Law & Order (TV Series)
Damaged (1998)
Robert Clohessy: Defense Attorney Painter
Quotes
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Defense Attorney Painter : A rape charge requires a victim, Mr. McCoy.
Jack McCoy : A retarded girl is raped and sexually assaulted with a foreign object and you don't see a victim?
Defense Attorney Painter : You have proof the girl's incompetent?
Jack McCoy : Are you kidding? An IQ of 65?
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Judge William Wright : Does the defense wish to make a motion?
Defense Attorney Painter : CPL 290.10. The defense moves to set aside the jury's verdict.
Jack McCoy : Objection! The prosecution proved its case!
Judge William Wright : What case, Mr. McCoy? Have we gone so far down the road of political correctness that sex between willing partners is now called rape? The girl said yes.
Jack McCoy : She has the mind of a child!
Judge William Wright : Well, she's mature enough to be plenty intrigued by her own sexuality. Face it, Counselor. She had the time of her life. Case dismissed.
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Judge William Wright : Now, Valerie, Hayden called you a retard and you told him you weren't. Is that right?
Valerie Maxwell : Yes, sir.
Judge William Wright : And after that, did he keep on calling you a retard?
Valerie Maxwell : No.
Judge William Wright : Did you like what the boys did to you?
Valerie Maxwell : I did what I wanted.
Defense Attorney Painter : Your honor, the defense requests you deny the state's motion to reverse your prior ruling.
Judge William Wright : Granted.
Jack McCoy : You set aside the jury's verdict because you unfairly held the state responsible for proving the boys' prior knowledge. The State has now done so and you still refuse?
Judge William Wright : Mr. McCoy, it's over! There is no case here. There never was!
Jack McCoy : How would you know? You made up your mind before you heard the first word of testimony!
Judge William Wright : You're on thin ice, Counselor! The defense request is granted! The State's motion is denied! You want to appeal? Be my guest!
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Defense Attorney Painter : [to Dr. Skoda] Are you familiar with the term "mainstreaming," Doctor?
Dr. Emil Skoda : Yes. In Valerie's case, it's an attempt to integrate someone with a mental disability into what we would consider normal life by having her attend a regular school.
Defense Attorney Painter : But she ate lunch in a room away from the other kids?
Dr. Emil Skoda : No, I don't believe she did.
Defense Attorney Painter : Oh. They had a special bus come and pick her up every day, did they?
Dr. Emil Skoda : No.
Defense Attorney Painter : So I assume the school made her wear some kind of scarlet "D" for "disabled" on her dress each day?
Dr. Emil Skoda : No, of course not.
Defense Attorney Painter : So if one could see Valerie riding the same bus with all the other kids, eating the same lunches, one could actually think she was just like all the other kids, isn't that right, Doctor?
Dr. Emil Skoda : They might until they actually talked to her.
Defense Attorney Painter : I don't think Valerie and these boys were in the music room for conversation.