Crazy, You Call This a Trainee Lawyer

Pre-trial site.

"Now this court announces that the preliminary trial has begun. Please explain your arguments in court!"

With Judge Chen's announcement, the pre-trial began.

Lan Zhengye stood up first, and said solemnly, "Hi, everyone, Your Honor, I am Lan Zhengye, the representative of the prosecution!"

"The prosecution believes that the suspect Fang Yunshu murdered his ex-husband Zeng Xiang. The suspect's method of committing the crime was cruel, and the impact of the murder was extremely bad... After discussion, the prosecution advocated life imprisonment for the suspect!"

Hearing this result, most people in the court were not surprised.

Some even believe that the death penalty is not too much.

Judge Chen nodded and looked at the defense bench.

The prosecution has finished speaking, it is your turn to defend.

At the same time, he was curious about what Zhang Wei's claim was.

Is it a discretionary commutation of the guilty defense, or an uncharacteristically, innocence defense that is almost impossible to win.

In fact, before the trial, he asked two colleagues in the office, Judge Wang and Judge Li.

Both of them told him, don't underestimate Zhang Wei, he is best at taking surprises.

"Let me see how you kid can catch me by surprise!"

In his heart, Judge Chen felt a little bit of anticipation.

"Your Excellency, the defense declares on behalf of the parties that we will plead not guilty on the grounds of self-defense!"

Zhang Wei announced without any nonsense.

His argument also caused some commotion in the courtroom.

"Innocent defense!"

"It's actually a defense of innocence, and it's based on self-defense. So they want to prove that the deceased is a threat to the suspect?"

"How can this be proved? I don't remember that Zeng Xiang was carrying any weapons. According to the evidence publicized by the Wushu Association, he should not have any murderous tools on him, right?"

"Could it be that lawyer Zhang intends to rely on his mouth to push all the faults to the deceased?"

"That's right. Defense lawyers usually do this. They shift the responsibility to the deceased. They won't have a chance to speak up, and it's even more impossible to refute him!"

A group of reporters were all whispering, looking at Zhang Wei with strong speculation and sarcasm.

"Defeating not guilty, this kid really dares to do that?"

"Lan Gaojian, Zhang Wei's style is like this. I don't think it's strange. If he chooses to reduce his sentence as appropriate, I'm a little surprised!"

Lan Zhengye and Zhao Jing at the next table exchanged in a low voice, but they were not surprised.

Lan Gaojian's experience is here, and the surface is calm and breezy, while Zhao Jing has seen Zhang Wei's methods before, and he is used to it.

On the side of the judging seat, Li Qinghua's finger that typed the text trembled.

"This kid, you really dare to talk nonsense with your eyes open. That woman killed her ex-husband in the street. Do you still think the other party is innocent?"

But Li Qinghua's opinion is not important, she is just a court clerk and cannot affect the trial.

"Sure enough, this kid really exceeded my expectations!"

At the trial seat, Judge Chen was also shocked.

But he is an old judge after all, so he doesn't show his face, and others can't see his astonishment for a moment.

After thinking for a while, he asked again: "Lawyer Zhang, are you sure you want to plead not guilty on the grounds of self-defense?"

"Your Excellency, I have made up my mind, and the parties have also requested the same!"

Judge Chen looked at Fang Yunshu who was beside Zhang Wei. The latter lowered his head but did not raise any objections.

"Well, the court has confirmed the receipt of the arguments of both parties!"

Judge Chen tapped the hammer, then looked at the court guard on the other side, and ordered: "Let the candidate jury come in!"

Under the leadership of Ting Wei, the candidate jury entered and walked to the jury seat.

"Defense attorney, please!"

Judge Chen said politely, and Zhang Wei naturally stepped forward.

On the prosecution's seat, Lan Zhengye moved closer to Zhao Jing's side again, "I read Zhang Wei's previous case against you, is his question really that outrageous?"

"There is no most outrageous, only more outrageous!"

"Yeah?"

Hearing Zhao Jing's answer, Lan Zhengye fell into deep thought.

Generally speaking, the work of selecting the jury is the first confrontation between the prosecution and the defense before the trial.

Whether it is the prosecution or the defense, they are extremely cautious and cautious about asking questions.

As for the criminal cases that Zhang Wei participated in before, he also read the records.

It can only be said that those questions are a bit eye-catching.

Lan Zhengye frowned and looked at Zhang Wei who was walking towards the jury box. He wanted to see what kind of questions the defense lawyer would ask today.

He did not believe that in such an important case, the other party would ask outrageous questions.

Regardless of other people's speculations, Zhang Wei has already walked to the front of the jury seat.

"Ahem, hello everyone!"

He greeted the candidate jury with a smile, but the response was few and far between.

Zhang Wei didn't care, he walked up to a man and asked with a smile, "Hello, sir!"

"Hello!"

"Excuse me, do you think you are handsome?"

"this……"

This question made the man slightly taken aback, and also caused the other jurors to show their astonishment.

This Nima can be regarded as a question, you ask me if I am handsome, how should I answer?

Not only the jurors, but even Judge Chen in the trial seat, Li Qinghua, the clerk beside him, and Lan Zhengye in the prosecution's seat were all overwhelmed by this question.

What kind of question is this?

You can't ask the question carefully, but you have to ask the juror if he is handsome?

Well, this question can no longer be considered outrageous, it can only be said that it is too far away!

But Zhang Wei doesn't care what other people think, he just wants the juror's answer now.

The man who was questioned quickly answered. He tossed his hair and said with a smile, "I admit, I'm still a little handsome!"

Zhang Wei nodded, "Sir, your answer is very honest, but I don't allow anyone more handsome than me in court!"

"Your Honor, the defense requests this juror to leave!"

Judge Chen's wrinkled old face couldn't hold back any longer. Facing Zhang Wei's reason, he opened his mouth and finally couldn't help it.

"Defense lawyer, are you sure you want to remove this juror for this reason?"

"Your Excellency, the defense has confirmed, please approve!"

"Oh well……"

Although the question was so outrageous that it remained unchanged, Judge Chen did not raise an objection either. After all, this was the freedom of the defense.

But after he recorded it, he still looked at Li Qinghua beside him, his eyes full of inquiries.

This is your son-in-law, why is this kid so unreliable?

Seeing Judge Chen's eyes, Li Qinghua lowered her head subconsciously out of shame.

Although Zhang Wei and her daughter are just boyfriend and girlfriend, she also knows that in the eyes of the judge, Zhang Wei and herself are considered a family.

Now that Zhang Wei is making trouble like this, she, Li Qinghua, also feels ashamed, it's so fucking embarrassing!

Although this problem has attracted countless people's inner complaints, even the mother-in-law feels that she can't be a human being.

But as the questioner, Zhang Wei was not embarrassed at all.

After laughing at a juror, he walked up to a well-dressed lady again, "This beauty, do you think you are beautiful?"

"You have called me a beauty, and I think you are right!"

Seeing the woman's answer, Zhang Wei nodded with a smile.

"Your Excellency, the defense believes that this beautiful lady is not suitable for the next trial, so I ask her to leave!"

The judge sighed, but nodded to Zhang Wei, and screened out another juror.

But Zhang Wei continued. He walked up to a bald man and asked with a smile, "Sir, do you think you're smart?"

"Of course, I am the number one in our company's performance, and I am often praised by the boss for being smart!"

"Thank you for your answer, but it's a pity that I don't allow people smarter than me in the court!"

As Zhang Wei said, his smile faded, "Your Excellency, the defense requests..."

"Okay, okay, I understand, you don't need to continue!"

Judge Chen waved his hand and eliminated this juror.

After screening out three jurors in a row, Zhang Wei chose to temporarily return to the defense bench and let the prosecution ask questions.

Lan Zhengye straightened his collar and walked in front of the jury.

"Here I want to ask everyone a question. A woman killed her husband in public at Wanjiahui. Do you think she has other secrets or do you think she has to pay the price for killing someone?"

Lan Zhengye's question was very routine and closely related to the case.

"I think we have to understand what happened. A woman may not kill her other half for no reason!"

"I think this woman is either stimulated or crazy. Killing people in Wanjiahui Square is too outrageous!"

"I think we need to understand the relationship between the two parties. Maybe this woman has long been dissatisfied with the man?"

"Killing people in Wanjiahui, this woman is obviously crazy. Even if the husband and wife have conflicts, she shouldn't kill people in a place with so many people. She must pay the price for her actions!"

"I think no matter what a man does, if a woman kills someone, then she must be responsible for her actions!"

Facing Lan Zhengye's question, the jurors expressed their opinions and had any kind of answer.

In general, however, these responses can be divided into two categories.

One class thinks about the reasons why women kill people, that is, motives.

The other party insists that killing is wrong and that women must be responsible for killing.

"Thanks for the jury's answer, I've made it clear!"

Lan Zhengye nodded, then looked towards the trial seat, "Your Honor, the prosecution requests that jurors No. 3, No. 14 and Juror No. 21 be eliminated!"

These few people were all the ones who asked the question before, and the answer was to consider the motive of the woman's murder.

"as expected!"

Zhang Wei sat in his seat and sneered.

"Lawyer Zhang, these questions..." Fang Yunshu leaned over and asked in a low voice.

"You should have seen the purpose of this Lan Gao inspector, right?"

Seeing Fang Yunshu nod slightly, Zhang Wei analyzed: "His purpose is very simple, it is to target this case, or target you!"

"The example in that question can actually be seen as you. Those who answered that they wanted to find a motive might think about the purpose of killing your ex-husband. This is actually unnecessary for the prosecution. As for those who answered that killing must pay the price , is their ideal juror, they don't care about the reason for your murder, they only see the fact that you killed, and their purpose is the same as that of the prosecution, if you kill someone, you will go to jail!"

"What about your question? I really don't understand your question..."

"Is my question so difficult to understand?"

Zhang Wei froze for a moment, as if he felt that Fang Yunshu was too ignorant.

"Actually, my question is very simple. It is to get rid of those people who are blindly confident. These people will not believe your explanation, nor will they believe that your reason for killing is to protect themselves. They only believe what they see. Listen It is too difficult to convince such people that what I think is right or wrong, so I eliminated them directly!"

"As for my way of asking questions, it's just a relatively obscure way to achieve my goal. You can't let me go up and ask directly, do you believe that there is a reason for my client's murder? If you believe it, please stay. If you believe me, please leave?"

Fang Yunshu understood that if this was really the question, the judge would probably object.

However, Fang Yunshu was really shocked by asking questions in such an "unconventional" way.

"Your Honor, the prosecution's questioning is over!"

After Lan Zhengye screened out the three, he also ended the question.

"The defense wants to ask additional questions!"

Zhang Wei got up again and walked in front of the jury.

"Jurors, please imagine this scene. If one day you finished shopping in the supermarket and were about to take several large bags of goods back to the car, suddenly there was a stranger of the opposite sex who offered to help you carry the bags, and the person was very beautiful or Handsome, what do you think?"

After Zhang Wei asked the question, he looked at a woman, "Ma'am, if there is a handsome strange man helping you, what would you think?"

"Well, I'll... thank him?"

The woman stared blankly at Zhang Wei, apparently she had never experienced such a thing in her life.

"Thank you for your answer, ma'am."

Zhang Wei thanked and looked at the jury, "Your Excellency, the defense requests that this juror be removed!"

"this……"

Judge Chen glanced at Li Qinghua, his eyes seemed to say, "How long has your son-in-law's symptoms lasted?"

Li Qinghua felt ashamed. Not only did she have to record Zhang Wei's question, but she also had to accept Judge Chen's question.

She swears that when the preliminary trial is over, she must teach Zhang Wei a lesson.

As far as the performance of the preliminary trial is concerned, it's better to just wait to lose in a fart lawsuit!

Zhang Wei didn't know that the future mother-in-law was ready to teach her son-in-law a lesson.

He turned to a man in a gray suit, "Sir, what would you think if there was a strange woman doing you a favor and she was beautiful?"

"I will warn her to stay away, because I can move things by myself, and I have a wife. If a strange woman approaches me, I will suspect that she has other purposes!"

Zhang Wei couldn't help but nodded, this is the ideal juror I need.

But he couldn't show his purpose, but responded to the man in the suit with a smile: "It seems that you love your wife very much!"

"Your Honor, the defense accepts this juror!"

Judge Chen looked at Zhang Wei, but still nodded and wrote down the choice.

After a while, the jury selection was completed, and Judge Chen announced in public: "Very well, we now have a jury. Today's preliminary trial is over, and the trial will start tomorrow morning on Friday. The prosecution, please prepare your opening statement!"

After speaking, the court began to dissolve.

As the judge left the seat, Li Qinghua finally couldn't sit still.

"Mother-in-law, you are busy, I will take the client to take a step ahead!"

Zhang Wei didn't know that Li Qinghua was going to teach him a lesson, but left with Fang Yunshu.

"This boy, how did Xiao Yueyue fall in love with such a worthless person!"

Recalling the scene before the trial just now, Li Qinghua wanted to find a crack in the ground and get in.

"I heard before that Zhang Wei has participated in many cases, but this question is too outrageous!"

She muttered, and began to wonder in her heart, was it because Zhang Wei was lucky that he won the previous case?

"Forget it, he will definitely not be able to win this case. The opponent is the high prosecutor of the local prosecutor's headquarters. If he can win, I..."

Li Qinghua thought about it, but still didn't set up any flags, because Zhang Wei won't win, what does it have to do with her as a clerk?

Thinking of this, she didn't bother to worry about Zhang Wei anymore.

Court, ready interior.

Zhang Wei glanced at the door, of course Lan Gaojian didn't show up.

"Fortunately, I thought he would come over to discuss and negotiate a condition. It turned out that I was being sentimental."

This is also normal, this case is almost a certainty for the local prosecutor's headquarters.

If this still requires negotiation to reach a plea deal, the local prosecutor's headquarters itself will feel ashamed.

Naturally, Lan Gao would not come to discuss with Zhang Wei about pleading guilty.

He also said that the prosecution's request is life imprisonment, and they will not allow a murderer to sit in prison for only a few years or more than ten years.

Seeing that Lan Gaojian did not show up for a long time, Zhang Wei naturally looked away and returned to the preparation room.

"Lawyer Zhang, what are we going to do tomorrow?"

"Tomorrow has nothing to do with you, you just need to sit in the dock!"

Zhang Wei waved his hand, "Tomorrow is the prosecution's opening statement, and he will ask witnesses to testify against you as a murderer. What you have to do is very simple, just remain unmoved, and don't have too much emotional fluctuations when facing the testimonies. Just do it!"

"Would that make me look too cold?"

"But if you waver, it will give people a sense of guilty conscience. Face the murder accusation calmly with a blank face, this is what you should do!"

Zhang Wei said, pointing in the direction of the court, "Do you still remember my additional question?"

"You mean the question about the opposite sex approaching you, as if you offered to be nice to me?"

"Yes, that's the problem!"

Zhang Wei nodded and explained: "My problem is to screen out some people who don't believe in superficial phenomena. I need jurors who will doubt everything, just like a wife suspects that her husband is following her. You need someone who can understand you. Fortunately, the question just now allowed me to screen out a few such people. With them in the jury, the more indifferent you are, the more suspicious they will be. Let them think about whether there is something else hidden in this case!"

Fang Yunshu nodded, expressing that he finally understood Zhang Wei's question.

Later, she left the city court under the escort of two field staff from the Wuxi Association.

Zhang Wei walked to the window and looked at the situation at the gate. Sure enough, there were many reporters outside.

Lan Gaojian had already arrived at the gate and was responding to the media's questions. Even Zhao Jing beside him was not spared.

"The prosecution has been treated like this. If my defense goes out, won't it be torn apart by them?"

Zhang Wei went to the back door of the court again, and the safe passage had almost become his exclusive passage.