Season Eleven
Season Eleven
Endurance
"As usual, Mr. Peck, you've completely misstated the law."
Turnstile Justice
Lawyer: "This man's state of mind is what my client's on trial for, Your Honor."
Judge: "No, Counselor, your client is on trial for something he allegedly did."
Dissonance
"Be quiet, Mr. Reger. You're not conducting here."
Standoff
"You've been qualified as a hostile witness, Miss Donahue, there's no onus for you to prove it."
Return
Burn, Baby, Burn
Amends
Thin Ice
Hubris
"This court is not a singles bar."
Whose Monkey is it Anyway? (a.k.a. Curious George)
"Tell me, counselor, that you're not asking me to be the first judge in history to rule that monkeys are persons."
"You got your forum, counselor. I trust you'll use it to serve your client--and not your cause."
Sunday in the Park with Jorge
Teenage Wasteland
Phobia
"As I understand it, this is a bail hearing, not an adoption hearing."
A Losing Season
Swept Away: A Very Special Episode
"Hypothetically, this is a homicide, Mr. Behrens. Hypothetically, somebody took that tape and whoever it was better tell me what happened to it or where it is; otherwise, hypothetically, somebody's going to jail."
Bronx Cheer
"You know, Jack, I found your case to be legally sufficient. But if you think those witnesses are going to convince a jury, you've been doing this for too long."
"You also have an obligation not to make a mockery of the criminal justice system."
"How do we get past this territorial pissing match?"
Ego
White Lie
Whiplash
All My Children
Abbie: "We're just trying to ascertain the facts, Your Honor."
Judge: "Sounds more like you're fishing for them."
Brother's Keeper
School Daze
"What we're talking about is doctor-patient privilege and the Fourth Amendment. I don't see how either can be construed as a technicality."
McCoy: "If the law doesn't give people the sense it can protect them, they're going to end up protecting themselves."
Judge: "And judges do what in the meantime? Ignore the Constitution when it suits us?"
Judge Dread
Judge: "Possession with intent, 13 pounds of heroin."
Hill: "Whoo! What's that get you?"
Judge: "A lethal injection."
McCoy: "Don't underestimate a jury's sympathy."
Judge: "I don't. That's why I prefer bench trials."
"I try to enforce the law. You try to compromise it."
Deep Vote
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