I'd say the first trial of The Great Ace Attorney is one of the better cases in the game, and leagues ahead of all mainline 3DS trials, quality-wise.First trial is always the tutorial which tends to be the most boring one since they usually have a sole eyewitness who is also the culprit. Only exception being Apollo Justice that has a twist to it. And yeah what Talby said about the court vs investigation holds true, it's the worst when it boils down to pixel hunting or presenting half the court record to a character to get the trigger.
I felt like it would've been better if the game had a proper closure for that particular villain. The trial is great displaying how Ryuunosuke opens up for the role though.