Trial quotes
68 trial quotes, film quotes, movie lines, taglines- From the movie: Movie Movie
“Gentlemen of the jury, the state cries out that the murder of Gloves Malloy be avenged. It cries so loud that I finished law school as fast as I could so that poetic justice could be served and so that I personally could prosecute the man responsible, Vince Marlowe.”
- From the movie: Runaway Jury
- From the movie: The Judge
“- C.P. Kennedy: Now, what exactly is our target juror?
- Joseph Palmer: Intelligent people who will listen to instructions and follow the evidence.
- Hank Palmer: Crackpots. Those I can persuade to swallow their own tongue. Anyone who's seen a Sasquatch. Moon-landing deniers. Those are our people.” - From the movie: Striptease
“- Erin Grant: If I come back tomorrow, can we talk more about my case?
- Congressman David Dilbeck: We can talk about anything you want, as long as you're naked.” - From the movie: Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
- From the movie: Amityville II: The Possession
“- Mr. Booth: Your Honor, it is my intention to prove that Sonny Montelli is a victim of demonic possession, that is, possession by the Devil, and therefore innocent of the charges placed against him.
- Judge: Mr. Booth, I admire your originality. If I accept your plea, regardless of verdict, every courtroom in this country would be inundated...” (continue)(continue reading) - From the movie: A Passage to India
- From the movie: Harry's War
- "Aunt" Beverly: The only way to get to a real court is to pay the money first.
- Harry Johnson: A hundred and ninety thousand dollars?
- "Aunt" Beverly: Then you have to sue the government to get it back.
- Harry Johnson: Well that doesn't seem right.
- "Aunt" Beverly: Well, the way things are and what's right are very seldom the same. - From the movie: A Civil Action
- From the movie: The Crucible
“- Judge Thomas Danforth: If you do not give me his name, I will have you arrested for contempt of court.
- Giles Corey: This is a hearing. You cannot arrest me for contempt of a hearing.” - From the movie: A Civil Action
“The odds of a plaintiff's lawyer winning in civil court are two to one against. Think about that for a second. Your odds of surviving a game of Russian roulette are better than winning a case at trial. 12 times better. So why does anyone do it? They don't. They settle. Out of the 780,000, only 12,000 or 11/2 percent ever reach a verdict. The...” (continue)(continue reading)
- From the movie: My Cousin Vinny
“- Vinny Gambini: Uh... everything that guy just said is bullshit... Thank you.
- Jim Trotter III: Objection. Counsel's entire opening statement is argumentative.
- Judge Chamberlain Haller: Sustained. Counselor's entire opening statement... with the exception of thank you... will be stricken from the record.” - From the movie: Three Kings
“You are all under arrest, you're getting court-martialed and you're gonna show us that bullion.”
- From the movie: Teachers
“- Roger Revel: You're not gonna betray ol' JFK, are ya?
- Alex Jurel: Aw, come on, for Christ's sake, Roger! That'd be like shitting on the Peace Corps! You haven't lived 'till you see them try to serve me with a subpoena.” - From the movie: Danton
“People of France, you are the Tribunal!”
- From the movie: The Onion Field
“- Det. Sgt. Pierce R. Brooks: Has your conscience ever bothered you? Like feeling - guilty?
- Jimmy Smith: Mr. Brooks... I believe... I think that is something that rich white guys dreamed up to keep guys like me down. I honestly don't believe there is such a thing... such a feeling. Guilty? That's just something the Man says in court when your...” (continue)(continue reading) - From the movie: Big Daddy
- From the movie: A Civil Action
A plaintiff's case depends on momentum the few objections he gets the better the case will go so whenever you can you should object, irrelevance: objection hearsay: objection best evidence: objection authenticity: objection if you should fall asleep at the counsel chair the first thing you say when you wake up should be "objection".
- From the movie: The Scarlet Pimpernel
- From the movie: The People vs. Larry Flynt
“- Judge Morrissey - Cincinnati Court: Do you have anything to say before I sentence you?
- Larry Flynt: Your honor, you have not made one intelligent decision during the course of this trial and I don't expect one now: knock yourself out.” - From the movie: Runaway Jury
“Trials are too important to be left up to juries.”
- From the movie: A Civil Action
“The idea of criminal court is crime and punishment. The idea of civil court and of personal injury law by nature, although no one likes to say it out loud, least of all the personal injury lawyer himself is money. Money for suffering and money for death as if that could somehow relieve suffering, as if somehow it can bring dead children back to...” (continue)(continue reading)
- From the movie: The Substance of Fire
“It's a process. No one person can come to a conclusion.”
- From the movie: Joan of Arc
“- Cauchon: Father Vincente, you're the most venerable among us. What do you think?
- Father Vincente: I think this trial is a masquerade, and I won't be part of it anymore. I'm willing to be her judge, but not her executioner.
- Cauchon: That's what I'm trying to ensure.
- Father Vincente: A verdict comes at the end of a trial, Cauchon, not at...” (continue)(continue reading) - From the movie: The Accused
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