Law & Order (TV Series)
City Hall (2004)
Elisabeth Röhm: ADA Serena Southerlyn
Quotes
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[last lines]
Arthur Branch : Verdict in the Rubin case?
Jack McCoy : Guilty on all counts.
Serena Southerlyn : The jury was only out thirty-five minutes.
Arthur Branch : What in the world would you expect? Smoking gun and an eyewitness. He got convicted for the same reason they always do.
Jack McCoy : He pulled the trigger.
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Serena Southerlyn : This case must be high-profile if you're bird-dogging the arraignment.
Jack McCoy : I wasn't there to second-guess. The mayor's office is all over Arthur, so Arthur is all over me.
Serena Southerlyn : Well, tell him not to worry. Did you see Rubin's lawyer?
Jack McCoy : I saw him hand you a blueback.
Serena Southerlyn : It's a suppression motion, but it doesn't make any sense.
Jack McCoy : [she hands him the motion] Civil lawyer who's out of his element?
Serena Southerlyn : He's under the impression that the police found a .38 Special during the search.
Jack McCoy : So they think we have the murder weapon but we don't?
Serena Southerlyn : If the search of Rubin's apartment turned up anything, it's news to me.
Jack McCoy : Talk to Briscoe. If they found the smoking gun, it would be nice if they kept us in the loop.
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Lennie Briscoe : You sure you're not confusing this with some other case?
Serena Southerlyn : Well, if I am, then Rubin's lawyer is, too.
Lennie Briscoe : Now I'm confused. What, Rubin's lawyer said we found a gun in Rubin's home?
Serena Southerlyn : That's right. Off the record, the officers that assisted you, you sure they didn't pocket the gun?
Lennie Briscoe : [sarcastic] Well, that would be textbook police work.
Serena Southerlyn : I'm not accusing.
Lennie Briscoe : Then what do you call it?
Serena Southerlyn : Covering my ass. I have to ask you because at some point, a judge is gonna ask me.
Lennie Briscoe : Okay, so ask.
Serena Southerlyn : Did anyone find any type of weapon in Peter Rubin's home?
Lennie Briscoe : Not unless you count the world's most boring record collection.
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Serena Southerlyn : [leaving the U.S. Attorney's office] Bureaucratic doublespeak and non-denial denials.
Jack McCoy : But if you read between the lines, it looks like the men who searched Rubin's apartment were FBI.
Serena Southerlyn : Yeah, but even if we knew the agents' names, I doubt they'd talk to us.
Jack McCoy : Probably not, but Cagnetta as good as told us they had a warrant.
Serena Southerlyn : And a warrant means a paper trail.