An unpromising case of murder suddenly develops new leads when the cops explore the possibility that the victim was mistaken for someone else. McCoy walks a thin line in the…

The discovery of a would-be thief refocuses a murder investigation, leaving the prosecutors the task of making a conspiracy case against the deceased’s attorney and the pretty young widow.

The case against Huey Tate, a young man accused of shooting the well-known leader of the African-American Congress comes undone when the New York authorities learn that their chief witness…

The sidewalk shooting of a young husband uncovers the fact that his wife’s first husband died in a inadequately investigated accident, and that they may have been having an affair…

The detectives face a difficult struggle getting witnesses to a girl’s apparent suicide to come forward while Ross tries to prove that a known bully is the one really responsible…

The murder of a janitor in a university laboratory building leads back to a student employee whose participation in a drug study may have prompted the crime.

The murder of a deadbeat father whose son is dying of leukemia presents McCoy and Ross with a sympathetic suspect and a moral dilemma.

The murder of Richard Speigel, chief financial officer for an exclusive, family-owned department store goes from the sitting room to the bedroom and into the board room as suspicion shifts…

Briscoe and Curtis’s investigation of the murder of a rare coin dealer nets them a millionaire as a suspect, but Ross has to play detective too as the DA’s office…

Curtis, angered by the attitude of an old colleague of Briscoe’s, looks beyond the findings of an IAB investigation and turns up evidence of police corruption that puts the DA’s…

McCoy’s new second chair, ADA Jamie Ross, is determined to prosecute as harshly as possible a carjacker who took the life of a teacher as she pleaded for her life…

The cops tackle identifying a corpse left in an elevator, and McCoy finds his prosecution of the suspect later hampered by a vindictive judge who resents Ross’s in-court rebuke for…

Briscoe and Curtis have to break the mutual alibi of two girlfriends as they try to find the killer of a young black man, whose angry parents pressure McCoy to…

The investigation into multiple homicides at a clothing store leads to the arrest of a schizophrenic who presents McCoy with a formidable opponent when he decides to represent himself.

After an infant is found dead in his crib, it’s determined he was poisoned, and all evidence points to the child’s au pair.

After Briscoe, Curtis, McCoy, and Kincaid witness the execution of a criminal they brought to justice, their unique reactions to the event culminate in personal tragedies for each of them.

A woman is shot while sleeping, and the investigation leads the police to a boy whose crack-addicted mother has entrusted him to a dealer’s care.

After a college co-ed’s body is found, the detectives look for a campus rapist, but the medical examiner’s report puts them on a different path, one involving prostitution.

A down-on-his-luck ad executive becomes the prime suspect when his wife and son are killed, and his daughter wounded on a night that he claims was spent drinking.

When a young attorney is murdered shortly after he decides to file a sexual harassment claim against his employer, Briscoe and Curtis quickly discover that the alleged harasser and his…

The investigation into the murder of a model with a passion for cocaine and partying focuses on the men in her life — a nightclub owner, a basketball player, a…

Paul Robinette places the system on trial when he defends a young black woman accused of kidnapping her biological baby from his white, adoptive parents.

A jogger killed in Central Park turns out to be the second wife of a former comedy club owner, who was acquitted of killing his first wife. And convicting him…

The death of a show horse leads to a trial involving insurance fraud, a sting operation and a wealthy woman’s disappearance.

McCoy finds that his career is on the line when his former female assistant and ex lover accuses him of forging evidence that helped put an innocent man in prison.

A subway station gas attack, similar to one that took place in a Baltimore church five years earlier, brings Baltimore detectives Tim Bayliss and Frank Pembleton to New York to…

A hidden anti-Semitic message in a high school yearbook offers a clue to an art teacher’s murder and leads to a case that matches McCoy against “Klan lawyer” Roy Payne.

The victim in a 30-year-old rape and stabbing case is fearful when information received by Briscoe and Curtis creates the possibility of a new trial for the perpetrator.

Briscoe and Curtis try to solve a co-ed’s murder after a graphic description appears online, while McCoy finds himself up against a lawyer who is reluctant to reveal elements of…

The investigation into a prostitute’s murder leads to a married plastic surgeon as the obvious suspect, but Kincaid has a hunch that an elaborate frame-up is in play.

A mother claiming that her baby was kidnapped while she was at confession retraces her steps and actions with Curtis, which raises legal questions later when her attorney introduces a…

McCoy and Kincaid clash over the death penalty as McCoy prosecutes a man who murdered an undercover cop during a drug bust.

A triple murder at a magazine publishing company leads to a case of sibling rivalry, a protective matriarch and a corrupt judge.

When the detectives solve a series of murders committed by a holdup team in ski masks, McCoy must determine whether a young woman found with them is an unwilling hostage,…

Briscoe and his new partner, Det. Reynaldo Curtis, investigate the murder of a young girl who disappeared between school and her music lesson, with a blurry film from an ATM…

Briscoe and Curtis have a hard time finding cooperative witnesses when investigating the murder of a college student at a rough biker bar.

A gay city councilman is murdered and the trail leads to a bigoted rival politician and a male prostitute.

The investigation into a taxi driver’s murder involves a loan shark, a forged check, a missing plumber and the victim’s wife.

Suspects in a psychiatrist’s murder include the victim’s ex-husband, a patient suffering from multiple-personality disorder and her obstructive father.

The investigation into a double murder leads to a young alcoholic whose family once lived in the victims’ house and who had admitted to his AA group that he’s had…