A Time to Kill Page #4

...are you able to serve as a policeman?

I'm able to perform a number of...

services.

Did you see the gunman?

No, sir.

But Mr. Hailey did...

...personally apologize

for his shooting me.

So Mr. Hailey admitted...

...shooting you.

Yes, sir.

I have no further questions.

No questions.

Wait a minute.

The State would like to call Dr.--

Can I have a moment?

Take your time.

Ask if he thinks I should go to jail.

They amputated his leg

because you shot him.

He's the prosecution's witness.

You're my lawyer?

Ask him.

One question.

Make up your mind, Mr. Brigance.

Deputy Looney...

...do you think Carl Lee

shot you intentionally?

No, sir...

...it was an accident.

Ask him.

Should he be punished for shooting you?

No, sir.

I hold no ill will toward the man.

I would have done it.

What do you mean by that?

I don't blame him for what he did.

Those boys raped his girl.

Objection! The witness's opinion

on this matter is irrelevant.

Your Honor...

...I believe Deputy Looney has earned

the right to speak here today.

Overruled.

Continue.

Go ahead, Dwayne.

I got a little girl.

Somebody rapes her, he's a dead dog.

I'll blow him away like Carl Lee did.

Objection!

Should the jury convict Carl Lee Hailey?

Don't answer that question.

He's a hero. You turn him loose.

The jury will disregard--

Turn him loose!

Silence that witness!

Turn him loose!

People can say whatever they

want in this courtroom!

Quiet!

Any more of that nonsense...

...and you're all out of here!

Mr. Buckley, you may begin.

Thank you, Your Honor.

Please state your name and occupation

for the members of the jury.

My name is Dr. Wilbert Rodeheaver,

Chair of Psychiatry...

...at Mississippi State...

...and Director of the Whitfield

Facility for the Criminally Insane.

Your credentials speak for themselves.

Can you explain, as you do so

eloquently in your book...

...the McNaughton Rule for the jury?

Certainly.

The McNaughton Rule states...

...a person must be unable

to tell right from wrong...

...and/ or be unaware of the

consequences of his actions...

...to be termed legally insane.

You examined Mr. Hailey?

Yes, Mr. Hailey and I spoke about

his childhood, his family...

...his experiences during the war.

And the rape of his daughter?

Yes, we spoke at length about the

brutal rape of his daughter Tonya.

What is your diagnosis of

Mr. Hailey's mental condition...

...on the day that he shot Billy

Ray Cobb and James Lewis Willard?

At the time of the murders, his mental

condition was without any defects.

Mr. Hailey was sane.

Wait a minute. The defense contends--

Mr. Brigance has gone to great

effort to prove to this jury...

...that Mr. Hailey is a nutball...

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