King and Evans had a plan. They were going to rob a local drugstore, Mr. Nesbitt's. Steve Harmon was the so-called "lookout." King and Evans wanted a sign from Harmon, indicating that the coast was clear inside the store. Steve came out of the drugstore, but didn't give a sign. Evans and King went in without any sort of sign. During the robbery, Mr. Nesbitt was shot. Mr. Evans stole some cigarettes and made the wrong choice of selling them. So automatically, he was accused of being in the store's robbery.

There were no fingerprints on the gun, and, it was Mr. Nesbitt's gun, so they had no was no way of tracing it back to the person who bought it. What Miss O'Brien was trying to prove was that Steve Harmon wasn't necessarily involved with the robbery. He just-so-happened to be there. And since he didn't give a sign at all, then he wasn't even involved in it at all. The only problem is, is that the jury had to believe that also.

While Steve Harmon was in jail, he was terrified. There's beatings, molestation, and more. He's innocent but yet he's there. When the big trial comes up, O'Brien defends him in every way she can. She simply explains that Steve was at the wrong place at the wrong time, and anyone could have been there. When they win the case, Steve sees King taken away in cuffs. Steve won his case and he's finally free.