▁( M el issa ▁Leo ) ▁prepare ▁to ▁test ify ▁in ▁the ▁murder ▁trial ▁of ▁" P ony " ▁Johnson ▁( Ge off rey ▁C . ▁E wing ). ▁State ▁pro sec utor ▁Dan vers ▁( Ž el j ko ▁Ivan ek ) ▁tells ▁an ▁anxious ▁Howard ▁that ▁the ▁case ▁depends ▁entirely ▁on ▁her ▁testim ony . ▁Fel ton , ▁who ▁in ▁contrast ▁to ▁Howard ▁is ▁very ▁relax ed , ▁claims ▁Howard ▁is ▁in ▁love ▁with ▁Dan vers , ▁which ▁she ▁veh ement ly ▁den ies . ▁Howard ▁test ifies , ▁but ▁nerv ously ▁f umb les ▁facts ▁and ▁allows ▁defense ▁att orney ▁Dar in ▁Russ om ▁( Michael ▁Will is ) ▁to ▁create ▁reasonable ▁doubt ▁to ▁the ▁j ury . ▁After ▁receiving ▁re ass urance ▁from ▁Dan vers , ▁however , ▁Howard ▁is ▁re called ▁and ▁performs ▁much ▁better , ▁seriously ▁dam aging ▁Russ om ' s ▁case . ▁Johnson ▁is ▁found ▁guilty ▁of ▁murder ▁and ▁Dan vers ▁offers ▁to ▁buy ▁Howard ▁dinner , ▁which ▁she ▁accepts ▁much ▁to ▁Fel ton ' s ▁am usement . ▁ ▁M unch ▁( Rich ard ▁Bel zer ) ▁and ▁Bol ander ▁( N ed ▁Beat ty ) ▁respond ▁to ▁a ▁cor pse ▁found ▁in ▁the ▁woods , ▁next ▁to ▁a ▁van ▁full ▁of ▁low - quality ▁mar iju ana . ▁M unch ▁proves ▁to ▁be ▁an ▁expert ▁on ▁h emp , ▁and ▁discuss es ▁how ▁the ▁plant ▁was ▁grown ▁by ▁found ing ▁f athers ▁Thomas ▁Jefferson ▁and ▁George ▁Washington . ▁The ▁detect ives ▁eventually ▁identify