Law & Order (TV Series)

Bounty (2003)

Peter Jacobson: Randolph J. 'Randy' Dworkin, Esq.

Quotes 

• Randolph J. 'Randy' Dworkin, Esq. : Unrealistic expectations, Judge. They create enormous pressures. Who can argue that pressure doesn't mitigate a defendant's mes rea? I can't.

  [to Jack] 

  Randolph J. 'Randy' Dworkin, Esq. : Can you? And as we all learned in first year crim, a lesser degree of culpability is the essential difference between murder and manslaughter, which in turn is the difference between a defendant dying in prison and getting out in time to dance at his daughter's wedding, God willing.

  Judge Nathan Murphy : Offer him man one, Mr. McCoy. Save us all the migraine.

  Jack McCoy : Out of the question.

  Randolph J. 'Randy' Dworkin, Esq. : It's your head.

  Judge Nathan Murphy : Well, defense is certainly entitled to argue...

  Jack McCoy : You can't.

  Judge Nathan Murphy : I just did.

• Jack McCoy : You know what? I'm tired of you. I'm tired of defense attorneys obfuscating facts with prejudice.

  Randolph J. 'Randy' Dworkin, Esq. : Zealous representation. I'm sure you've heard of it.

• Randolph J. 'Randy' Dworkin, Esq. : Lawyer to lawyer, you never talked to Denise, did you?

  Jack McCoy : No.

  Randolph J. 'Randy' Dworkin, Esq. : Then how did you know?

  Jack McCoy : I didn't. But I do know that *I'm* barely white enough to live in Greenwich, Connecticut.

• Randolph J. 'Randy' Dworkin, Esq. : A continuance? If you haven't noticed, I'm on a roll in there.

  Jack McCoy : I'm not asking your permission.

• Jack McCoy : We uncovered a crucial witness.

  Randolph J. 'Randy' Dworkin, Esq. : Who? Busload of nuns ready to testify that Bobcat was up for sainthood?

  Jack McCoy : No. Just Mr. Kellogg's friend Denise.

  Randolph J. 'Randy' Dworkin, Esq. : Um, I haven't had the pleasure.

  Jack McCoy : A married lady who your client knows quite intimately.

  Randolph J. 'Randy' Dworkin, Esq. : And her testimony is relevant because...?

  Jack McCoy : To be totally honest, I doubt if anything she has to say would make a difference to anyone in the courtroom.

  Randolph J. 'Randy' Dworkin, Esq. : Oh. Silly me. I thought "crucial" meant...

  Brian Kellogg : Make a deal.

  Randolph J. 'Randy' Dworkin, Esq. : Are you crazy? We've rounded man one and are sliding into man two. That could be eighteen months.

  Brian Kellogg : No. We gave it a shot, okay? It didn't work out.

  [to Jack] 

  Brian Kellogg : What can I get?

  Jack McCoy : I'll give you man one, but you have to do the max.

  Serena Southerlyn : Twelve and a half to twenty-five beats the hell out of twenty-five to life.

• Jack McCoy : I want a mistrial. It's jury nullification, Your Honor.

  Randolph J. 'Randy' Dworkin, Esq. : Who, me?

  Jack McCoy : Most defense attorneys have the decency to wait until closing arguments to try and confuse the jury with completely irrelevant, absurdly emotional facts.

  Randolph J. 'Randy' Dworkin, Esq. : Prosecution is permitted to speculate as to motive. The defense should therefore be permitted to proof it is just that: utter speculation, by offering evidence as to the defendant's actual motive.

  Jack McCoy : Affirmative action made him do it.

  Randolph J. 'Randy' Dworkin, Esq. : Well, if you want to split hairs, it's really equal opportunity.

  Jack McCoy : Your Honor...

  Judge Nathan Murphy : No. This I want to hear.