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were missing, too. Maybe 5 cartons.
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    PETROCELLI
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    And did you call the police?
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    JOSÉ
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    Yeah, but I knew Mr. Nesbitt was dead.
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    PETROCELLI
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    Mr. Delgado, are you familiar with the so-called martial arts?
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    JOSÉ
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    That’s my hobby. I have a black belt in karate.
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    PETROCELLI
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    Is that fact pretty well known in the neighborhood in which the drugstore operated?
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    JOSÉ
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    Yeah, because whenever I was in a match and it made the papers, Mr. Nesbitt used to put the paper in the window.
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    PETROCELLI
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    Did police ever visit the drugstore?
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    JOSÉ
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    Sometimes they would come in and sneak a smoke.
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    PETROCELLI
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    Nothing further.
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    BRIGGS
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    You state that 5 cartons of cigarettes were missing?
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    JOSÉ
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    That’s right.
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    BRIGGS
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    Five, not 6?
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    JOSÉ
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    Afterward I checked the inventory. It was 5.
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    BRIGGS
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    What medical school did you attend?
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    JOSÉ
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    None.
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    BRIGGS
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    But you said you knew that Mr. Nesbitt was dead. You were sure of it. That right?
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    JOSÉ
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    Pretty sure.
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    BRIGGS
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    Sure enough to stop and do inventory before trying to help your boss?
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    JOSÉ
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    I didn’t take inventory right away, I just noticed. You work in a store, you notice if something is missing.
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    BRIGGS
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    How long did it take?
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    JOSÉ (pissed)
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    I don’t remember.
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    BRIGGS
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    Nothing further.
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    O’BRIEN
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    No questions.
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    PETROCELLI (as JOSÉ steps down)
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    The state calls Salvatore Zinzi.
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    CUT TO: SAL ZINZI on the stand. He is nervous, slightly overweight. He wears thick glasses, which he touches over and over again as he testifies.
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    PETROCELLI
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    Mr. Zinzi, where were you when you first became involved with this case?
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    ZINZI
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    Riker’s Island.
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    PETROCELLI
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    Why were you there?
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    ZINZI
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    Stolen property. A guy sold me some baseball cards. They were stolen.
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    PETROCELLI
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    You knew they were stolen?
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    ZINZI
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    Yeah. I guess.
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    PETROCELLI
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    While you were at Riker’s Island, didyou engage in a certain conversation with a Wendell Bolden?
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    ZINZI
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    Yes, ma’am.
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    PETROCELLI
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    You want to tell me about the conversation?
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    ZINZI
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    He said he knew about a drugstore holdup where a guy was killed, and he was thinking of turning the guy in to get a break.
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    PETROCELLI
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    And what did you do as a result of this conversation?
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    ZINZI
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    I called Detective Gluck and told him what I knew.
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    PETROCELLI
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    Because you wanted a break too. Is that right?
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    ZINZI
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    Yeah.
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    PETROCELLI
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    So Bolden told you he knew about the crime. Was there anything else?
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    ZINZI
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    That was it.
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    PETROCELLI
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    Did he tell you about some cigarettes?
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    ZINZI
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    Yeah, he—
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    BRIGGS
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    Objection! She’s leading.
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    PETROCELLI
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    Withdrawn. What else did he tell you?
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    ZINZI
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    That he got some cigarettes from this guy. Two cartons.
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    PETROCELLI
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    Did he tell you the name of the person he got the cigarettes from?
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    ZINZI
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    No, just that he was sure the guy was involved in the holdup.
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    PETROCELLI
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    Nothing further.
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    CUT TO: BRIGGS at the podium.
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    BRIGGS
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    You wanted a break, Mr. Zinzi. Why did you need a break? You only had a few months to do; isn’t that right?
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    ZINZI
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    Some guys were…sexually harassing me, sir.
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    BRIGGS
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    Sexually harassing? Were they calling you a sissy? What does “sexually harass” mean to you?
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    ZINZI
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    They wanted to have sex with me.
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    BRIGGS
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    So to save yourself from being gang raped—Is that what they wanted to do to you?
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    ZINZI
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    Yeah.
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    BRIGGS
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    And