Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law

- Season 3

(1973)

A high school student who was in love with his attractive young teacher is accused of murdering her.

An aging legal wizard (Ralph Bellamy) botches the defense of a murder suspect (Erik Estrada).

A young man is accused of killing his girlfriend. Owen discovers that the prosecution has what appears to be a damning piece of evidence, a note found in his school locker, saying that she didn't want to see him anymore, but he suspects that it's a fake and attacks it in court.

A 7-year-old boy living on a farm with his dead mother's sister is the prize in a bitter custody battle when his father, an ex-con, returns and wants him back.

A newly engaged couple in their 40's find their happiness short lived. Her teenage daughter is violated and killed with the fiance the chief suspect. Owen takes seemingly hopeless case when a Shakespearean quote changes the investigation.

A folk-rock singer, who comes from a family of prominent lawyers, is accused of pulling the plug on his terminally ill mother. The singer's father, a dear friend of Owen's, hires him to defend his son.

Attorney Owen Marshall agrees to defend a priest who's arrested for killing a girl he once dated. Marshall believes most of the evidence is circumstantial except for an eyewitness who declares she saw the accused at the scene of the crime.

Owen Marshall works to free a young girl from a mental institution in a small rural town. Her parents committed her after disapproving of their daughter's morals.

Pat Boone plays a junior high school principal fighting for custody of his son. Although the boy wants to live with his father the courts may disagree after hearing the wife's vengeful accusations.

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When Howell is found murdered evidence starts to point to his wife Kit. She hires Owen to defend her and he finds his job more difficult as Kit had recently discovered her husband was having an affair with a nightclub singer.

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A young hitchhiker, after accepting a ride, agrees to deliver a briefcase for the man. But the favor leads to the young man being charged with kidnapping and murder. It doesn't add up to Owen so he agrees to take the case.

Dr. Tannen, who runs a private clinic, is incensed when a young patient of his dies because a larger hospital wouldn't accept him, and publicly blames the other hospital for the boy's death. This makes him the defendant of a libel suit, for which he hires his friend Owen to defend him. Owen tries to get the doctor to retract his statements, but he steadfastly refuses, insisting on a trial, even though he's deathly ill himself and the strain could possibly kill him.

Owen Marshall must rely on a sign language expert to communicate with his client, a kindly, mute gardener accused of several sexual assaults on women.

The battle over defining obscenity is waged between a bookstore owner and a small town mayor who wants to censor his inventory. David Soul joins the cast as Owen's colleague Ted Warwick.

Owen Marshall defends a policeman accused of murder after he kills the son of a wealthy businessman.

Judy Simpson learns she's scheduled for sterilization because of a minor mental handicap. She shows up at Marshall's office to find out what her legal options are to prevent the operation. Owen agrees to take the case.

Owen agrees to represent a detective who shoot and kills a young man burglarizing a home. The officer is being sued for wrongful death and Marshall must devise a strategy for his acquittal.

Marshall defends Marcus Welby's colleague Dr. Steve Kiley, whose ex-girlfriend's sister has filed a paternity suit against him.

Owen sues a short-tempered bus driver who thwarted an onboard robbery which resulted in gunplay and an innocent passenger left paralyzed.

An old friend of Owen's asks him to defend his son in a military court for charges of desertion and assault on a Non-Commissioned Officer.

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