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Vinny Gambini: Mrs. Riley, when you saw the defendants were you wearing your glasses?

Constance Riley: Yes, I was.

Vinny Gambini: Would you mind putting your glasses on for us, please?

[Stumbles a bit from Mrs. Riley’s glasses]

Vinny Gambini: Whoa. How long you been wearing glasses?

Constance Riley: Since I was 6.

Vinny Gambini: Have they always been that thick.

Constance Riley: No. They’ve gotten thicker over the years.

Vinny Gambini: So, as your eyes become more and more out of whack, as you’ve gotten older, how many levels of thickness have you gone through?

Constance Riley: I don’t know, over 60 years, maybe 10 times.

Vinny Gambini: Maybe you’re ready for a thicker set.

Constance Riley: Oh no. I think they’re okay.

Vinny Gambini: You sure? Let’s check it out.

[Grabs a tape measure from his deak and brings it over to Mrs. Riley]

Vinny Gambini: How far away were the defendants when when you saw them enterin’ the Sac-o-Suds?

Constance Riley: About 100 feet.

Vinny Gambini: A hundred feet.

[Hands Mrs. Riley the end of the tape measure]

Vinny Gambini: Would you mind holding this, please?

[Goes to the courtroom door]

Vinny Gambini: All right, this is 50 feet, that’s half the distance.

[Holds up 2 fingers on his right hand]

Vinny Gambini: How many fingers am I holding up?

[Mrs. Riley is squinting, trying to see the fingers]

Judge Chamberlain Haller: Let the record know that the counsler is holding up 2 fingers.

Vinny Gambini: [Annoyed] Hey, your honor please, huh?

Judge Chamberlain Haller: Oh, sorry.

Vinny Gambini: Now. Mrs. Riley, and only Mrs. Riley.

[Judge Chamerlain gives Vinny an ugly look, Vinny hols up 2 fingers on his right hand again]

Vinny Gambini: How many fingers am I holding up now?

Constance Riley: [Squinting, trying to see the fingers] 4.

Vinny Gambini: [Coming back to Mrs. Riley] What do you think now dear?

Constance Riley: Thinkin’ of gettin’ thicker glasses.