Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Dependent (2007)

Diane Neal: ADA Casey Novak

Quotes 

• Dr. George Huang : [to Novak]  Charlotte and her mother had a combative relationship that turned physically violent well before the murder. Charlotte's frustration and anger combined with the drugs were a lethal combination.

  Casey Novak : So is she culpable for the killing?

  Dr. George Huang : Yes. Well, the drugs may have lowered her inhibition, but the latent rage was all ready present.

  Casey Novak : So Sidney doesn't have a case.

  Dr. George Huang : Well, his best shot is to argue that she's a drug addict who wasn't responsible for her actions.

  Casey Novak : She could look pretty sympathetic to a jury. She's young and attractive. Her parents ignored her and her boyfriend got her hooked on drugs.

  Dr. George Huang : But she learned how to use violence to solve her problems. She hit her mother, she got what she wanted. Murder is the logical extension of that learned behavior.

• Casey Novak : You can't represent your own daughter, Sidney.

  Sidney Truex : There's no way I'm letting Charlotte go to jail.

  Casey Novak : I think you're letting your feelings get in the way of your judgment.

  Sidney Truex : She's my daughter. I love her and I know what's best for her.

  Casey Novak : Then don't gamble with her life.

  Sidney Truex : I'm not and I won't lose. You see, my daughter's a drug addict. She's depressed. She needs help, not prison.

  Casey Novak : So Charlotte's the victim? I see.

  Sidney Truex : That's how the jury will see her.

  Casey Novak : And then I'm gonna show the jury pictures of the crime scene with blood everywhere. And how do you think they're gonna vote after they hear Charlotte sodomized her own mother with a candlestick?

  Sidney Truex : They'll see a young girl with serious emotional problems.