A military cadet states that he didn't know his rifle was loaded when he shot at a classmate who had provoked him in front of witnesses.

Ben accepts to defend the accused murderer of a state senator's wife---a tricky situation since the senator and Ben are old friends.

Ben is hired to defend a young mother accused of murdering her husband.

Ben assists a small-town lawyer defend a disliked local activist in what the community considers an open-and-shut murder case.