Erwin Coughlin

Erwin Coughlin is a minor character on How to Get Away with Murder. He was the judge presiding over the Mahoney Case and Nate Lahey Sr. Retrial.

History[]

Season 2[]

Alexandra Kain testified that Vickie started working with the FBI as an informant three months prior to her death. She stated that Vickie was resistant to her previous attempts but changed her mind and agreed to inform on Charles following a physical abuse altercation. Annalise objected, calling the statement hearsay and judge Coughlin sustained it. When it was time for Rose to testify anonymously, she didn't show up. Coughlin asked if she needed more time to sort everything out.

Season 5[]

When preparing for Nate Sr's trial, Annalise mentioned that judge Erwin Coughlin could be biased towards the case and asked Connor if he agreed. He said he thought whatever Gabriel did, who thought the judge would be biased. Annalise agreed and so the team opted for a jury trial.

When A.D.A Alvin Cox presented Nate Jr's letter to the court, Annalise objected and both attorneys were called th the bench by Coughlin. He heard both of their arguments and ruled in the prosecution's favour.

When the prosecution's expert was on the stand, Cox asked if he believed Sr. was insane at the time of the murder. Charmagne said he believed Sr. was pretending to have hallunications and delusions, which was a sign of malingerling - faking an illness in order to get a not guilty verdict. Annalise asked why his diagnosis was so different to the defense's expert, Dr. Phillips. He said that his field wasn't an exact science, so Annalise asked if it wasn't because his new boss told him to testify for the prosecution. He was confused, so Annalise asked if Birkhead had hired him as the head of a department working for her. Cox objected but Coughlin overruled. Charmagne said yes, he was hired by the govenor so Annalise moved to have his testimony struck from the record and the judge agreed.

Trivia[]

The Mahoney Case was in Ohio over ten years before the Nate Lahey Sr. Retrial, meaning Coughlin likely moved states and ended up presiding over another case with Annaise on the defense by coincidence.

Appearances[]

Season 2
"It's Time to Move On"	"She's Dying"	"It's Called the Octopus"	"Skanks Get Shanked"
"Meet Bonnie"	"Two Birds, One Millstone"	"I Want You to Die"	"Hi, I'm Philip"
"What Did We Do?"	"What Happened to You, Annalise?"	"She Hates Us"	"It's a Trap"

"Something Bad Happened"

"There's My Baby"

"Anna Mae"

Season 5
"Your Funeral"	"Whose Blood Is That?"	"The Baby Was Never Dead"	"It's Her Kid"
"It Was the Worst Day of My Life"	"We Can Find Him"	"I Got Played"	"I Want to Love You Until the Day I Die"
"He Betrayed Us Both"	"Don't Go Dark on Me"	"Be the Martyr"	"We Know Everything"

"Where Are Your Parents?"

"Make Me the Enemy"

"Please Say No One Else Is Dead"