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A mistake in identity, a 1990 episode of the fresh Prince of Bel Air, Philip and Vivian

take a helicopter to a vacation in Palm Springs, leaving Will and Carlton to drive the

Fellium Mercedes down to the resort town.

After officers pull them over for what Will describes as DWB or Driving Well Black, they

accuse them of a rash of car thefts in the area.

After being unable to get their parents to corroborate their story, Will and Carlton are thrown

in jail, prompting Will to concoct when it was famous schemes.

Will confess to the car jackens in the condition that the confession is filmed, with the hope

that Vivian and Philip will see the broadcast in the intervening.

The ringleader agreed to confess only if a camera crew were present to broadcast live.

What you are about to see is a Miniman 21 news exclusive.

Yeah, we done it!

Of course, the gambit works and Will and Carlton are freed.

A result you are much like there to see in Tinseltown instead of the West Philadelphia

streets where Will Smith was born and raised.

On those streets, a false confession will lead to a life sentence, not a laugh track, and

it's one that later backtracking is unlikely to undo.

On Monday, August 19, 1991, 21-year-old Chester Holman III spent much of his day in Delaware,

visiting his parents and girlfriend before heading back in the evening to Philadelphia,

where he shared an apartment with a roommate.

For the previous two years, he worked as a guard for Brooks Armored Car Service, driving

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