Crazy, You Call This a Trainee Lawyer

  Chapter 32 Why do I feel like it's just the beginning?

   "Your Honor, the prosecution disagrees!"

  Tan Yingying stood up and affirmed: "The defendant's confession is the key to this lawsuit. Without it, this lawsuit will not be established."

   Zhang Wei had expected it, and retorted in public: "But this is not a reason to use an invalid confession as evidence!"

"This…"

  Tan Yingying was interrupted by this reason and was speechless.

   Judge Wang looked thoughtful and looked at Zhang Hui on the witness stand.

   "Lawyer Zhang Hui, you obviously violated the rules, but since you are a first-time offender, I can give you a warning and not report it to the review committee for the time being."

   "Thank you, Your Honor!" Zhang Hui breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that there was a drama in withdrawing the case.

   As for her punishment, she herself recognized it.

   "Your Honor, I have something to say!"

The judge was about to speak, but Xiao Baihe, who was beside Tan Yingying, stood up immediately.

"I think the defendant knew at the time, and the public defender had already explained to him other options. If the defendant insisted that he was innocent, he could pay bail, but he did not do so, which means that he gave up his plea of ​​innocence. As for his confession, he signed it himself, and the court should ignore this legally valid confession because the defense lawyers came to confess a mistake!"

  Xiao Baihe said this, and gave Zhang Wei a provocative look: "Also, someone died this time!"

   "Your Majesty, life is at stake, and the family members of the deceased also hope to find the real murderer and give them justice. I hope Your Majesty can represent justice and give the family of the deceased a chance to seek justice!"

   As soon as these words came out, the judge's expression became extremely solemn.

   It was only then that he remembered that this time was not a minor case of the Misdemeanor Division, but a case of manslaughter.

   "Yes, the prosecution is right. The family of the deceased has the right to pursue justice. The motion is dismissed, and the confession is ruled valid!"

   As the judge knocked on the cone, Zhang Wei's pretrial motion failed.

  Whether it was the defendant, his wife, or Zhang Hui on the witness stand, they all showed disappointment, and their expressions were helpless and decadent.

  Tan Yingying looked at Xiao Baihe excitedly, while the latter looked at Zhang Wei with provocative eyes again.

   But beyond Xiao Baihe's expectations, Zhang Wei did not show a hint of discouragement, which was completely different from the others.

"Your Excellency, since the motion has been rejected, the defense has nothing to say, but the defense wants to ask the court to clarify one thing, is my opponent the chief prosecutor of this case, or the ace prosecutor of the Serious Crime Division? "

Zhang Wei said, pointing to Tan Yingying and Xiao Baihe: "Your Majesty, I'm just a rookie lawyer who has just passed the law test and can only accept public interest cases. I'm going to fight the ace prosecutor at once. I'm really scared. ~”

   Although Judge Wang doesn't like Zhang Wei very much, he also thinks what he said makes sense.

After thinking about it for a while, he warned Xiao Baihe: "Prosecutor Xiao Baihe, please pay attention to your position in the next trial, you are only here to observe, the chief prosecutor is not you, please be careful not to give too much to others. pressure!"

   "I see, Your Honor!"

  Xiao Baihe's eyes turned cold and he glared at Zhang Wei, but nodded anyway.

   "This Zhang Wei has some ability. If one move fails, he wants to block my actions. I remember you!"

  Xiao Baihe remembered Zhang Wei, but the defendant was very frustrated.

   "Junior, we seem to have failed." Zhang Hui felt that the case was over.

  Once the motion fails and the case cannot be withdrawn, they will have to face the district prosecutor’s headquarters, which is a tough battle.

   But Zhang Wei smiled wickedly: "Have you lost, why do I think it's just the beginning?"

   "Brother?" Seeing Zhang Wei's smile, Zhang Hui felt a little nervous.

   "It's okay, through this motion, I can see the depth of the other party."

Zhang Wei pointed at Tan Yingying with a playful look on his face: "She is also a newcomer, with no level or experience. It is very irrational for a misdemeanor prosecutor to deal with serious crimes. The only thing I need to be vigilant about is probably Xiao Baihe next to her. , so just now I asked the judge to give the other party a little warning, hoping it will work."

   It was at this time that the judge declared:

   "Since the motion is dismissed, let's take a break and start the pre-trial in an hour!"

   In the first confrontation, Zhang Wei had the upper hand, but he didn't think so.

   An hour passed quickly.

  The trial begins again.

  Because it is a criminal case, the jury is 12 people and needs to be selected from the candidate jury.

   On the prosecution table, Xiao Baihe's eyes were still fixed on Zhang Wei.

   After looking at it for a long time, she turned her head and said to Tan Yingying:

"Let's take a look at the level of this newcomer. Usually at this time, many lawyers will ask targeted questions, such as their views on manslaughter, or whether they are sympathetic to the defendant, etc. Many lawyers will even start the trial. What we need to do is to write down these questions, and then you will refute these issues that may have an impact one by one during the opening statement stage, you understand!"

   "Well, I wrote it down. If he asks a lot of questions, I will refute them all!"

  Tan Yingying took a notebook and recorded all Xiao Baihe's teachings.

   At the same time, she also looked at Zhang Wei, wanting to see what questions this new lawyer could ask to screen jurors.

   I saw Zhang Wei walking to the front of the jury with the audience watching.

   "Cough, hello, fellow jurors..."

  Zhang Wei cleared his throat and asked with a smile, "I want to ask, how is your relationship with your parents?"

  Juror: "???"

  Tan Yingying: "???"

  Xiao Lily: "???"

  Others in the court: "???"

However, regardless of the confusion of the others, Zhang Wei walked up to a young man and asked, "Excuse me, how is your relationship with your father, is it a father's kindness and filial piety, or are there occasional quarrels, or frequent conflicts? , do not communicate with each other?"

   "I have a good relationship with my dad. Although I live out, I go back to visit him every week."

  Zhang Wei nodded, and then asked: "That's good. Will you listen to what your father said?"

   "Of course, I listen to my dad the most!"

   "Oh~ That's right."

   Zhang Wei smiled and looked at the court: "Your Excellency, the defense rejected this juror and thanked him for his participation."

   The judge opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but he could not stop the juror’s right to be the defense lawyer.

   Zhang Wei came to a woman with dyed hair again and asked with a smile, "This sister, what is your relationship with your father?"

   The woman raised her eyelids and answered directly, "My old man is already dead!"

   "Oh, sorry, but what about your mother?"

   "The second year the old man died, she left me and left. We haven't been in touch for almost ten years. I don't know whether she is alive or dead now."

   "Well, if your father was still alive, would you listen to him?"

   "Of course not. My old man is often drunk and likes to talk drunk. I didn't bother to talk to him when he was dead. If I listened to him, I might be drinking now!" The woman waved her hand with a look of disdain.

   Seeing the performance of this "filial daughter", Zhang Wei nodded with satisfaction: "Your Excellency, the defense accepts this juror."

   at the prosecution table.

  Xiao Lily opened her mouth slightly and her facial muscles twitched.

   She was surprised by Zhang Wei's question, and she didn't notice that she was a little rude.

   Tan Yingying on the side was thinking, do you want to write down these "stupid questions"?

   But even if she wrote it down, how would she refute it? It’s impossible to persuade everyone to listen to their parents, right? This is not a family court, so what the hell?

   Zhang Wei's questioning continued, and soon several "honest and obedient" children were screened out.

   "The jury has been finalized, and the formal trial will begin tomorrow!"

   With the judge's decision, today's pre-trial is over.

   As everyone in the court left one after another, Tan Yingying from the prosecution came to Zhang Wei and handed him a list.

   "Witness list, who did you update?"

   "See for yourself!" Tan Yingying replied and ran away immediately.

   Zhang Wei lowered his head and glanced at the list, secretly said, sure enough.

   "Brother, what's wrong with the list?" Zhang Hui also leaned over and glanced at the list of witnesses.

Zhang Wei smiled, pointed to the two extra names in the form, and analyzed: "It may be that my question today caught the other party by surprise, so the prosecution made a foolish move to bring the deceased's parents to court. "

   "Isn't that bad? Generally, the complaint of the family of the deceased will make the defendant passive."

   "No, I think on the contrary, the prosecution's witnesses may also become a weapon for us to attack each other!"

   "Sister, please appease the defendant and his wife. It's best to stare at them, and don't let the defendant make any irrational actions!"

   "Understood, junior, but I'm here to appease the defendant, what about you?"

   "I, there are more important things to do!"

   Zhang Wei said and walked towards Xia Qianyue in the hearing box with a smile.

   "Hanhan, tell me quickly, how is your relationship with Xiao Baihe, are you familiar?"

   "Of course we are familiar, we have been roommates for three years, but you care about what she does, and she is not the chief lawyer opposite?"

   "People say that she is also a beauty, can't we understand it?"

   "Zhang Wei, go to hell!"

   Watching the two of them leave with a good relationship, Zhang Hui's eyes were stunned.

  What time is it, this apprentice actually still has the heart to pick up girls?

   Zhang Hui shook his head, dispelled these thoughts, and quickly walked towards the defendant.

  …

   The next day, morning.

After the    trial, it is the prosecution's case statement and proof link.

   As a public prosecution case, the prosecution, as the prosecution party, is responsible for the burden of proof.

   The first witness was none other than the field staff of the Wushu Association who was on duty at the scene.

   "Hello, Fieldman Zhong, can you please explain the situation at the scene?"

"Of course, it was about 7:50 p.m., and I was patrolling the Jinnan section of Zhongcheng Street. The walkie-talkie on my body notified that there was a dispute nearby and asked me to rush over to mediate. When I arrived at the scene, I found that the defendant and the Several other people clashed, they apparently had an argument, and one of them was pushed to the ground by the defendant."

  Tan Yingying nodded and looked at Xiao Baihe on the prosecution seat. After seeing the latter nod, she then asked:

   "The man who was pushed to the ground, do you know who it is?"

   Fieldwork Zhong nodded and replied in a very positive tone: "I know, it's Wei Hong, the deceased in this case!"

   As soon as these words came out, all eyes were on the defendant Lin Xiao, and many people in the jury bench looked a little unkind.

  Lin Xiao turned back and looked at his wife in the hearing box, trying to seek solace.

   But the prosecution's questioning continues.

   "You saw that the defendant pushed Wei Hong, so what did you think of the defendant's situation at that time, were you excited or didn't care?"

"he…"

"be opposed to!"

   Just when Zhong Waiqin wanted to speak, Zhang Wei interrupted first: "Guide the witness to speculate."

   "The objection is valid." Judge Wang glanced at Tan Yingying with some warning in his eyes.

  Tan Yingying hurriedly lowered her head and reorganized her language before continuing to ask, "After the defendant pushed the person, did he say anything to you?"

   "He said a lot, and when I proposed to take them all away, he became even more excited, saying that he was innocent and that he did nothing wrong!"

   "Innocent, do you think he lied? From your professional point of view, is he guilty of being a thief..."

"be opposed to!"

   Tan Yingying's question was not finished when Zhang Wei interrupted again.

   "Your Excellency, Zhong Waiqin is only a field worker of the Wushu Association, not a professional psychiatrist. It is impossible to accurately judge the psychological state of my client in that situation, and his answer cannot be accepted as an expert opinion!"

   "The objection is valid!" Judge Wang stared at Tan Yingying and reminded: "Prosecutor, please think more about your questions, and don't ask some meaningless questions!"

   "Oh, yes, Your Majesty!" Tan Yingying hurriedly admitted her mistake, looking a little terrified.

   In this scene, Xiao Baihe in the prosecution seat secretly shook his head, and his gaze towards Zhang Wei also changed slightly.

   This guy seems to be someone who pretends to be a pig and eats a tiger!

  Tan Yingying was interrupted one after another by Zhang Wei, and the rhythm was already a little out of order.

   "That, this, I..."

   "Your Excellency, the prosecution seems to have no more questions to ask!" Zhang Wei stood up again and stared at Tan Yingying.

   "Prosecutor?" The judge also glanced at Tan Yingying.

   "I, I end the question..."

  Tan Yingying was double-locked by the eyes of the judge and Zhang Wei, and hurriedly walked back to the prosecution seat with a look of panic on her face.

  The judge ignored this and continued to preside: "The prosecution's questions are over, now it's the defense's turn to ask questions."

  Zhang Wei came to the witness stand and said hello: "Hello, Zhongwaiqin."

"Hello!"

   "Excuse me, Foreign Qin Zhong, did you say that when you arrived at the scene, you were very excited when you saw the defendant?"

   "Yes, he was very excited."

   "Then I want to ask, do you have a wife?"

"what?"

   Hearing Zhang Wei's question, the witness was stunned.

   On the prosecution table, Xiao Baihe stabbed Tan Yingying beside him with his elbow, and the latter reacted.

   "Objection, irrelevant inquiry!"

   But Zhang Wei had expected it long ago, and took advantage of the situation to answer: "Your Excellency, I promise that within the next minute, I will be able to show the relevance of this issue and the case!"

   After thinking about it, the judge chose to believe Zhang Wei: "The objection is invalid, but you must remember what you said!"

   "Thank you, Your Excellency Judge!" Zhang Wei expressed his gratitude.

   Tan Yingying sat down in a decadent manner, and Xiao Baihe on the side was also silent.

   "Zhongwaiqin, please answer my question, are you married?"

"I am married."

   "Do you love your wife?"

   "Of course, of course I love her very much."

   "Then if she is in danger, will you protect her?"

"Yes, I will."

   "Okay, thank you for your answer."

Zhang Wei said, raised his hands, and pretended to exaggerate: "Then please simulate, if you and your wife are shopping, but suddenly there are 4 tall hooligans, swearing at your wife, Looking at you provocatively, what will you do?"

   "I...probably stand up to stop them from continuing." Zhong Waiqin was overwhelmed by this question, and he didn't know how to answer.

However, Zhang Wei changed the subject and suddenly said: "Then if they don't plan to give up, they are still pestering you, and there is even a hooligan who has already touched your wife, and even called you a softie, a bum, or... "

   "I might punch him!" Zhong Waiqin didn't even think about it, and immediately grabbed the words.

  Suddenly, the eyes of the audience were concentrated.

   This answer attracted attention and made everyone on the jury think a little.

   "Oh, you're going to punch him~" Zhang Wei laughed and explained to the jury: "Exactly, my client did the same, but he didn't punch anyone, just pushed one of the hooligans away!"

  The jurors looked at each other, as if to think that this matter was really not a big deal.

Seeing that the situation had changed, Zhang Wei immediately continued: "Everyone, my client is just an ordinary person, he wants to protect his wife, but he was surrounded by four tall people, what do you think he can do? Is it wrong to push others away?"

   "Objection!" This time, it was Xiao Baihe who stood up, "Your Majesty, it's question time, and the defense lawyer is making a closing statement!"

   Zhang Wei didn't care. Instead, he looked at the court and asked with a smile: "Your Excellency, I remember you warned Prosecutor Xiao Baihe that he was here, but the prosecutor didn't speak. Why did she speak first?"

   "Prosecutor Xiao Baihe, I warn you one last time, next time you do this again, I will sentence you to contempt of court!"

   The judge raised a finger and gave Zhang Wei a warning before looking at Zhang Wei: "The objection is valid, the defense should ask questions instead of making targeted statements."

   "My fault, Your Excellency, I take my question back."

   Zhang Wei smiled apologetically, but only God knows how much sincerity he has in admitting his mistakes.

   "I have no further questions about the witness."

   Zhang Wei returned to the defense seat with satisfaction, and when he passed the prosecution seat, he deliberately winked at Xiao Baihe.

   This move naturally angered the latter, and Xiao Baihe could even vaguely see a burning flame in his eyes.

   "Please prepare the next witness for the prosecution!"

   At the trial seat, Judge Wang knocked on a cone to remind him.

   But at the same time, he also began to look at Zhang Wei again from the corner of his eye.

   "This rookie lawyer is not easy. He asks questions from a tricky angle, and he can suppress the always strong Xiao Baihe in court. It's really not easy!"

   (end of this chapter)