The Best James Granick Quotes

Detective: I had two daughters. One of them was murdered.
James: Because she turned state's evidence in a drug case?
Detective: She was gonna testify against a dealer.
James: So she was selling drugs herself?
A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael: Objection!
Judge: Overruled.
Detective: [reluctantly admitting it] Yeah, she was selling drugs.
James: And as her father, under Mr. McCoy's theory, shouldn't you be held criminally responsible for her drug dealing?
Detective: Criminally responsible? No. But I didn't give her the pills and teach her how to sell them.

Judge: Murder in the second degree. How does the defendant plead?
Robert: Not guilty.
A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael: The People request $500,000 bail.
James: They're dreaming, Your Honor.
A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael: We have a weapon that matches the fatal wound.
James: No blood was found on this weapon, or in the defendant's apartment.
A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael: There's evidence the victim's body was dragged through the defendant's stairwell.
James: Tobacco residue that could have come from a million places. All they've got is coincidence.
A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael: You get enough coincidences, they start to add up.
Judge: Yes, they do. To $20,000.