Continuity mistake: The DA addresses Deputy Looney in court as "Detective". He is a uniformed deputy, not a detective. It would be surprising for a lawyer in court to make such a mistake.
Necrothesp
1st Dec 2011
A Time to Kill (1996)
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Suggested correction: Looney is not in uniform at the time of the trial, though. It's not that he doesn't know his rank; he does refer to him as deputy when he is first called to the stand. As the district attorney, I'm sure he has likely needed to cross-examine many deputies and detectives. This is a simple character mistake: just a slip of the tongue, and a rather understandable one.