1:36:00
Yes.
1:36:01
Thank you very much.
1:36:05
Counselors, approach the bench.
1:36:10
Do you mind telling me
what the hell is going on here?
1:36:13
l'm trying--
1:36:14
Your own defendant is looking to me
to protect him from you.
1:36:17
So what's going on?
1:36:18
l know it seems very strange but--
1:36:21
ln my opinion, you're an idiot to put him
on the stand for any reason.
1:36:25
You're asking him to testify
against himself.
1:36:27
lt doesn't seem to make sense,
but the prosecution isn't objecting so--
1:36:31
No, l'm not. Let him continue.
1:36:33
Shut up.
1:36:35
Enough damage has been done.
l can't make it any worse.
1:36:38
Yes, you can.
1:36:40
All right. But you're on a very short leash.
1:36:44
A very short leash.
1:36:46
l will throw you in jail
for contempt myself.
1:36:49
Now...
1:36:51
...let's get this goddamn show on the road.
1:36:56
l think you're doing a great job.
1:37:00
Mr. Young, stop playing with that!
1:37:05
Now, do you or do you not wish
to continue testifying, Mr. Young?
1:37:10
lt's okay. He asked me the right question.
1:37:13
Counselor, you may proceed.
1:37:18
Mr. Young, did you and l not have
a conversation last Friday...
1:37:21
...in which you told me you wished
to change your plea to guilty?
1:37:24
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
1:37:27
l want to change my plea.
That's what l said.
1:37:30
l'm going to ask you the single
most important question l can ask you.
1:37:33
lt's what this whole trial's about.
1:37:35
Are you guilty of the murder
of Rufus McCain?
1:37:38
l want to change my plea to guilty.
l said that.
1:37:41
l didn't ask what you wanted to do.
l asked if you are guilty.
1:37:44
Objection!
1:37:45
He's badgering the witness.
1:37:46
-He's my witness, for Christ's sake!
-l'm not your nothing!
1:37:49
lf the accused wants to enter
a plea of guilty--
1:37:52
Silence! Mr. Stamphill,
you are skating on very thin ice here.
1:37:56
Maybe, Your Honor,
but l'd like to get to the other side.