Defendant Quotes

30 quotes by 27 authors

When you come in to court as a plaintiff or as a defendant, it is terribly important that you look up at the bench and… — Michael Bloomberg
I have yet to see a death case among the dozen coming to the Supreme Court on eve-of-execution stay applications in which the defendant was… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg
To exclude all jurors who would be in the slightest way effected by the prospect of the death penalty would be to deprive the defendant… — Byron White
If rhyme is a crime, my mic is my co-defendant. — Cormega
I got the chance to argue my first case in Supreme Court, a criminal case arising in Alabama that involved the right of a defendant… — Constance Baker Motley
To force a lawyer on a defendant can only lead him to believe that the law contrives against him. — Potter Stewart
I can't do no literary work for the rest of this year because I'm meditating another lawsuit and looking around for a defendant. — Mark Twain
We are like a judge confronted by a defendant who declines to answer, and we must determine the truth from the circumstantial evidence. — Alfred Wegener
I'm sure I took some licks at the system, and at trials and lawyers in general. I've seen enough of them for so many years… — Joseph Wambaugh
Jurors realize that instead of having to make that terrible decision (voting for the death penalty), they can vote to put someone in prison and… — Robert Falcon Scott
Therefore, in my incontrovertible capacity as plaintiff and defendant judge and accused, I condemn this nature, which has so brazenly and unceremoniously inflicted this suffering...… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
The theory for admitting accomplice testimony that is uncorroborated is that conspiracy is by its nature secretive and that only the parties to it can… — E L Doctorow
The grand jury, composed of 12 eminent New Orleans citizens, heard our evidence and indicted the defendant for participation in a conspiracy to assassinate John… — Jim Garrison
The higher someone's profile, the easier it is for a defendant to trade him up to the feds. Mr. Big is always a better catch… — Howie Carr
A defendant on trial for a specific crime is entitled to his day in court, not in a stadium or a city or nationwide arena. — Tom C. Clark
From the very beginning, our state and national constitutions and laws have laid great emphasis on procedural and substantive safeguards designed to assure fair trials… — Hugo Black
A strenuous soul hates cheap success. It is the ardor of the assailant that makes the vigor of the defendant. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
TECHNICALITY, n. In an English court a man named Home was tried for slander in having accused his neighbor of murder. His exact words were:… — Ambrose Bierce
The canvas is a court where the artist is prosecutor, defendant, jury and judge. Art without a trial disappears at a glance. — Philip Guston
The defendant wants to hide the truth because he's generally guilty. The defense attorney's job is to make sure the jury does not arrive at… — Alan Dershowitz

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