Miao Xingsan prepared sharp knives and other tools for committing crimes, and Lan Yongfei prepared community access control cards for him, as well as mobile phones and bearer mobile phone cards for single-line contact, and paid Hu 100,000 yuan in cash in advance.

Two days later, in the evening, Lan Yongfei learned that Ren Mengyuan was going to have a banquet for friends, and she would come back very late. Miao Xingsan ambushed Lan Yongfei's downstairs in advance according to Lan Yongfei's arrangement.

In the early hours of the morning, it was raining lightly, and Ren Mengyuan drove back. Just as she got out of the car tired and was about to run into the door of the building in the rain, Miao Shengsan, wearing a baseball cap and a raincoat, quickly leaned over to Ren Mengyuan with a knife from behind, and stabbed her in the left back.

Ren Mengyuan screamed after being injured, and ran to the gate in a panic, Miao Shengsan chased after him, and it happened that two patrolling security guards ran after hearing the sound, and Miao Shengsan fled the scene when he saw that the situation was not good.

The assassination was unsuccessful, Lan Yongfei was very angry, Miao Xingsan was in urgent need of money and didn't want to give up this opportunity to make money, so he repeatedly explained that he was careless.

Lan Yongfei told Miao Shengsan that since he was stabbed last time, there is now a driver escorting Ren Mengyuan upstairs every night, so that Miao Shengsan must see the opportunity to do it, and don't miss it again.

Miao Shengsan promised that he would not miss again, but the difficulty of the matter increased, and the cost needed to be increased. So Lan Yongfei once again instructed Miao Shengsan to kill Ren Mengyuan, and promised to add another 100,000 yuan to Miao Shengsan after the matter was completed.

A week later, at about two o'clock in the morning, Ren Mengyuan, accompanied by the driver Yu Chongjie, got out of the car and walked to the door of the building. When Ren Mengyuan walked to the elevator, the door of the stairwell opened, and Miao Xingsan rushed out of it, stabbed Ren Mengyuan in the chest and back several times with a knife, and stabbed Yu Chongjie, who turned back to prevent him from committing the murder, twice in the chest and abdomen, causing Ren Mengyuan to die and Yu Chongjie to be seriously injured.

After hearing the shouts outside the door, the residents on the first floor called the community security guard and called the police. After that, Miao Xingsan was caught by the police in the process of escaping.

After being arrested, Lan Yongfei, the third general of Miao Province, confessed.

The Intermediate People's Court held that Lan Yongfei and Miao Xingsan intentionally and unlawfully deprived others of their lives, and their actions constituted the crime of intentional homicide. Verdict:

1. Defendant Lan Yongfei committed the crime of intentional homicide and was sentenced to death and deprived of political rights for life.

2. Defendant Miao Shengsan committed intentional homicide and was sentenced to death and deprived of political rights for life.

After the verdict was pronounced in the first instance, Lan Yongfei appealed, claiming that he did not hire Miao Shengsan to kill people, and that the public security officers used methods against him.

Subsequently, Wu Dashao found Lan Yongfei's family, who also wanted to re-entrust a lawyer to conduct the second trial, so he came to Sidley Law Firm with the materials.

"When I first saw the case file, I still had a glimmer of hope, after all, the defendant Lan Yongfei did not directly participate in the killing, except for Miao Shengsan's evidentiary confession and Lan Yongfei's two guilty confessions during the investigation stage, there was no other direct evidence to confirm the fact that Lan Yongfei hired Miao Shengsan to kill people, and the defendant Lan Yongfei retracted his confession at the beginning of the trial and denied all previous confessions.

Moreover, although the investigating authorities obtained some circumstantial evidence, it was difficult to establish a clear connection between Lan Yongfei and Miao Xingsan's murder. Zhou Ying said.

"Then why did the court of first instance sentence the defendant to death?" Yun Qiao felt that since Zhou Ying said so and the court sentenced the defendant to death, this case would definitely not be as simple as it sounded.

"Later, after reading all the case files, I found the problems inside.

First, the available evidence in the case can prove that the defendant Miao Shengsan was the murderer, which is beyond doubt, and Miao Shengsan also admitted to the murder.

Second, it is difficult to prove whether Lan Yongfei hired the three elements of Miao Province to commit murder. But the police have done a lot of work and found some evidence, and any crime will not be seamless, and there must be clues in some inconspicuous places, such as this case:

1. According to Miao Shengsan's confession, without Lan Yongfei's help and cooperation, he would not have been able to complete the crime, which is embodied in:

(1) Miao Province's third claim was that Lan Yongfei secretly identified the victim Ren Mengyuan to him on several occasions. Relevant evidence also shows that Miao Xingsan did not know the victim Ren Mengyuan before, and there was no hatred or hatred between the two parties, Miao Shengsan lacked the motive to kill the victim Ren Mengyuan, and without Lan Yongfei, Miao Shengsan could not know the victim Ren Mengyuan, and could not accurately identify the target of the crime.

(2) Miao Xingsan confessed that Lan Yongfei informed him of the whereabouts of the victim Ren Mengyuan, and called him on the night of the crime to inform him of the late return of the victim Ren Mengyuan.

Lan Yongfei's mobile phone call records also show that the victim, Ren Mengyuan, had called Lan Yongfei in the evening. If it weren't for Lan Yongfei, Miao Shengsan would not have known about the late return of the victim Ren Mengyuan on the day of the crime.

(3) Miao Shengsan confessed that it was the access control card of the community and unit door provided to him by Lan Yongfei, and arranged for him to lurk in the stairwell and wait for the opportunity to commit the crime. Due to the closure of the on-site unit door, if there is no access control card provided by Lan Yongfei, it is difficult for Miao Shengsan to enter the community and the unit door. Moreover, the surveillance video of the community also shows that Miao Shengsan entered the door of the unit alone, not by borrowing others to enter and exit.

(4) Miao Xingsan confessed that Lan Yongfei provided him with the circumstances in which the driver drove the victim Ren Mengyuan upstairs and the order in which the driver and the victim Ren Mengyuan walked, and asked him to do something to the victim Ren Mengyuan who was walking behind after the driver passed.

The driver's escort of the victim Ren Mengyuan was a new situation after Miao Shengsan's first crime was missed, especially the walking sequence of the driver and the victim Ren Mengyuan, if it was not provided by Lan Yongfei, it would be difficult for Miao Shengsan to grasp.

The above confessions of Miao Xingsan describe in detail and completely the fact that Lan Yongfei hired him to kill people, showing that Lan Yongfei was the link between him and the fact that the victim Ren Mengyuan was killed. Zhou Ying explained.

"But this is Miao Xingsan's unilateral confession after all, and it is difficult to determine the guilt of the defendant Lan Yongfei based on these alone, right?" Yun Qiao tilted his head and thought about it, and said.

"Well, if it's just this evidence, I can take this case and try it.

However, the corroborative relationship between Lan Yongfei's previous confession and other evidence can further confirm the murder committed by the three departments of Miao Province who were employed by Lan Yongfei. The specific performance is as follows:

1. Lan Yongfei's guilty confession and Miao Xingsan's confession and other evidence are consistent in some details.

Lan Yongfei made two confessions of guilt at the beginning of the investigation stage, and some landmark details can corroborate each other with Miao Xingsan's confession, and the credibility is relatively high. The specific performance is as follows:

1. Lan Yongfei's confession that he instructed Miao Shengsan to take the victim's bag after committing the crime and disguised robbery and murder is consistent with Miao Shengsan's confession.

2. The plot of Lan Yongfei's confession that he and Miao Xingsan stepped near the scene two days before the crime is consistent with Miao Shengsan's confession and the surveillance video around the scene.

2. Lan Yongfei's confession of guilt contains details of the crime that are difficult for outsiders to grasp, and all of them are confessions before evidence, and the probative force is relatively strong. Specifically:

1. Lan Yongfei's motive for committing the crime was that he first confessed and was later corroborated by the evidence in the case. Miao Xingsan did not know the real reason why Lan Yongfei hired him to kill the victim Ren Mengyuan, and the public security organs did not know the specific reason why Lan Yongfei committed the crime. Zhou Ying said this, and Yun Qiao interrupted her.

"Then what was the real motive of the defendant for committing the crime? Isn't it empathy? What a hatred! Yun Qiao asked curiously.

(End of chapter)