Jimmy thought for a moment, since he had already caught someone, there was no need to dwell on the past two days, contacted Chuck, and waited for the gunman Dave to be sure that he could leave the hospital, and then threw him to the detention center first, and then said that he would dry it for a while.

Chuck thought about it for a long time, and finally decided to take over the gunman first, because it was too similar to their two cases, and the hospital found that his hands were covered with glue when examining Dave, completely covering up his fingerprints, which had a file written by a doctor and could be used as evidence.

Jimmy receives a call from Chuck and thinks about it, but he still can't give him the suspect directly. Because the reason for finding this suspect is actually the taxi driver case, and those cases have been handed over to the FBI, unless Chuck takes the lead, Jimmy will have to return the case to the NYPD.

However, Jimmy does not reject Chuck outright, and he agrees that Chuck can be present during the interrogation and that the two sides will work together on the case.

Chuck agreed, but he had to come over in the afternoon to get a clear picture of Jimmy's previous investigation, and in short, this kind of case interspersed with the responsibilities of different agencies would be very troublesome to deal with. It's still a good relationship between them, and if they change to someone they don't know very well, they can only wait for Jimmy's side to finish and start again.

The hospital has determined that Dave's injuries are not too problematic, as long as they are checked regularly, and the NYPD patrol officer arranged by Chuck directly arranged for Dave to go to the detention center after receiving the notice.

Everything went smoothly and Dave was given a chance to call and inform the lawyer in the detention center. Then Jimmy got the news that the lawyer would be in place on the third day, and the trial could be arranged.

Jimmy came to the detention center early, and there was the information that Dave had registered, because if he wanted to be detained, he had to fill in all the personal information. Before in the hospital, it wasn't a regular interrogation process, so Dave didn't say anything, it wasn't a big deal, and he went to the detention center, sorry, it's up to you.

After getting the registration information from the detention center, Jimmy contacted Hughes, and finally after Hughes communicated, he got a search warrant issued by the judge. The Forensics Section went to Dave's apartment with a search warrant, and Jimmy followed.

Dave's apartment was opened, but of course the door was not broken, Dave had been arrested, and his keys were in the hands of the Forensic Section. Dave's home looks very suitable for a single middle-aged man, the house is fully equipped, but there are a lot of scattered things, and the garbage is not all over the floor, but it is definitely not clean.

This caused a lot of confusion for the Forensic Section, as they had to inspect the room in detail, all kinds of things had to be checked, and the more messy the room, the more work they had to do.

Jimmy's main concern is that there is nothing to convict Dave, the taxi driver's belongings are basically not lost except for money, there are no fingerprints at the scene, and the best evidence for conviction is a gun. The gun Dave used when he was arrested has been sent to test the trajectory, and the shrapnel of the previous taxi drivers who were shot and killed will also be tested for bullet marks, and if they match, they can be convicted as much as possible, but there is no result yet.

If more can be found in his room, there is a greater chance of matching.

Jimmy didn't do anything, he just stood at the door, watching the people in the forensics department busy, mainly worried that he accidentally destroyed fingerprints and other things, there are a lot of things in American dramas and movies for investigation and evidence collection, this piece will not be described in detail, in short, Jimmy's wait was not in vain.

Forensic officers managed to find a wooden box with a movable wooden board in a cabinet and behind it was a wooden box embedded in the wall, which contained two pistols and some bullets, and crucially, one with a silencer.

Jimmy finally breathed a sigh of relief, if they couldn't find it again, he would have to do it himself, he had already seen the anomalous space in this wall, but he couldn't show it too much.

At this point, Jimmy has achieved his goal, and all that remains is to see the match in the lab. After I go back, I have to find a way to urge the laboratory, it's really cool to cut the queue like the previous bombing, and the results will come out in a day or two, and now, it's been two days, and the ballistic comparison results have not come out, and it is estimated that the priority is still too low.

Jimmy returned to the office, finally relieved, hoping that the lab could give some good news, the taxi driver case has been more than a month, longer than the longest terrorist attack bombing case Jimmy has dealt with before, and the sooner it is over, the sooner it will be solved.

While Jimmy continued to hang Dave and wait for the lab report, the society did not stop, and the gangster "war" that Ruiz asked him to put on hold for the time being a few days ago was in full swing.

The reason why the gangsters will declare war in advance is more to attack their opponents, make them panic, and let their younger brothers and middle-level personnel jump ship as soon as possible. The battle between the gangs is to occupy the territory, occupy the market, and have more subordinates, not just to kill people, so Trinidad wants to find razor trouble, just to expand its territory to Brooklyn, occupy a small territory in that chaotic area, facilitate the expansion of the market, and at the same time prepare conditions for the subsequent occupation of more territory.

Jimmy had checked the situation of Razor before, and the people on his side were not bad, and they didn't involve poison, which Jimmy hated, but only engaged in small businesses such as collecting protection money and underground casinos, although these also affected some people, but at least they were much better than other vicious gangsters. Jimmy's willingness to save Razor's life is partly for the reason.

Trinidad is different, what these guys did before is not stepping on the red line, but their cooperation with Aztec is different, since Azid's is active on the U.S.-Mexico border, it is definitely involved in drugs, which means that Trinidad's group of people will soon step on the red line. Jimmy, such a person, has never had a good impression, not to mention what the chubby Karg did for his son, he was also a party and made a contribution.

It hadn't been a few days since he heard from him, so Jimmy thought about it and went to Ruiz's office to find out a little bit.

Jimmy: "Ruiz, what's going on over with Razor?" What about the Sierra in Trinidad? ”

Ruiz looked at Jimmy, "Didn't you say you should leave this alone?" I'll take care of it. Rest assured. ”

Jimmy smiled and said, "I just caught a suspect in the past two days, and I'm idle now, just to find out about the situation." Don't worry, I'm not going to meddle, I just want to know the progress of your investigation now. ”

Ruiz: "The situation on the Razor's side is not very good, some of them have been shaken, and they have been moving a lot lately, I suspect they may have gotten a batch of weapons, which is not yet confirmed."

It's similar on the Trinidad side, but their strength has increased a bit, and recently we have found several new faces, these people are not Trinidad's people, but now they are moving with them, and they may be from the Aztec side.

The battle hasn't started yet, don't worry, this matter can't be solved in a day or two. ”

Jimmy: "Okay, if you need me to do it, say it in advance." ”

It's not within your scope, so you can't just meddle in it. Organized crime is still Ruiz's sphere of influence, and if he intervenes, he will move his cake, although they have a good relationship, but it is also a bit taboo.

After work, Jimmy called Nia, but unfortunately it was the same, he couldn't come out to meet Jimmy, and he was busy. Jimmy suddenly had some foreboding, as if something was wrong with Nia, and this was not a good sign.

Jimmy went to the bar in a depressed mood, and Woody, the bartender, was really a good employee, and every time he came, he could be seen working in the bar.

Jimmy asked for a glass of wine, drank alone, and was not in the mood to find a sister, thinking about it, Jimmy finally made up his mind to go to the detention center tomorrow to interrogate Dave, and after going back, he would investigate Nia's situation, her current state, nine times out of ten, is related to her family.

Woody saw that Jimmy was not in a good mood, and took advantage of his free time to chat with him, but unfortunately, he was a rough man who knew the reason for Jimmy's troubles now, but after Jimmy made up his mind, he still paid happily and bought two more glasses of wine before going home to rest.

Early the next morning, Jimmy and Chuck make an appointment to meet at the detention center to formally interrogate Dave.

Dave's lawyer had arrived, and the two of them were sitting at one side of the long table in the interrogation room, Jimmy and Chuck were sitting on the other side, and Nia didn't follow Chuck today, and the reason Chuck gave was that Nia was now trying to handle the case on her own, so take it for granted.

Jimmy: "OK, Dave, your lawyer is already there, now you can talk." Why shoot that bum? ”

Dave glanced at the lawyer, there was no way to escape the fact that he shot the homeless, Jimmy was arrested on the spot, and his gun was still in his hand, which was inevitable. But he still had to try: "I didn't shoot the homeless, I picked up the gun at the scene." ”

Jimmy waved his hand, "Don't talk about this, that gun has your fingerprints all over it, including bullets in the magazine, this kind of lie goes without saying." ”

Dave was choked up by Jimmy's sentence, he had discussed this issue with the lawyer before, because the evidence was too conclusive, so the lawyer also advised him not to resist this part too hard, just try hard.

To put it bluntly, when the evidence is too strong, there is very little that can be done by words. Not all criminals are Simpson, who can use some mistakes in the police evidence collection process to directly invalidate the evidence, Dave was found at the scene of the shooting of the homeless man and arrested on the spot, and he also fired a shot at Jimmy, this shot is actually more serious, and it is normal for Jimmy to shoot him on the spot.

Dave nodded at the lawyer, who nodded, "Agent, can we go out and talk?" ”

Jimmy looked at the lawyer, were they so cooperative? Without even thinking about it, he could guess what the lawyer was going to say, and Dave was probably going to make a deal.

Jimmy looked at Chuck, "Let's do it together." Chuck. ”

Chuck shook his head, and Jimmy got up and left the interrogation room, and the lawyer followed.

In fact, Jimmy was right, the lawyer did want to make a deal, but he wanted Jimmy to contact the federal prosecutor in advance, and he hoped that after making a deal with the federal prosecutor first, Dave would plead guilty to his crime.

In fact, the normal logic should be that the FBI investigates first, and then submits the case to the prosecutor after reaching a conclusion, and then the prosecutor submits the lawsuit, and the lawyer makes a deal with the prosecutor.

Now it is obvious that Dave doesn't even want to plead guilty, and after the deal is done, he will determine what charges he needs to confess to based on the content of the deal.

Jimmy: "That's not going to work, Dave's evidence of shooting the homeless man is complete, and he was also arrested by me on the spot, which is definitely a charge of first-degree murder." Don't try to get away with this crime, as for whether he has other criminal facts, we are still investigating. ”

Jimmy didn't give him a chance to speak again, and went straight into the interrogation room. Jimmy guesses that the reason why they don't plead not guilty and want to deal directly with the prosecutor is because the evidence is so incomprehensible.

Unfortunately, Jimmy's goal is not to be shot by a homeless man, but to continue the investigation of the previous cases, and the lawyer is obviously thinking too simplistic when the two sides have different contents. The lawyer wanted to complete the case as soon as possible, but the case was destined to be impossible to complete sooner.

The lawyer thought outside for a while, and after a while he also entered the interrogation room. The lawyer sat down and whispered a few words to Dave, but Jimmy did not interrupt them, but continued the interrogation after they had finished talking. During this time, Chuck didn't say anything to Dave at all.

Jimmy didn't mention the previous cases, but continued to interrogate Dave for this case, just to confirm this case first, and then wait for the test report to arrive, and then work on the previous case.

That's Jimmy's strategy, simple, but it can work wonders. When they only believe that there is such a crime, they usually weigh whether to admit the fact of the crime and judge whether the consequences of admitting it are acceptable. After they admit it, other cases will pop up one by one, adding weight to the top little by little.

Dave, for his part, didn't intend to admit a lot of facts at once, and after more than an hour, he just admitted that the gun was his, and he fired a shot at Jimmy, both of which were unavoidable. As for the rest, they don't admit it, and they don't let Jimmy do it all at once. He even mentioned a statement that the gun belonged to a homeless man, but Jimmy said it directly, and there were only his fingerprints on the gun, so he held it back directly.

Jimmy and Chuck finally left the detention center with only such a small gain, Jimmy also told Chuck his thoughts on the way, Chuck didn't have any opinion, this is Jimmy's case, he can't interfere too much, just hope that the other cases can be solved together.

Additional Information:

The plea negotiation system in the United States is simply outrageous, and the defendant and the prosecutor are parties to the lawsuit, and they can negotiate the content of the lawsuit, negotiate the charges and sentencing, and if there are multiple charges, they can also negotiate whether to prosecute multiple charges or choose only one of them to prosecute. It is normal for a felon, who is sentenced to life imprisonment or even the death penalty, to be sentenced to 10 or 20 years in prison through negotiation, and it is not impossible to negotiate a sentence of several years in prison plus a suspended sentence for 10 or 20 years.

What's even more outrageous is that the U.S. law actually allows the defendant to make a guilty plea but does not admit the facts of the crime, that is, the "Alford plea", nine times out of ten, this lawyer will also let Dave make such a plea, and the deal he is going to make with the prosecutor should be the same as Alford, admitting second-degree murder to avoid being sentenced to death.

The Alford case was a case in the '70s where Alford was charged with first-degree murder punishable by death under North Carolina law, and later accepted a deal from prosecutors on the advice of his lawyer, second-degree murder with a maximum sentence of 30 years. In response to the judge's questions, he stated that there was no murder, but that he was guilty of the plea. The judge continued to question him about the voluntariness of the decision and concluded that Alfod knew the consequences of the plea's guilt and accepted Alferd's plea.

Subsequently, the defendant, Alverd, appealed the case to the U.S. Supreme Court on the issue of the voluntariness of the guilty plea, and Alverd found the guilty plea invalid because he had entered the plea under the threat of a possible death penalty.

The U.S. Supreme Court's position in the Alford case was clear that the defendant could enter a guilty plea to the charges even if he did not admit his guilt, and if the defendant's guilty plea was made solely to avoid the death penalty, and if he was assisted by effective counsel in making such a plea, and the defendant made that plea after considering all possible options, then the defendant's guilty plea was voluntary, sensible, and did not violate the Fifth Amendment's right not to compel self-incrimination.

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