Originally Posted by Jim B.

From my old job, 21+ years in San Francisco's Criminal Felony Courts, never ONCE did I hear of, or see, some murder defendant jump out of the witness chair and yell out: "OK. yes ! I DID it, I DID it, you got me !!"

But that sure happened on Perry Mason TV episodes !

I know it because as I kid I watched Perry Mason on TV. It's the Hollywood version of criminal court trials!

And no lawyer except Perry Mason tools around in a 1958 Pontiac Bonneville like Perry Mason did on TV.