- Ben Stone: Gregory Winters is a victim. His mother Denise Winters is a victim as well. And to a lesser extent, Franklin "T-Ball" Howard is a victim, too. A victim of circumstance, in which he learned how to fire a deadly weapon before he learned to read.
- Joe Anson: Forget it, Stone. You don't come running with your hat in your hand from a position of strength.
- Ben Stone: You call this a position of strength, counselor? We're offering a deal so we can wrap this up, but if you want to play games...
- Joe Anson: What games? You've got the unsubstantiated testimony of a little psycho who can't shoot straight.
- Michael Ingrams: Let's get something straight here, Mr. Stone. I'm not in short pants. T-Ball's testimony isn't enough to convict me.
- A.D.A. Paul Robinette: Probably not. But Ned Kay's will.
- Michael Ingrams: [Smiles] Ned Kay? He won't mess with my thing. I'm going back to my cell.
- Donald Cragen: Anybody see anything?
- Max Greevey: You kidding? Slugs came from an automatic, that's all we know, they were too deformed to run a match.
- Donald Cragen: They couldn't find *one* slug to match?
- Max Greevey: [quietly] They might be able to get one out of the baby. One went through the door and lodged somewhere in his neck... they think.
- Joe Anson: This cash you allege came from the defendant: You said you used it to bail out one of your own projects, is that right?
- Edward Kay: Yes.
- Joe Anson: Well? Did you?
- Edward Kay: Yes. At least I tried, but...
- Joe Anson: But what? Did your habit interfere with business, Mr. Kay?
- Ben Stone: Objection, your honor.
- Joe Anson: Sidebar, your honor.
- Judge Real: What's this about?
- Joe Anson: I'm going to impeach his credibility, judge. He's a cocaine user.
- Ben Stone: Your honor, the People are aware of Mr. Kay's '86 arrest, but he was not convicted. It's not relevant, it's not admissable.
- Judge Real: Do you have an offer of proof, counselor?
- Joe Anson: Why don't we just go to the record? Mr. Stone.
- [Shows file to Judge and Stone]
- Judge Real: Go ahead, Mr. Anson.
- Joe Anson: Mr. Kay, under the name Edward M. Kayman, you were convicted of possession of a controlled substance in the state of Connecticut in 1984? In fact, it was cocaine, was it not?
- Judge Real: Answer the question, Mr. Kay.
- Edward Kay: Yes.
- Joe Anson: And then later you legally changed your name to Ned Kay, didn't you?
- Edward Kay: Yes.
- Joe Anson: Do you still use cocaine, Mr. Kay?
- Edward Kay: I respectfully refuse to answer on the...
- Joe Anson: Are you invoking the Fifth Amendment against self-incrimination?
- Edward Kay: Yes, sir.
- Joe Anson: Did you pay for cocaine out of any of the $300,000 that you stole from Mr. Ingrams?
- Edward Kay: I respectfully refuse to answer for the same reason.
- Joe Anson: You refuse to answer. But you expect us to believe that Mr. Ingrams threatened to kill you!
- Donald Cragen: Mushrooms.
- Max Greevey: What?
- Donald Cragen: That's what they call them.
- Mike Logan: It's a video game. You shoot at the centipedes. The mushrooms get in the way of the bullets.
- Max Greevey: [dryly] A video game.
- [pause]
- Max Greevey: That's hysterical.
- Donald Cragen: Hey, give me a break, Max, I didn't make it up.
- Grandmother: Why is it you always come too late?
- Max Greevey: Ma'am?
- Grandmother: I asked why the police never come *before* someone starts shooting.
- Max Greevey: All due respect ma'am, how are we supposed to know *before* it happens?
- Donald Cragen: Nobody ever has a verbal altercation anymore, you notice that? A good fist fight? Somebody looks at you cockeyed, you whip out a MAC-10.