District Court

The Los Angeles District Court is a courthouse housing several courtrooms and defendant lobbies. It is an important location for local defense attorneys and prosecutors such as Phoenix Wright, Miles Edgeworth and Apollo Justice, being the place in which all lower-level criminal trials occur. The District Court has been the scene of at least four murders: the DL-6 Incident in which Gregory Edgeworth was killed, the murders of Byrne Faraday and Mack Rell, and the murder of Candice Arme. It was also where Dahlia Hawthorne attempted to murder Diego Armando. It has also been the scene of a number of other violent assaults on defense attorneys, a bombing, and terrorist threats.

Courtroom rules
Some of the procedural rules that are referenced include infractions for the following:
 * Wasting the court's time
 * Badgering a witness
 * Leading the court
 * Presenting illegal evidence

However, these rules are enforced inconsistently if at all. In particular, many prosecutors and witnesses use threats and intimidation tactics to get the judge to do what they want, even though these behaviors would fall under leading the court. Some other behaviors that ought to go unpunished but are not include:
 * Throwing toupees at people
 * Shameless flirting and provocativeness
 * Speaking in L33T
 * Carrying photographic equipment into the courtroom and taking photos
 * Smoking
 * Interrupting after a verdict is given
 * Bringing unauthorized animals to court and having them attack various people
 * Handing out and eating boxed lunches
 * Drinking, eating jerky and shaving with knife
 * Shouting into megaphones
 * Interrupting cross-examinations
 * Attacking people with whips
 * Playing with a beret
 * Throwing poker cards
 * Testifying via a ventriloquist dummy
 * Communicating electronically with people outside of the courtroom (usually via cell phones), although use of a transceiver was explicitly permitted to allow the assassin Shelly de Killer to testify
 * Drinking and throwing coffee at defense attorneys
 * Throwing seeds at defense attorneys
 * Picking flower petals
 * Drawing pictures of prosecutors
 * Using an umbrella
 * Carrying a lobster dish into the courtroom
 * Eating snacks
 * Playing rock music
 * Brushing the tongue with a toothbrush
 * Carrying a barrel, littering and carrying a giant fish
 * Spraying perfume while testifying
 * Wearing a cardboard box covering the upper body
 * Writing on a chalkboard
 * Smashing pottery on the floor
 * Carrying a weapon
 * Riding a mini scooter
 * Using a finger slice on defense attorneys

Judges can object (normally feebly and to little effect) to such instances, usually by requesting that a court bailiff intervene. One ruling that was strictly enforced was to prevent a clown from telling bad jokes.

Mecha?
There is a model of the courthouse inside the 3rd Floor Lobby. The model's creator spent as much money to build the model as it took to build the courthouse itself. Although subsequently fired, he was later seen talking to his son about a hidden mechanism built into the courthouse. Since hands and a face can be seen when looking into the model, this might be hinting at the model being a disguised robot.

Localization note
Since the English localizations of the games take place in Los Angeles, California, the District Court may be intended to be one of the two Federal District Courts for the Western District of California.