Implied Consent: Act III, Scene IV

A Play on the Sanctity of Human Life, in Four Parts

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(The setting now shifts to the inside of the courthouse, which MARK enters and seats himself among the spectators. He does not yet have an official role to play in this trial. JUDGE BENSON is already situated in his place at the center rear of the stage, as are the representatives of the prosecution and the defense, arrayed at the stage's opposite sides. ROBERTS, OSWALD, and VICTORIA sit on one of the sides, and NEVILLE sits on the other, accompanied by the SERVANT who had attended to Quintus Grummond prior to his fateful jog. REPORTERS stand wherever they can find room to do so.)

JUDGE (striking the table in front of him with a gavel): I now declare the trial of this case, The Family, Kin, and Legal Heirs of Quintus Grummond v. The Estate of Quintus Grummond, to be in session. The court shall now hear the opening arguments of the prosecution.