Docket ending 25801. People vs. James and Victoria Grall. One count assault in the second degree, one count grand larceny, one count burglary.
How do you plead?
Not guilty, your honor.
They should be charged with murder!
Court officers, remove this woman!
[the court officers escort Eva out of the courtroom as James and Victoria look on with remorse]
She's right. We should be charged with murder.
Would the People like to amend the charge?
No, your honor. The defendants are only grandstanding to further their political agenda.
If you were fit for your job, you'd seek justice for these lost souls.
It was an accident.
Mr. Hunter, control your clients.
As your honor well knows, according to New York law, life does not begin until a baby draws breath.
It begins at the moment of conception.
Even in the cases of abandoned newborns, a murder charge cannot be brought if it's determined the infant was stillborn.
The charges stand.
Actually, your honor, the grand larceny should be dropped to petty larceny. Human bodies cannot legally be sold, and therefore have no monetary value.
The couples who went to Hudson Cryobank each spent tens of thousands of dollars to get those embryos.
That was for services provided. It wasn't a sticker price of an embryo.
That's an issue for your trial judge. I'll add on the lesser charge and hear the People as to bail.
$100,000 each.
Excessive. The defendants are not a flight risk. They have ties to the community.
Bail is set at 10,000 each, cash or bond. [bangs gavel] Next case.
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