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parent, his victim, if you will, was very inexperienced. And a judge who was very impatient. The key piece of evidence they had was a photograph of this woman's face after my client had allegedly beat her up quite badly. And getting a photograph into evidence is very easy, but it requires a very specific phrasing. So what you say is, I'd like this to be marked for identification. You mark the photo, and then you hand it to the witness, or you hand it to the court officer, who hands it to the witness, and you say, I 'm showing you what's been marked as petitioners won for identification. Do you recognize that? Yes. What do you recognize it to be? It's a photograph. Does that photograph fairly and accurately depict your face after he beat you up? Yes. Your Honor, I'd like it put into evidence. That's it. It's easy. For whatever reason, most likely lack of experience, opposing counsel, I guess, didn't know how to get a photograph into evidence. Now, normally in that situation, a judge will be helpful. But this judge was just not in the mood. And opposing counsel said, I'd like this to be marked . And then she said, could you hand it to the witness? And she said, what is that a photo of? So I did my job. I said, objection. She's asking about the contents of a document, not an evidence, which is my job. Judge said, sustained. So she said, okay, I'm sorry, who took this photo? And she said, I don't know who took it. She says, okay, asking about the contents of a document, not an evidence. And I could see opposing counsel getting flustered because she didn't know the words. And my internal dialogue at that moment was, just say it. Get it right. Just say fairly and accurately depict. Just say it. I remember looking at the judge and thinking like, you're letting this happen. You're letting this happen. Don't let this happen. Like she's poor. She's poor. That's why she's going to lose. She's going to lose because she's poor and she can't afford a lawyer. And he's going to win because he can afford a lawyer that knows how to put a document into evidence. And there's something really wrong about that. And the judge didn't, the judge just let her drown. And she asked three or four more questions that were the wrong questions. And then she just said, I don't know. I don't know what to say. I'm sorry. And then she just sat down and the case got dismissed.