Trial and Conviction (2007)
The audience for Garson's four-week trial "included a good number of displeased divorcées", observed The New York Times. The trial took place in New York State Supreme Court, on Jay Street in Downtown Brooklyn. The prosecution alleged that Garson had an agreement with divorce lawyer Siminovsky whereby the lawyer gave Garson cash, drinks, dinners, and cigars in exchange for courtroom assignments and favored treatment.
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