You all arrived at the Courthouse, and in the Defendant Lobby, Edgeworth spoke up about the case's prosecutor. 

(Y/N): WAIT! YOU MEAN MANFRED VON KARMA?! 

Phoenix: Von Karma?

Edgeworth: That's right, Manfred von Karma. He's the best prosecutor there is. He hasn't lost a case in his 40-year career. He is a god of prosecution, Wright! A god!

(Y/N): No one has ever beaten him before! 

Edgeworth: He'll do anything to get a guilty verdict, anything.

Phoenix: Hmm. Sounds like someone else I know, Edgeworth.

Edgeworth: Hmph. You don't understand. I mean he'll really do anything. Manfred von Karma is a man to be feared. He taught me what it really means to "prosecute." Just picture a prosecutor as vicious as me... multiplied by a factor of ten.

Maya: Ugh... So... so was he your teacher, then, Mr. Edgeworth?

Edgeworth: Something like that...

Maya: And now he's trying to get you found guilty!? What a creep! Oh, wait... Maybe he's planning on losing on purpose to help you out.

Edgeworth: Not a chance... He hasn't lost once in 40 years. 40 years! He's as ruthless as me, times twenty!

(Y/N): Yikes. 

Edgeworth: Like I said. He's a god among prosecutors.

(Y/N): Maya, do you think you can call Mia? 

Maya: I can't. Sorry. I tried, I really tried, but I couldn't reach.

Phoenix: You couldn't "reach"?

Maya: I think it's because I haven't been training. My powers are weak again...

Phoenix: Oh man, what bad timing!

Maya: I'm really sorry. I'll try my best!

Phoenix: I hope so!

(Y/N): Well, let's give it everything we've got! 

Courtroom No. 3... 

The judge slammed his gavel down to begin the trial. 

https://youtu.be/J5j5rRvAvY4

Judge: Court is now in session for the trial of Mr. Miles Edgeworth.

Phoenix: The defense is ready, Your Honor.

Suddenly, he appeared. 

Manfred von Karma (Edgeworth's mentor! The most feared prosecutor in the world! Known as the God of Prosecutors! He will do whatever it takes to get a Guilty Verdict! Hasn't lost a case in 40 years!)

Judge: M-Mr. von Karma! Uh ... is the Prosecution rea- 

von Karma slammed his hand on the Prosecutor Bench. He spoke with his demonic-like voice. 

von Karma: Fool... You seriously think that I would stand here were I not completely prepared?

Judge: R-right, my apologies!

(Y/N): HOLY CRAP! THE JUDGE IS TERRIFIED OF HIM! 

Judge: Very well, your opening statement, please.

von Karma just wagged his finger. 

von Karma: Decisive evidence... A decisive witness... What else could possibly be required?

Judge: Ah... er, nothing of course. That should be fine. The prosecution may call its first witness.

Maya: What's with this guy? Is he royalty or something?

(Y/N): He's acting like it. 

von Karma: I call the detective in charge of this case, Detective Dick Gumshoe.

Gumshoe then entered the room. 

Gumshoe: I'm right h- 

von Karma: DESCRIBE THE INCIDENT, NOW! 

Gumshoe: AGH! Y-Yes Sir! Er, please take a look at the map. The murder happened late Christmas Eve, around midnight. There was one boat in the very middle of the lake. There were two men on the boat. Now, there happened to be a woman camping here on the edge of the lake. At 12:10 AM, she heard two pistol shots. Then the boat started to move. It went towards the boat rental shop.

von Karma: Hmmm ... Testify to the court about your arrest. Now!

Judge: W-w-wait! Mr. von Karma...

von Karma: What is it? 

Judge: Actually, I'm the one that's supposed to be handling these proce- 

von Karma slammed his cane down. 

von Karma: WRONG! YOUR JOB IS TO USE YOUR GAVEL TO PRONOUNCE SOMEONE GUILTY! DO YOU UNDERSTAND?! 

Judge: Y-yes, of course. You're quite right.

(Y/N) and Phoenix: HE IS NOT! 

Witness Testimony: The Arrest of Edgeworth... 

https://youtu.be/fR4P8o95WPA

Gumshoe: A man called into the station around 30 minutes after midnight. We headed to the scene of the crime as fast as we could. That's where we found Mr. Edgeworth. Now, I didn't suspect him of anything at all. But... the next morning, a body was found in the lake. So we had to arrest Mr. Edgeworth.

Judge: Hmm... I see. Very well...

(Y/N): Uh- 

von Karma: BOTH OF YOU START THE CROSS-EXAMINATION NOW! 

(Y/N): I just met him, and I hate him. 

Cross-Examination... 

The fifth statement had something iffy in it. 

(Y/N): HOLD IT! Why did you arrest him? 

Gumshoe: Well, we found the murder weapon in the boat.

(Y/N): And that was? 

Gumshoe: A pistol. 

Phoenix: And what about it was decisive? 

Gumshoe: There were fingerprints on the pistol found in the boat. They were clear prints from Mr. Edgeworth's right hand.

(Y/N) and Phoenix: WHAT?! 

von Karma: Heheheheheh. Tsk tsk tsk. 

Everyone was shocked as the Judge slammed his gavel. 

Judge: Order! Order! So Mr. Edgeworth's fingerprints were found on the murder weapon!?

Gumshoe: Y-yes, Your Honor.

von Karma: JUDGE! This is the weapon in question.

Judge: A-accepted into evidence.

The pistol was therefore accepted in. 

von Karma: Members of the court... We now have the pistol used in the murder, and the bullet found in the body! Detective!

Gumshoe: Y-y-yessir!

von Karma: Was the bullet found in the body fired from this pistol?

Gumshoe: Yes. The ballistic markings on the bullet match the pistol.

Judge: Hmm...

Maya: What are ballistic markings? 

von Karma: Shocking! To imagine someone here does not know something as basic as ballistic markings!

(Y/N): Well Maya, th- 

von Karma: Never mind, you fool! JUDGE! TELL THEM NOW! 

(Y/N): THE FUCK?! HEY! YOU CAN'T JUST INTE- 

He glared at you, and you glared at him. 

Judge: Please, don't glare like that! It's ... ahem! Ballistic markings are like the "fingerprints" of a gun. The barrel leaves distinctive marks on each bullet it fires. You can examine these "ballistic fingerprints" to see which gun fired the shot. It's quite accurate.

von Karma: Indeed. This leads to one inevitable conclusion: the bullet found in the victim's heart... was, without a doubt, fired from this pistol. This pistol which, as you may recall, was covered with the defendant's own fingerprints! Well, Judge? 

Judge: I'd say it's almost decisive, yes. Honestly, I could declare a verdict at this point. However...

von Karma: You wish to hear the witness speak, no doubt. Very well. I am somewhat fatigued, and so I will take a brief break. I will call my witness after the recess. Which will last ten minutes. Judge!

Judge: Y-yes?

von Karma: What are you doing? A ten minute recess! Now!

Judge: B-but, wait, I...

von Karma: Just bang your flimsy gavel and get on with it, man!

Judge: Y-yes! Ahem. This court will take a ten-minute recess.

The Judge slammed his gavel as you all left. 

In the Defendant Lobby... 

Phoenix: Edgeworth! What's going on here!? Your fingerprints were on the murder weapon!

Edgeworth: Uh... hmm...

Phoenix: And that foggy photo makes one thing clear... The only one who could have shot that man was the person in the photo!

Edgeworth: True...

(Y/N): You were in the boat? 

Edgeworth: ... Yes. It was me.

Phoenix: What!?

Edgeworth: But... you must believe me. I didn't shoot him.

(Y/N): Well if you didn't, then who did? 

Edgeworth: I don't know. I heard a gunshot from very close by. Then... the other man fell from the boat. I can't say why, but... I thought, at the time, that he had shot himself!

Phoenix: Y-you mean it was a suicide!?

Edgeworth: ... That's the only explanation I can come up with.

(Y/N): Geez. Maya, any luck with Mia? 

Maya: Oh... Sorry. It's no good. I'm useless. 

(Y/N): NO! Don't ever say that! 

Maya: But it's true. I don't know anything about trials, or defense... What's more, I'm a spirit medium who can't even contact spirits...

(Y/N): SO? You make me happy! You make us all happy! 

Maya: R-Really? 

(Y/N): Yeah, of course you- 

Maya just hugged you. 

Maya: (with tears) Th-Thank you (Y/N). I think ... I'm in love with you. 

Edgeworth: Can you both focus? This shouldn't be affecting the case! 

(Y/N): Hey! You should be lucky I want you to live, dick! 

Back in the courtroom... 

Judge: Court is back in session. Mr. von Karma, call your witness.

von Karma: Yes. Will Ms. Lotta Hart take the stand?

Lotta walked to the witness stand, and she seemed excited to be a witness in a trial! 

von Karma: Lotta Hart, you are a research student at a university?

Lotta: That I am.

von Karma: Good. Begin by telling us what you saw the night of the incident. And don't add anything trivial or subjective. Understand?

Lotta: ... Y'all need to learn some manners.

von Karma: UNDERSTAND?

Lotta: Y-yeah, I understand, I understand!

Judge: Er... very well. Your testimony, please.

Witness Testimony: Witness's Account... 

Lotta: It was Christmas Eve, just after midnight, I reckon. I was in my car. I heard this "bang" come up from the lake. When I looked out the window, I saw two gents in a boat. Then there was another "bang"... There wasn't nary a thing on the lake but that boat.

von Karma: Enough! 

Lotta: Huh?

von Karma: Judge! She happened to take a photo of the incident! This is that photo. Accept it as evidence.

Judge: W-well! This is a surprise! This looks like... the very moment of the murder! O-Order! I will remove you from the court if I do not have order immediately!

von Karma: As the witness testified, she looked at the lake when she heard the shot. There were no other boats on that lake! So, the man in the boat with the victim must have been the one who shot him... Yes. It was the defendant, Miles Edgeworth!!!

The audience went into big arguments, and then the judge slammed his gavel down. 

Judge: Order! Order! Order...! I will have order!

Karma: ... Well, Judge?

Judge: The evidence is... decisive. I have very little doubt about this case. Very well, this court finds the defendant...

Phoenix: OBJECTION! W-wait! Your Honor! I haven't cross-examined the witness yet!

von Karma: A cross-examination? We have photographic proof! What question can there possibly be!? This photo is worth a thousand words... and they all read "guilty"! You lose. Or... Do you claim to have found a contradiction in her testimony!?