Summary
Ever wonder what kind of lawyer Vinny Gambini would be today, 15 years after his stunning come-from-behind triumph in the courtroom of the redoubtable Judge Chamberlain Haller (played so wonderfully by the late Fred Gwynne)? To find out, just read "Death by Rodrigo," Ron Leibman's comic romp through the Halls of Justice, Camden, N.J.- style.
Mickie Mezzonati and Junior "Junne" Salerno, two counselors in the legal, not the Mario Puzo, sense of the word, go way back. Friends since the sixth grade, both sons of Italian immigrants, their skill on the football field got them college scholarships - Mickie to Temple, which he finished in regulation time, albeit in the middle of the pack, and Junne to three schools before he too managed to graduate. Next came the military and after that the police force, where both became detectives, and then Mickie got the idea they should try law school, at night, of course.See the full content of this document
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Defending the Guilty, Dispensing Rough Justice
Both made it through, but neither passed the bar the first time he took it - two times for Mickie, three for Junne. "But you know what?" asks Junne, who narrates the book, "Both of us - yeah, me included - are pretty good at what we do. I guess you'd call ...
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