Chapter 4 Homicide at the Beginning?
Hearing the word "whisper", Sun Dasheng's eyes widened, and Zhu Tianpeng looked surprised.
Hey, hey, what are you two thinking, don't you want to be crooked?
Also, don't think I didn't see it, Li Mengluo, the look in your eyes just now was not right~
Zhang Yi found that several friends in the law firm are not very simple in their hearts!
On the contrary, Alice, Wang Momo and Tian Xiaoying, the three sisters, did not react at all.
"Tell you, can you help me?" Alice looked unconvinced.
"Of course, I've always been with Zhang San before, and I have dealt with him in every case, believe me, I have experience!"
Zhang Yi hurriedly patted his chest, and almost leaned into Alice's ear to say "Long live the hydra".
Hearing this explanation, Alice's eyebrows, which had been slightly furrowed, gradually relaxed.
"You mean, you've been working on Zhang San's case before?"
"yes."
"Then if you help me, do you mean that I am also Zhang Sanhe?"
Zhang Yi: "Uh......"
Is this Ah Q?
However, Zhang Yi became interested, and immediately nodded: "Yes, I have always been with Zhang San before, since you are interested, boss, I will assist you in the future!" β
"Haha, good!"
Alice smiled, a little presumptuous, a little ostentatious, and even a little snickering.
But I have to say that her beautiful face like an angel and delicate like an elf is really good when she smiles.
"This girl, if her breasts can develop a little more, it will be perfect."
Looking at the flawless pretty face, but it was only the size of the A cover, Zhang Yi could only sigh in his heart, no one is perfect......
"Then hurry up and eat, and we'll talk in detail after eating!"
Alice then urged, telling the friends to hurry up and end the fight at the dinner table.
Zhang Yi swallowed the dates, ate half full, and the battle was over.
Because he is considered an extra person today, and the cooking cooked by Lao Tian next door is still according to the original number of people in the law firm.
So, he didn't eat much.
If you don't have enough to eat, how can you have the strength to work?
But seeing Alice, the nominal boss, looking at him expectantly, Zhang Yi had no choice.
He just can't stand those eyes, they're so beautiful!
Who made him a man who was willing to think about others?
This has nothing to do with Alice's appearance, it is purely his willingness to help others.
"Then let's get started, is there a file report for this case?"
"Oh, yes~"
Alice walked back to her office, took out a stack of papers, and handed it to Zhang Yi.
Zhang Yi began to look through the documents line by word, and carefully read all the contents of the document more than three times, especially the evidence and trial records, which he read over and over again.
After reading it, he looked up and looked at Alice.
"This document made me understand two things, one, boss, your trial experience is still relatively young, of course, this means that you have a lot of room for improvement in the future......
This is obviously a high emotional intelligence statement, after all, the person in front of him is his nominal boss, and he can't be too direct.
Low EQ saying: You are a rookie!
"Also, the party Zhou Ping'an seems to have pleaded guilty, are you sure you want to continue to appeal?"
"Definitely!" Alice nodded, with a look of authentication: "Zhou Ping'an told me that he is innocent, and his plea agreement was admitted after being pressured in the office of the Investigation Bureau!" β
"You mean, the Investigation Section is putting pressure on him?"
Zhang Yi raised his eyebrows, as if he was interested.
"Uh-huh, yes, those people must have created pressure on my client, otherwise how could he confess to being such an innocent person!"
Seeing this, Zhang Yi's brows furrowed slightly.
It is a basic criterion that defense lawyers should not be emotional, otherwise it is easy to make wrong judgments if they are emotional.
And Alice, apparently still a rookie, made this mistake of principle.
Another point is that the suspect is also the person concerned, and if he is a murderer, he will definitely say that he did not kill anyone.
It is a mistake of common sense that the defense lawyer must not fully trust the words of the suspect, and Alice obviously has no experience with it.
In just a few sentences of dialogue, Zhang Yi found that Alice had made two mistakes.
"It's not a good case to say it's easy to fight, but it's not so bad to say it's hard to fight, the main thing is that the party Zhou Ping'an killed someone, which is not a trivial matter!"
"I know, but people are wronged, I believe him!"
Seeing Alice say this, Zhang Yi shook his head inwardly.
Sure enough, you're addicted to food!
Obviously a rookie, if you have to take on this kind of criminal case, isn't it good to fight those civil cases honestly?
In fact, Zhang Yi is not mistaken, Alice belongs to the kind of person who is still addicted to food, and she has to take on any case entrusted by someone, and she doesn't care if she can handle the case or not.
This case, apparently, with her clumsy means, will never be solved.
"Also, the second question, boss, why did you have stage fright during the first trial?"
Zhang Yi flipped through the first trial record, which was a transcript of Alice's defense conversations and questions with the prosecutor.
In this record, the prosecutor asked a lot of questions, but Alice didn't ask many questions at all, let alone question the prosecution witnesses.
Hearing this, Alice's eyes instantly dodged, her face was embarrassed, and there was shame and grievance in her eyes.
Alice wanted to cry, she was going to cry, and she was wronged .jpg
Good guy, still sell me cute?
From Zhang Yi's point of view, Alice is a newcomer, and she has stage fright as soon as she goes to court, which is also an empirical mistake that newcomers often make.
Therefore, in this case, Zhang Yi found that Alice made all the mistakes that novices can make.
emotional, principled mistakes; Unilateral belief in the suspect without taking into account objective facts, common sense error; Stage fright in court leads to abnormal performance and empirical errors.
After knowing Alice's level, Zhang Yi closed the document in his hand.
"Why don't you go and meet the person concerned?"
"Huh?"
Alice is still looking forward to what profound suggestions you Zhang Yi can make, and that's what you do?
"Look at what I'm doing, this kind of case must meet the person involved, and you have to listen to him tell it in person, after all, you and I are not at the scene of the crime, what can we know?"
Seeing Zhang Yi's hands spread, Alice had no choice but to nod her head, which was considered to be a promise.
The next process is very simple, Alice calls to make an appointment to meet with the client, and Zhang Yi closes his eyes and thinks about some details of the case.
After the appointment time, Alice walked back to the office, then took a black suit and black pants and threw it directly to Zhang Yi.
"Take it, put it on, and this will be your uniform from now on!"
Looking at the black suit in his hand, Zhang Yi was stunned.
The boss is so kind that he still sends clothes?
"The money for this dress is deducted from your salary!"
Sure enough, there is no such thing as a free lunch.
Zhang Yi smiled evilly: "Do I have a salary?" β
Alice: emmm......
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Light and darkness, these are two opposite sides.
In any city, beneath the glamour on the surface, there must be filth and darkness.
No matter how big or small the city is, no matter how beautiful it is, it has a crime rate and a dark side.
Dongfang City is an international metropolis with a permanent population of more than 10 million in the urban area, and the entire city is estimated to have 20 million people, including people in the suburbs.
If there are too many people in such a big city, then crime will inevitably breed.
The "Iron Egg Prison", located in the suburbs, is such a place to contain and hold the dark side of Dongfang City.
Of course, the real name of this prison is not an iron egg, but the Dongfang City Criminal Offender Reception Center, just because the building of this prison resembles an oval iron egg, hence the name.
And at this moment, the Iron Egg Prison, located in the suburbs, welcomed three guests.
Alice, dressed in a white dress, took the lead, followed by the maid Tracy with a serious face and wary eyes, and Zhang Yi, a follower who had just changed into a suit but had a decadent beard.
"Remember, you're my henchman from now on, understand?"
This is Alice's warning to Zhang Yi, Zhang Yi spread his hands and said it doesn't matter, you are the boss, you have the final say.
But he didn't know that after Alice finished speaking, her heart cheered wildly.
Ouye, my follower has been with ace barrister Zhang San, will I be as good as Zhang San in the future, hahaha......
This is Alice's inner thoughts, since Zhang Yi is Zhang San's follower, and now he is my follower, so rounding up......
Miss Benβ Zhang San!
"Hello, we're here to meet the person."
"Oh, Zhou Ping'an, you can go in!"
Because of the reason that the appointment was made, Zhang Yi and the three walked through the security gate and entered the Iron Egg Prison.
Feeling the familiar smell around him, Zhang Yi couldn't help but take a sniff as if intoxicated, the air was mixed with the smell of disinfectant water, and there was a hint of crime.
Nostalgia, incomparable nostalgia.
He has been absent from Dongfang City for three years, and finally returned.
The three-year period has arrived, and the dragon king ......
"Remember, you'll be my legal assistant later, understand!"
"Yes, you know, boss, you have the final say."
Alice was arrogant, Zhang Yi nodded, this dragon king is really aggrieved.
Soon, they came to the meeting room of the prison and met with the client, Zhou Ping'an.
Zhou Ping'an, who was wearing an orange prison uniform and had shaved his hair, was escorted by prison guards into the interview room.
He is about 25 or 26 years old, and he looks quite young, but because he is in prison, his face has long lost the vitality of a young man, and the aura around him is also very depressing.
"There is surveillance in the meeting room, every move inside is monitored, we are outside the door, and if there is any movement, we will rush in, so please rest assured!"
After the guard admonished, he asked Zhou Ping'an and Alice to sit down face to face.
However, Zhou Ping'an's face was a little strange after seeing Tracy and Zhang Yi's two Alice followers.
In the previous meeting, he had met Tracey and knew that it was Alice's maid.
But he hadn't seen Zhang Yi, and he felt that Zhang Yi's eyes were a little uncomfortable when he looked at him, like an eagle staring at a chicken.
But soon, Zhang Yi's eyes changed, and the uncomfortable feeling disappeared.
"Lawyer Alice, have you come to see me again?"
Zhou Ping'an looked at Alice, and finally showed a long-lost smile on his face, feeling very happy in his heart.
Because the whole world thinks that he is a criminal, only this beautiful girl in front of him thinks that he has been wronged.
Zhou Ping'an looked excited, and couldn't help but clench his hands, this was his move to his only confidant.
"Zhou Ping'an, don't worry, I will definitely help you appeal successfully!" Alice nodded hurriedly, because this was her first criminal case, and she must be responsible for it to the end.
"Ahem, boss, I suggest that you continue to communicate with the parties, the details of the case need to be understood clearly." At this moment, Zhang Yi coughed as a reminder.
"Details?"
Zhou Ping'an was a little surprised, he didn't say everything he should have said before, why did Alice have to understand it again.
"Just tell me, I think there are still some details of this case that need to be clarified."
However, at this moment, Alice also knows that she is not the main force, and Zhang Yilai has to analyze the details of the case.
Seeing her like this, Zhou Ping'an took a deep breath and began to try to recall the situation that day.
Three months ago, Zhou Ping'an was still an employee of the "Good Taste Hot Pot Restaurant", and he was still a senior employee.
He dropped out of high school at the age of 15 and has been working in this shop for 10 years, from washing vegetables, dishwasher, helping cook to waiter.
And one day just three months ago, Tan, the owner of the hot pot restaurant, invited the employees of the restaurant to his home for dinner, but there was an accident on the day of the dinner, which should be said to be not an accident.
Tan was killed, and the murder weapon was a kitchen knife, and the knife was unexpectedly stained with Zhou Ping'an's fingerprints, so he was regarded as the first suspect.
And because the hot pot restaurant employee who had a dinner party testified that the place where the crime occurred was the kitchen of the boss's house, and there were only two people in the kitchen, the boss and Zhou Ping'an, and the rest were in the living room, so Zhou Ping'an could be said to be the only person who had the time and conditions to commit the crime.
This case is almost 100% ironclad because of the employee's testimony and the fingerprints on the murder weapon.
Zhou Ping'an defended himself, the fingerprints on the kitchen knife were because he was helping the boss chop vegetables, as for how the boss died, he said that he went to a toilet, and when he came out of the toilet, the boss hung up, but unfortunately no one believed it.
The prosecution presented ironclad evidence, but Zhou Ping'an and Alice, the defense lawyer at the time, had no way to refute it, so the jury found him guilty, and Zhou Ping'an became a murderer.
The case is like this, under Zhou Ping'an's statement, Zhang Yi didn't say anything when he heard it.
An ordinary case, although it is a homicide case and a person died, it is still ordinary in his ears.
After finishing the statement, Zhou Ping'an looked at Alice with an excited face: "Alice, you have to believe me, I really didn't kill my boss, why should I kill him, I have worked in his store for 10 years, and my boss and I have always been very good friends!" β
"Zhou Ping'an, don't worry, we will definitely help you get justice, and I will definitely win this appeal!"
Seeing that the person concerned was excited, Alice hurriedly spoke comfortingly.
However, after hearing these words, Zhou Ping'an didn't have many thoughts in his heart, after all, it would be difficult to succeed in the appeal.
"Alice, thank you, only you can believe me, I won't give up, I must prove my innocence!"
"Uh-huh, we believe in you!"
Zhou Ping'an's expression was excited, his expression was sincere, and Alice was also moved by him and nodded.
Seeing this scene, Zhang Yi didn't bother to complain.
A common mistake made by rookie lawyers is to trust their clients too much.
His own boss has stepped on all the thunder that should be stepped on.
"Ahem, Mr. Zhou, I'm Zhang Yi!"
Zhang Yi hurriedly stopped the two from chatting awkwardly here, but instead took Alice's words and came to sit down in front of Zhou Ping'an.
Seeing this, Tracy behind her gradually sharpened her eyebrows.
Because she saw that Zhang Yi was sitting next to her own young lady, this was disrespectful!
However, Alice took the initiative to give up half of her position, so that Zhang Yi and Zhou Ping'an could face each other.
"You too...... Lawyer? β
Zhou Ping'an looked at Zhang Yi with a slight doubt in his eyes.
The person in front of him is wearing a cheap suit at first glance, and the cuffs are washed a little white, is such a person also a lawyer?
"Oh, I'm our eldest lady's attendant, mainly responsible for recording some questions, if it's convenient for you, I'll ask you some details on behalf of our eldest lady, because you can also see that she doesn't like to remember things."
Zhang Yi said, took out a notebook with a pink kitten on the cover, and then began to prepare for the record.
"Okay......" Zhou Ping'an nodded, just as this was Alice's request.
"Okay, let me ask you a few questions at that time, you are in the kitchen, your boss is also in the kitchen, and the other employees in the store are in the living room, what are they doing?"
"They're playing cards, playing cards, it's so loud that I can hear it in the kitchen, and it's ......"
In this way, Zhang Yi asked Zhou Ping'an several questions in a row, and the latter also gave answers.
"So, last question, you really didn't kill your boss, did you?"
This question was asked by Zhang Yi suddenly, and he had just finished the previous question a second ago.
Zhou Ping'an's expression was slightly stiff, but he still shook his head.
"Please believe me, I am innocent, how can I kill Boss Tan, he is a good person, a very good person."
"yes, I see."
Looking at the hysterical screams of the people in front of him, Zhang Yi nodded and ended the question.
Then, he looked sideways at Alice: "Okay, boss, let's leave it at that!" β
"Question, is it over?"
"Yes, it's over."
Seeing Zhang Yi say this, Alice had no choice but to get up and prepare to leave.
"Son, mom has come to see you!"
But just as the three of them were about to leave, a woman's excited voice came from the door.
Hearing this, Zhou Ping'an's face was slightly surprised, while Alice's face changed slightly.
Just under Zhang Yi's gaze, an old woman walked in, and then saw Alice with an angry expression on her face.
"It's you again, I said I don't want you to defend me, what are you still doing, you really want to kill him, get out of here, get out of me!"
The woman, who was Zhou Ping'an's mother, was arrogant when she saw Alice, and even broke out on the spot.
And Alice was a little at a loss when she saw this scene.
Tracy on the side hurriedly dodged in front of her young lady and resisted Zhou's mother's roar and accusations.
Zhang Yi subconsciously shook his head, because the lawyer who lost the case really had no status.
To describe it in one sentence: a lawyer who has no ability, the dog is disgusted when he sees it!