Richard Newton

Judge Carter Addison (Dick Van Dyke) kills his mistress then presides over the murder trial as Matlock tries to defend a framed man.

A woman is accused of murdering her estranged boyfriend; her imaginative son creates a comic book with parallels to the crime.

A man (Parker Stevenson) is wrongfully accused of trying to kill the author (Audra Lindley) of an exposé on a Georgia town.

Accused of murdering his stingy landlord, a sidewalk Santa Claus (Pat Hingle) seeks Matlock's defense.

Matlock's former professor and mentor (Don Porter), framed by students in a hit-and-run, seeks Ben's defense.

Matlock risks being disbarred when he accuses the deputy district attorney of misconduct in her case against his client.