- Ben Stone: The Court of Appeals is moving with the Supreme Court.
- Leonard Willis: The Court of Appeals changes its mind more often than I change my socks. That permit was for the Borland business. The warrant was for the Borland home. Any idiot can see the cops were relying on the phone call.
- Judge Thomas Simon: I'm not even an idiot, I can see it.
- Adam Schiff: Cloudy, muddy, murky. The jury has enough reasonable doubt to bottle it and sell it.
- Paul Robinette: You can hear Willis in summation: "The defendants lied because they were scared. Yes they owned a gun, but did they use it?"
- Ben Stone: Marian Borland. What did she tell the cops? "The kids were competitive, it was unhealthy." The only unhealthy competition was hers, for her son's glory.
- Adam Schiff: Are you prosecuting or preaching?
- Ben Stone: She pulled the trigger. Not physically...
- Adam Schiff: Oh, metaphysically.
- Ben Stone: She harped on the Chong kid every day. Why did Randy kill him? You kick a dog long enough, it bites.
- Paul Robinette: You want to try that in your summation?
- Adam Schiff: It won't get you a conviction.
- Ben Stone: Might get us a deal.