A young thug is charged with murder in the stabbing death of an old man. He is part of a gang who were identified at the scene and eye witnesses finger his as the one who had the knife. A criminal defense attorney who has defended muggers successfully in the past is, ironically, recovering from a stab wound after being mugged himself. He is reconsidering his clientele and looking forward to a vacation when the father of the young thug approaches him with all sincerity and pleads his son’s innocence and asks for his representation in court. The lawyer reluctantly agrees and prepares a defense case for a client of whose innocence he is unconvinced.
Good courtroom drama, well paced.