Monday, January 28th. Brooklyn postponed the morning trial and waited in the inner court for Walter to arrive with the members of the Scorpion team.

He introduced Walter and the others to Bob, and put Bob in charge of docking with Scorpio, and then hurried to the court with the dossier materials.

Bob needed to stay with Scorpio to brief them and explain their needs, so Brooklyn temporarily asked Ray to play a role as his judge's assistant.

Ray didn't feel anything, and he followed Bob's example and stood by and shouted

"Please all stand, e. . Court Y.9 is now in session, presided by the Honourable Judge Brooklyn Lee. Brooklyn had a strange look in her eyes.

He originally planned to let Ray be his judge's assistant, but he ended up killing Bob halfway, and after using it for a while, he found that Bob was also very good...... After all, this is the first time Ray has done 'the job that belongs to him'.

Brooklyn shook his head, put away the mess of thoughts, and began to confirm that the parties were in court and ready for trial.

On the other side, NYPD headquarters. Anne Aldington, the eucalyptus of the Angus, almost did it with David.

From getting the search warrant to finding the map, from arresting the lawyer to interrogating him separately from Julie, it took a busy week to finally get results.

Although the lawyers have insisted on not pleading guilty, they have obtained important confessions from Julie. Thanks to Anne's efforts, Julie also agreed to appear in court as a tainted witness to testify against the lawyer.

After consulting with the murder team, Anne Aldington decided to immediately file an indictment in state court and wait for the case to be processed, while they could continue to investigate the case and unearth more evidence.

Waiting for a court to go to court while investigating can be a huge time saver. This is a new regulation made by the new boss of the District Attorney's Office, Chandler Kane, to improve the efficiency of the District Attorney's Office and clear the backlog.

In the office of the murder team, Anne Aldington finally checked the indictment and relevant evidence materials, and after confirming that there were no problems, she packed them into a file bag and prepared to go to the court to file the indictment.

"Wait." David stopped Anne, glanced around the office, and nodded to Pol, who was in relatively good spirits.

"Pol, you take Prosecutor Anne to the courthouse." Anne glanced at Pol, whose eyes were dark and his hair was greasy and shiny, and shook her head in refusal.

David was worried that she would be too tired and have an accident driving, but Bol wasn't much better than them. Driving to the state courthouse, Anne handed over the indictment to the judge on duty according to the procedure, checked the several eucalyptus courtrooms she was following, and found the clerk to discuss whether she could put them in the front row.

Recently, Chandler overhauled the District Attorney's Office, requiring prosecutors to be more efficient, with each prosecutor being able to close at least seven cases per month.

Seven cases may not seem like much, but it is to be taken into account on the part of the Tribunal. Prosecutors have time, judges don't necessarily have time, judges have time, courts don't have time.

The days of waiting for the court are very difficult, and it is not easy to get on the line, and you have to go through court defenses again and again, and even dozens of court appearances are even necessary for troublesome cases.

Seven cases are really a lot! During the Wood Webster period, the average number of eucalyptus cases per person per month was 4.

But don't forget that the District Attorney's Office at that time had a mythical figure like Ben Stone, and Wood Ward was later transferred.

The number of eucalyptus knots per month for each of them is an admirable existence. Everyone's life is not easy.

Anne Aldington had to plead to move her piece forward. Unfortunately, she doesn't have many connections in the state courts, and the judges' time is very tight, and the order of the trial is not just changing.

If only all indictments could be filed with e.. Y is fine. Disappointed, Anne thought of Brooklyn and muttered in her heart.

Just as she was about to leave, the clerk who had just left returned.

"Wait, Annie." The clerk hurried over and dragged Anne to the inner court.

"Judge Regulus is looking for you." Anne was a little baffled. Judge Regulus, she knows, is an old judge, who is said to be very soft-hearted and has a very lenient sentence, and is deeply loved by the majority of defendants.

Polar opposite of someone who was blown out as a Themis.

"The indictment has been assigned to Judge Regulus?" Anne thought for a moment, figured out the joint, and asked.

"Hmm." The clerk glanced at Anne and nodded in acknowledgement

"Judge Regulus had some doubts about the indictment." When have state courts become so efficient?

Anne Aldington wondered in her mind. Less than half an hour has passed since she submitted the indictment, and the indictment has already been assigned to the judge!

However, Anne was relieved to think that it was Monday, and that she had come just in time for the judge on duty to distribute the indictment.

But the thought of Angus falling into the hands of Regulus still made Anne feel bad. Regulus was known to be a forgiving elder, and his gentle personality made him very easy to like, as opposed to his punishment in court.

Whenever the defendant expresses remorse or repentance, Judge Regulus usually opens up and gives the defendant a chance to mend his ways.

The lawyer is then good at acting, and there is a good chance that Judge Regulus will be deceived by the lawyer and let him go.

Anne was thinking in her mind, and before she knew it, she had arrived outside the door of Judge Regulus's office. The clerk gestured and turned away.

Anne pushed the door open and saw an old man with snow-white hair looking through the file with glasses.

The old man had a kind face, and the criss-crossing wrinkles on his face added a bit of the generosity of an elder to him.

Hearing the movement at the door, Regulus looked up and got up with a gentle smile.

"You're Anne Aldington, come, sit." Regulus beckoned Anne to sit down, poured her a cup of coffee, and then slowly resumed the coffee with his own cup, grumbling

"I had already suggested to them that I get a coffee machine, and this thing is almost the same age as me." Judge Regulus didn't have a good idea, took his coffee, took a sip as he walked back, and shook his head

"This old guy is really ruining my coffee beans."

"Taste, this is what I brought back from a trip to Brazil last year." After graciously inviting Anne to taste his coffee, Regulus spoke to himself

"It's just two different flavors from what I taste at home." Putting the coffee cup down, Regulus put his glasses back on and said kindly

"Prosecutor Anne, I'm calling you here because I have a few questions about this case."

"Please be considerate of me, old fellow, if I were your age, I might not need your help to figure out the logic behind this." He knocks on the indictment, and then you point to the coffee machine and joke

"But I'm older than the old fellow. It's a bit of a lake. Anne Aldington took a sip of her coffee, smiled and complimented, and nodded

"Say it." This is a procedure in which the court has doubts about the indictment and considers admissibility. Normally, it is necessary for both the prosecution and defense to be present, the judge to ask questions, and both sides to answer.

However, there are also situations like now, such as when the judge has a personal relationship with the plaintiff or the defendant, and will conduct informal Q&A in advance.

Anne was often treated like a lawyer favored by a judge.

"Okay." Regulus nodded, smiling like Santa Claus

"First of all, this girl named Julie Angus. She is the murderer of the Angus couple and the executor of the murder plan. Her words don't seem to be proof, do they? Anne straightened up and replied

"That's right, Your Excellency Judge Regulus, although she is the murderer, but we believe that in this case, she and the lawyer are complicit in the conspiracy, and the lawyer manipulated Julie Angus to commit the crime."

"It doesn't have to be so formal." Regulus waved his hand

"You can call me Regulus." Seeing Anne nod, Regulus muttered

"How did you identify this lawyer?" He paused, then continued

"Bobby Singer is manipulating Julie?"

"I'm sorry, I'm not questioning you, but there doesn't seem to be any evidence in the indictment you filed to support this inference other than Jolie's testimony."

"But we have to consider that Julie is the real murderer of the crime, and it is possible that she will slander in order to get away with it." Anne wasn't surprised.

Regulus is right that even if he passes and accepts the indictment, Bobby Singh will still raise it at trial.

"We searched his home for the location of the eucalyptus and the analysis of the entire road. There is also a plan analysis of simulated accidents. Anne got up and flipped the indictment to the appropriate page after Regulus nodded in approval.

Regulus lowered his head and looked at it seriously. He looked slowly, and didn't raise his head until ten minutes had passed.

"You have a point." Regulus groaned, looking a little uncertain

But the other party can also say that it is just his hobby. Don't you have more direct evidence? For example......" He thought for a moment and slowly flipped through the indictment before he spoke

"According to your indictment, it doesn't seem that this Bobby Singh is the first time he has committed a crime, and you didn't find anything like a ledger in his home?" Anne shook her head

"I'm sorry, Regulus, we didn't find it." Regulus thought for a moment and said again

"Oh, young people nowadays like to use computers, maybe his ledger is in the computer. Have you looked for it? Anne shook her head again.

"Or you can sue Julie Angus first." Regulus suggested

"First of all, Jolie's criminal conduct will be put on trial. Investigate Bobby Singh slowly. Anne thought about it, but she rejected it.

If she does, Julie may retract her confession, invalidate the testimony that is the only real point to her lawyer, Bobby Singh, and potentially characterize the Angus as Julie's mastermind.

Once the case is so characterized, lawyer Bobby Singh is likely to get away with it. Anne explained her concerns, and Regulus patted her head, a little annoyed that she hadn't thought of it.

He then suggested that Anne check Bobby Singh's relationships and involve Bobby Singh by digging up previous grievances.

"We've looked into it." Anne said, shaking her head

"Bobby Singh's network of relationships is simple, and nothing at all has come to fruition. Although we also thought he was a repeat offender, unfortunately we were not able to find the previous one. Regulus had an undisguised look of disappointment on his face.

He slowly closed the indictment.

"Ana, forgive me for being cautious, but the evidence you submitted was not sufficient, and even if I reluctantly accepted it, you would not even survive the hearing."

"Your chain of evidence is too trivial." Instead of returning the indictment to Anne, he put it in a drawer.

"So be it, Annie. I'll keep it for now, and then you will continue your investigation and submit a new indictment when you have solid evidence. ”

"Remember to mention my name to the judge on duty when you file a new indictment, and assign it directly to me."

"I'll help you keep your spot. As soon as there is a new indictment, we will open the court immediately. With that, he blinked

"How?" Regulus's offer, Anne was impressed. Although Regulus did not accept it, the questions he raised were not deliberately difficult, but within the scope of normal doubts, and he promised to help Anne allow time to go straight to the trial process as soon as she had new evidence, without waiting for a trial.

This can be said to have given Anne a great convenience. Normally, when she files a new indictment, she needs to recalculate the time for the trial.

Regulus's operation is equivalent to calculating the time of filing the indictment, and directly arranging the case to the convenience of holding a trial at any time as long as the evidence is available.

This arrangement is actually no different from Anne and the murderous team while waiting for the court to investigate. After thinking about it, Anne felt that she couldn't ask too much.

But thinking of the state of staying up late in a row of the fierce eucalyptus group, she was a little unwilling. Anne tried to make a last-ditch effort, but Regulus shook her head and smiled kindly at her refusal.

"Don't embarrass me, old fellow, Annie. For God's sake. Regulus spread his hands innocently

"You are not a newcomer, you should understand that judges can't do whatever they want." Anne had no choice but to give up.

"Wait, Annie." Regulus stopped Anne, who was leaving, and slowly got up and rummaged through the cupboard for a long time, and took out a wooden box half the size of a palm.

"This is the kind of coffee beans we just tasted, you take it back and try it."

"I'm sorry I couldn't help you, Annie." Seeing Judge Regulus so sincerely, Anne was even a little ashamed of her excessive request.

She hurriedly refused. But Regulus insisted that she take it. Anne could only accept the small box of coffee beans and leave under the smiling gaze of Regulus.

Sitting in the car, Anne patted her forehead with some annoyance, stared at the box of coffee beans placed in the passenger seat for a while, and called David to inform him of the situation.