Courtroom Snapshots
from Nina Reilly's court stomping grounds
"Nina stood up as Judge Curtis E. Milne of the Superior Court of El Dorado County materialized from the wall behind his dais. Or so it appeared. Actually, a nondescript, burlap-textured partition extended out in front of his personal back door to the courtroom, and he merely came out and sat down behind his tall desk, but the effect was that of a magical manifestation. A Baraka chief from the Congo would have appreciated this encouragement of superstitious respect." -Breach of Promise
The jury room
"With nary a rustle, the twelve people chosen to shape the future of a number of other people in the courtroom filed out the door behind them, followed by the two alternates...
The wait had begun." - Breach of Promise
"'Could we talk in the law library?' Nina asked Collier. Piling a load of papers into his arms, he followed her next door. In the small library, empty except for them, they looked out the windows toward the new community college campus across Al Tahoe and the cumulating clouds.
The rooms incandescents glowed in feeble protection against swiftly descending blackness. Windowpanes rattled and trees writhed in the gale winds outside." - Motion to Suppress
