Chapter 128: Argument among three parties! The prosecution: I am not flustered
In Lin Haoxue’s case, the doubtful point lay in insufficient evidence, yet a conviction was still imposed.
The other evidentiary materials did not need to be searched for again.
It was enough to directly submit the evidentiary doubts in the first instance accusation evidence and accusation arguments to the Jiangdu Higher Court.
This counted as supplementary evidence and raising points of doubt.
In this case.
Because it involved overturning a case.
The Jiangdu Higher Court very quickly organized the evidentiary materials submitted by Su Bai and once again sorted out the sequence of this case.
After the sorting was completed, it discovered.
That there were indeed certain problems in the first instance trial.
And Lin Haoxue’s case had not passed the prosecution limitation period, and so the request for renewed prosecution review was accepted.
It was only that.
Could you perhaps not write the reasons for applying for appeal so directly.
Insufficient evidence, and the law enforcement side was the side at fault.
Tsk.
Impressive!!
After the Jiangdu Higher Court accepted Lin Haoxue’s case for renewed trial and notified the prosecution and the law enforcement side.
At the same time.
In Jiangdu, inside a certain residential community.
After a man learned this news, he slightly furrowed his brow.
And questioned:
“What?”
“That Lin Haoxue case from before had problems, but how could there possibly be problems!”
“There must have been some mistake, right?”
“No, how did the Higher Court even accept this case? At that time was the evidence not already conclusive? There was not supposed to be any problem.”
“How could a retrial suddenly emerge now?”
“Could it be that the Higher Court side made a mistake?”
From the other side there also came a burst of voice:
“There is no problem at all on the Higher Court side. I already asked, and it has been confirmed as accepted. There is no way around it now.”
The man was silent for several seconds and then spoke:
“So this case can only depend on the hearing, right?”
“Yes, it can only be said that at the hearing one must refute the other side’s litigation request and request maintaining the original first instance judgment. Apart from that there really is no other way. The president of the Higher Court has very firmly expressed that this case must be retried.”
“Alright, I understand. I will make proper arrangements. This hearing absolutely cannot be lost.”
“Let us not worry too much. That Lin Haoxue committed the crime, so it is not very likely that he can win. There is no problem. You are saying the other side’s lawyer is very strong? No matter how strong, how strong can he be? Could it be that he can turn black into white and white into black?”
“Alright alright alright, then I will understand the matter a little. There should not be any problem.”
“Alright alright alright, then let us speak like this first. I will understand things a little more and then speak again, mm mm mm.”
“There is no problem. This time, thank you for your reminder.”
After hanging up the telephone, the man was silent for several seconds, then opened his phone and searched Baijun law Firm Su Bai.
Although with his mouth he said there was no need to worry about anything, in his heart there was still that trace of concern.
After the search page came out, the man looked at the phone screen.
Baijun law Firm, main lawyer introduction:
Su Bai, lawyer in the Nandu criminal lawyer circle, in the past year entrusted with several cases, one hundred percent win rate
In the recent period, the main cases handled include:
The more the man looked, the tighter his brow became.
This Su Bai was somewhat formidable!
Could it be that in this hearing the other side would actually win?
Regarding the Higher Court reopening the hearing and retrying this case.
Li Xiangfang’s mood was incomparably excited.
During these recent days she had found a hotel in Nandu, and if there were any issues she would come directly to Baijun law Firm.
After Baijun law Firm received the news of renewed trial.
Li Xuezhen informed her at the first moment.
Li Xiangfang also arrived at Baijun law Firm at the first moment.
“Lawyer Su, when you say that the Jiangdu Higher Court accepted this case, does this mean that this case is going to be overturned?”
“Lawyer Su, does this mean my son can come out now?”
Su Bai smiled and replied:
Acceptance means that there are doubts regarding the first instance judgment in this case, but the specific situation still needs to be reflected through the hearing.”
“But.”
“According to my current judgment, this case can be won. On this point you do not need to worry.”
The meaning of being able to win was that it could basically be determined that Lin Haoxue was not guilty, and this was a wrongful case.
But as for the rest.
Su Bai could not guarantee it.
After all, what exactly the situation had been at that time, Su Bai also did not know, but he understood that the judgment in this case itself had not been quite right.
There certainly were problems.
As long as it was certain that there were problems, then it would be easy to handle. At that time he could initiate review and supervision.
Review and supervision would certainly work out matters much better than his own pondering.
After hearing Su Bai’s words, Li Xiangfang hurriedly spoke:
“Thank you, thank you Lawyer Su.”
“As long as it can be won that is enough. If it can be won, then Lawyer Su will be the benefactor who recreated me and my child.”
“Here I first thank Lawyer Su on behalf of my child.”
Su Bai smiled:
“This case has not yet even gone to hearing, so thanking me is too early.”
“Moreover, this is only what I ought to do as the entrusted lawyer.”
Li Xiangfang placed her left hand over her right hand, with the thumbs of both hands crossing together, nodded, and excitement flashed across her face.
As the hearing time came closer and closer, Su Bai’s pre hearing investigation into this case was also nearly completed.
At this time.
Han Chen knocked on the office door and walked in.
“Lawyer Su, I just received a phone call. They said they were looking for you.”
Su Bai was puzzled:
“Looking for me?”
“Was it some difficult major case?”
After Baijun law Firm became famous in the criminal law circle, there were quite a few people who called to seek consultation, and if Su Bai attended to all of them, he would not be able to keep up at all.
Whenever it came to case sources.
A certain degree of screening was necessary.
Those that could be accepted were accepted, and those that could not be accepted were not accepted.
Some that could be accepted, after asking the client’s opinion, were for the most part transferred to Xu Xiang to handle.
As for some relatively poor case sources, for example cases of killing without cause yet seeking a finding of not guilty and sentence reduction, they were told to seek legal aid.
For ordinary cases, Han Chen ordinarily would not specially knock on the door and come in to tell him.
Han Chen spoke:
“No, it was only that on the phone the other side said they wanted Lawyer Su you to litigate, and when I asked about the specific situation of the case, the other side said one sentence, telling me to come and tell Lawyer Su you.”
“If Lawyer Su you do not take the case currently in hand.”
“The other side can directly pay one million in legal fees.”
“Lawyer Su, if you think this legal fee is too little, then the other side can continue to increase the legal fees.”
Tsk tsk.
Was this direct bribery?
Am I lacking this one million?
Moreover, the other side did not come personally and only made a phone call, so perhaps it was a trap.
However, Su Bai believed that the possibility of it being a trap was very small. It was very likely that they truly thought this way, but it was inconvenient for them to appear personally.
Therefore they wanted to use this method to make him refuse to continue the entrustment in Lin Haoxue’s case.
“Then how did you reply?”
Su Bai looked toward Han Chen and asked.
Han Chen spoke:
“I knew that the most important thing for our law firm is the issue of credibility. If we agreed to this, it would directly affect our law firm’s future credibility and cause huge adverse influence to our law firm.”
“I directly refused.”
“However, I thought that if this matter was related to the case Lawyer Su you are currently handling, then it would still be better to come over and tell you.”
“Lawyer Su, you should have psychological preparation in advance.”
Su Bai nodded:
“Mm!”
“Indeed, you did very well in this matter!”
Su Bai praised him once.
At the same time, he also realized that there was something in this case.
The problems involved in this case might be many.
Otherwise, how could someone offer that much money to make him refuse the entrustment in this case?
Not allow him to take the entrustment?
How could he possibly not take the entrustment.
After Han Chen left the office, Su Bai gave Luo Daxiang a phone call.
“Teacher Luo, I have an explosive case here.”
“Yes yes yes.”
“There is no major problem. I have looked through the case file. This case has very strong significance for legal commentary. Yes, this case is publicly tried and broadcast live on the hearing website.”
“Alright, thank you Teacher Luo.”
After hanging up the telephone.
Su Bai drank a sip of the tea he had gotten for free.
Suddenly he remembered that recently it seemed Lawyer Xiao no longer had anyone sending him tea leaves.
At the same time.
After Su Bai hung up the telephone, Luo Daxiang went onto the hearing website and checked the judgment content of this case.
How should one put it.
Just as Su Bai had said, this case indeed had not small problems.
After Luo Daxiang finished reading the first instance judgment, he smiled slightly:
“This case indeed is sufficiently sensational. I wonder what this second instance will be like.”
Although Luo Daxiang did not know what the second instance would be like, he understood that for such a major wrongful case.
If Su Bai won, then the impact caused would be enormous.
In addition.
In a certain residential community in Jiangdu.
After the man learned that Su Bai had refused his request, a trace of astonishment flashed across his face.
No, what law firm could refuse one million picked up for nothing!
Although Su Bai was famous, did Baijun law Firm’s development not require money?
Compared with one million, what was a small bit of reputation?
Little Li: Mm, if only Lawyer Su could really think this way.
The man rubbed his brow, hesitated for several seconds, then looked toward his phone and dialed a number:
“Well, younger brother, I have something I want to ask you about. I heard that a case is being overturned, that earlier case, the one said to be difficult to judge, that one from six years ago.”
“Yes yes yes, that one, that one.”
“Well then, who are the lawyers invited by the prosecution and the law enforcement side?”
“Oh oh. Could you give me a contact method?”
“Yes yes yes, is this not because I want to further understand things.”
“Alright alright alright, okay I know. There is no problem. Good good good, thank you younger brother.”
“What are you saying, another day I will definitely treat you to a drink! Alright?”
“No problem. Rest assured.”
“What problem could I have, I definitely have no problem, one bottle of liquor!”
“Mm mm, good good good.”
After hanging up the phone, the man looked at the information on the screen, let out a long sigh, and dialed according to the content on the message.
Very quickly.
The hearing time approached.
Before the hearing, the Nandu Higher Court had already notified all parties, and it also included coordinating with Nandu Prison so that the party Lin Haoxue would be transferred to Jiangdu to participate in the hearing.
After coordinating with all parties.
The hearing day arrived.
In the morning, nine thirty.
Inside the waiting room.
Li Xuezhen blinked her eyes:
“Lawyer Su, I privately did my homework. In fact this hearing had many disputes even back then, but at the time of the judgment there was not yet an internet, otherwise it would not have been judged this way.”
“The party back then was only eighteen years old and had just been preparing to enter university.”
“I also heard that because of this Li Xiangfang was discussed quite a lot.”
“People all said that she gave birth to a murderer, and this also caused Li Xiangfen’s life in recent years to be very difficult.”
Su Bai curiously sized up Li Xuezhen. She had even done homework in advance?
However, there was one point Li Xuezhen said that was very correct.
For this kind of case, if it had happened now, under the influence of the internet such an extreme wrongful case would not appear.
After Li Xuezhen noticed Su Bai’s gaze, her small face straightened and she slightly lifted her body:
“Lawyer Su, I heard all this from the client, but of course Lawyer Su I did not just listen to one side’s words. As a lawyer one should have one’s own ability to distinguish.”
“Some things Li Xiangfang told me, I only told Lawyer Su after verifying them.”
Tsk.
Looking at Li Xuezhen’s clear eyes shining brightly, Su Bai smiled.
He had not expected that Li Xuezhen would now choose to listen to the client’s words and know to verify the truthfulness of the client’s words.
Not bad, not bad.
Rare and valuable.
Li Xuezhen was gradually moving toward becoming a professional lawyer!
Very good!
After noticing the satisfaction in Su Bai’s eyes, Li Xuezhen’s face was full of smile.
Of course.
Little Li was not some foolish rich woman. After following Lawyer Su for so long, of course she had learned a great deal!
In addition.
This hearing had a total of three parties.
One side was the accusing litigation side, namely Su Bai’s side.
The other two sides were respectively the prosecution and the law enforcement side.
Because doubts had been raised regarding the evidence from back then, this time the Jiangdu Higher Court also issued a summons to the law enforcement side and notified it to appear at the hearing and participate in it.
Inside the law enforcement side’s waiting room.
Law enforcement side lawyer Yan Xiangshang was looking worriedly at the evidence and materials for this hearing.
This hearing’s evidentiary and various materials were all very unfavorable to them.
One could not say it was unfavorable. One could only say that they were in a situation without strong evidence.
The specific situation still needed further argument at the hearing.
Actually, this point was not what Yan Xiangshang was worried about.
The crucial problem he worried about was that the other side was Su Bai.
A well known lawyer, oh no, not a well known lawyer, but a top criminal lawyer.
The other side was a famous great lawyer, and in addition with these disadvantageous conditions, the pressure on him was very great.
Not only that.
There was also another aspect, namely that if this lawsuit could not be won, he would also face enormous pressure.
Pressure outside the hearing.
Yan Xiangshang took a deep breath, reorganized the materials before him once again, adjusted his emotions into place, and quietly waited for the hearing to begin.
At the same time, in the prosecution waiting room.
Compared with Yan Xiangshang, prosecution lawyer Kong Jiantu appeared not so serious and did not have much pressure.
Regarding this hearing, he was indifferent.
Because he had previously withstood the pressure.
After all, how should one put it, this case was a case from six years ago, and there might be certain problems in the judgment.
As the prosecution public prosecutor, he had handled many cases and comparatively speaking had a certain amount of principle.
He knew the consequences after losing a case.
Kong Jiantu’s thinking was very simple.
In this hearing, if he could prosecute then he would prosecute, and if he could not then forget it.
“Hoo.”
“No matter whether this hearing can be won, since this session is being publicly tried, then the subsequent impact will not be small. Avoiding unexpected situations is the correct thing.”
What can be said, say it. What cannot be said, do not say it.
Do not panic.
Kong Jiantu silently recited in his heart.