Chapter 120: Verbal Battles in the Courtroom
Originally, Taryn wanted to refuse.
But in desperation, the Indians offered him a price that he couldn't refuse.
In the end, he thought about it and lost the lawsuit in the court of the IRS, which is a normal thing, and it is not a shame, so he gritted his teeth and took it!
In the midst of his thoughts, the four of Dietwyn had been brought to the judgment seat.
Chiesa first looked at Dieter and asked, "Mr. Dieter, now you are being charged with tax evasion, plotting an attack on IRS personnel, and absconding in fear of crime...... and other crimes, what do you want to say! ”
Dieter first looked at Tyron before turning his head and saying, "I didn't plan to attack the IRS officers, this was all done by someone else, I don't know!" ”
It can be seen that Dieter has obviously been mentioned.
And the person who brought him up well knew that of his many crimes, only assault on an IRS officer was the most serious.
If this charge can be acquitted, then maybe in his lifetime, he will be able to come out of prison alive one day!
Chiesa asked, "Others?" Who are you referring to? ”
Dieter replied, "I don't know! ”
"But according to the information submitted by the IRS, this is obviously planned by you, and you are the only one who has this motive!"
"I don't know, I didn't instruct it anyway!"
Chiesa's face sank, looked at David who was sitting in the first row, and said, "Then in that case, please ask the general person in charge of this case, Tax Commissioner David, to come up and make a statement!" ”
David stood up, walked to the courtroom, and said, "Your Excellency, according to the third page of the fourth document I have submitted, there is a witness testimony about Dieter's assassination, and the witness, the defendant Iman, is here now, ready to testify!" ”
Chiesa flipped through the four documents that David said, looked at Iman again, and asked, "Mr. Iman, as the perpetrator, who instructed you to assassinate David as the tax collector?" ”
Iman raised his head and said, "Your Excellency, the assassination is what Dieter meant. ”
"You are talking nonsense, I didn't instruct you to fight at all!"
Dieter immediately roared.
At this time, Taryn also raised his palm, signaling that he wanted to speak.
Chiesa said: "Defend the lawyer, please!" ”
Taryn stood up and said, "Your Excellency, as far as I know, Mr. Dieter did not instruct Iman to assassinate the IRS personnel, but someone else instructed him!" ”
"Someone else? Who is it? ”
Taryn turned his head to look at Iman and asked, "Mr. Iman, as far as I know, you have never met Mr. Dieter before, and you have a close relationship with Virginia, is this assassination operation instigated by Virginia!" ”
As soon as they heard this, the people at the scene finally understood.
It turned out that Dieter's side was going to put the charge of assassination on his subordinate Virginia!
And everyone also focused all their eyes on Virginia's face, but found that although his face was gloomy at this time, he didn't say a word, as if he had already predicted this result.
Of course, foreknowledge is impossible, and humans don't have such abilities.
The only explanation is that they had colluded before!
Chiesa looked at Iman and asked, "Mr. Iman, is what the defense lawyer said true?" ”
Iman was speechless for a moment.
Because it's true that as Tyronn said, he's only been playing under Virginia before and hasn't seen Dieter.
Therefore, even if he knew that Dieter had instructed this, as long as Virginia did not admit it, then he had no direct evidence to prove it.
In the end, he could only look at David, and that look seemed to tell David: I can't do anything about it!
But at this time, David was not in a hurry, he said slowly: "Your Excellency, I would like to invite a witness named Sapier!" ”
"Allow!"
It wasn't long before Sapir was taken out by an inspector.
Seeing his appearance, Dieter's eyes instantly burst into flames, and he became emotional, because he had heard it just now, and Sapir was present as a witness.
In other words, to testify against yourself!
In the midst of his thoughts, Sapir had arrived at the witness stand.
Chiesa asked, "Mr. Sapir, please explain your identity first!" ”
"Your Excellency, Judge!"
Sapir first glanced at Dieter with a jealous gaze, then looked at David, and finally organized a few words, saying: "I am the lawyer of the Dieter Crime Group, and I am mainly responsible for helping Dieter with money laundering and avoiding legal issues in the group......
Chiesa asked, "That is, you are a high-ranking figure in this group?" ”
"Yes, Your Excellency!"
"And what do you have to testify about Dieter's alleged assassination of IRS personnel?"
"I was there when Dieter was about to assassinate him, and I heard with my own ears that it was Dieter who instructed Virginia, and Virginia finally found Iman......"
"You bastard, you betrayed me, I'm going to kill your damned Sapir!"
Before Sapir could finish speaking, Dieter on this side directly became furious, looking like he was dancing with teeth and claws, if it weren't for the inspectors in front of him to stand up left and right, maybe he would have pounced directly.
"Bang Bang Bang !!"
Chiesa picked up the gavel and struck it three times, and scolded: "Silence! Defense lawyer, is there anything to add? ”
Taryn was silent.
He didn't know about Sapir at all, and Dieter didn't seem to tell him last night that Sapir would testify in court, so he was a little caught off guard now.
After all, Sapir is a high-ranking figure of the Dieter Group, and he heard the assassination at the scene, and with this testimony, he can't overturn it anyway.
Of course, in the end, the time was too short.
If this case can be given him ten days and half a month to study slowly, then maybe he can find some points to refute.
But now he has only been given a night's work, and with so much evidence and human evidence from the IRS, even if he is an immortal, he has no skills to recover.
"Since there is nothing to add, the crime of assassinating the IRS personnel is established!"
Chiesa flipped through another document and continued: "Mr. Dieter, now charge you with the second count, tax evasion!" ”
"According to the information submitted by Tax Commissioner David, he has frozen more than 1,500 funds in your account, in addition, in your warehouse, nearly 3 million in cash, as well as some drugs, what do you want to say?"
Dieter didn't reply, but Taryn raised his hand to stand up and replied: "Your Excellency, the frozen accounts do not belong to Dieter's name, that is, there is no problem of tax evasion, and in addition, the so-called warehouses and seized drug cash also do not belong to Dieter's name, so I think this crime should not be established!" ”
Here, David gave Sapier a look.
Sapir immediately understood, and then raised his hand and said: "Your Excellency, those accounts are the agreements I reached with several wealthy people who have not been publicly bankrupt, and then opened them in their identities, and the actual controller in the end is Dieter, I can testify to this, and in the testimony I gave, there is also detailed information on the process of opening an account......
Chiesa on the stage looked through the information, nodded in approval, and finally looked at Taryn and said, "Defense lawyer, what do you want to add!" ”
Taryn's face turned pale, and he replied, "There may be discrepancies in the account, but the cash and drugs in the warehouse have nothing to do with Mr. Dieter!" ”
With Sapir's testimony and the information submitted, he knew that it was impossible to refute the account.
So he can only try to clear some charges, even if he doesn't get a good result, but at least he has to let the Indians see that he came to the court, and he did his part to take the money!
This time it was David's turn to raise his palm, and he said, "Your Excellency, I think I need to ask a few more witnesses to come up and make a statement!" ”
"Allowed."
Soon, three more people were brought in.
And these three people are none other than Baldwin, Byron, and Gustav.
"Damn, Baldwin, Byron, Gustav, are you three bastards going over to the IRS too, okay, I'm Dieter mistaken of you dogs!"
Seeing the appearance of these three people, Dieter, who was already irritable, looked a little more hideous in his eyes and face.
The three of them did not dare to look at each other, and when they came to the witness stand, they lowered their heads, and they did not speak until Chiesa, who was on stage, reminded them to state their identities.
"Your Excellency, my name is Baldwin, and I am one of the key members of the Dieter criminal group, and my duty is to manage a part of the drug trade and processing for him, and the No. 1 warehouse seized by the IRS this time is the scope of my management."
"Your Excellency, my name is Byron, and I am also the backbone of the Dieter crime syndicate, and my duty is to manage the drug trade for him, and Warehouse 2 is my territory."
"Your Excellency, my name is Gustav......"
Hearing the statements of the three of them, Chiesa on the stage asked: "Okay, since you all prove that you are the backbone of Dieter's command, then tell me whether this warehouse is related to Dieter!" ”
Baldwin was the first to speak: "Your Excellency, Judge, we are all under the leadership of Dieter, of course this warehouse is related to him, generally our process is like this, first buy drugs from drug dealer organizations, transport them back to the warehouse for processing, and then distribute them to the 'dealers' below, and then they go to the field controlled by Dieter to sell, and finally the profits are handed over to Dieter......"
"Your Excellency, the operation model of the area I manage is similar, first ......"
“……”
In the following time, the three of them expounded their testimony separately, from the purchase of drugs, to processing, and finally to the distribution of profits, a complete gray industrial chain was presented to the ears of everyone at the scene.
Chiesa looked at Taryn and asked, "Defense lawyer, is there anything to refute?" ”
Baldwin and the three of them explained the whole process so clearly, how else could Taryn refute it, he could only look at Gal and the others who came to the auditorium to observe, and shook his head slightly, indicating that he had no choice but to do his best!
"Okay, in that case, Mr. Dieter, your tax evasion charge is confirmed, and as for absconding for fear of crime, I don't think I need to elaborate too much!"
Yesterday's incident shocked the whole country, and the IRS armed forces went into the Indian tribes, and it was only then that Dieter was found out.
Therefore, as long as the first two charges are true, then the article about absconding in fear of crime is like what Chiesa said!
"Next, the suspect Twin Omaha will be tried on the main charges of tax evasion, armed confrontation with the IRS, and harboring!"
Chiesa looked at Twin and said, "Mr. Twin, what do you have to defend against you in this court?" ”
His son's charges have been confirmed, and how can Twin himself defend himself, but he can only remain silent.
But Taryn took the money in the end, and immediately raised his hand and stood up, defending: "Your Excellency, first of all, I don't agree with this point of tax evasion!" ”
"Under federal law in the United States, Indians have tax privileges, and the Black Tax Act was only introduced on No. 3."
"As an elder of an Indian tribe, Mr. Tewyn rarely interacts with the outside world, and neglects the black tax bill, which is human nature!"
Taryn's rebuttal is reasonable.
If you want to say that the black tax bill has been out for a year and a half, that's easy to say.
But now that it's been less than two months since its launch, who knows that such a bill exists, except for politicians, public servants, and those who follow the news in the market?
It's negligent, but it's normal!
Chiesa nodded, agreeing with Tyron's statement, and then looked at David and said, "Tax Collector David, is there anything to add?" ”
"Your Excellency, why did Dieter flee back to the Indian reservation, and Twin, who is his father, don't you know why?"
"Since he knows the reason, it proves that he knows about the black tax bill, and we also went to the reserve police the day before yesterday to give a warning, so subjectively, this is tax evasion, there is no doubt about this!"
David's words are also reasonable.
With Dieter's case making such a big fuss and Dieter running back on the reservation, doesn't Twin, as a father, know that his son is in conflict with the IRS because he doesn't want to pay taxes?
Since Twin knew, and the IRS came to the door to warn him first, the subjective consciousness of tax evasion can be regarded as solid.
David added: "Your Excellency, on page 2 of Document 6, there is detailed information about Mr. Twin's ill-gotten proceeds......
Chiesa immediately flipped through the papers, and after reviewing them for a few minutes, he turned to Taryn and asked, "Defense lawyer, is there anything to add?" ”
Taryn's throat squirmed back and forth, and finally he didn't continue to dwell on this issue, but changed his words and said: "Your Excellency, it was Dieter who took the initiative to return to the reservation, and as a father, no matter what crime his son committed, protection should be deserved, this is human nature, according to federal law, this should not be counted as a cover-up!" ”
In the legal system of the United States, this kind of behavior is not actually promoted.
There have been many cases where the son was probably acquitted because of the crime, and the father provided a lot of help to the son, and in the end, the father was still acquitted.
In the end, the judge gave the explanation that the law should not be greater than love, and as a father who protects his son because of this kind of love, he should not be blamed or punished by the law!
This also shows the human touch of the law!
And now Taryn has obviously grasped this rule, so as to refute the charge of covering up.
"Your Excellency, it is true that the law should not be greater than the circumstances, but it also depends on the specific extent."
"If Twin is simply shielding his son, that's nothing, the point is, he bought arms and armed the young warriors of the tribe against the IRS, which almost caused our IRS to lose an Apache!"
"Such a frenzied act cannot be summed up in two simple words, and it should be sanctioned!"
Hearing David's words, Chiesa nodded, looked at Taryn and said: "Defense lawyer, shielding refers to helping Dieter escape, or evading the IRS inspection, but Twin is arming young people against the IRS, this is not only a cover-up, but also a cover-up to violently resist the law, therefore, your claim is not valid!" ”
"This ......"
Taryn choked on, not knowing what to answer for a moment.
In this way, under the testimony of human and physical evidence, the charges against Twin and his son are basically ironclad and cannot be refuted.
Chiesa then went on trial against Virginia and Iman.
Seeing that Twen and Diet's charges have been decided, Virginia naturally has nothing to refute, and it was soon confirmed as well.
As for Iman, because of the agreement with David, he didn't need to be tried at all, and he pleaded guilty directly.
So far, the four main members of the Dieter case have all been tried.
Then everyone's hearts were lifted, for they knew that the time of this climactic judgment was coming!
(End of chapter)