The article focuses on the efforts of Elena M. Saris, a lawyer at the Los Angeles Public Defender's Office, California, to fight for her client, Marcus, as of April 2014. Topics include the accusation on Marcus for carrying a concealed firearm in a vehicle, assignment of a counsel for Marcus by the U.S. Supreme Court and the views of Kelly G. Emling, chief deputy public defender at the office, on jobs at the public defender's office.