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{{InfoBox TV
| episode             = 489
| image               = TV Episode 489.jpg
| title               = Courtroom Confrontation III: Prosecutor as Eyewitness
| english-title       =
| japanese-title      = 法廷の対決Ⅲ 目撃者は検察官 <br> (Hōtei no Taiketsu Surī: Mokugekisha wa Kensatsukan)
| rating              = 10,10%
| Filler case number  = #159
| season              = [[Season 16|16]]
| manga               = '''TV Original'''
| airdate             = November 26, 2007 *
| english-airdate     =
| cast                = [[Conan Edogawa]] <br> [[Eri Kisaki]] <br> [[Reiko Kujo]] <br> [[Kogoro Mouri]] <br> [[Ran Mouri]] <br> [[Midori Kuriyama]] <br> [[Miwako Sato]] <br> [[Wataru Takagi]] <br> [[Sasaki]] <br> [[Presiding judge]] <br> [[Courtroom Confrontation: Kisaki vs. Kogoro|Side judge A]] <br> [[Courtroom Confrontation: Kisaki vs. Kogoro|Side judge B]]
| solved-by           = [[Kogoro Mouri]] (via [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]])
| next-conan-hint     = Jacket
| voice-cast          = [[Minami Takayama]] as [[Conan Edogawa]] <br> [[Wakana Yamazaki]] as [[Ran Mouri]] <br> [[Gara Takashima]] as [[Eri Kisaki]] <br> [[Akira Kamiya]] as [[Kogoro Mouri]] <br> [[Asako Dodo]] as [[Midori Kuriyama]] <br> [[Rica Matsumoto]] as [[Reiko Kujo]] <br> [[Yasuyuki Kase]] as [[Sasaki]] <br> [[Jurota Kosugi]] as Hiroaki Takeuchi <br> [[Sakiko Tamagawa]] as Mariko Takeuchi <br> [[Kozo Mito]] as Tanishima <br> [[Ken Shiroyama]] as [[Presiding judge]] <br> [[Koji Yusa]] as Police officer <br> [[Ryuzo Hasuike]] as Taxi driver <br> [[Kumiko Hironaka]] as Espa's snacks mom <br> [[Takashi Taguchi]] as Apartment manager
| director            = [[Masato Sato]]
| screenplay          = [[Yutaka Kaneko]]
| organizer           =
| storyboard          = [[Yasuichiro Yamamoto]]
| producer            = [[Yasuichiro Yamamoto]]
| animation-director  = [[Kumiko Shishido]] (chief) <br> [[Kazumi Kobayashi]] <br> [[Rie Ogasawara]]
| character-design    = [[Kumiko Shishido]] (design works) <br> [[Keiko Sasaki]]
| opening-song        = Glorious Mind
| closing-song        = Sekai wa Mawaru to Yū Keredo
| prev-episode        = The Devil of the TV Station
| next-episode        = Heiji Hattori vs. Shinichi Kudo: Deduction Battle on the Ski Slope
| footnotes           = * 1 Hour Special
}}
{{nihongo|'''''{{PAGENAME}}'''''|法廷の対決Ⅲ 目撃者は検察官|Hōtei no Taiketsu Surī: Mokugekisha wa Kensatsukan}} is the 489th episode of the ''[[Detective Conan]]'' [[anime]].

== Characters introduced ==
{{BeginBox}}
{{NewChar|name = [[Minor law enforcement#Kenzo Katsuragi|Kenzo Katsuragi]]|image = Kenzo Katsuragi.jpg|description =
* 45 years old
* Police HQ First Division [[Wikipedia: Special Investigation Team|S.I.T.]] chief inspector
* Kujo's former co-worker}}
{{NewChar|name = Agent A|image = EP562 Agent.jpg|description =
* Police HQ First Division S.I.T. agent
* Kujo's former co-worker}}
{{NewChar|name = Agent B|image = EP562 Female Agent.jpg|description =
* Police HQ First Division S.I.T. agent
* Kujo's former co-worker}}
{{EndBox}}

== Cast ==
{{Char Appearances|
{{char|Conan Edogawa}}
{{char|Eri Kisaki}}
{{char|Reiko Kujo}}
{{char|Kogoro Mouri}}
{{char|Ran Mouri}}
{{char|Midori Kuriyama}}
{{char|Sasaki}}
{{char|Presiding judge}}
{{char|Courtroom Confrontation: Kisaki vs. Kogoro|EP606 Side Judge|display=Side judge A}}
{{char|Courtroom Confrontation: Kisaki vs. Kogoro|EP606 Side Judge2|display=Side judge B}}
{{char|Miwako Sato|display=Miwako Sato (ending)}}
{{char|Wataru Takagi|display=Wataru Takagi (ending)}}
}}

== Gadgets ==
{{Gadgets Appearances|
{{Gadget|Voice-Changing Bowtie}}
{{Gadget|Microphone}}
{{Gadget|Stun-Gun Wristwatch}}
}}

== Case ==
=== Situation ===
Eri Kisaki is asked to defend Hiroaki Takeuchi who had been accused of hit-and-run incident. However the evidence suggests it was his wife, Mariko Takeuchi, who has committed the crime. Hiroaki calls Reiko Kujo and tells her to meet him and he will tell her the truth. Reiko, accompanied by Mariko, visits Hiroaki and sees him fall off his balcony to his death.

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime               = Accident?
| image               = EP489 Case1.jpg
| location            = Street
| victim              = Yasuyuki Matsukawa
| age                 =
| time                =
| cause-death         = Car crash
| suspects            = Hiroaki Takeuchi
| description         =
| footnotes           =
}}
{{InfoBox Crime
| crime               = Suicide?
| image               = EP489 Case.jpg
| location            = Takeuchi apartment
| victim              = Hiroaki Takeuchi
| time                =
| cause-death         = Fell from the apartment balcony
| suspects            =
| description         =
| footnotes           =
}}

Believing her questioning motivated his suicide, Reiko quits her job as a prosecutor.

=== People ===
{{BeginBox}}
{{People|Hiroaki Takeuchi|Hiroaki Takeuchi.jpg|
* Victim (fell)
* Defendant}}
{{People|Mariko Takeuchi|Mariko Takeuchi.jpg|
* Takeuchi company president
* Hiroaki's wife}}
{{people|Tanishima|Tanishima.png|
* Takeuchi company employee}}
{{people|Yasuyuki Matsukawa|Yasuyuki Matsukawa.jpg|
* Victim (car accident)
* Biker}}
{{People|Takeshi Nezu|Takeshi Nezu.png|
* Deceased
* Tokyo Public Prosecutors Office former chief prosecutor
* Kujo's former superior}}
{{people|[[Minor law enforcement#Kenzo Katsuragi|Kenzo Katsuragi]]|Kenzo Katsuragi.jpg|
* 40 years old (5 years ago)
* Police HQ First Division [[Wikipedia: Special Investigation Team|S.I.T.]] chief inspector
* Kujo's former co-worker}}
{{people|Agent A|EP562 Agent.jpg|
* Police HQ First Division S.I.T. agent
* Kujo's former co-worker}}
{{people|Agent B|EP562 Female Agent.jpg|
* Police HQ First Division S.I.T. agent
* Kujo's former co-worker}}
{{People|Kayoko Nezu|Kayoko Nezu.jpg|
* Takeshi's wife
* Kujo's old friend}}
{{People|Nezu|Mr Nezu.jpg|
* Takeshi and Kayoko's only son
* Tottori elementary school boy}}
{{People|Policeman|EP489-Policeman.png|
* Toriya Police Department officer}}
{{People|Man #1|EP489-Man 1.png|
* Taxi driver}}
{{People|Woman|EP489-Woman.png|
* "Espa" snack's mama in Suehiro-dori}}
{{People|Man #2|EP489-Man 2.png|
* Takeuchi apartment manager}}
{{EndBox}}

=== Resolution ===
<spoiler>Reiko learns from Eri the possibility it was a murder made to look like a suicide by Mariko. Conan and Kogoro investigate and confirm that Hiroaki was murdered. During the hearing, Conan tranquilizes Kogoro and, with supporting evidence, reveals '''Mariko Takeuchi''' to be the cause of the Hit and Run and that she murdered Hiroaki.

The court ends and charges Mariko with the hit-and-run and opens a case involving her homicide.</spoiler>

== Trivia ==
* Takeshi Nezu is the same name of the victim murdered in [[And It'd Be Nice if Everybody Disappeared#Trivia|And It'd Be Nice if Everybody Disappeared]].
* Mariko Takeuchi drives an Aluminium Silver Peugeot 206 GRIFFE Hatchback. The license plate number is 新宿 500, め 10-56 (Shinjuku 500, Me 10-56).
* The two photos in Reiko Kujo's apartment are about [[Kudo Residence|Kudo residence]], but with an inverted orientation, so she's a close acquaintance of the [[Kudo family]] since Conan knows her very well. Open spoiler box to see images.
<spoiler>
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:EP1-Kudo.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Kudo Residence]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:EP489-Kudo 2.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|First photo.]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:EP489-Kudo.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Second photo.]]
|}</spoiler>

== BGM listing ==
{{BeginTable BGMListing}}
{{BGMListingItem |4:58 - 6:27|犯人のアジト１|Hannin no Ajito 1|The Culprit's Hideout 1|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |7:03 - 8:04|推理１|Suiri 1|Deduction 1|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |8:36 - 9:26|忍び寄る影|Shinobiyoru Kage|Creeping Shadow|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |10:02 - 10:38|事件現場 （謎ver.）|Jiken Genba (Nazo ver.)|Scene of the Case (Mystery ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |10:50 - 11:17|トロピカルランド'07|Toropikaru Rando '07|Tropical Land '07|[[Detective Conan TV Original Soundtrack Selection Best]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |11:23 - 12:07|尋問|Jinmon|Interrogation|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |12:20 - 13:15|緊迫|Kinpaku |Tension |[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |14:10 - 15:11|推理１|Suiri 1|Deduction 1|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |16:04 - 16:50|暗殺者のテーマ─事件の予感|Ansatsusha no Tēma - Jiken no Yokan|Assassin's Theme - Foreboding Case|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |17:42 - 19:18|コナンの直感|Konan no Chokkan|Conan's Intuition|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |20:39 - 21:53|驚愕の真実|Kyōgaku no Shinjitsu|Surprising Truth|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |22:21 - 22:58|それいけコナン （哀愁ヴァージョン）|Soreike Konan (Aishū Vājon)|Let's Go Conan (Sorrow Version)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |23:51 - 24:59|迷路|Meiro|Labyrinth|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |25:52 - 27:20|古城のテーマ|Kojō no Tēma|The Old Castle's Theme|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |27:26 - 28:01|オセンチな歩美|Osenchina Ayumi|Sentimental Ayumi|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |28:31 - 29:33|和葉の気持ち|Kazuha no Kimochi|Kazuha's Feelings|[[Detective Conan "Crossroad in the Ancient Capital" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |31:13 - 33:27|トリック|Torikku|Trick|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |33:49 - 34:05|ターゲット サスペンスＤ|Tāgetto Sasupensu D|Target Suspense D|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |34:10 - 34:20|ターゲット サスペンスＤ|Tāgetto Sasupensu D|Target Suspense D|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |34:49 - 35:47|カギを探せ！|Kagi o Sagase!|Search for the Key!|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |36:27 - 37:44|忍び寄る危機|Shinobiyoru Kiki|Incoming Crisis|[[Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |38:34 - 39:34|古城のテーマ|Kojō no Tēma|The Old Castle's Theme|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |39:58 - 40:56|ジンのテーマＣ|Jin no Tēma C|Gin's Theme C|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |41:04 - 41:23|犯人からの電話|Hannin Kara no Denwa|Phone Call From the Culprit|[[Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |41:36 - 42:55|事件現場３|Jiken Genba 3|Scene of the Case 3|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |43:06 - 43:56|コナン推理|Konan Suiri|Conan's Deduction|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |44:05 - 44:36|対決のテーマ   （摩天楼ヴァージョン）|Taiketsu no Tēma (Matenrō Vājon)|Showdown Theme (Skyscraper Version)|[[Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |46:34 - 47:23|????}}
{{EndTable}}

== Gallery ==
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== In other languages ==
{{BeginTable EpLang}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Catalonia|Catalan (Catalan dub)|Confontració al tribunal 3. Una fiscal com a testimoni|Courtroom confrontation 3. Prosecutor as a witness}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Colpevole, innocente|Guilty, not guilty}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|การเผชิญหน้าในศาลภาค 3 พยานที่เห็นเหตุการณ์คือตำรวจ|Confrontation in the court - Part 3: The eyewitness is a police}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Indonesia|Indonesian (subbed)|Konfrontasi di Ruang Sidang III. Jaksa sebagai Saksi|Confrontation in Court III. Prosecutor is Witness}}
{{EndTable}}

== See also ==
* [[Season 16]]

{{Season 16}}

[[Category:Episodes]][[Category:Anime Exclusive]][[Category:Animation directed by Kumiko Shishido]][[Category:Animation directed by Kazumi Kobayashi]][[Category:Animation directed by Rie Ogasawara]]

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