Would Perry Mason defend someone arrested by Lt. Columbo?

[Ptah]

[dem4decades]

1. You're asking if the Person that never lost a case would defend a person arrested by a cop that

never arrested the wrong person?

Mason always defended a person that was arrested for murder if it was in self defense.

[Ptah]

2. What if Radar from M*A*S*H was the personal assistant to President Bartlet?

?

[Harker]

3. He was known to have lost one case...

but subsequent events cleared the client.

[Laelth]

4. No. Pointless.

Columbo’s suspect would have already confessed long before the case came to Mason’s attention.

-Laelth

[dem4decades]

5. Perry has defended clients that had confessed, of course they only confessed to protect a loved one.

Obviously an innocent loved one.

[Laelth]

6. Columbo's suspects confess to get him to go away.

They would probably prefer prison to Columbo’s relentless harassment.

-Laelth

[PoliticAverse]

7. No, Mason only defended innocent clients.

(And got his clients off by getting the guilty party to confess in court).

[dem4decades]

9. Nope, he'll defend a client that confessed in court but killed in self defense. I have the complete

set of DVD's. I watch one a day on the treadmill. I have no life.

[Ron Obvious]

8. He should

I've always suspected at least 50% of Columbo's cases would've been thrown out or resulted in not guilty verdicts.

[Chainfire]

10. Peter Gunn dealt effectively with the problem of trials

He never left a bad guy breathing.....

I recently binge watched the hundred fifteen or so episodes.

[brush]

11. They should've made a one-off show on that. Would've loved to see it.

[The Magistrate]

12. Would Lt. Columbo Arrest Someone Who Had Perry Mason For a Lawyer?

That, Sir, might be a better question. It always surprised me that Lt. Tragg or Mr. Berger went ahead with the warrant once they had been informed the person they sought to arrest and convict was a client of Mr. Mason's. It neever turned out well for them, and was often downright embarrassing.

I would like to have seen a Columbo where he's called to some nondescript alley past midnight to see there a young gang-banger's corpse with two rounds to the head and not one soul around, a la The Wire, and see how he makes out with that...

[csziggy]

13. Even better - would Perry Mason defend someone arrested by Ironside?

[malthaussen]

14. Dunno, was Mason still practicing in the '70s? n/t