Judge Al Bertuccio: [to Barba] You want to be a legislator, too.
Rafael Barba: Excuse me?
Judge Al Bertuccio: Correct me if I'm wrong, Mr. Barba, but your job is to bring cases that are actually crimes under the New York Criminal Code.
Rafael Barba: We presented the facts to the grand jury, who delivered an indictment.
Judge Al Bertuccio: I once indicted a ham and cheese sandwich for triple homicide.
Rafael Barba: Well, the defense filed the motion to dismiss.
Judge Al Bertuccio: You want me to kick a rape case in this political climate without hearing all of the evidence? What's really going on here? You want press? You're laying the bed for a political run?
Rafael Barba: With all due respect, Judge Bertuccio, you're out of line.
Judge Al Bertuccio: Oh, be careful, Counselor. Just because you preface something with "all due respect" doesn't mean it's respectable.
Rafael Barba: I didn't intend to...
Judge Al Bertuccio: Do not use my courtroom for your own agenda. Do you hear me?
Rafael Barba: Are you asking me to dismiss the case?
Judge Al Bertuccio: No, no.
[chuckles]
Judge Al Bertuccio: I would never ask a prosecutor to dismiss a case that he believes is worthy of the court's time. That would be an abuse of judicial power.
[walks away]
