- "Mr. Hampton, I don't often say this but well done. The only way I can expect others to hold themselves accountable in my courtroom is if I do it myself. So thank you for being my teacher here today, Mr. Hampton, and for doing it so respectfully."
Connor Walsh & Oliver Hampton v. Claire Telesco & Federal Bureau of Investigation was a brief case in season 5 that's success led to the Keating 4 and Oliver discovering the Operation Bonfire investigation board.
Case[]
Bonnie arrived at the house and instructed Oliver, Michaela, Connor and Asher to write up a motion to get Oliver's laptop back. Bonnie had concerns about the FBI still having it despite it being encrypted and Telesco being suspended. Asher wrote up the motion detailing misconduct by Telesco and Bonnie instructed Oliver to represent himself, prompting Connor to want to be a part of it too.
During the first hearing, Connor mentioned his property rights and the fact that Telesco, who served the warrant for the laptop, was exposed planting evidence in the Gabriel Maddox Domestic Terrorism case. Michael Bordal explained to Judge Singh how Ronald Miller was last seen at the couple's wedding and the FBI believed their wedding photos could disclose key evidence. Asher whispered to Connor to say the photos could have been downloaded without having to take the laptop, and then whispered a second time but was silenced by the judge. In the end, Judge Singh ruled against the motion.
Later Oliver read about judicial impropriety after seeing it in one of Connor's textbooks. This prompted him to use Connor's laptop to hack the judge's credit card and find that she ate at a wine and cheese bar at the time the warrant was signed.
Back in court, Oliver was at the table by himself. He brought up the wine and cheese bar under the guise of having a neighbour who saw Singh there. His argument was that even the appearance of judicial impropriety can be just as problematic as actual impropriety, and signing the warrant at a place that serves alcohol poses the question of whether she had consumed any. Michael Bordal asked Singh if she was under the influence at the time the warrant was signed and she said no, but that they only had her word. She agreed with Oliver and ruled to immediately vacate the warrant.
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| 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" |