Joseph Teller

It is the late 1970s and criminal defence attorney Harrison J. Walker, better known as Jaywalker for his rebellious tactics, is struggling to build his own practice when he receives a call from a desperate mother. Her son, Darren Kingston, has been arrested for raping five white women in Castle Hill, an area of the Bronx long forgotten by the city.

A young, good–looking black man, Darren is positively identified by four of the victims as the fifth prepares to do the same. Everyone from the prosecution to the community at large sees this as an open–and–shut case with solid eyewitness testimony. Everyone, that is, except Jaywalker.

The young attorney looks deep into the crimes, studying both the characters involved and the character of our society. What he finds will haunt him for the rest of his career.

A sports car, speeding in the wrong lane, forces a van off the road. Bursting into flames, all nine occupants of the van are killed – eight of them children.

Criminal defence attorney Harrison J. Walker, known simply as Jaywalker, is trying to keep his nose clean while serving a three–year suspension. But when a woman seduces him into representing the driver, a man who also happens to be her husband, things get messy.

Jaywalker tries to stay focused on his goal – limiting the damage to his client by exposing the system's hypocrisy regarding drunk driving. But when he rounds a blind corner in the case, he collides with a truth that could change everything.

Did career criminal Alonzo Barnett, in and out of prison since age fifteen, commit the latest drug deal he's accused of? Yup, he's guilty as charged. But is he guilty as sin? That's the question criminal defence attorney Harrison J. Walker, the maverick known as Jaywalker, has to answer as he takes the court–appointed case.

As Jaywalker is well aware, one wrong move, even for the right reason, can derail your life – and land an otherwise redeemed ex–con back in the slammer for years.

Up against a team of prosecutors – one a talented, ethical newcomer, the other a sleazy, tight–fisted veteran – Jaywalker has almost nothing on his side. Except his unshakable belief in his client and the very real possibility of redemption for them both.

Harrison J. Walker––Jaywalker, to the world––is a frayed–at–the–edges defense attorney with a ninety–percent acquittal rate, thanks to an obsessive streak a mile wide. But winning this case will take more than just dedication.

Seventeen–year–old Jeremy Estrada killed another boy after a fight over a girl: shot him point–blank between the eyes. No one disputes those facts. This kid is jammed up big–time, but almost unable to help himself. He's got the face of an angel but can hardly string together three words to explain what happened that day...yet he's determined to go to trial.

All they've got is a "yesbut" defense, as in: "Did you kill him?" "Yes, but..." Jaywalker is accustomed to bending the rules––this case will stretch the law to the breaking point and beyond.

THE TENTH CASE

Joseph Teller

HE'S ALWAYS TRUSTED HIS CLIENTS

UNTIL THE LAST ONE

Criminal defense attorney Harrison J. Walker, better known as Jaywalker, has just been suspended for using “creative” tactics and receiving “gratitude” in the courtroom stairwell from a client charged with prostitution. Convincing the judge that his other clients are counting on him, Jaywalker is allowed to complete ten cases. But it's the last case that truly tests his abilities– and his acquittal record.

Samara Moss– young, petite and sexy as hell– stabbed her husband in the heart. Or so everyone believes. Having married the elderly billionaire when she was an eighteen year–old former prostitute, Samara appears to be the clichéd gold digger. But Jaywalker knows all too well that appearances can be deceiving.

Who else could have killed the billionaire? Has Samara been framed? Or is Jaywalker just driven by his need to win his clients' cases and this particular client's undying gratitude?