Anatomy of a Murder

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The AllMusic review by Bruce Eder awarded the album 3 stars and called it "a virtuoso jazz score—moody, witty, sexy, and—in its own quiet way – playful". [57] McCullough, Chelsea (2003). Voelker's Pond: A Robert Traver Legacy. Chelsea, MI: Huron River Press. ISBN 978-1-932399-00-4.

In a small-town tale set in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the 1950s, middle-aged ex-DA Paul Biegler must turn his hand to becoming a defence counsel to fund his passion for fishing.

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Bergman, Shirley (November–December 2001). "The Real Trial" (PDF). Michigan History. 85 (6): 90–91. OCLC 220951644. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 20, 2006 . Retrieved December 7, 2011. Shaul, Richard D. (November–December 2001). "Anatomy of a Murder" (PDF). Michigan History. 85 (6): 89. OCLC 220951644. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 20, 2006. Monaghan, John (January 20, 2009). "The Movie that Put Ishpeming on the Map: UP Plans Events this Summer to Mark 50th Anniversary of Anatomy of a Murder". Detroit Free Press. Archived from the original on January 24, 2009. Film Hall of Fame Inductees: Productions". Online Film & Television Association . Retrieved August 15, 2021.

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Voelker's business slowed after the Peterson trial, and by 1953 he closed his office and worked from home. In 1954, he ran for the United States Congress. [7] In 1956, he was interviewed as a possible candidate to fill a vacancy on the Michigan Supreme Court. [2] At the time, Governor G. Mennen Williams thought it was appropriate to revive a tradition of having a justice from the Upper Peninsula on the court. [21] When asked why he wanted to serve, Voelker replied, "Because I have spent my life on fiction and fishing, and I need the money". [2] He was appointed the 74th justice of the Michigan Supreme Court by Williams to fill Emerson R. Boyles's vacant seat on the court in December 1956, [1] [2] and Voelker was confirmed in an election in 1957 to fill out the remainder of Boyles' term. [2] He was then reelected to a full term in 1958. [22] In June 2008, the American Film Institute revealed AFI's 10 Top 10, the best 10 films in 10 "classic" American film genres, after polling over 1,500 people from the creative community. Anatomy of a Murder was selected as the seventh best film in the courtroom drama genre. [37] The film examines the apparent fallibility of the human factor in jurisprudence. [21] [22] In various ways all of the human components—the counsel for defense and prosecution, the defendant and his wife, and the witnesses—have their own differing positions on what is right or wrong, and varying perspectives on integrity, justice, morality and ethics. The reliance on credibility of witnesses, and the "finding of facts" based upon those determinations, is the " Achilles heel" of the judicial process. [22] a b c Shaul, Richard D. (November–December 2001). " Anatomy of a Murder" (PDF). Michigan History. Vol.86, no.6. p.89. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 20, 2006 . Retrieved December 7, 2011. Howell, Brandon (January 20, 2012). "Cooley Law School's 109th Class Set to Graduate Saturday". MLive. Booth Newspapers . Retrieved June 10, 2015.

I'm sorry, but I have to go to the doctor's. I don't know if you've heard the details, but I--I had quite an experience. I'm sure I can see you Tuesday, though--that is, if you can take the case." Anatomy of a Murder is based on a real murder (and subsequent trial) that occurred in Big Bay in the early morning of July 31, 1952. Coleman A. Peterson, a lieutenant in the Army, was charged with murdering Maurice Chenoweth. The alleged motive was revenge for the rape of Peterson's wife by Chenoweth. Voelker successfully defended Peterson, who was found not guilty by reason of insanity. Other books by Voelker were based on other legal cases in the Upper Peninsula or his love of fly fishing for brook trout. He authored over 100 opinions during his short tenure on the Michigan Supreme Court, the most famous of which was in a case called People v. Hildabridle involving a naturist community near Battle Creek.

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I swung around downtown and slowed down to miss a solitary drunk emerging blindly from the Tripoli Bar and out upon the street, in a sort of gangling somnambulistic trot, pursued on his way by the hollow roar of a juke box from the garishly lit and empty bar. "Sunstroke," I murmured absently. "Simply a crazed victim of the midnight sun." As I parked my mud-spattered coupe alongside the Miners' State Bank, across from my office over the dime store, I reflected that there were few more forlorn and lonely sounds in the world than the midnight wail of a juke box in a deserted small town, those raucous proclamations of joy and fun where, instead, there dwelt only fatigue and hangover and boredom. To me the wavering hoot of an owl sounds utterly gay by comparison. John D. Voelker (June 29, 1903– March 18, 1991), also known by his pen name Robert Traver, was a noted lawyer, author and fly fisherman from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Born and raised in Ishpeming, he later attended the University of Michigan Law School. His early professional career was as an attorney and county prosecutor in Marquette County. Voelker was also appointed to the Michigan Supreme Court by Governor G. Mennen Williams in 1957. He is best known as the author of the novel Anatomy of a Murder, published in 1958. The best-selling novel was turned into an Academy Award-nominated film of the same name—directed by Otto Preminger and starring James Stewart—released on July 1, 1959. Duke Ellington wrote the music for the movie. It is critically acclaimed as one of the best trial movies of all time. I heard the monotonously insistent robot ringing of a telephone before I reached the top of the stairs. The waspish buzzing continued. I did not hurry; after all, it could be for the chiropractor, the beauty operator, the dentist, or even the young newlyweds down the hall. It could have been, but I was certain it wasn't. For with one of those swift premonitions one cannot define I knew it was for me; it would be, I was sure, my invitation to the waltz--my bid to accept the retainer in Iron Cliffs County's latest murder. I lowered my duffel and fumbled for the key to my private office. My phone had ceased ringing.