He didn't say anything when he heard Sima Qiqi hearing this, this news made Sima Qiqi's previous inference completely come to naught, and the two left to walk on the road, and they were not in the mood to talk to Sima Qiqi. The two walked like this, returning to the place where they lived, and at this time the porter handed a document to Sima Qiqi.

The two of them opened the documents as they walked, and it was a notice from the court that the trial would be held again. I usually hear Xiao Yan say in the office, I have never seen it, and seeing that Sima Qiqi's expression was a little unnatural, he hurriedly asked with concern.

"What's the matter, Lawyer Sima, it doesn't seem to be very good when you see the notice, it can't be that there is something wrong with the time!"

Sima Qiqi smiled bitterly and said, "No, it's just that the time is relatively rushed, and the investigation has not been cleared yet, and no new witnesses have been found." It seems that this time it is going to be vexatious. ”

Hearing this, he watched Sima Qiqi walk upstairs and hurriedly asked, "Eh, when is the time for the next trial?"

Sima Qiqi glanced back and said very calmly, "Tomorrow!"

"Huh?"

A new day, a new trial begins.

The judge looked at the prosecutor and asked, "Did the prosecution find new evidence?"

The prosecutor stood up and said very proudly: "Your Excellency, I have found evidence that the defendant had sufficient motives to kill the deceased."

At this time, I saw the prosecutor pick up a document and say loudly: "According to police and hospital records, there was a fierce fight between the deceased and the defendant shortly before the crime."

"No, Your Excellency, my client did have a fight with the deceased, but because of some small frictions, the two disagreed and started the fight, and it was not intense, the two sides were quickly pulled apart, my client is a sane adult, and it is impossible for me to hold a grudge against the deceased because of a friction."

The judge heard Sima Qiqi's rebuttal and thought for a while, looked at the prosecutor and asked, "Has the prosecution found out the reason for the fight between the defendant and the deceased?"

The prosecutor stood up and nodded and said, "Your Excellency, we have found out that the cause involved a factory transaction, and the defendant Bai Jinghua believed that the deceased was suspected of deception, and he argued with the deceased many times. This is a transaction report, this is a factory transaction three years ago, the two parties to the transaction are the deceased and the defendant, and the fight after that is also because of the factory transaction three years ago, is there such a thing as the defendant? ”

The prosecutor looked at Bai Jinghua, Bai Jinghua was so frightened by the prosecutor's yelling at him that he said "yes" for a long time.

At this moment, the prosecutor raised his voice and said louder: "That's why you have a grudge to kill the deceased so brutally, right?"

When Bai Jinghua heard the prosecutor say this, he hurriedly said loudly: "No, I didn't mean to kill him, I am self-defense, Your Excellency Judge, I am really just self-defense!"

At this time, Sima Qiqi stopped Bai Jinghua, stood up and said slowly: "Your Excellency, the evidence provided by the prosecutor can only say that my client and the deceased had friction not long ago, but this matter is the whole village

Almost all of us know that if I want to kill someone, my client will not be stupid enough to kill the deceased at this time, and the motive for the crime is so obvious that it is very likely to be taken advantage of, Your Excellency, I request that the defendant be summoned to testify in court. ”

The judge nodded in approval, Bai Jinghua came to the witness stand, and Sima Qiqi looked at Bai Jinghua and asked Bai Jinghua to explain in detail what happened on the day of the crime.

After Bai Jinghua finished speaking, the judge looked at Sima Qiqi and asked suspiciously: "Defendant, you said that the deceased attempted to murder you hit the deceased in the fight, and you said that you only hit once, but the forensic report clearly states that the deceased died because of multiple blows to the head!"

The prosecutor stood up and said, "Your Excellency, this must be a deliberate false confession by the defendant in an attempt to mislead the court, please do not admit the defendant's evidence!"

"Yes, Your Excellency, I would like to ask the prosecutor if there is any evidence that the evidence given by the defendant is false?"

The prosecutor was asked by Sima Qiqi like this, and Sima Qiqi looked at the judge and said slowly: "Your Excellency, the prosecution has the burden of proof, but just now the prosecutor questioned the defendant's evidence in court without evidence at all, if the cases are tried like this, then do you need a defense lawyer?"

The judge coughed and rebuked the prosecutor sternly, the prosecutor blushed and turned white for a while, and sat down angrily, and the judge looked at Sima Qiqi and said, "Then how does the defense lawyer explain the testimony of the defendant just now?"

Sima Qiqi said very calmly with an expressionless face at this time: "It's very simple, Your Excellency the Judge has a third person at the scene of the crime."

The prosecutor was also instantly surprised when he heard Sima Qiqi say this, but quickly regained his composure, and the prosecutor stood up and looked at the judge and said: "Objection, Your Excellency Judge, the defense lawyer said this just to help the defendant get rid of his crimes, to create a fictitious criminal, and to create suspicions in favor of the defendant."

The prosecutor looked at Sima Qiqi and said, "May I ask the defense lawyer, do you have any substantial evidence to prove your statement just now?"

Sima Qiqi also smiled when he heard the prosecutor ask, after all, he had just asked the prosecutor if he had any evidence to support his statement, but he didn't expect to be asked by the prosecutor so soon, but Sima Qiqi didn't look panicked at all.

The prosecutor saw that Sima Qiqi did not answer him immediately, and smiled coldly, and the prosecutor looked at the judge and said slowly: "Your Excellency, the defendant just stated what happened on the night of the crime, and the defendant said that he knocked the deceased's forehead in self-defense, Your Excellency, the defendant is lying, according to the judge's inspection report, in addition to the knock wound on the forehead, the deceased has multiple wounds on the back of his head, if the defendant is self-defense, then when the defendant has snatched the deceased's crutches, he should not continue to beat the deceased, but the number of wounds indicates that there is a contradiction with the defendant's statement." , and just now the defense lawyer stated that there was a third person at the scene, but the defense lawyer has no evidence to prove that there was a third person at the scene of the crime, that is to say, the defendant is a murderer, and it can be seen from the head injury of the deceased that the defendant is a deliberate murder, the defendant

Do you admit that you deliberately murdered the deceased! ”

At this time, Sima Qiqi immediately stood up and objected: "Your Excellency, I object to the prosecutor questioning my client in a threatening tone."

The judge hesitated, nodded slightly, turned his head to look at the prosecutor and said slowly: "Prosecutor, please pay attention to your words, there is no substantial evidence to prove that the defendant is the murderer, even if you make the defendant admit guilt in court, there must be physical evidence to prove it."

The prosecutor was still proud, frowned, and nodded his head to indicate that he understood.

At this time, Sima Qiqi looked at the judge and said slowly: "Your Excellency, according to our investigation, the deceased had a strong sense of faith, the deceased believed in feng shui, and the deceased had a fierce dispute with my client before he died, that is, he suspected that my client had destroyed the so-called feng shui array around his farm, so he beat my client very frantically, that is to say, the deceased has reached the point of madness about feng shui. And there is a saying in feng shui that lives against disasters, so my client said before that he went to the deceased's koi farm but was attacked by the deceased, and we think that the deceased wanted to kill my client and used my client's life to block his disaster. ”

The prosecutor stood up and said: "Your Excellency, faith is an empty thing that cannot be used as evidence, and even if the deceased had faith, it cannot be considered that the deceased will be crazy enough to murder the defendant and kill in self-defense.

Sima Qiqi looked at the judge and said slowly: "Your Excellency, our side wants to summon a witness, that is, Mr. Xu Zhuangdie, the injured person in the second case."

The judge was looking down to write something, and when he heard Sima Qiqi say this, he immediately looked up at Sima Qiqi, and then the judge flipped through the information and said suspiciously: "What, has the injured person in the second case been awake?"

Sima Qiqi nodded and said, "Yes, Your Excellency, but because the injured Xu Zhuangdie was seriously injured, he could not testify in court, but we can conduct a video interrogation and ask Your Excellency the Judge for approval."

The prosecutor glanced at Sima Qiqi, stood up and said: "Your Excellency, since the injured person is still seriously injured, then we, as legal workers, cannot let an injured person risk his life because of a nihilistic belief, and we oppose letting the injured person testify by video now."

Seeing the judge hesitate, Sima Qiqi hurriedly said: "Your Excellency, there are countless instances of serious casualties due to crazy beliefs in this world, so if the deceased really belongs to an extremely crazy Feng Shui believer, will he act excessively?" This is a suspicious point, and for this kind of suspicion, I think at present, only Xu Zhuangdie, who is very familiar with the beliefs of the deceased, can testify, if the judge does not agree with Xu Zhuangdie to testify now, then I have pointed out the doubts, Your Excellency Judge, we can wait, wait for Xu Zhuangdie's injuries to improve and then go to court to testify and then hold the trial, I ask to stop the current trial, because there are doubts at present, and then take my client as the defendant in two cases, it is for me

It is an unfair act of the victim. ”

When the judge heard Sima Qiqi say this, he frowned, and at this time the prosecutor was about to object, at this time the judge looked at the prosecutor and said: "Prosecutor, since the injured can now testify by video, then let's not waste taxpayers' money." The court approved the injured Xu Zhuangdie to testify by video. ”

The judge motioned to the staff to connect to the video, and after waiting for a while, Xu Zhuangdie appeared in the video, Xu Zhuangdie was lying on the bed at this time, and a doctor was standing next to Xu Zhuangdie's bed.

(End of chapter)