L.A. Law1986

Abby Perkins:
It's not like you're going to San Quentin, Joel.

Joel Lassen:
Jail is jail. I'll stick in the cell.

Abe Lassen:
Listen to your lawyer, you don't plea, and you lose, and you could get 2 years in State prison. You want that?

Joel Lassen:
No. All I want us to be free.

Abby Perkins:
Look, I don't even know what our options are yet, okay? I gotta talk to the D.A. When the case is called, step up with me. [Abe Lassen and his son Joel Lassen will take a seat and wait]

Clerk:
People vs. Steve Dollof. Disturbing the peace.

Abby Perkins:
Jim, I got Joel Lassen.

D.D.A. Jim Aoli:
Yeah, that's me. Are we dealing?

Abby Perkins:
I'm looking for next to nothing. We got a rookie cop searching in the trunk on a moving violation, there's no way...

D.D.A. Jim Aoli:
Yeah. Yeah. What was it? 2 grams?

Abby Perkins:
No intent. You want a guilty plea? Let him go for probation.

D.D.A. Jim Aoli:
Yeah. Yeah. Okay.

Abby Perkins:
What?

D.D.A. Jim Aoli:
Well we do it today. We roll the dice for a dismissal motion and I'm going for jail time.

Abby Perkins:
Okay.

D.D.A. Jim Aoli:
6 months?

Abby Perkins:
Done.

Clerk:
People vs. Joel Lassen. [Abby wants Joel to come to the Judge's bench]

D.D.A. Jim Aoli:
Jim Aoli for the people. [Joel Lassen is coming] Straight possession, Your Honor, I think we can make this thing going away right now.

Judge Richard Bartke:
How delightful.

D.D.A. Jim Aoli:
Defendant agrees to plead guilty, Joint recommendation for 6 months probation.

Judge Richard Bartke:
Defense he'll agrees?

Abby Perkins:
We do.

Judge Richard Bartke:
You got it. Guilty. 6 months probation. Mr. Lassen, check with probation officer, please. Next case.

Clerk:
People vs. Robert Brown.