Lechliter’s behavior leading up to the trial is arguably prejudicial: instead of proceeding like a good lawyer and working from the facts, he works backwards, believing that Skeet is guilty and hastily assuming that he’ll be able to tie up the loose ends. He also chooses to rely on fairly questionable testimony. Again, Hobbs doesn’t come right out and say that Lechliter is being unfair, but he implies that the investigation was improper in some ways, and may even reflect Lechliter’s racial bias and assumption that a black male is, more likely than not, guilty.