Trial quotes

- Tom: Here. Why don't you call the office and we'll set up a meeting? You can come in, tell me all about yourself and I'll see what I do.
- Carlos: Thank you, sir.
- Tom: Say, why don't you two stay for dinner? Rosa's cooking up her famous stuffed chilly rellenos.
- Nicole: "Rellenos" means "stuffed."
- Tom: Thank you, Nicole.
- Nicole: And we... (continue)(continue reading)
Bruce Davison - Tom Oakley
Jay Hernandez - Carlos Nuñez
Kirsten Dunst - Nicole Oakley

“- Spot Conlon: Your honor, I object.
- Judge Movealong Monahan: On what grounds?
- Spot Conlon: On the grounds of Brooklyn, your honor.”
Gabriel Damon - Spot Conlon
William Boyett - Judge Movealong Monahan

“- Major Charles Bolton: How did Lt. Handcock look?
- Cpl. Sharp: Like he was thinking, sir... like... I can't think of the...
- Major Charles Bolton: Did he look like he was agitated?
- Cpl. Sharp: Agitated? Yes, that's it, sir. Yes, sir, he looked agitated.
- Major J.F. Thomas: Objection. Major Bolton is leading the witness.
- Major Charles...” (continue)(continue reading)
Rod Mullinar - Major Charles Bolton
Chris Haywood - Cpl. Sharp
Jack Thompson - Major J.F. Thomas

“I am grieving. It's a process.”
Billy Crystal - Ben Sobel

“This court finds that the seizure of His Majesty's Armed Vessel Bounty was an act of mutiny by Fletcher Christian and others of her crew, and that her captain Lieutenant William Bligh is, in the opinion of this court, to be exonerated of all blame on this occasion.”
Laurence Olivier - Admiral Hood

“- Mary Poppins: Now about my wages; the reference here is very obscure.
- George Banks: [dazed] Very obscure.
- Mary Poppins: We must be clear on that point, mustn't we?
- George Banks: Yes, we must indeed.
- Mary Poppins: I shall require every second Tuesday off.
- George Banks: [Banks stares into the fireplace] Every Tuesday.
- Mary Poppins:...” (continue)(continue reading)
Julie Andrews - Mary Poppins
David Tomlinson - Mr. Banks

“Like the wise man said: first we try, then we trust.”
Catherine Zeta-Jones - Gin

The evidence supports nothing more than the finding of murder in the second degree. I must further observe that we have a kind of "Alice in Wonderland" situation here. The juvenile code dictates a sentence of confinement to the age of 25. The degree - whether it's first or second - is irrelevant. And so I find myself wondering what we have... (continue)(continue reading)
Victor Raider-Wexler - Judge

“We're gonna give you a fair trial, followed by a first class hanging.”
Brian Dennehy - Cobb

“Jonathan, you don't work for the defense and you don't work for the prosecution. You work for this magazine...”
Andre Gregory - Ted Avery

“- Marion: What do I give him when we take him in front of the judge?
- Loomis: Thorazine.
- Marion: He'll barely be able to sit up!
- Loomis: That's the idea.”

Nancy Stephens - Marion
Donald Pleasence - Loomis

“Claus von Bülow was given a second trial, and acquitted on both counts. This is all you can know, all you can be told. When you get where I am, you will know the rest.”
Glenn Close - Sunny von Bülow

“It's like this. A dead plaintiff is rarely worth as much as a living, severely-maimed plaintiff. However, if it's a long slow agonizing death, as opposed to a quick drowning or car wreck, the value can rise considerably. A dead adult in his 20s is generally worth less than one who is middle aged. A dead woman less than a dead man. A single adult...” (continue)(continue reading)
John Travolta - Jan Schlichtmann

“Dale Wesley Stillwell, Robert Edward Gattlin, it is the finding of this military tribunal that you are in violation of the articles of war. And your undisciplinary conduct resulted in the failure of a military objective. Therefore, it is the pronouncement of this tribunal that you are to be executed by firing squad.”
Chris Lloyd - Maj. Bartholomew "Butch" Cavendish

“What you are gonna do gentlemen, is you're gonna make my word good. The target is cops, the weapon is indictments. And I don't give one infinitesimal fuck if they are indictments that will stick or not. Because to a cop any indictment means a departmental trial, which is a euphemism for finished. End of gun, badge, pension, and pals. So I want...” (continue)(continue reading)

Bobby Alto - Mr. Kanter

“- Detective Daniel Ciello: You remember Martinez? You bonded him. He says he paid you back. He's waiting for trial on Rikers. He says he's got a tape on you where you admit that he paid you. Now you're squeezing him. If you don't stop, he's gonna play the tape, ok? That's a felony.
- Dave DeBennedeto: Now let me tell you something. He's a rat...” (continue)(continue reading)
Treat Williams - Detective Daniel Ciello
Ron Karabatsos - Dave DeBennedeto

“You're the jury. It's your job to decide who's telling the truth. Truth. That's what 'verdict' means. It's a word comes down from Old England and all our little old ancestors.”
Lane Smith - Jim Trotter III

“You are making a mockery of my courtroom and I'm not going to allow it. I suggest you start representing your client and stop representing yourself.”

Alfre Woodard - Shoat