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Season 7 » Episode #04 - The Case of the Deadly Verdict

Perry Mason - 07x04 The Case of the Deadly Verdict

Summary: Janice Barton is found guilty of the murder of her wealthy relative and sentenced to death. Can Perry find the evidence to clear her of the crime before the pellets in the gas chamber fall?

Who appeared in this episode?

Guest Stars:

Janice Barton	played by Julie Adams
Emily Green	played by Joan Tompkins
Letitia Simmons	played by Erin O'Brien-Moore
Paulette Nevin	played by Jan Shepard
Christopher Barton	played by Steve Franken
Dr. Charles Nevin	played by Lee Bergere
Violet Barton Ames	played by Hollis Irving
Arthur Jacks	played by Mike Mazurki

Episode Quotes

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Mistakes/Goofs

Goof (factual errors): During one of his conferences with Janice, Perry mentions having given an oral report to the California Supreme Court in Sacramento. The California Supreme Court is in San Francisco, not Sacramento.

Trivia

Although it's popularly believed this episode represents the only time Perry Mason loses a case, in the first-season episode "The Case of the Terrified Typist", not only is Mason's client convicted of murder - he turns out to be really guilty! (However, Mason figures out that the murderer was impersonating someone else, and since some of the prosecution's evidence was related to the actual person whose identity had been stolen, a mistrial is declared, meaning a second trial for the defendant, presumably without Mason's services.) In the sixth-season closer, "The Case of the Witless Witness", a respected judge rules against Mason in some civil matter; when the judge ends up falsely accused of corruption, then murder, Mason doesn't hesitate to defend him.