Law Dance

Burl Stote is on trial for a murder committed several years ago. The main witness in the case is Crocker, though some of Crocker's testimony has been thrown out by the judge and the case is thin without more. But several of the witnesses have moved or refused to testify or aren't reliable or have died...supposedly by accident. However, when the story begins, you see Burl's brother murder one of the witnesses. As a result, Kojak and his men must find other witnesses and convince them to testify. Plus, getting them to testify might save their lives, as Burl's nasty brother is more than willing to kill more folks to free him.

This is an interesting episode about a side of police work and prosecution you often don't hear much about otherwise. An interesting case...and one well worth seeing.

In this episode Kevin Dobson is testifying about an arrest he made of Martin Kove who held up a restaurant and killed a patron. Crocker was a patrolman then and he chased Kove down and apprehended him.

But while Dobson is on the stand the owner and chief witness is murdered and the Manhattan South Squad has to scramble to save the case in court.

Roxie Roker as the owner's widow and unknown witness is outstanding here as a woman caught between fear and her civic duty. And special kudos go to Sara Seegar as a woman who's hobby it is to watch trials. She knows more law than many lawyers and all the players in the criminal justice system. Seegar provides a lot of interesting observations between her knitting.

Good story and performances.