The Lost Turnabout

The Lost Turnabout is the first case in the video game Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney:  Justice For All. Like The First Turnabout from the first game, this case serves as a tutorial for the players. In this episode, while struck with amnesia, Phoenix must defend Officer Maggey Byrde in the murder of fellow officer and lover, Dustin Prince.

Characters: Phoenix Wright, Maggey Byrde, The Judge, Winston Payne, Dick Gumshoe, Maya Fey, Richard Wellington

Locations: Defendant Lobby, Courtroom

Plot Synopsis
The opening scene depicts a nightmare in which Phoenix appears to be running away from someone. A voice stops him and says, "You can't run away forever, Mr. Phoenix Wright!" The voice appears to be the Judge, appearing as a tall, menacing giant, accompanied by Johann Sebastian Bach's Tocatta and Fugue. The nightmare ends with the Judge using his gavel to kill Phoenix for being "no longer worthy of [his] title." Phoenix wakes up, believing that it was the ringtone on his (or someone else's) cell phone that caused it. Suddenly, Phoenix is knocked out by an unknown figure...

The Trial, Part 1
Phoenix regains consciousness, but he feels a little foggy in the head. Just then, his client, Maggey Byrde comes in to greet him and say that the trial will be starting soon. However, Phoenix has no recollection of ever taking a murder trial, nor even who he is!

In Courtroom No. 2 at the District Court, only Winston Payne addresses the Judge, with Phoenix not knowing what to say. The Judge asks if he's ready. Phoenix tries to say that his memory is messed up, but the Judge does not accept excuses from the defense. In Payne's opening statement, Maggey is accused of killing her boyfriend, and what's worse, her lover was a fellow police officer. In any case, the prosecution will prove that the guilty part is the defendant.

Detective Dick Gumshoe is called to the stand to describe the incident in detail.