Perry Mason
Defense attorney sleuth
Perry Mason is a fictional defense attorney created by Erle Stanley Gardner, famous for dramatic courtroom revelations that exonerate his clients.
The character appeared in dozens of novels beginning in 1933 and a long-running television series.
A Perry Mason moment is a dramatic confession or revelation that resolves a case: The prosecutor was hoping for a Perry Mason moment, but nobody cracked on the stand.
- lawyerLicensed legal representative
- detectiveProfessional crime investigator
- courtroomJudicial proceedings chamber
- trialJudicial examination of claims
- mysterySomething unexplained or unknown
noir fiction · crime · evidence · witness · defense attorney · Ironside · Atticus Finch · moral integrity · Matlock · judge · whodunit · cross-examination · surprise witness · smoking gun · legal drama · presumption of innocence · investigation · closing argument
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- Legal TVtrials, verdicts, testimony, evidence, cross-examination
- legal fictionlegal drama, courtroom drama, crime fiction, detective stories, To Kill a Mockingbird
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Perry Masonprosecutor
Government's trial lawyer
district attorney · DA · state's attorney · prosecuting attorney · crown prosecutor