The motel owner's joke about calling his wife "Lola" because she always got what she wanted is a reference to Damn Yankees (1958), which contains a song with the lyrics "Whatever Lola wants, Lola gets."
At one point in the jury room, Lenore Kasdorf snarled at Vicki Lawrence that she must spend her day watching soaps. Ironically, Lenore Kasdorf is well-known as a popular and respected soap opera actress ("Guiding Light," "Santa Barbara," "Days of Our Lives," "The Young and the Restless").
Doran Clark (Becky Anderson) appeared in three episodes of "Murder, She Wrote", as different characters (S1.E3, S2.E13, S8.E20). This episode was her second appearance on the show.