To Kill a Mockingbird
What does Atticus want Sheriff Tate to remember about Mayella's black eye?
Chapters 16-21
Chapters 16-21
Atticus wants Sheriff Tate to reveal that Mayella's right eye had been blackened. This fact would apprise the jury of the fact that a left-handed person had blackened it. Thus, Tom Robinson could not have been her attacker because his left-hand was useless.
He wants to use evidence.