Not long after Cao Yongzheng went out, the little girl at the front desk sent Fang Yi an EMS express, which was sent by the Supreme People's Court.

Fang Yi opened it and saw that it was the result of the death penalty review of the Supreme People's Court of Zhong Weican's sole case.

After review, the Supreme People's Court held that lawyer Zhao Jia (lawyer Zhao, the defender of the first and second instance of Zhong Weican's case) successively accepted the entrustment of two criminal suspects in the same case, Luo Shu and Zhong Weican, during the investigation stage of this case, to provide legal assistance, and continued to serve as the defender of the defendant Zhong Weican in the first and second instance stages, which violated the litigation procedures prescribed by law and may affect the fair trial.

In accordance with Article 199 of the Criminal Procedure Law and Article 5 of the Provisions of the Supreme People's Court on Several Issues Concerning the Review of Death Penalty Cases, it is ruled as follows:

1. The Provincial High People's Court is not approved to uphold the first-instance criminal ruling that the defendant Zhong Weican was sentenced to death, deprived of political rights for life, and confiscated of all personal property for the crime of selling and transporting unique goods;

2. Revoke the portion of the criminal ruling of the Provincial High People's Court and the criminal judgment of the Municipal Intermediate People's Court that sentenced the defendant Zhong Weican to death, deprived him of political rights for life, and confiscated all his personal property;

3. Remand to the Municipal Intermediate People's Court for new trial.

Fang Yi was overjoyed after reading the ruling, and immediately called Zhong Weicheng, Zhong Weicheng was excited, and told Fang Yi that he would come over immediately to get the Supreme Court's ruling.

Then Fang Yi called Ouyang Jie to inform him of the outcome of the case, the case was recommended by Ouyang, and now that there is a result, he should be told.

More than half an hour later, Zhong Weicheng arrived at Sidley Law Firm, still carrying the travel bag in his hand. After reading the Supreme People's Court's ruling, he took out the remaining 400,000 yuan in his travel bag and put it on the table.

"Lawyer Fang, you are reliable, and my words count. The 400,000 is yours. Zhong Weicheng pushed the money on the table to Fang Yi and told him that he would have to trouble him in the follow-up case. After the two exchanged a few polite words, Fang Yi sent him out of the law firm.

Fang Yi thought that Zhong Weicheng would come to him again, but who knew that after the people gave the money to express their gratitude, they didn't call or mention it again.

Later, Fang Yi learned from the chat with Ouyang Jie that someone had told Zhong Weicheng that even if Fang Yi did not mail his defense opinions to the Supreme Court, his brother's case would be remanded for retrial, and introduced him to a senior lawyer who is said to specialize in handling unique cases and has a lot of connections with the court to undertake his brother's case. Of course, the fee is not low.

Fang Yi smiled after hearing this, but he was not angry, the woods are big and there are all kinds of birds, let him go!

At 9 a.m. on 15 September, Deng Junshan's case was heard in the Third Court of the Municipal Intermediate People's Court. There were quite a few people sitting in the auditorium. Deng Junshan's daughter-in-law, Chen Xiaoling, sat in the first row of the auditorium, and she was waiting for the court to open with anxiety at the moment.

"Now for the court investigation, ask the prosecutor to read the indictment." The presiding judge was a big fat man, and he looked like a doorman.

“…… Defendant Deng Junshan had a conflict with his father Deng Lu (died at the age of 63) over issues such as family separation and house building, and then deliberately murdered him.

On the night of the crime, Deng Junshan sneaked into Deng Lu's house, and while Deng Lu and Jiao Shangying were asleep, he hit Deng Lu on the head several times with a hoe, and also hit Deng Lu in the eye several times with his fist.

Jiao Shangying was awakened and wanted to get up, Deng Junshan slammed his head with a hoe, knocked him down on the bed, and hit his left arm with a hoe.

After that, Deng Junshan strangled Jiao Shangying's neck and forced him to tell where the money was hidden at home, and robbed him of 3,600 yuan in cash. Deng Lu died on the night of the incident due to severe head injuries caused by blunt object blows to the head, and Jiao Shangying's injuries were minor.

We believe that Deng Junshan's conduct violated Articles 232 and 263 of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China, and that the facts of the crime are clear, the evidence is credible and sufficient, and he should be investigated for criminal responsibility for the crimes of intentional homicide and robbery.

In accordance with the provisions of article 176 of the Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China, a public prosecution is initiated, and a sentence is requested in accordance with law. Complete. The middle-aged female prosecutor read out the indictment in a cold tone.

"Defendant Deng Junshan, did you hear the indictment read out by the prosecutor just now? What crime are you accused? Do you dispute the facts of the crime charged against you in the indictment? What's the objection? The presiding judge looked sharply at Deng Junshan, who was sitting in the defendant's seat.

Fang Yi and Cao Yongzheng on the defense bench listened quietly, waiting for Deng Junshan's statement. Fang Yi's intuition told him that Deng Junshan would definitely retract his confession, for no other reason, when he saw Deng Junshan in the detention center before, the latter did not mention anything about the case, but just blindly said that the person was killed by himself, and his attitude was too abnormal.

"I have an objection, I didn't kill people. The victim was my father, how could I run over and kill him in the middle of the night. Deng Junshan was silent for a few seconds, then raised his head and looked directly at the presiding judge, his tone was very resolute.

As soon as Deng Junshan's words came out, the two female prosecutors in the prosecutor's seat were stunned, and then their eyes were full of doubts and anger. The inspector suddenly realized something.

Fang Yi's heart was relieved, and he and Cao Yongzheng looked at each other and smiled, sure enough.

"The prosecutor may interrogate the defendant about the facts of the crime charged in the indictment." The presiding judge was also stunned, this kind of case of retracting confessions in court is the most troublesome.

"Defendant Deng Junshan, when did you divide your family after you got married?" The female prosecutor adjusted her mind and asked.

"I broke up less than half a year after I got married." Deng Junshan looked at the prosecutor and replied.

"Are you happy with the outcome of the separation?" The female prosecutor then asked.

"To be honest, I was not satisfied, my father was partial, and only gave me two south rooms and some materials to build a house, and I had no choice but to go out and borrow money to build a house, so I had a very stiff quarrel with the family at that time, and it was not until my son was born that our relationship eased. The whole village knew about it. Deng Junshan said lightly.

"What were you doing on the night of the crime?" The female prosecutor continued to ask.

"I sleep at home, and the people in the village go to bed early, and they go to the kang as soon as it gets dark." Deng Junshan replied.

"Can anyone prove that you slept at home on the night of the crime?" The female prosecutor asked.

"There is no one, sleeping behind closed doors, how can it be shown to people. In addition, my mother-in-law fell that day, and I took my daughter-in-law and children to see my mother-in-law, but my daughter-in-law and children did not come back. I was going to help people the next day, so I came back alone after dinner. Deng Junshan said. (End of chapter)