Jurisdiction

"Jurisdiction"
←	L&O, Episode 3.16	→
Production number: 68017 First aired: 3 March 1993
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Written By René Balcer & Walon Green Directed By Bruce Seth Green

Plot

A problem of jurisdiction arises following the murders, one in Queens and the other in Manhattan, of two nurses.

Cast

Main cast

• Jerry Orbach as Detective Lennie Briscoe
• Chris Noth as Detective Mike Logan
• Dann Florek as Captain Donald Cragen
• Michael Moriarty as Executive A.D.A. Benjamin Stone
• Richard Brooks as A.D.A. Paul Robinette
• Steven Hill as D.A. Adam Schiff
• Carolyn McCormick as Dr. Elizabeth Olivet

Recurring cast

• Lorraine Toussaint as Legal Aid Attorney Shambala Green
• Mark Blum as Brooklyn A.D.A. Frank Lazar
• Rosemary De Angelis as Defense Attorney Sally Goldman
• Bill Alton as Judge Bernard O'Malley
• Merwin Goldsmith as Judge Ian Feist
• John Fiore as Detective Tony Profaci

Guest cast

• Dan Hedaya as Detective Brian Torelli
• Paul McCrane as James Lee Pawl
• Michael Badalucco as David Zifrin
• Monique Cintron as Aloma
• James Lewis De Lorenzo as Marty Lake
• Paul Bates as Ron Bergin
• Leslie Ayvazian as Pam Korolek
• David Wolos-Fonteno as Gavin McCrea
• Philip Hoffman as Eddie Feldman
• Tibor Feldman as Jerry Silbo
• Paul D'Amato as Delbert Kort
• Nancy Franklin as Brooklyn Judge Walton
• Sabrina Boudot as Sharon
• Amy Ryan as Amy
• James Colby as Holzgang
• Brian Delate as Lieutenant Jorgensen
• Edward D. Murphy as CSU Tech Wheeler
• Cliff Weissman as CSU Tech Miller
• Jay Spadaro as Court Clerk

References

• Aruba
• Smythe & Bradley

Quotes

James Pawl: Probable cause. You got no probable cause.

Mike Logan: You're under arrest because you're probably guilty.

“	Once I traded in the Chivas bottle for the Grecian Formula, I became a saint.	”
–Lennie Briscoe

Shambala Green: Davy Zifrin will be lost in prison.

Ian Feist: Leave him a trail of breadcrumbs.

Background information and notes

EADA Stone takes the stand.

• In this episode, Defense Attorney Shambala Green subpoenas Executive Assistant District Attorney Benjamin Stone to appear at David Zifrin's trial. This is the first and only time, Stone takes the witness stand in court.

Episode scene cards

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Houston Presbyterian Hospital Intensive Care Unit Monday, January 4	Brooklyn Homicide Division 71st Precinct Tuesday, January 5	Ira Gasmer Halfway House 1480 Decatur Street Thursday, January 11

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Chambers of Judge Bernard O'Malley Tuesday, February 9	Brooklyn House of Detention Atlantic & Boarum Friday, February 9	Assistant District Attorney Frank Lazar Kings County Monday, February 22

7	8
Supreme Court Kings County Trial Part 24 Wednesday, March 24	Brooklyn House of Detention Atlantic & Boarum Thursday, April 15

9	10
Frank Lazar left the Kings County District Attorney's Office before the end of his term, and joined the Litigation Department at the Wall Street firm Smythe & Bradley.	Ten months after his appeal was filed in the Appellate Division, Second Department, David Zifrin remains incarcerated at the Elmira State Correctional Facility awaiting judicial determination of that appeal.

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