#TV TROPES THE WITNESS TRIAL#
In the climactic trial scene of New Jack City, Nino Brown stands up and dramatically accuses one of his lieutenants of being the real head of the gang, Cash Money Brothers.Mostly because Flonne is capable of looking after herself, AND the new laws in the Netherworld force him to do this or let Laharl be convicted. This happens in Devils Attorney as well, although it isn't as heavy on the Tear Jerker part.Neither Twilight nor Phoenix himself are amused. In Turnabout Storm, Phoenix Wright, as a last ditch effort to save Rainbow Dash from a sure guilty veridict, accuses Fluttershy for the murder in order to buy more time to investigate.
Also, the jury was terrified of convicting an innocent person because the state had recently executed an innocent superhero who was framed in exactly the sort of super-sciencey way the defense attorney was suggesting. In the epilogue it's established that if anyone tried that today the prosecution could tear them to pieces any number of ways, but he got a pass because he was the first to do it. Because these things do really happen in Astro City, it works. He suggests that his client was being mind-controlled, that the murderer was a shapeshifter or an evil twin from another dimension, even that the victim was still alive before the coroner cut her open.
Examples of Accusing the Witness include:
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