Despite the protests of a fireman, silent men and equally silent women crowded the aisles and spilled out into the hall. Jean Avart waited in the bull pen with Latour. The attorney made no attempt to minimize the matter. He, too, looked as if he’d spent a sleepless night. “It’s going to be rough out there,” he warned Latour. “With all the evidence against you and Mrs. Lacosta’s identification in deposition form, there’s only one thing Judge Blakely can do. So don’t be disappointed if he remands you back to jail and orders you bound over to stand trial on both charges.” “I won’t be,” Latour said. He felt better than he had at any time since he’d come to in Sheriff Belluche’s office. At least Olga believed him. Avart was not optimistic. “Because of your war record and past good character, I’m going to argue reasonable doubt and ask you to be admitted to bail. But I’m not certain I can make it stick. In fact, I don’t think I can.” “But I didn’t kill Lacosta.
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