Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Guilt (2002)

Ned Eisenberg: Defense Attorney Roger Kressler

Quotes 

• Roger Kressler : Linda Cavanaugh never consented to any search. The Assistant District Attorney lied her way in by claiming the apartment was a crime scene.

  A.D.A. Alexandra Cabot : Sam Cavanaugh's alleged suicide attempt was never investigated.

  Judge Lena Petrovsky : Ms. Cabot, you're not going to sell that here. Don't even try it.

  Roger Kressler : This was a blatant Fourth Amendment violation, sanctioned and indeed carried out by the People. Therefore, any evidence found must be suppressed.

  A.D.A. Alexandra Cabot : Mr. Barnett's Fourth Amendment rights were not violated. Linda Cavanaugh's certainly were, but she isn't the defendant. Mr. Barnett is. He has no standing to contest a search of someone else's home.

  Roger Kressler : Are you actually arguing that you can march in like the Gestapo and search any private residence?

  A.D.A. Alexandra Cabot : I am arguing I can search any private residence that doesn't belong to your client.

  Judge Lena Petrovsky : While I deplore the Assistant District Attorney's actions, I am forced to agree that the illegal search of Linda Cavanaugh's residence is a civil tort. The defendant's privacy was not violated, and therefore, he has no legal standing to contest the search. Motion to suppress the evidence is denied. Miss Cabot, I scarcely know where to begin. The liberties you have taken. The disdain you have shown toward the law in this court are highly unethical and a disgrace to your position. Be assured I will recommend your office to look into your actions. And you have done yourself a real disservice in my courtroom. I won't forget it.

• Roger Kressler : [Cabot and Kressler meet with Judge Petrovsky after Sam Cavanaugh suffers from a drug overdose]  The complaining witness is no longer available and the prosecution cannot meet its burden of proof.

  A.D.A. Alexandra Cabot : He's been incapacitated for 12 hours, Your Honor. He's not dead. The motion to dismiss is premature.

  Roger Kressler : Devastated by hypoxia. This leaves little room for interpretation.

  A.D.A. Alexandra Cabot : So you're a doctor now?

  Judge Lena Petrovsky : Hold on. Is the boy going to recover or not?

  A.D.A. Alexandra Cabot : There's no way to answer that.

  Roger Kressler : She's not a doctor either.

  Judge Lena Petrovsky : Mr. Kressler, it's not particularly attractive to be so happy about this tragedy, so let's kill the enthusiasm.