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*** It's also unlikely that Vinny, who was only licensed to practice in New York, would also be licensed to practice in Alabama, where the crime took place. He could be allowed to appear on that one case (it's called ''pro hac vice''-"for this purpose" to you Latin enthusiasts), but there was no mention of him making the necessary application.
**** It's even more unlikely that Marisa Tomei would be called as an impromptu expert witness on knowing the exact dimensions of car-tires, when the actual car in question was available for measurement "straight from the horse's mouth;" however this is less a case of [[Hollywood Law]], and more a case of "Tomeine poisoning."
****** By this point in the case the prosecutor has every expectation that allowing Vinny to call his girlfriend as an expert witness will only result in Vinny's embarrassing himself further, so he has a valid reason to just sit back and let it happen without objecting. As the old saying goes, 'if you notice your opponent is drowning then you throw the sonofabitch the anchor'. As to why the judge would allow it; typically, the defense is allowed the maximum possible latitude in a capital case, and these guys are up for murder. In a Southern state. Under aggravated circumstances.
* Part of [[Nightmare On Elm Street|Freddy's]] backstory is that he was arrested and convicted of being a serial killer who targeted children, then was released because his arrest warrant was signed in the wrong place.
** In the TV spinoff's pilot, it was because he hadn't been read his rights. Two invocations of this trope for the price of one incident!
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