One can only assume Hamilton Burger's name is Erle Stanley Gardner's little joke ("Ham Burger"). Mason really runs the DA through the meat grinder in this episode, based on an ESG novel. (Gardner's novels seem to produce better episodes, if only because Perry is more-involved in the case and more-likely to skirt the law.)
In this case he aggressively tampers with the evidence, though (as it turns out) he has the legal right to do so! And that's not the only thing he does to drive Burger crazy, to the point where the judge has to repeatedly reprimand the DA.
SPOILER This episode follows the general (though not universal) "Perry Mason" rule that familiar actors are the likely murderers.
This episode has no music credits. As many of the cues sound distinctly Herrmannish, one can reasonably assume the score was assembled from the many cues Herrmann wrote for CBS.
In this case he aggressively tampers with the evidence, though (as it turns out) he has the legal right to do so! And that's not the only thing he does to drive Burger crazy, to the point where the judge has to repeatedly reprimand the DA.
SPOILER This episode follows the general (though not universal) "Perry Mason" rule that familiar actors are the likely murderers.
This episode has no music credits. As many of the cues sound distinctly Herrmannish, one can reasonably assume the score was assembled from the many cues Herrmann wrote for CBS.