was on the boat but he didn't shoot him. He heard a shot very close by. The other man probably shot himself. Suicide? Edgeworth claims he wasn't sure, and that its the only explanation to come up with. Maya still has no progress with Mia. She wonder if she is not any help anymore. Say No, I need you here, you'll see later why. After arguing with her, Edgeworth will interrupt, saying its bad for his heart. Recess is over, so let's continue in court.

Karma calls Lotta Hart to the stand, and demands her to talk without adding anything trivial or subjective, Much to Hart's disturbance.

Lotta's Testimony: "Witness's Acount"
Karma hears enough, as Lotta told the court, she had a picture of the moment of the murder, and there are no other boats in that lake, so no other man would shoot the victim, but Edgeworth, having little hope of this mission, the Judge decides to call the verdict. Object to this, as you still need a cross-examination. Karma decides to let you do so, as he thinks you'll fail to find a contradictory of the testimony, if you don't, he'll sentence you to contempt of court. Maya asks you if there is a contradictory, say I think there was.

Cross-examination
Press her on her second statement. She was camping there, because she was doing a project for her university. Choose Press Harder, Karma will object to this as research has nothing to do with the murder and forces the Judge to sustain the objection. Press her on her third and forth statements, Press Harder on her forth statement, and she'll reveal to you that she saw the two men with her own eyes. Karma objects to this, is he hiding something? Press Lotta on her fifth and last statement. She reveals that she witnessed the other shot. Press Harder on her last statement. Lotta says that she was scanning the whole lake. The whole lake, was she looking for something else? Karma of course objects to this and finds all of your questions hopeless, thus, he'll say that Phoenix will be out of the courtroom if he has another outburst. The Judge calls Edgeworth to the stand, before he does however another outburst.

Seeing Lotta's Testimony as fishy, and seeing Phoenix has no chances of doing more cross-examining, Maya Fey harshly demands Lotta to tell the court if she saw Edgeworth shot the man clearly. Lotta says she has, however, Karma sees this as another outburst and the Judge orders the officers to take Phoenix away. Maya however says that she made the outburst, not Nick. Karma doesn't care as he says the verdict is now clear. Say Wrong as Lotta has made another testimony. The Judge fortunately for you, agrees and allows Lotta to change her testimony. Maya was taken away from court for the outburst, so it looks like you're on your own here.