Law & Order (TV Series)

Patsy (1999)

Sam Waterston: Executive ADA Jack McCoy

Quotes 

• Jack McCoy : Abbie, he confessed. Case over.

  Abbie Carmichael : You count it as a touchdown. I'll wait for the instant replay.

• Jack McCoy : A man so self-absorbed, so arrogant... it never occurred to me he might be innocent.

  Abbie Carmichael : Or that Cecilia Knowles might be so desperate.

  Jack McCoy : Ninety percent of cases are circumstantial. We can only go where the best evidence leads us.

  Abbie Carmichael : And if we stumble across justice along the way, great.

• Charles Garnett : All right, Your Honor. Then I want to present evidence Ms. Knowles tried to frame my client for attempted murder.

  Jack McCoy : Fine, then I'll present the jury with Mr. Taylor's offer to plead guilty.

  Judge Ida Boucher : And neither or you will present anything about those incidents to the jury.

  Charles Garnett : Your Honor, you're denying my client the right to offer an alternate theory of the crime?

  Judge Ida Boucher : You can present your theory. Just not with this evidence.

• Jack McCoy : You love your kid brother very much, don't you Mr. Taylor?

  Larry Taylor : Yes.

  Jack McCoy : I'm sure he feels very kindly toward you right now.

• Ken Taylor : I spent two days in prison before I got bail. I'm not going back.

  Jack McCoy : Mr. Taylor, once you're indicted, it's too late.

  Ken Taylor : Oh to hell with this. You deal with them. I'll be downstairs.

  Charles Garnett : Ken...

  Jack McCoy : Mr. Garnett, if you haven't explained the facts of life to your client...

  Charles Garnett : I had the talk with him. But he tells me he's innocent. What am I supposed to do?