Sgt. Greevey is murdered and an angry Det. Logan pressures a confession out of the killer. Prosecutors struggle to allow the confession to be used in court.Sgt. Greevey is murdered and an angry Det. Logan pressures a confession out of the killer. Prosecutors struggle to allow the confession to be used in court.Sgt. Greevey is murdered and an angry Det. Logan pressures a confession out of the killer. Prosecutors struggle to allow the confession to be used in court.
- Dr. Elizabeth Olivet
- (as Carloyn McCormick)
- McAnally
- (as Kevin Hagen)
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- TriviaIn most states the charge of murder in the first degree is reserved for premeditated murder, but in New York state it works a little differently. In New York, premeditated murder is usually charged as aggravated murder in the second degree. Murder in the first degree is reserved for: intentionally causing the death of a police or peace officer while performing their duties; intentionally causing the death of a firefighter, paramedic, EMT, physician or nurse responding to an emergency; intentionally causing the death of a witness to a crime in order to prevent them from giving a statement to the police or testifying before a judge or jury; murder for profit; causing the death (with or without intent) of a person during the commission of another serious felony, such as kidnapping in the first degree, arson in the first degree, and rape in the first degree (also known as felony murder); and finally, intentionally causing the death of another person while serving a sentence for a previous conviction of murder in the second degree.
- GoofsIn the opening credits after the Title, Carolyn McCormick's first name is misspelled as Carloyn.
- Quotes
Det. Mike Logan: What the hell is this? You expect me to sit on my ass while my partner's killer walks around free?
Executive A.D.A. Ben Stone: Either way, that is exactly what is going to happen. Because if the first confession is coerced, then so is the second, and the third, no matter how many times you Mirandize the suspect.
Capt. Donald Cragen: Coercion is a judgment call, Stone. My guy never laid a glove on the son of a bitch.
Executive A.D.A. Ben Stone: That doesn't matter. If he coerced the first confession, it is still "fruit of the poisonous tree."
Det. Mike Logan: What "fruit!" What's it some stupid technicality?
Executive A.D.A. Ben Stone: [to Cragen] Perhaps you can explain the concept to your men, so they don't let another cop killer walk.
[starts to leave, then pauses and turns back]
Executive A.D.A. Ben Stone: I doubt if Max Greevey would've considered it a "technicality."
- ConnectionsFeatured in Law & Order: The First 3 Years (2004)
- SoundtracksGoin' Home
Music by Antonín Dvorák, from Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, "From the New World" (uncredited)
Played on bagpipes following Sergeant Greevey's funeral
It also deals with the effect that the murder has on Greevey's partner, Mike Logan. This episode is the first appearance of Dr. Elizabeth Olivet, a clinical psychiatrist who performs consultation work for the 27th Police Precinct and District Attorney's office in Manhattan. In this case, she is working as a grief counselor and helping Logan deal with his partner's death. Her's is a recurring role that makes guest appearances until 1997. This episode is also the first appearance of Logan's new partner, Phil Cerrata, played by veteran actor Paul Sorvino.
Logan does track down the person responsible for Greevey's killing, even though he is not supposed to be on the case and the episode title has to do with the way Logan gets his "confession". Good acting by Chris Noth as Logan here, because in that alley, alone with the perp, gun drawn, you can tell he wants an excuse to extract much more than a confession.
- AlsExGal
- Jul 30, 2015