Chapter Fifteen
San Jose had quickly taken on the atmosphere of a carnival town. Media from all over the world were pouring in.
Every hotel was booked, and some of the members of the press were forced to take rooms
in the outlying towns of Santa Clara, Sunnyvale and Palo Alto. David was besieged by reporters.
“Mr. Singer, tell us about the case. Are you pleading your client not guilty...?”
Are you going to put Ashley Patterson on the stand...? Is it true that the district attorney was willing to plea-bargain?”
Is Dr. Patterson going to testify for his daughter...? My magazine will pay fifty thousand dollars
for an interview with your client...” Mickey Brennan was also pursued by the media.
“Mr. Brennan, would you say a few words about the trial?” Brennan turned and smiled at the television cameras.
“Yes. I can sum up the trial in five words. ‘We’re going to win it.’ No further comment.”
“Wait! Do you think she’s insane...? Is the state going to ask for the death penalty...?”
“Did you call it an open-and-shut case...?” David rented an office in San Jose close to the courthouse,
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