Harmless Error

the long version

To celebrated criminal defense attorney Derek Grainger, objectivity is the key to success. But how can he be objective when his new client, a convicted murderer, possesses information crucial to the welfare of Derek's five-year-old daughter and won't divulge it unless and until his conviction is reversed on appeal? Derek frantically searches the trial transcripts for reversible errors, and when his efforts are unsuccessful, he takes a desperate gamble and hires an assistant