Law & Order (TV Series)

Darkness (2008)

Linus Roache: Executive ADA Michael Cutter

Quotes 

• D.A. Jack McCoy : What do you do for fun, Mike? Juggle chainsaws? With my neck on the line?

  Michael Cutter : Who said this is your prosecution? I'm happy to take the hit. Just let me call my own shots.

• Connie Rubirosa : [about the garage door crank]  Someone matching Nick's description bought this at a Securi-Door dealer in Long Island City two days before the blackout.

  Michael Cutter : They knew there was gonna be a blackout?

  D.A. Jack McCoy : Neat trick. Maybe this missing accomplice worked at the power company. You should ask them what cause the blackout.

  Michael Cutter : The official story is an overload due to peak demand.

  D.A. Jack McCoy : I bet the unofficial story is a lot sexier.

  Connie Rubirosa : I'll start making calls.

• D.A. Jack McCoy : I noticed you haven't answered Barkin's discovery motion for a search warrant.

  Michael Cutter : You're tracking defense motions? You must have a lot of free time, Jack. Maybe you can help me update my phone book.

  D.A. Jack McCoy : Funny. So there's a problem with the search warrant?

  Michael Cutter : No problem. No warrant. The judge wouldn't sign it. I told the cops to go in anyway.

  D.A. Jack McCoy : Mike!

  Michael Cutter : There were exigent circumstances! How was I supposed to know Nick Costas had a cousin living in the pet shop with an expectation of privacy?

  D.A. Jack McCoy : Soon as Roy Barkin's lawyer learns there's no warrant, your whole case goes away.

  Michael Cutter : By the time he finds out, I'll have the missing accomplice, I can argue inevitable discovery.