"I had to go back to the county to deal with some things, so I was driving to the county that afternoon, and suddenly a car came from the opposite side of the road and wanted to overtake, so I hit the steering wheel in order to avoid the opposite car, and I hit a pedestrian on the side of the road." Du Wending said in a dull tone.

"What did you do when you found out you hit someone?" The prosecutor asked.

"When I saw that he was still alive, I carried him to the car and took him to a nearby health clinic. But the doctor said that he was seriously injured and needed to be sent to the county hospital for rescue, so with the help of the doctor, I put him in the back seat of the car and drove to the county hospital.

As a result, I found that he was unresponsive on the way, so I stopped and called him, at first he could still move, and then I stopped several times to call him, and his reaction became smaller and smaller, only breathing remained, and his breathing was very weak, I patted his face and asked him to hold on.

Later, when I stopped and called him again, I found that he was completely out of breath and lying motionless in the back seat of the car.

When I found out that he was dead, I was very scared, thinking that I would not be able to save him if he was dead and I could not be saved by going to the hospital, so I dragged him to the field by the side of the road. Du Wending's eyes were a little straight, and while recalling, he recounted the incident.

"Are you professionally trained as a nurse?" The inspector asked.

"Nope." Du Wending replied.

"Presiding judge, the prosecutor has finished asking." The prosecutor looked at the presiding judge, who was sitting on it.

"Does the defendant's advocate need to ask questions of the defendant?" The presiding judge looked at Fang Yi.

"The defender needs to ask questions." After Fang Yi finished speaking, he looked at the defendant's dock: "Defendant, how did you know that the victim was dead before you dragged the victim to the field?" ”

"I tried his breathing, and there was no intake or out. Later, after dragging him to the field, I observed him for a long time, but he did not react at all, and did not move. So I think he's dead. Du Wending said expressionlessly.

"In other words, you dragged the victim out of the car after you found out that he was dead, right?" Fang Yi asked.

"Yes, I wanted to send him to the county hospital, but there were no more people, so there was no need to send him to the hospital again, I was very scared and didn't know what to do, so I dragged him to the field and drove away." Du Wending explained.

"Presiding judge, the defender has finished asking." Fang Yi said.

"Now that we will present evidence and cross-examine the evidence, do the prosecutors, defenders, and defendants have any new evidence to submit?" The presiding judge looked at the three parties.

"Nope." Tripartite equalization.

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"The third piece of evidence, the on-site investigation record, after the on-site investigation, from the scene of the car accident to the health room, and then to the field where the victim was found dead, the drive was only more than 10 minutes, plus the reception time in the health room, the total time did not exceed 30 minutes.

The autopsy report proved that the victim died of traumatic splenic rupture and hemorrhagic shock with a fracture of the left humerus.

Based on the cause of the victim's death as shown in the autopsy report, combined with the distance between the two locations, the victim should still have vital signs when he was dragged out of the defendant's car, and the victim could not have died within 30 minutes. The prosecutor testified.

"What objection does the defendant Du Wending have to this evidence?" The presiding judge looked at the dock.

"The time the prosecutor said was the time when the vehicle was not moving. But in the process, I stopped the car four times, and each time it took time to observe the victim's condition, so the distance I drove to the place where the body was dumped should be more than 30 minutes, at least about 50 minutes. Du Wending said along the prosecutor's train of thought.

"What is the opinion of the defendant's defender on this evidence?" The presiding judge asked.

"The defender recognized the scene investigation record, but did not accept the prosecutor's inference about the time of the victim's death, and the content of the autopsy report was only the cause of the victim's death, but the presumed time of death was not given, and the scene investigation record could not directly confirm the victim's time of death.

The defense believes that according to the evidence in the case, the total time from the time the victim was hit, to the time when the defendant sent the victim to the clinic for treatment, and then from the clinic to the place where the body was dumped, plus the time when the defendant dragged the victim out of the Mercedes-Benz car and put him in the field for observation, should be about an hour, not 30 minutes as stated by the prosecutor.

In addition, for a person with a ruptured spleen, if he has massive bleeding or heart disease, he or she may be at the end of his life in just one or two minutes. According to the testimony of the doctor at the clinic, it was proved that the victim's condition had deteriorated and he was unable to speak when he was taken to the clinic, indicating that the victim's injuries were deteriorating very quickly.

To sum up, the defense believes that the victim should have died before being dragged out of the defendant's Mercedes Benz. Complete. Fang Yi cross-examined.

The presiding judge frowned and looked at the appraisal report, his brain spinning rapidly. In view of the fact that the time of the victim's death is related to the characterization of the case, the presiding judge has to be cautious.

"Prosecutor, do you have anything to add to the autopsy report?" The presiding judge looked up at the prosecutor.

"We ask the presiding judge to summon Professor Liu Yi, a general expert from a tertiary hospital in the city, to testify in court as an expert witness and give a professional explanation of the time of death of the victim in this case." The inspector said.

In fact, the prosecutor also understood in his heart that the key point in the characterization of this case was the time of the victim's death, so the procuratorate communicated with the forensic doctor before, but the forensic doctor could not give the exact time of death, so the procuratorate contacted an ordinary expert from a tertiary hospital in the city to appear in court, of course, the expert witness appeared in court for free. The time of the experts is still very valuable.

After the expert witness walked into the courtroom, the presiding judge first verified his identity and his relationship with the case, and then informed him that he should truthfully give testimony and that he should bear legal responsibility for intentionally committing perjury or concealing criminal evidence.

The expert witness is then questioned by the party who called for the witness to appear in court (the prosecutor).

"Professor Liu, the autopsy report in this case only stated the cause of death, but did not indicate the time of death, so could you please explain how long it will take for the victim's vital signs to disappear in the case of the victim's spleen rupture?" The inspector asked.

"If it is just a simple ruptured spleen, it is impossible for the injured person to die in a short time." Professor Liu said with a serious face.

"How long do you mean short?" The prosecutor asked.

"It's usually about an hour." Professor Liu replied.

……

Fang Yi listened silently, what Professor Liu said was basically the same as what Director Chen said he had met in the People's Hospital before, which showed that Professor Liu was not lying.

(End of chapter)