They realize that Roulet chose Mick as his attorney to protect himself: Anything Mick knows about Roulet is protected by attorney-client privilege. Jesus is serving time in San Quentin for a crime that Louis Roulet committed. As Mick and the investigator, Levin, get closer to the truth about Roulet, they realize that Jesus Menendez was innocent all along. She was attacked in her home, raped, and murdered with a knife. Jesus was charged for a very similar crime against a woman named Martha Renteria.
There is evidence to suggest that Roulet is telling the truth, but the investigator, Raul Levin, uncovers some cracks in Roulet’s story: Roulet was in fact aware that Reggie Campo is a sex worker, and he carried a knife with him (the murder weapon) to her apartment.Īs the trial unfolds, Mick begins to notice similarities between this case and his prior client, Jesus Menendez.
Reggie was crying and badly beaten, and she was telling the police that Louis attacked her and tried to rape and murder her. He regained consciousness when he was being held down by two men. However, when he arrived, Reggie struck Roulet over the head and Roulet blacked out. Roulet says that he was lured to Reggie Campo’s apartment under the impression that they would have sex. Louis Roulet believes that he was targeted for his wealth and set up by a sex worker and one of her regulars. Mick begins to believe that Louis Roulet, a wealthy white man with no prior record, just may be his first truly innocent client. She is adamant that his client is guilty and increases the charges to attempted murder. Mick is even more surprised to find that his ex-wife, Maggie, has been assigned to the prosecution on the same case. Mick is surprised to find himself requested personally by a very wealthy client, Louis Roulet, who has been charged with attempted rape. Accustomed to representing criminals, Mick makes his money by defending the guilty and helping them reach agreeable plea bargains with the prosecution. Mick is a fast talking, smart attorney with a complicated personal life.
He spends most of his time working out of his Lincoln Town Car with his driver, Earl. Michael “Mick” Haller is a criminal defense attorney working in Los Angeles. This guide refers to the 2005 Hieronymus, Inc.
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