Johnnie Cochran

If it doen't make sense, you should find for the defense.

— Johnnie Cochran

Jurors want courtroom lawyers to have some compassion and be nice.

— Johnnie Cochran

Black jurors sit on juries every day and convict black people every day.

— Johnnie Cochran

If you commit perjury in a so-called first-degree murder case, and you're caught red-handed for the entire world to see, and you…

— Johnnie Cochran

I want to describe myself, not be described by others.

— Johnnie Cochran

I decided I wanted to be a lawyer when I was 11 years of age.

— Johnnie Cochran

If it doesn't make sense, you should find for the defense.

— Johnnie Cochran

On January 10, 1963, I was sworn in as a lawyer, so next January 10 I will have practiced law for 40…

— Johnnie Cochran

Since the Puffy Combs case in New York, I will not try any more criminal cases

— Johnnie Cochran

If it doesn't fit, you must acquit.

— Johnnie Cochran

If it doesn't make sense, you must find for the defense.

— Johnnie Cochran

The president appoints the judges. Your lives and your children's lives can change by all of these appellate court judges who will…

— Johnnie Cochran

I understand about this idea of terror and what it means to Americans and this idea that we can't just walk around…

— Johnnie Cochran

An opening statement is like a guide or a road map. It's a very delicate thing.

— Johnnie Cochran

We've got to be judged by how we do in times of crisis

— Johnnie Cochran

Money will determine whether the accused goes to prison or walks out of the courtroom a free man.

— Johnnie Cochran

In this room we're all here together, but there's probably a lot of different views, people sitting here thinking, I don't own…

— Johnnie Cochran

I'm from the South, where if you walk down the street and there's somebody behind you talking with a Southern accent, you…

— Johnnie Cochran

I'm a big believer in the fact that life is about preparation, preparation, preparation.

— Johnnie Cochran