You know, most of Patrick's "tricks" would not hold up in court in a billion years. If you apply logic from a show which respects the rule of court like Law and order SVU, then most of the cases Patrick solved would have failed to stand in court. The accused are entitled to a not say a word....... but somehow Cho get's them to spill everything out when there is minimal evidence to prove anything.   Also, have you ever noticed the lack of forensic presence in the CBI? We never saw a coroner once nor was a case ever solved based on forensic evidence alone............ I'm not trying to put this show down nor am i complaining or ranting, but Heller never used logic when it came to "the mentalist".