(text corrected as of Oct 2024)Dexter Smith has muddled his way through life, and law school. And he has found a small Nebraska town to hide out in and do as little as possible, handling simple court-appointed cases while life passes him by. Now, Donald Birch has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder. With the other lawyers in the county conflicted out of the case for various reasons, Dexter is now in way over his head. Is Dexter up to the challenge, or is he the simple, half-assed hick lawyer he has always thought himself to be?