"Lawyer Du, is it possible for my son's case to be reversed?" In the Jetta car, Guan Jibao asked with tears on his face, hugging his daughter-in-law Zhang Shuilan, who was looking dull.

"It can be appealed, but I think ...... Not too much hope. Du Yong hesitated, but still said what was in his heart.

After listening to Du Yong, Guan Jibao did not speak again.

Guan Jibao and his wife are now living in a relative's house in the next village, and they dare not return to the village for fear of retaliation from the victim's family. After sending Guan Jibao and his wife to their residence, Guan Jibao thanked Du Yong and Yun Qiao repeatedly, and Du Yong drove back to the law firm.

On the way back to the law firm, Yun Qiao asked, "Lawyer Du, do you think Guan Jibao will choose to appeal?" ”

"I think so, but will you entrust us again...... Not necessarily. I don't think there is any hope for the second trial, just go through the procedure. Du Yong was a little entangled in his heart, if the other party entrusted, he would still be the same rhetoric, and the possibility of changing the judgment in the second instance was almost zero, and the lawyer's fee was ...... I feel a little uncomfortable.

Du Yong has a bottom line, he can't open his eyes and say nonsense, knowing that he will lose the case nine out of nine, and still fool the parties that he can win, he can't do this. It is precisely because of this bond that before he entered Fang Yi's team, he was not very good and his income was not high. But then again, it is precisely because of this fetters that he has a bottom line, and his conscience is still there.

Du Yong guessed correctly, after getting the verdict, Guan Jibao was fooled by a lawyer from another law firm in the city into signing the entrustment procedures for the second instance, and asked the court to reduce the punishment on the grounds that the defendant had voluntarily surrendered.

After the trial, the Provincial High Court held that the appellant Guan Jiang's act of killing others because he was discovered by others during the theft and fearing that the matter would be revealed constituted the crime of intentional homicide. After investigation, the arrest issued by the public security organs was confirmed, and when the investigators visited Guan Jiang after the incident, Guan Jiang had scratches on his hands, claiming to have been scratched by a cat, and after careful observation by technical personnel, the cat scratch could not be formed, and Guan Jiang was suspected of committing a major crime.

Defendant Guan Jiang confessed the facts of his crime during the trial, so the grounds of appeal and defense opinions cannot be sustained. The person mentioned is a first-time offender and an occasional offender, and it has been found to be true. Although the defendant Guan Jiang was a first-time offender and an occasional offender, his criminal methods were particularly cruel, the circumstances were particularly heinous, and the consequences were particularly serious, which was not sufficient for him to be given a lighter punishment.

The facts found in the original judgment were clear, the evidence was credible and sufficient, the law was correctly applied, and the sentence was appropriate. The trial proceedings were lawful. In accordance with the provisions of Article 189 (1) and Article 199 of the Criminal Procedure Law and Article 275 (2) of the Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court on Several Issues Concerning the Enforcement of the Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China, it is ruled that the appeal is rejected and the original judgment is upheld.

After the second-instance judgment is announced, the High People's Court shall report to the Supreme People's Court for approval in accordance with law.

After review, the Supreme People's Court held that the defendant Guan Jiang was discovered during the theft, fearing that the matter would be exposed, and that his conduct constituted the crime of intentional homicide. Although Guan Jiang was able to truthfully confess his crimes, had a good attitude in admitting guilt, and was a first-time offender, his methods of killing were particularly cruel, the circumstances were particularly heinous, and the consequences were particularly serious, which was not sufficient for him to be given a lighter punishment. Ruling: Approve the Provincial High Court's Zhong Zi No. 315 upholding the first-instance criminal ruling that sentenced the defendant Guan Jiang to death for intentional homicide and deprived him of political rights for life.

After the first-instance verdict was announced, Guan Jibao did not contact Du Yong again, who only learned about the Supreme People's Court's approval of the Guan Jiang murder case when he was looking for relevant cases in May.

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In the No. 1 conference room of Wanhua United Law Firm, a partner meeting is being held, and all the first-level and second-level partners of the law firm have arrived to discuss the situation of the candidates for the second-level partners.

As expected, after he pushed Fang Yi out of the second-tier partner election, another first-level partner, Mr. Zou, introduced a lawyer Li Fang.

"There are two candidates this year, one is lawyer Fang Yi and the other is lawyer Li Fang, but this year there is only one place to be promoted to second-level partner.

Mr. Fang Yi is familiar to everyone, mainly focusing on criminal litigation, and he is currently a third-level partner of our law firm. Mr. Li Fang, who mainly focuses on non-litigation business, has done well in recent years, and is currently a third-level partner of our law firm.

The introduction materials of the two lawyers have been sent to the partners, you can take a look at the information, put forward your own opinions, and finally let's hold a secret ballot, the old rule, more than two-thirds of the elected. Hua Liancheng, who presided over the meeting, introduced with a smile.

Everyone in the conference room either looked down at the materials or smoked cigarettes and frowned, and no one wanted to be the rafters. In fact, everyone understands that on the surface, the second-level partner is selected, but in fact, it is the infighting between the two first-level partners, Wan Kefa and Mr. Zou, so no one is willing to take the lead in speaking, and it is not worth offending people for no reason.

"I just looked at the profiles of the two candidates, and it should be said that they are both excellent, especially Lawyer Fang, whose reputation in the province is well known, not only in the circle, but also outside the legal circle. There are a lot of people who come here.

Of course, Mr. Li is also a senior lawyer, but from the point of view of fame, Mr. Fang Yi is superior, and if Mr. Fang is promoted to a second-level partner, it will be beneficial to the promotion of our law firm's brand. A bald male lawyer in his fifties said while smoking a cigarette and squinting his eyes.

I don't know if it's smoky, or if he's been too tired to wake up recently, anyway, he just can't open his eyes, so it's okay, anyway, no one's eyes need to look.

"I think this is a difference, the inch is long, the ruler is short, and the two candidates have their own advantages. Non-litigation lawyers are inherently difficult to be famous, at least not as easily as criminal lawyers.

But we are a law firm and a profit-making organization, so everything has to be based on money, and from the perspective of the income generated by the two candidates, it is obvious that lawyer Li Fang is better. The difference between the two people's income is nearly 4 million, which is a bit big! A lean male lawyer in his forties began to fight back after receiving a hint from Lawyer Zou.

"Speaking of income generation, I took a look at the two clients, and the projects that lawyer Li Fang did last year were basically old clients with high fees, which can be found in our system.

Looking at lawyer Fang Yi again, the cases with the highest fees are all new cases and have no old clients. Therefore, from the perspective of innovation and business development, Mr. Fang is stronger, and I think Mr. Fang is more suitable to be promoted to a second-level partner. A male lawyer with a big square face said casually.

(End of chapter)