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On Christmas, Edgeworth is arrested for the murder of attorney Robert Hammond. After relenting for Phoenix's help after an initial refusal, Wright faces Edgeworth's mentor [[Manfred von Karma]], who has not lost a single case in his forty-year career. Phoenix discovers that former bailiff Yanni Yogi shot Hammond with a gun provided by von Karma. Fifteen years earlier, Edgeworth's father, Gregory, ruined von Karma's spotless record when he convinced a judge to penalize Karma for misconduct. Unable to deal with such a blemish on his legacy, Karma murdered Gregory in cold blood, leaving Miles to believe he was responsible. At the same time, Yogi was publicly blamed and convinced by Hammond, his attorney, to fake insanity, which got him acquitted of all charges, leaving the case unsolved till that very day. Von Karma suffers a breakdown in court and confesses to the cover-up and Gregory's murder, and Edgeworth is released. Following the trial, Phoenix explains that Edgeworth motivated him to become an attorney after he defended Phoenix from a false theft accusation as children, to which Larry admits he was the true culprit. However, Edgeworth decided to become von Karma's pupil following his father's murder after being motivated by his hatred of criminals. Edgeworth decides to rethink whether or not he should resume his previous duties. Meanwhile, Maya returns to her home village to finish her spirit medium training.
In a fifth case added for the Nintendo DS and subsequent releases, Phoenix is hired by teenager [[Ema Skye]] to defend her sister Lana, the head of the prosecutor's office. Lana is accused of murdering detective Bruce Goodman, who was found in the trunk of Edgeworth's car. Together with Ema, Phoenix traces the origins of the murder to an incident two years prior, when a serial killer named Joe Darke allegedly murdered prosecutor Neil Marshall while trying to escape custody, and discovers a piece of evidence that implicates Ema as Marshall's killer. Phoenix successfully tricks Damon Gant, the Chief of Police, into revealing that he murdered Marshall and
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