Matthews tries to aid an ex-convict suspected of robbing his boss.
A happily married man suddenly becomes unhappy when he looses his job. His pregnant wife agrees to work until he finds another, but when tragedy arrives, he goes begging an enemy for work. He's soon accused of murder after his new boss is found murdered.
A man, happy in his career and marriage, is suddenly arrested and accused of check forgery. The public defender must find him innocent when thirteen witnesses and his own wife think he's guilt.
A troubled kid is accused of a crime he says he didn't commit. Unfortunately, his relationship with is father, a clown, is also severed.
The public defender takes on a case to investigate the truth behind a young recovering alcoholic who is in jail for murdering her land lord.
There are two brothers. One is accused of armed robbery, the other isn't. The priest believes the brother is innocent even though he claims to have done it. The public defender doesn't believe the brother's story either. But if he didn't do it, who did?
Bart Matthews remembers a young, anxious police officer who made a mistake while still a rookie as they lay him to rest.
An assistant public defender must defend the man who is accused of killing his best friend, a police officer, and leave behind a grieving widow and son.
A woman is arrested after her step-daughter accuses her of cutting her and locking her in a closet. After arrested, she tells the public defender the story behind the accusations.
A woman confesses to shooting her ex-husband and is to stand trial for murder. Her boyfriend tells the public defender what really happened.
A hobo is accused of kidnapping and beating a little girl he had befriended.
A group of teenagers rob a store. The driver is later caught in arrested. While being questioned by the public defender, it's learned his reason behind his life of crime and the consequences of trying to stop.
A man is arrested for kidnapping his own child. The public defender is given the story behind the reason by the man's artist rep.
After many years, an escaped convict's past catches up with him.
Teenagers from several "good families" are arrested and charged with assault with a deadly weapon. The parents are dumbfounded, wondering how good kids could get into so much trouble. One girl, represented by the public defender, gives her story.
A woman is jailed for stealing $250, even though she returned ever sent. When a newspaper man learns her name, he wakes the public defender up in the middle of the night to tell a story about Lisa, a woman he used to know.
A man arrested for assault tells the public defender about his wife's unfortunate loss and the trials they encountered while trying to start a family.
A young man is arrested for robbery but claims he's innocent. The public defender's office goes to Las Vegas, where the man claims he was, to check up on his story. They find some disturbing news.
Bart Matthews takes a personal initiative to assist a carnival entertainer accused of stealing an heirloom ring worth $15,000.
A young man is about to be executed and his priest makes one final attempt to prove his innocence by going to the Public Defender with the story.
A teenager is accused of attempted murder and explains her story about her mother's delima when her father returns from the dead.
A disturbed teen-aged boy begins setting fires in the neighborhood following an altercation with his father.
The Prosecuting Attorney get two variations of what happened in a robbery. Due to pressure and some negative publicity, it is important he does the right thing in this case.
An assistant public defender is forced with a decision when he's asked to take a case in which his wife believes will simply get a guilty man off. His decision increases when she leaves him. The case is about a young man who's accused of shooting a neighborhood friend, yet claims he's innocent.
The Public Defender defends a young man involved in an accident that killed a young girl. He investigates to see if he was accused because he was in a hot rod.
A man becomes desperate for money when he's told his son must have an operation immediately. After getting the money, his brother-in-law arrests him, telling him he got the money illegally. Now the Public Defender must find a way to get him out of jail and reunited with his family.
A man in love is accused of hijacking. The public defender hears a story about his courtship and the reason behind his arrest.
A story of blind justice, as Matthews defends a man whom was caught by police with the gun that killed the man's wife.
The answer to a murder case may just lay in the hands of a teenage boy using trick photography.
A man is arrested for a robbery he didn't commit, but he can't remember what he did at the time of the robbery. His wife believes in his innocence. His only hope may be a mental hospital where they can help him remember.
Bart Matthews defends Karl Novak, who faces a second-degree murder charge following the grisly slaying of a storekeeper.
A once famous film director is now working as night-watchman at the film studio. One night he knocks down another film director, who once was his assistant director but now is the famous one, and takes 300 dollars from him. The public defender cannot understand why somebody would destroy all of his former reputation for such a small crime.
After a boy is discovered dead in the hallway at school, one of his classmates is arrested since he was caught fighting with him at the time of his death. The Public Defender sets out to find out if the boy's being a "Mama's Boy" may have been the cause for what the classmates claim was an accident.
A man is accused of purposely running a co-worker down and is arrested for attempted murder. But the Public Defender is able to get him off after talking to his other co-workers. Oh, but wait, that's only half the story.
A kid is arrested for gang activity after mugging a cop, but the gang is being organized by some influential people, so the other gang members threaten to kill the kid if he talks. The Public defender must get to the bottom of things before someone else is hurt!
A soldier about to ship out of the country is on his way home to his pregnant wife. He gets a ride with a woman who takes him as far as the car rental place. Later that night, the man and his wife are arrested for stealing the car and hitting an old, blind woman. The Public Defender searches for the young woman who gave him a ride, but she seems to not exist.
A man arrested for robbery swears he's innocent and only signed the confession because the arresting officer beat him up.
A young modal is arrested for stealing a mink, but she says she had permission to wear it.
A man admits to murdering his aunt and grandmother, claiming insanity. But the case goes through all twists and turns before the amazing truth is revealed.
Law enforcement agencies from the U.S. and Mexico join forces after the public defenders' office uncovers a car theft ring that is connected to drug trafficking.
Matthews defends an ex-policeman's daughter when she is accused of murdering her boyfriend.