Vinny, the two convicts lawyer, tries to win his first case ever in his practice. His wife adds to the troubles while trying to solve the case, but through the problems that she brings up, she winds up helping him solve the case. The two convicts were accused of shooting a clerk in Alabama. Vinny says that they have little to no chance of winning the case, because they killed a "good ol boy". They way these New Yorkers look at the Southerners conflicts with the style in which the Southerners live.