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cases if they went to trial. Sent to us by Nathan Sikes, Birmingham, AL Imagine Columbo's cases went to court did you ever wonder how they would turn out? 1. PRESCRIPTION: MURDER California v. Ray Fleming GUILTY -- Life
2. RANSOM FOR A DEAD MAN California v. Leslie Williams GUILTY -- Life
3. MURDER BY THE BOOK California v. Kenneth Franklin GUILTY -- Two life sentences; no parole
4. DEATH LENDS A HAND California v. Robert Brimmer NOT GUILTY -- Insufficient evidence
5. DEAD WEIGHT California v. Major General Martin Hollister GUILTY -- Life
6. SUITABLE FOR FRAMING California v. Dale Kingston GUILTY -- Life plus twenty
7. LADY IN WAITING California v. Beth Chadwick GUILTY -- Twenty years
8. SHORT FUSE California v. Roger Stanford NOT GUILTY -- Insufficient evidence
9. BLUEPRINT FOR MURDER California v. Elliot Markham GUILTY -- Death
10. ETUDE IN BLACK California v. Alex Benedict GUILTY -- Death
11. THE GREENHOUSE JUNGLE California v. Jarvis Goodland GUILTY -- Life
12. THE MOST CRUCIAL GAME Paul Hanlon DISMISSED -- Insufficient evidence
13. DAGGER OF THE MIND Nicholas Framer Lillian Stanhope DISMISSED -- Insufficient evidence
14. REQUIEM FOR A FALLING STAR California v. Nora Chandler NOT GUILTY -- Good Lawyer
15. A STITCH IN CRIME Dr. Barry Mayfield DISMISSED -- Insufficient evidence
16. THE MOST DANGEROUS MATCH California v. Emmet Clayton NOT GUILTY -- Good Lawyer
17. DOUBLE SHOCK California v. Dexter Paris GUILTY -- Twenty years California v. Norman Paris GUILTY -- Twenty years
18. LOVELY BUT LETHAL California v. Viveca Scott NOT GUILTY -- Insufficient evidence
19. ANY OLD PORT IN A STORM California v. Adrian Carsini GUILTY -- Twenty years, chance of parole in five.
20. CANDIDATE FOR CRIME California v. Nelson Hayward NOT GUILTY -- Good Lawyer
21. DOUBLE EXPOSURE California v. Bart Kepple NOT GUILTY -- Good Lawyer
22. PUBLISH OR PERISH California v. Riley Greenleaf NOT GUILTY -- Insufficient evidence
23. MIND OVER MAYHEM California v. Marshall Cahill GUILTY -- Twenty years, chance of parole in five
24. SWAN SONG California v. Tommy Brown NEVER TRIED -- PLEA BARGAIN -- Two Life sentences, chance of parole in twenty.
25. A FRIEND IN NEED California v. Mark Halperin GUILTY -- Life for 1st degree murder, Twenty-five years for aiding and abetting California v. Hugh Caldwell GUILTY -- Life for 1st degree murder, Twenty-five years for aiding and abetting
26. AN EXERCISE IN FATALITY Milo Janus DISMISSED -- Insufficient evidence
27. NEGATIVE REACTION California v. Paul Galesko NOT GUILTY -- Insufficient evidence
28. BY DAWN’S EARLY LIGHT California v. Lyle C. Rumford NEVER TRIED -- PLEA BARGAIN -- Ten years, U.S. Court-Martial
29. TROUBLED WATERS California v. Hayden Danziger GUILTY -- Life
30. PLAYBACK California v. Harold Van Wyck NOT GUILTY -- Good Lawyer
31. A DEADLY STATE OF MIND California v. Marcus Collier NOT GUILTY -- Good Lawyer
32. FORGOTTEN LADY Grace Wheeler Willis UNSOLVED -- Mrs. Wheeler died a month after the case.
33. A CASE OF IMMUNITY Secretary Hassan Salah DISMISSED -- Due to "sweetheart" deal influenced by U.S./foreign relations
34. IDENTITY CRISIS Nelson Brenner (a.k.a., "Steinmetz") NEVER TRIED -- Brenner was sprung from LAPD custody and became a fugitive of justice.
35. A MATTER OF HONOR Luis Montoya GUILTY -- BY MEXICAN LAW -- Hung to death.
36. NOW YOU SEE HIM California v. Stefan Mueller (a.k.a., "The Great Santini") GUILTY -- Death
37. LAST SALUTE TO THE COMMODORE California v. Swanny Swanson NOT GUILTY -- Insufficient evidence
38. FADE IN TO MURDER California v. Ward Fowler NOT GUILTY -- Good Lawyer
39. OLD FASHIONED MURDER Ruth Lyton DISMISSED -- Insufficient evidence
40. THE BYE-BYE SKY-HIGH I.Q. MURDER CASE California v. Oliver Brandt NEVER TRIED -- PLEA BARGAIN -- Twenty years, chance of parole in seven
41. TRY AND CATCH ME California v. Abigail Mitchell NOT GUILTY -- Good Lawyer
42. MURDER UNDER GLASS California v. Paul Gerard NEVER TRIED -- Mr. Gerard committed suicide before going to trial
43. MAKE ME A PERFECT MURDER California v. Kay Freestone NOT GUILTY -- Good Lawyer
45. THE CONSPIRATORS COLUMBO CASES IF THEY WENT TO TRIAL -- PART II: The ABC Years
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