Just as the prosecutor was exchanging compliments with Atmey before moving toward an easy win, Wright burst into the courtroom. Despite regaining his memory soon after the trial ended, Wright still couldn't remember Payne for a while.įoiled again Main article: The Stolen TurnaboutĪ year later, Payne prosecuted for the trial of Luke Atmey, whom Wright had previously implicated as the infamous thief Mask☆DeMasque. Although Wright had lost his memory after being struck with a fire extinguisher by Payne's witness prior to the trial, Wright managed to pull off another victory and expose the witness as the real killer, with the help of his client. Payne would later cheekily remark that he taught Wright everything he knew.Īnother loss to Wright Main article: The Lost TurnaboutĪ year after their last run-in, Payne faced Wright in another murder trial and was eager to defeat his newfound nemesis. Like his mentor Fey before him, Wright quickly exposed Payne's witness as the real killer. Three years later, Payne met Wright in another murder trial, this time with the latter as a lawyer fresh out of law school.

Loss to another rookie Main article: The First Turnabout The 'Rookie Killer' would never fully recover. At this, Payne not only lost all of his prior bravado, but also most of his hair from the shock of losing. Although Payne tried to object, Fey taunted the previously overconfident prosecutor, daring him to stay true to his word and swallow Wright's cold medicine to prove her theory wrong. Moreover, his witness turned out to be the real culprit she had tried to kill the defendant, Phoenix Wright, by poisoning his cold medicine. However, the young defense attorney proved to be far more competent than he had expected.

When he brought his star witness, Dahlia Hawthorne, to the stand, he told Fey that he had such faith in his witnesses that he would be willing to die for them. When Payne met Mia Fey on her second foray into the courtroom, he thought little of her, telling her that the trial would soon be over.

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