The Antarctican Turnabout

No official name is given for this case, but it is documented in the BoF as The Antarctican Turnabout. This was notably the first case of up and coming defense attorney Tar Tar Peng, who, without any context on his client whatsoever, took up the case of Star Kirby12, who had been charged for breaking into Blizzard Bank and escaping with several miscellaneous files. Joining TTP was PSA agent Rookie, who tagged along mostly out of curiosity. Though the case was closed within one day, it was a messy trial involving perjury, illegal items, and Judgies.

Crime Report
On the night of January 22nd, the main headquarters of Blizzard Bank was broken into. CEO Ben Kakaout's office was ravaged, and several files, ranging from bank account data to recent company deals, were stolen. Notably, a glass case was shattered open, and its contents pilfered. A security camera managed to take a shot of the culprit... Star Kirby12...?

At the request of Kakaout, the PSA investigated the crime scene, with agent Jet Pack Guy in charge of the case. The investigation concluded on the 23rd, and Star was found and arrested at the Plaza on the 24th. Due to Star's status in Antarctica, the GourdZoid Council Hall demanded the case be done with as soon as possible to prevent any public relations issues, and the trial was scheduled for the next day.

Trial Former
At 9:50 AM, Tar Tar Peng met with his client in a courthouse handled by the South Pole Council (in Defendant Lobby No. 3, to be exact). Though neither of the two were sure how the whole thing would play out, they decided to trust each other for the time being. Before the trial began, Star introduced Rookie, who had never seen a trial before, to TTP, and the bumbling agent joined TTP at the defense's bench. Could that have gone horribly wrong? Yeah, probably.

The trial officially commenced at 10:00 AM, with the honorable Judge Xavier presiding. Opposing TTP was the so-called "rookie killer" prosecutor, Gus Dangee. To make sure the newbie attorney was up to the task, the judge requested that TTP lay out some of the basic foundations of the crime, namely the defendant, the charges, and the party affected.

Afterwards, Prosecutor Dangee began his opening statement, filling in the finer details of the situation. In the process, he submitted some highly incriminating evidence against Star: the security camera photo mentioned above, Star's BoF ID and Mike Sword, which were left at the crime scene, and the reportedly stolen files, which had been found on the defendant's person. Observers in the gallery notably reported that TTP's helmet flew right off as he recoiled in shock when he realized how badly the cards were stacked against him.

Regardless, the prosecution proceeded to call its first witness - the investigator, JPG. JPG proceeded to testify about what was found during the investigation, including broken locks, a large hole in the ceiling, and a gigantic mess in general. In need of further details, TTP then cross-examined the witness testimony.

TTP pressed on certain details, and further information was revealed. Of note was that Blizzard Bank has a really weird security system where a bunch of robot claws start throwing a bunch of locks together to keep any intruders from escaping, suggesting that the broken locks from earlier occurred when the criminal broke out, not in. The one who designed that monstrosity was none other than Gary the Gadget Guy. (It was also revealed that JPG didn't really hold a very high opinion of Star due to massive amounts of collateral damage that the PSA would have to inevitably clean up, as well as the latter's choices in jet pack designs.) It was here that the glass case was mentioned, and JPG submitted the remaining shards to the Court Record.

After looking through the Court Record sufficiently, TTP objected, questioning why the security camera photo didn't show any traces of the glass shards and/or potential resulting blood on Star. No one in the court could come up with a sufficient explanation, so the attorney concluded that Star had not actually broken that glass case. Dangee also objected, stating that that didn't matter, since the defendant still had the files on him upon arrest. This debacle ended up creating a contradiction: if Star had not broken the glass case, then naturally, he should not have had the files in the case on him - and yet he apparently did.

Confused at all of these contradicting facts (and also probably having a migraine due to TTP constantly slamming his desk and shouting stuff in his Australian accent), the judge demanded further testimony from JPG to clear things up. The judge also wanted to get testimony from the defendant, but JPG objected (in a really deep voice - like, he sounded like a guy that'd have 17 cups of coffee every trial or something, idunno), stating that the PSA had used G's prototype "Lie-Detector 2999" during their interrogation and found that Star really had no memory of anything that happened on the night of the crime.

TTP's cross-examinations provided more doubts about the ins and outs of what had actually happened. JPG ultimately apologized for the PSA's failure to conduct a proper investigation, and decided to return to the scene to see if any more clues could be uncovered. Judge Xavier also concluded that he could not convict Star of anything at that point in time due to too many unresolved questions. The gallery is split on what TTP requested afterwards; it was either for further investigation or an immediate Not Guilty verdict. It's almost like that was a planned gameplay option or something...

It didn't matter, however, as Dangee objected once more in order to call another witness. The prosecution was ready to call Blizzard Bank CEO and primary victim of the crime, Ben Kakaout, to the stand. The judge agreed to hear him out, and put the court into recess.

Trial Latter
Coming soon, hopefully

Trivia

 * Rookie was reportedly less of a nuisance in this trial. It's almost like he was a stand-in for an obligatory courtroom game role or something...