Chapter 107: Case Circumstances, Does This Judicial Officer Want to Go Inside?
Within Baijun law Firm.
After Xu Xiang heard that Su Bai accepted this case, he immediately felt much more relaxed.
After all.
If he were to handle this case, he absolutely could not withstand it.
It might even affect the current influence of Baijun law Firm within the criminal law circle of Nandu.
However.
If the case was handed to Su Bai, then there was absolutely no need to worry.
Why did he originally come to Baijun law Firm, was it not to follow Su Bai to study criminal matters and rely on strong support?
At present, at Baijun law Firm, when he handled some small criminal cases himself, there was no major problem.
For some cases of medium difficulty, consulting Su Bai also did not present much difficulty.
But this kind of formidable case.
He only needed to study it.
“Lawyer Su, previously I asked the client to go back and wait for news, I came first to ask for your opinion, since Lawyer Su you have agreed, then may I notify the client to come this afternoon for detailed discussion?”
“I remember I have some impression of this case, previously this case had considerable public opinion online, did it not?”
“Yes, it indeed had considerable public opinion online.”
“Yes, then after I generally understand it this afternoon, we will discuss it in detail, first notify the client to come to our law firm tomorrow morning for discussion.”
“This afternoon the time is somewhat too rushed, and regarding this case, your description was not sufficiently detailed, additional information still needs to be supplemented.”
“Alright, Lawyer Su.”
Xu Xiang slightly nodded, this matter was considered completed, he stood up and left the office.
After Xu Xiang left the office.
Su Bai opened his mobile phone and simply entered several words into the search box: Nandu pregnant woman killed case.
News report cause.
A university student who had just reached adulthood drove a vehicle and knocked down a pregnant woman who was three months pregnant, due to a verbal dispute the university student used a knife to kill the pregnant woman, in the first instance he was sentenced to death with reprieve for two years.
In the second instance the university student produced favorable evidence and was sentenced to life imprisonment.
Su Bai: ???
Why was the sentence still reduced?
A death sentence with reprieve was already considered a lighter punishment.
What did the second instance judicial officer mean by saying that?
Did he think that the second instance sentence of life imprisonment was already quite severe?
This was clearly wanting to go inside.
Su Bai continued to understand this case, and the more he read, the tighter his brows became.
How should it be said.
This case was too absurd, there were all kinds of voices online regarding it.
However the most absurd thing was that there were even people speaking on behalf of the university student in this case.
Was this not nonsense?
Was this not the same as causing a vehicle accident and thinking that disability compensation would be higher, and therefore deliberately carrying out repeated crushing?
If there were still people defending this.
Then it would truly be absurd.
After generally understanding the online situation, Su Bai let out a long breath.
This case.
He confirmed it.
It would certainly further expand the reputation of Baijun law Firm within the criminal law circle of Nandu.
However there were some key issues that still needed to wait until tomorrow to ask the client before further in depth understanding could continue.
When the next day arrived.
Su Bai got up early, finished washing, simply tidied his room, and arrived at the law firm.
He had already told Xu Xiang in advance yesterday.
That the client would be met this morning.
Today he still needed to handle some work that had not been completed yesterday.
So he arrived at the law firm early in the morning before working hours.
Originally Su Bai thought that he would be the first to arrive, after all the law firm’s stipulated working hours were 9:40.
Now it was only around 8:30 in the morning.
Who would arrive more than one hour early without reason?
However what Su Bai did not expect was that when he entered the law firm, Li Xuezhen greeted him with a face full of smiles, and her small face also carried a trace of surprise.
“Lawyer Su, good morning!”
“Lawyer Su, why did you come so early?”
Su Bai also did not expect Li Xuezhen to come so early and was likewise somewhat surprised.
“There was some work yesterday that was not handled, so I came early today to handle it.”
“Lawyer Li, why did you come so early?”
Li Xuezhen smiled with narrowed eyes.
The reason for coming to the law firm so early was of course because of excitement.
She wanted to understand the major case earlier.
Yesterday Li Xuezhen had already heard that the law firm had accepted a major case, and it was a very formidable one.
However.
This matter was told to her by Xu Xiang, he only said that he could not handle that case, so it was handed to Su Bai to handle.
Today the client would come to the law firm, but he did not tell her what formidable major case it was.
Little Li’s enthusiasm for major cases.
Was very intense.
She prepared early, wanting to come earlier to understand it immediately.
After all.
If the client arrived early, she could also do a good job of reception work.
As the second in command of Baijun law Firm, she, this future partner, had to prepare early.
Facing Su Bai’s question.
Li Xuezhen said: “Yesterday I heard Lawyer Xu say that today a client for a major case would come, I was worried that if the client arrived early, there would be no one at our law firm.”
“So.”
“I came earlier.”
“Lawyer Su, what case is this case?”
She truly loved litigation very much.
Facing Li Xuezhen’s curiosity, Su Bai did not keep her in suspense and directly handed the relevant information materials he recorded to Li Xuezhen.
After Li Xuezhen saw this case.
She slightly frowned.
Then her small face became serious. “This case must be sentenced to death.”
“And.”
“The first instance sentence of death with reprieve was still normal, but the second instance sentence of life imprisonment?”
“Lawyer Su, why do I feel that this case is somewhat strange?”
After Su Bai took back the relevant information materials from Li Xuezhen’s hands, he slowly spoke.
“This case indeed makes people feel somewhat strange.”
“However I heard Xu Xiang say that the second instance judicial personnel said that even if a request for retrial were raised, then the judgment result would still be maintained.”
“In this way, then this case is no longer strange, is it?”
After hearing Su Bai’s words, Li Xuezhen’s small face became serious and earnest, and at the same time a trace of delight appeared again.
“Lawyer Su, your meaning is.”
“Yes, that is exactly what you are thinking.”
“Really?”
“Certainly, there must be a series of problems here, judicial personnel saying such words to the relatives of the victim and the party concerned clearly does not conform to rules and procedures.”
“Then.”
Looking at Li Xuezhen’s small face flushed with excitement, Su Bai smiled and said:
“Alright, the specific related matters have not yet been understood too much.”
“This case overall is still relatively complicated.”
“Let us wait until the client arrives at the law firm and then see.”
“Yes.”
“Alright, Lawyer Su.”
Li Xuezhen’s small face was solemn, her expression contained not only delight but also a trace of excitement.
This time it was not that she had gone astray.
Rather.
Judicial personnel might truly have problems.
Very pleased.
After returning she would carefully review the Criminal Law to see which provision applied.
It should be several years.
More than three years and less than seven years.
Either was acceptable.
In any case as long as it could send them inside it was acceptable.
Li Xuezhen smiled with narrowed eyes, her small face filled with delight.
This case must be taken down.
Within Baijun law Firm.
Looking at the time on her mobile phone, Li Xuezhen’s small face drooped, her face filled with slight anxiety.
Why had they still not arrived?
Where was the client?
It was already ten o’clock, they should have arrived.
Regarding the urgency of this case, Li Xuezhen was more anxious and attentive than anyone else.
After all.
How should it be said.
Sending a judge inside was her lifelong objective.
As for why she had such an idea.
That would have to begin from the first case after she entered Baijun law Firm.
Ten ten.
At ten ten.
Li Xuezhen’s small face dimmed and she became listless, as if she had lost all strength.
Sigh.
When it was nearly ten thirty, Li Xuezhen no longer had the intention to review the Criminal Law, her eyes from time to time looked outside the door, paying attention to whether the client had arrived at the law firm.
Just when Li Xuezhen lowered her head and lay on the desk, a man who appeared to be about thirty years old, accompanied by three elderly people, arrived at the entrance of the law firm.
The three elderly people appeared to be about sixty five years old, each person’s face showing faint sorrow.
When Li Xuezhen saw that someone had arrived, she hurried forward and asked: “May I ask whether the four of you have made an appointment?”
“Yes, we made an appointment with Lawyer Xu yesterday, today we came to the firm to speak with Lawyer Su about our case.”
There was a trace of nervousness on the face of the man who appeared to be about thirty years old, he slightly nodded.
“Alright.”
After Li Xuezhen understood that this was that formidable major case, her small face became proper, showing respect to the relatives of the victim.
Then she spoke again:
“Alright, please follow me.”
As she spoke, she walked in front.
The man and the three elderly people slowly followed behind.
Li Xuezhen knocked on the door of Su Bai’s office and pushed the door open as she entered.
“Lawyer Su.”
“The entrusted parties for that case yesterday have arrived.”
“Alright.”
Su Bai smiled and nodded, stood up, and invited several people into the office.
Inside the office.
Su Bai sat on the sofa facing the man and the three elderly people.
Li Xuezhen poured several cups of tea at the side and placed them respectively in front of the man, the three elderly people, and Su Bai.
After understanding the situation.
Su Bai first confirmed the identities of the man and the three elderly people.
The man’s name was Chu Lei, he was the husband of the victim pregnant woman, he and the victim Lu Ying had entered marriage from campus together, their relationship was deep, and they had been married for about two years.
They had a house and a car, their family was harmonious, and there were not many conflicts.
From Chu Lei’s expression it was not difficult to see that this time the killing of his wife Lu Ying and the child she carried was a major blow to him.
The other three elderly people were respectively Chu Lei’s parents and the victim Lu Ying’s father.
Lu Ying’s mother, because of Lu Ying’s matter, was currently recuperating at home and it was not convenient for her to go out.
After understanding this information, Su Bai asked Li Xuezhen to make a record.
He continued to ask: “What is your entrustment?”
Chu Lei was silent for several seconds and then said: “Our entrustment is to hope that the other party can receive the punishment he deserves.”
“Actually, when the other party was prosecuted in the first instance, we did not have too many objections, but the other party again raised a second instance appeal, and the second instance changed the judgment.”
“We believe that this changed judgment is unreasonable, we raised a protest requesting that the judgment against this offender be retried, but it was rejected.”
“A killing occurred, and in the second instance the sentence was even reduced, is this not clearly an insult?”
“We hope that the court can adopt our opinion, and hope that the judgment against this offender can be retried, and return to us a legal justice.”
Su Bai slightly nodded.
Simply speaking.
During the first instance of this case, it was the public prosecution that conducted the litigation.
And the other party was sentenced to death with reprieve.
However the offender was dissatisfied with the first instance judgment and raised a second instance appeal.
He believed that this death with reprieve was unreasonable.
The second instance judgment recognized the offender’s evidence and arguments and sentenced him to life imprisonment.
And the entrusted parties believed that this judgment was unreasonable, so they wanted to raise a protest for retrial.
But it was rejected, so they came to their law firm.
The overall process was approximately like this.
Su Bai let out a long breath, this case was different from previous cases.
It indeed had some difficulty.
However.
Their Baijun law Firm precisely needed to accept such difficult and formidable cases.
Otherwise how could they continue to expand their law firm’s reputation within the criminal law circle of Nandu?
Su Bai continued to ask: “The second instance judicial members told you not to raise a protest again, and that even if a protest were raised again, then the judgment result would still be like this, is this sentence true?”
Before Chu Lei spoke, Su Bai again said seriously:
“I need to remind you that what you say may very likely affect the handling of the case, there must not be any falsity or exaggeration.”
“Even if the second instance judicial members had this meaning and expressed this meaning privately, you must truthfully tell me, you must not take statements out of context.”
“Do you understand?”
“Yes, Lawyer Su, I understand.”
“This sentence is true, it was personally said to me by the judicial officer at that time, there is not the slightest falsity or exaggeration, if there is any falsity or exaggeration I am willing to bear any legal consequences.”
Chu Lei’s expression was serious.
Su Bai looked directly at Chu Lei’s expression, and after confirming that there was no problem.
He slightly nodded.
“In that case, then we have already understood the general process of this case.”
“If there is no problem, the entrustment agreement can be signed.”
Chu Lei hesitated and said: “Lawyer Su, will you not ask again why the court did not accept our protest request?”
Ask?
What else needed to be asked?
This matter fundamentally did not need to be asked.
More directly, raising a question regarding the second instance judicial members, could this case still not proceed to retrial?
Su Bai smiled and shook his head. “There is no need, I have already understood the general process of this case.”
“The remaining issues require examining the judgment document, as well as the detailed process and materials in the case file.”
“You only need to sign the entrustment agreement.”
After hearing Su Bai’s words, Chu Lei slowly nodded. “Alright, Lawyer Su.”
“I understand.”
After Chu Lei signed the entrustment agreement.
A trace of excitement appeared on Li Xuezhen’s small face.