Crazy, You Call This a Trainee Lawyer

  Chapter 8 Trial Preparation, Jury Screening

(Starting from the 11th of this month, the author has to see if he can reach 10,000 days a day. If I can't finish it, I will... I will not set up any flag. After all, the author has to work, please readers. Forgive me (*^▽^*), I can't do anything if I'm busy with work. For a part-time writer who is on the street for love, Riwan is not as easy as eating and drinking... Finally, ask for a recommendation ticket, you guys Your support is the biggest motivation for me to update, QAQ is asking for it...)

  …

  Monday.

   is also the day of the moot court.

  East University Law School, in the male dormitory, two people are preparing to appear in court.

   "Wow, Zhang Wei, you help me tie my tie, stuck...cough, stuck, stuck!"

   "Calm down, you're just too nervous."

   "How calm, this is the first time in my life to go to court!"

   The little fat man Luo Xiaobu was screaming in such a hurry at the moment that he didn't even know how to tie his tie.

   On the contrary, it was Zhang Wei, with an indifferent expression on his face, as if he went to the canteen instead of the court hearing.

   "By the way, it's your first time in court, why aren't you nervous at all?"

   Luo Xiaobu looked at someone who was calm, as if he had found a blind spot.

   "Going to court, it's not a big deal."

   Zhang Wei shook his head and pulled the last step of the tie for Luo Xiaobu, and then nodded with satisfaction.

   He patted the latter on the shoulder: "Okay, get ready to go to court!"

At the same time, he added in his heart: "This time it's just a mock court, and the opponents are just a group of students who haven't graduated from law school. What's so nervous, if I didn't go to court, I couldn't help falling asleep. That's right."

  Dorm entrance.

  Xia Qianyue has long been waiting here.

   She saw Zhang Wei and the two from a distance and quickly waved hello.

   "Oh hoo, you little fat man is also dressed, don't let your feet go weak in court!"

  Xia Qianyue and Luo Xiaobu also knew each other, but they didn't talk much on weekdays.

   This time Xia Qianyue took the initiative to say hello because Luo Xiaobu joined Zhang Wei's defense team.

  Since he is his own person, he naturally needs to get acquainted with him.

   "Look... Let's see the situation..."

  Luo Xiaobu has not recovered from the fear of going to court, and he didn't even have time to pay attention to Xia Qianyue's greeting.

   For law school students, it is indeed a big ordeal to go to court for the first time, especially when it comes to thinking about the issues that the other party may raise, what angle and how to argue, which are all difficult.

  Court braid is an art that tests your means and ability to perform on the spot. No matter how well you prepare before the court trial, once the other party asks a tricky question, you may be stumped immediately.

  If you are asked by your opponent, then you may be embarrassed in front of dozens or even hundreds of people, which is why many law school students are afraid of going to court.

   The three of them left the dormitory and were soon surrounded by students waiting outside.

  The Department of Journalism is another popular department of Dongda University. Many students from the Department of Journalism have entered the work of Dongfangdu TV.

   And now, these ungraduated future stars of journalism have surrounded the three of them.

   "Student Zhang Wei, what do you have to say about this trial?"

   "Student Zhang Wei, I didn't expect that your first court appearance in your life would be to sue Xihua. Many male classmates left messages on the forum and attacked you personally. Do you have anything to say to them!"

   "And this trial, I wonder if you are sure?"

   "As the plaintiff, are your witnesses and testimony well prepared? Do you know some other things about Xihua Jia Meimei? Why don't you explain it to the big guy?"

   "Also, Zhang Wei, it is said that someone saw you and Xia Qianyue from the Criminal Investigation Department go shopping on Xiuye ​​Road. Are you a couple?"

  These journalism students are giving full play to their paparazzi talents, and the problems are one after another.

   "Hanhan!" Zhang Wei had no choice but to wink at a strong girl beside him.

   "Let's all give up, let's go, we have to rush to the court!"

  Xia Qianyue is worthy of being Hanhan, she leads the charge alone, Zhang Wei and Luo Xiaobu follow.

  Hanhan's strength is infinite, and even four or five students can't resist her strength, and the crowd is abruptly swept away by her.

   The three broke free from the paparazzi and went straight to the auditorium.

   Fortunately, we came all the way. Except for the journalism department who wanted to grab first-hand reports, students from other departments were relatively restrained.

  The Great Hall has arrived.

   Looking at the solemn and solemn hall of the department, Zhang Wei and the three stopped for a moment, then walked in under the gaze of the surrounding students.

   At this moment, there is still 1 hour before the court session.

   Great Hall.

  Backstage preparation room.

   Court debate, there are both the plaintiff and the defendant, so there are two preparation rooms.

Zhang Wei is on one side of the auditorium, Zhang Hui and Jia Meili are on the other side, and a preparation room is reserved in the middle. Once the two sides intend to reconcile, or the jurors need to discuss the verdict, this preparation room will be opened. .

   Zhang Wei is full of confidence here.

   Jia Meimei next door, they are also full of confidence.

   At this moment, preparation room No. 2.

  Feng Li pushed open the door of the room and hurried in.

   "Sister, this is the latest witness list!"

  The list of witnesses before the trial has been confirmed. If there is any need to supplement, a motion review will be held before the trial.

   Neither side has moved, so there will be no change to the witness list.

  As a defense lawyer, Zhang Hui took over the list and put it down after just glanced at it.

   "Looks like this apprentice is only capable of this, and every step is counted by me!"

   said, the corners of Zhang Hui's mouth rose, and her eyes were full of confidence.

   She didn't look up, but the conversation suddenly changed: "Are you ready for the first witness?"

After hearing this, Yuan Dong subconsciously nodded, but realized that Zhang Hui was not looking at him, so he replied in a low voice, "Okay!"

   Zhang Hui didn't respond, as if Yuan Dong was talking to himself just now and didn't talk to himself.

   "Then, senpai, I'll leave everything to you!" Jia Meili also nodded to Zhang Hui with a look of anticipation.

   "Of course, a junior who doesn't even have a court record, how could I possibly lose!"

   At this moment, Zhang Hui was like a female general who was about to win, her eyes were glowing and her spirits were high.

  …

After one hour.

  The court hearing is ready and all the students have entered the auditorium.

  Zhang Wei led Luo Xiaobu and Xia Qianyue, Zhang Hui led Jia Meili, Yuan Dong and Feng Li to enter the trial scene arranged in the center of the auditorium from the left and right entrances respectively.

   On the uppermost court seat, Geng Hongxia, the vice president of the Law School, was already seated.

   She was wearing a black judge's robe, her face was serious and full of aura.

  As a professor of law and vice president of the law school, she will be a judge, and she will naturally be able to handle it.

The clerk of the    court trial is a girl from the student union who is responsible for recording the details of the court trial.

The defendant and plaintiff seats on both sides of the    are exactly the positions of Zhang Wei, Zhang Hui and others.

   "Brother Zhang Wei, you and I are considered my own family. I am one year older than you, and I am considered your own sister. I will be merciful to my younger brother after the trial!"

   Zhang Hui came to Zhang Wei to greet him before the court session.

  Although the attitude in her words is quite modest, but the two sides are going to fight each other during the trial, so being polite now is not really showing weakness.

   "Sister is joking. During the trial, please let your younger brother be the one!" Zhang Wei naturally followed the other party's words and responded with a smile.

   But in his heart, he wanted to laugh at Zhang Hui's greetings.

  Because he couldn't even remember, when was the last time someone greeted him before the trial started.

   He went to court in a previous life, and his opponents hardly dared to talk to him like that.

   Whether it is the ace prosecutor of the prosecution, or the famous barrister in the same city, seeing him stand on the opponent's seat, there is only deep fear in his eyes.

   Even some timid lawyers and prosecutors, their feet were shaking when they saw him.

   So seeing Zhang Hui's gesture, Zhang Wei rarely showed a nostalgic look, he seemed to think of his first case again, the scene when he first appeared in court.

  The two sides took their seats and entered the stage of preparation for the hearing.

   Zhang Wei communicated with Luo Xiaobu and Xia Qianyue for a while, and at the same time he handed Luo Xiaobu a note.

   And Zhang Hui also lowered his head to communicate with Jia Meili and Yuan Dong. They looked at Zhang Wei from time to time, full of hostility, and even a little ruthless.

   Soon, the auditorium was filled with students from onlookers, and the venue of thousands of people began to be noisy.

   The presiding judge, Geng Hongxia, saw that she was almost here, and looked at President Yang Qingquan in front of the hearing room. After seeing the latter nod, she nodded in response.

   Dong Dong Dong!

  She picked up the mallet at hand, and after hitting the cone, she solemnly ordered: "Silence!"

  Suddenly, the audience fell silent for a few seconds.

   All eyes were focused on the tribunal in the center of the auditorium.

   Geng Hongxia took out the court rules that had been prepared, and read it out: "Today is a mock trial in my law school. During the trial of the case, everyone needs to..."

There are a lot of   , and there are many rules, but they are normal.

  The courtroom is a serious occasion, so you can’t joke around. Even if it’s a moot court this time, the necessary attitude still needs to be shown.

After the announcement of   , the first step of the trial begins, the screening of the jury.

   As the pre-trial and the first link of the trial, the selection of jurors is very important.

   And now, the 23 grand jury, and the necessary replacement jury, are all in place.

  The screening of the jury is completed by the lawyers of the plaintiff and the defendant, and the screening method is to ask the juror questions to identify whether the juror can participate in the next trial.

   It was at this time that a group of law school professors in the hearing table also began to explain to professors from other departments around them.

   "Let me tell you, this lawsuit was originally a civil lawsuit, but this time, in order to achieve a higher level of participation, our court deliberately chose the full 12-person juror model for criminal lawsuits."

   Dean Yang Qingquan said to the dean of the Department of Journalism and Department of Finance and Economics.

   "12 jurors, isn't that more uncertain?"

"Having said that, we are doing this to test students. The minimum number of civil lawsuits is 6 people, and evidence collection is relatively simple. Only 5 of them can be persuaded to complete the sentence, which is too low for the participation of our students. That's why we deliberately increased the number!"

   said, Yang Qingquan looked at Zhang Hui who stood up.

   "This is Zhang Hui, a student from our school who graduated last year. Now he is an intern at Yongjie Firm, one of the top ten law firms. As an assistant lawyer of the top ten law firms, the next questions will definitely be very good."

   "President Yang, I remember that you have more than ten years of experience as a public prosecution lawyer. Tell us what questions Zhang Hui will ask?"

   "Yes, based on your experience, who has a better chance of winning this trial?"

Seeing that all the professors from the other hospital were looking at him, Yang Qingquan laughed: "This mock trial is about a boy in our hospital suing another girl. The boy is on the plaintiff's seat, and he acts as his own lawyer. As for the content of the lawsuit, , it is that the boys have tutored the girls for 2 years, helping the girls to get enough credits to avoid failing the course, and now the boys want to ask the girls for labor income for the behavior of making up the lessons."

   "From my experience, this matter is not easy to define, because the supplementary class may be a spontaneous behavior of the boys, which is a kind of gift. If the girls want to defend, they will definitely move closer to this argument."

Having said this, Yang Qingquan paused and looked at Zhang Hui, who stood up: "If I guess correctly, Zhang Hui's purpose should be to screen out the boys on the jury as much as possible. Compared with girls, boys are more likely to be on the jury. It is the one who pays, and the one who benefits the most is the girl. If she wants to ask a question, the first question must be biased towards girls.”

   Several professors from other colleges around him also followed Yang Qingquan's gaze and looked towards the jury bench in the field.

  The jury has a total of 20 members, both male and female, which is also the intention of the dean.

   Zhang Hui walked up to the jury, smiled and asked, "Excuse me, who of you has received gifts?"

  This first question was not what Yang Qingquan expected, so much so that the professors in other colleges nodded unconsciously, admiring Dean Yang's experience.

  Receiving gifts, most of them are girls, and the vast majority of boys are the ones who give gifts.

Of the 20 jurors, most of the girls raised their hands, and there were only a few boys.

   Seeing this result, Zhang Hui laughed again.

   The general defense may announce the screening results at this time, but she will not waste this rare opportunity to ask questions, which is one of the few opportunities to guide the jury.

   She walked up to a girl: "Excuse me, this junior, you raised your hand, may I ask who gave you the most gifts?"

   "My boyfriend, he keeps giving me gifts." The girl said, and nodded to a boy in the hearing box, and the boy responded with a smile.

   Zhang Hui saw that the effect was very good, and continued to guide: "Isn't it just right for boys to give gifts to girls?"

   Many of the girls on the jury nodded unconsciously.

  Zhang Hui walked up to a boy who didn't raise his hand again and asked, "You didn't raise your hand because you haven't received or given a gift?"

   "Well, yes..." The boy felt the gaze projected from all around him, and lowered his head a little embarrassedly.

   Zhang Hui asked the other boys, "So, are you too?"

   The boys were all a little embarrassed when they were asked this, and they didn't know how to answer.

  Zhang Hui didn't save face for them either, and looked directly at the bench: "The defense rejected jurors No. 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7, thank you for their participation!"

   These 5 boys did not raise their hands and were directly rejected by Zhang Hui.

  5 people got up and hurriedly left the jury bench.

  Zhang Hui continued: "Excuse me, if you made a gift carefully, and then planned to give it to the person you like, but the other party didn't accept it, would you be angry?"

   said, she looked at another boy.

  The boy looked left and right, saw that Zhang Hui didn't look away and kept looking at himself, and then replied, "I might be angry!"

   "Then what will you do, what will you do when you get angry?"

   "I, I might be, I'm not happy, I'll call to ask..." The boy hesitated.

   "The defense rejected Juror No. 13, thank you for his participation!"

  The boy didn't even answer the question, so he got up and left the table helplessly.

   Zhang Hui's question ended, and 5 boys were screened out.

   Next, it is the turn of the plaintiff Fang Zhangwei to come to power.

   At the hearing, a group of professors surrounded Yang Qingquan again.

   "As expected of Dean Yang, your guess is accurate!"

   "Please tell me, if it was this boy, how would you ask questions?"

"Zhang Wei, that must have left all the remaining boys!" Yang Qingquan laughed and added: "The nature of this lawsuit is actually about the labor center. If I were him, the first The question must be about tutoring, and it's best to link it to extracurricular tutoring classes, so that jurors have a preconceived notion of the fee for tutoring."

  The surrounding professors nodded again and again, feeling very reasonable.

   At this time, Zhang Wei walked to the front of the jury and began to ask questions.

   "Hello, everyone is a student from Dongda University, so I won't ask any more questions. Do you have any thoughts on being admitted to Dongda University? Are you excited?"

   Jury: "???"

   Yang Qingquan: "???"

  Professors: "???"

   Not to mention the surprise of the professors in the hearing bench, the jury bench was also very surprised to hear this question.

   Zhang Wei looked at one of the rather young girls and asked, "Which major is the school girl?"

   "I'm from the Journalism Department of the School of Communication."

   "Oh, the Department of Journalism, that's pretty good. This is also the key major of our Dongda University. By the way, your family is very happy to be admitted to Dongda University, right?"

   "Of course, my parents were so happy that I got the admission letter and they kept praising me!"

   "That's very good, you are proud of entering Dongda University, and Dongtian Nature is also proud of you!"

  Zhang Wei nodded and looked at the courtroom: "The courtroom, the prosecution accepts this juror!"

On the bench, Geng Hongxia began to record, but she was also puzzled by Zhang Wei's question.

   She looked at Yang Qingquan in the hearing booth, and saw the latter showing an embarrassed smile.

  This kid, why don't you play cards according to the routine?

   Isn't this slapping me in the face in public?

   With so many colleagues watching, where do I put my old face?

   Zhang Wei didn't know about the small theater in the hearing booth, and his questions continued.

   "Do you think lying is correct?" This is Zhang Wei's second question.

   said, he looked at a boy.

   "It depends on the occasion?" The boy responded embarrassedly.

   "What occasion?"

   "It depends on the situation, maybe the liar also has something to hide?"

"I see, it's very thoughtful, but what if they want to deceive you subjectively?" Zhang Wei walked up to him and added: "There is no objective reason, I just think you are easy to bully and want to make you suffer losses. , make you feel like a fool, being fooled around, what do you think?"

   "I'm going to be angry, very angry!" the boy shouted angrily, but at the same time glanced at a certain position in the hearing booth.

   It was a girl, obviously the guy has someone he cares about, or this woman may lie to him often.

   This scene happened to be captured by Zhang Wei.

   He looked at the bench again: "The prosecution rejected Juror No. 17, and thank him for his participation!"

At the hearing box, Yang Qingquan couldn't sit still, because Zhang Wei screened out another boy.

   His face hurts a little.

  The surrounding professors from other colleges looked at him with a hint of suspicion, which was a proper distrust.

   "Will this Zhang Wei be tried in court?" Dean Yang had already started to mutter in his heart.

   And Zhang Wei, walked up to another girl.

   "This schoolgirl, do you think unprovoked lying should be morally condemned?"

"want!"

   Hearing such a powerful answer, Zhang Wei was very satisfied with the girl's performance.

   "The prosecution accepts this juror and thanks No. 20 for his participation."

   No. 20, another boy.

   He was stunned, he was not questioned, how could he be brushed off by Zhang Wei?

   on the hearing stand.

   Feeling the burning eyes of the professors in the surrounding departments, Yang Qingquan's face was a little stiff.

   (end of this chapter)