Inside the courtroom, it was deserted, except for the judge, prosecutor, Sima Qiqi and Xiao Yan, and a group of court staff, only Xu Lijia sat inside.

Xu Lijia was dressed in a blue and white cheongsam, sitting in the dock with a graceful and luxurious appearance, Xiao Yan couldn't believe his eyes when he saw Xu Lijia at first sight, Sima Qiqi coughed, Xiao Yan came back to his senses and understood what he should do now.

At the beginning of the trial, the staff was about to read out the summary of the case, the judge waved his hand to signal the staff to wait, the judge looked at Sima Qiqi and asked slowly: "Defense lawyer, I have a question for you before the trial starts, when I took over the trial of this case, the high court judge told me that this case needs to be tried in public, I am very strange, why did the high court judge tell me instead of your defense lawyer to make a request for trial, you bypassed the trial judge and directly went to the high court judge, Do you think that the tribunal lacks the ability to judge? ”

Sima Qiqi heard the judge's question, and hurriedly said: "Your Excellency, I'm sorry, this problem was not caused by me, my client is a well-known movie star, I think the judge of the High Court thinks that the trial of my client's case may cause huge social repercussions, so he asked for a closed trial." It was only yesterday that I learned that this case was tried in private. ”

The judge looked at Sima Qiqi with a puzzled expression on his face, and Sima Qiqi nodded to the judge very politely.

The judge sighed and said slowly: "This case is of great concern to the society, and we don't want to waste time, the longer we interrogate, the more rumors the reporters outside don't know what to say, staff, let's start!" ”

Hearing the judge's words, the staff nodded and stood up to read out the summary of the case, and the judge looked at the prosecutor and asked, "What does the prosecutor think about the defendant's conviction?" ”

The prosecutor stood up at this time, Sima Qiqi and Xiao Yan glanced at the prosecutor in front of them, and whispered: "There are a lot of prosecutors in the procuratorate now, what is this going to do, it seems that there is a big move." ”

"I don't know, but it's all newbies, so I'm a little careless, let's see if this young prosecutor has the ability, in fact, I'm still looking forward to fighting Fang Aoqin, but this kind of evidence is complete, I think Fang Aoqin won't make a casual move, always give the young man a chance."

Sima Qiqi and Xiao Yan talked in a whisper, the judge heard that Sima Qiqi and Xiao Yan were moving, coughed, Sima Qiqi and Xiao Yan stopped chatting, the judge looked at the prosecutor, the prosecutor looked at Sima Qiqi and Xiao Yan with a sullen face, and said slowly: "Your Excellency, after the defendant Xu Lijia killed the deceased Long Yu, the defendant skillfully used the deceased's mobile phone to falsify the time of the deceased's death, so we believe that after the defendant committed the murder, he was calm-headed, and there was no impulse homicide or manslaughter. Moreover, in view of the fact that the defendant is a celebrity in society and has a serious impact on society, we believe that the defendant should be sentenced to first-degree murder. ”

After the prosecutor finished speaking, he quickly sat down in his seat, and the judge heard the prosecutor say the charges against him, hesitated for a moment, turned his head to look at Sima Qiqi and asked, "Does the defense lawyer agree with the charges raised by the prosecutor?" ”

"Your Excellency, I am only representing that my client does not agree with the prosecutor's charges against my client."

"So what are the defense attorneys going to defend themselves on?"

The judge lowered his head and asked, in a very calm tone.

"Not guilty!"

When the judge heard Sima Qiqi's words, he raised his head suddenly, still holding a pen in his hand, and looked at Sima Qiqi with a surprised face, the prosecutor was still talking to his assistant, but he also looked at Sima Qiqi in surprise when he heard what Sima Qiqi said.

The judge didn't seem to hear what Sima Qiqi said, and asked Sima Qiqi again: "Defense lawyer, what did you just say, you want to make a not-guilty defense as the defendant?" ”

Sima Qiqi nodded very respectfully and said, "Yes, Your Excellency, I want to defend my client's innocence. ”

The judge stared at Sima Qiqi with wide eyes, Sima Qiqi looked at the judge with a confident face, the judge looked at the prosecutor, as if asking the prosecutor's opinion on the case, the prosecutor nodded, also with a confident expression, the judge got the prosecutor's reply, and then looked at Sima Qiqi.

"The defense lawyer determined that the defense was not guilty, is the defendant not the murderer?"

"No, Your Excellency, I am defending my innocence by killing in self-defense."

When the judge heard Sima Qiqi say this, he said slowly: "In this case, let's enter the evidence presentation session, and the prosecutor please start." ”

The prosecutor nodded, slowly stood up, held the document in his hand and said: "Your Excellency, the deceased Long Yu was found dead at home, and there was no loss of property in the family, so the police judged vendetta and murder through interpersonal relationships and other factors, and after investigation, it was found that the deceased and the defendant used to be boyfriend and girlfriend, and broke up a year ago because of emotional problems, but the deceased and the defendant still have contact, especially the deceased seems to want to save this relationship, but the defendant is unwilling, and the police tentatively designate the defendant as a suspect through investigation." ”

"Why didn't the police arrest the defendant immediately, but waited a week before arresting the defendant?"

The judge looked at the prosecutor and asked calmly.

The prosecutor hurriedly replied: "Your Excellency, that's because the police assisted the defendant in the investigation for the first time within the determined time frame of death, and found that the defendant did not have the time to commit the crime, but the police forensic officers investigated the deceased's notebook and found that there was a complete big finger fingerprint on the laptop space bar, which aroused the suspicion of the police." ”

"Full fingerprints?"

"Yes, Your Excellency, the deceased Long Yu was a screenwriter, and typing on a laptop is very fast, and normal typing is to tap the spacebar with the side of your thumb, so it is not surprising that there is a fingerprint on the spacebar, but it is very strange to have a full fingerprint."

The judge nodded, quickly recorded it on a piece of paper, and the prosecutor continued: "Your Excellency, therefore, the police have summoned the defendant for a second questioning, and in the face of such evidence, the defendant admitted that the deceased was stabbed by the defendant with a fruit knife in the defendant's major artery from top to bottom, causing the defendant to die of excessive blood loss. ”

After the prosecutor finished speaking, he sat down very proudly, and Sima Qiqi stood up at this time and said: "Your Excellency, I have a question about the breakthrough of the police. ”

The judge nodded, and Sima Qiqi continued: "Your Excellency Judge, Your Excellency the Prosecutor, I would like to ask if the laptop is used as the deceased's work computer, then it should leave the deceased's fingerprints on it, if my client is calm after committing the crime as the prosecutor just said, then why do you want to add a snake and leave a complete thumb fingerprint on the computer space bar to arouse the suspicion of the police?" ”

When the judge heard Sima Qiqi's question, he turned his head to look at the prosecutor, the prosecutor had a quick conversation with his assistant at this time, the judge coughed and reminded the prosecutor, the prosecutor quickly stood up, flipped through the documents and hurriedly said: "Your Excellency, according to the investigation, it was the defendant who accidentally touched the deceased's computer after killing the deceased, and the defendant was afraid of leaving fingerprints, so the defendant cleaned up the deceased's computer, and then grabbed the deceased's hands to leave fingerprints, which was also in this process. The defendant left a full fingerprint on the space bar on the deceased's laptop. ”

The judge nodded and looked at Sima Qiqi, Sima Qiqi smiled slightly and glanced at Xu Lijia, who also smiled and returned to Sima Qiqi.

Sima Qiqi nodded and said: "I reluctantly accept this explanation, then I have another question, in the process of the first police assistance investigation, the police did not treat my client as a criminal suspect, because my client did not have the time to commit the crime at the time of the deceased's death, so why did my client confess the second time." Know that the fingerprint can be anyone who can hold the deceased's hand and press it on the space bar of the notebook......"

Before Sima Qiqi could finish speaking, the prosecutor stood up and objected: "Your Excellency, the defense lawyer deliberately implied that the police had used illegal means to make the defendant admit guilt without any evidence. ”

When the judge heard the prosecutor say this, he frowned and looked at Sima Qiqi, who smiled and said, "Your Excellency, I just have doubts about the key points mentioned in the relevant documents submitted by the prosecutor. ”

The judge nodded and said, "Prosecutor, the defense lawyer did not mention words that were unfavorable to the image of the police in his words, but the defense lawyer, please don't use a misleading tone, and both sides continue." ”

Sima Qiqi nodded, looked at the prosecutor and asked, "Then can you ask the prosecutor to tell me why my client's full fingerprint was asked on the space bar and my client pleaded guilty?" ”

"Your Excellency, because the police also found evidence that the police found that the deceased's mobile phone had appeared at the defendant's location, and at that time, the deceased had already died, so there is only one reason why the deceased's mobile phone appeared near the defendant, that is, the defendant took the deceased's phone to make a false impression that the deceased was still alive between 3 and 3:23 at the time of death, in an attempt to mislead the police and make the police think that the defendant did not have the time to commit the crime."

"From 3 to 3:23, what did the defendant do with the deceased's mobile phone?"

"Order takeout and have the person delivering it on the phone as a witness that the deceased is still alive."

The judge heard the prosecutor's answer, nodded, and wrote down the main points that the prosecutor had just said. The judge finished recording and looked at Sima Qiqi, who stood up and said with a smile.

"Your Excellency Judge, please sort out the clue, that is, the deceased Long Yu died first, and then my client took the deceased's mobile phone to order takeout and talked."