Frank Sahwit was the sole witness to the murder of Cindy Stone, the first case of defense attorney Phoenix Wright. He was a common burglar who pretended to sell newspapers as a front for learning when people left their homes. During one of his burglaries, Sahwit was caught in the act by the owner of the apartment, Cindy Stone. He picked up the nearest thing he could find, a clock-statue of "The Thinker", and hit her over the head with it. The 12-hour clock then spoke the time - 1:00 - which Sahwit believed was the real time. Stone died of blood loss, and Sahwit decided to frame her ex-boyfriend Larry Butz, who had visited her apartment on the day of the murder. During Butz's subsequent trial, Sahwit was called as the sole witness to the murder. While acting in a very sycophantic way throughout, he claimed that he had found Stone at 1:00 p.m. However, the autopsy report contradicted this by placing the time of death as 4:00 p.m. Sahwit tried to explain why he had been so sure of the time, without revealing the truth, but his testimony was full of holes that he eventually ended up giving testimony that contradicted his earlier statements. Butz's rookie defense attorney, Phoenix Wright, exploited these flaws and, upon confirming that the clock-statue was three hours behind, soon accused Sahwit of the murder. In response, Sahwit threw his toupée at Wright and revealed his real, rage-filled nature. He claimed that Wright could not prove that the clock was three hours slow at the time of the murder. However, Wright - with the aid of his mentor, Mia Fey - explained that the victim had gone to France the day before the murder, meaning that the clock was actually nine hours ahead. At this, Sahwit hyperventilated and collapsed on the stand. Butz was subsequently declared not guilty, Wright's career took off, and Sahwit was convicted and imprisoned.
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