Joshua Daller, who was sitting in the dock, didn't immediately understand the meaning of the gesture. He couldn't understand what was going on, and looked at Gu Yan in a daze.
Until Judge Murray Liu said, "Gu, are you sure you want to give up your opening statement?"
Joshua Daller: "… … …"
He felt his heart tied to the belt of his trousers, and fell to the ground with a snap, and was trampled and jumped a few times. He opened his mouth slowly, his brain already exploded.
Drop the opening statement? ! What are you kidding
He doesn't understand anything profound, but only knows that you have always come and gone in court. If you say five points and I refute five points, you can have the confidence to continue arguing. As a result, his lawyer gave up the round as soon as he came up? !
The people behind the court who came to the trial with their documents in their hands remained silent for five seconds, and suddenly there was a "humming" discussion.
The opening statement is not that they cannot give up, but that they have never seen such a practice in their limited listening experience. After all, if you give up a round, you will lose a chance to convince the jury and the judge.
"Silence!" Murray Liu tapped the gavel.
The court was quiet again, and Murray Liu looked down at the defense table.
Gu Yan nodded: "OK."
In the surprised eyes of the audience, only Yan Suizhi was relaxed and approving.
He once gave some advice to the students a long time ago. He said: "When the judge or jury members themselves are inclined, it is meaningless to smash opinions on them like a speech. Maybe you say it with impassionedness, but the effect is often counterproductive. If you presume a result, it is difficult to accept contrary remarks, especially if you don’t like to be persuaded. Even if you make sense, they will refute you one by one in their minds. How to say... This is probably also a kind of saying The rebellious mentality that comes when it comes.”
Rather than smashing the other person into acceptance with a conclusion, throw a lead and let them come to that conclusion themselves.
What do you think of yourself, how can you use others to persuade
Just like now, with a judge like Murray Liu, in an uncontrollable place like Wine City, giving up the opening statement is an excellent defense strategy.
To some extent, it will even cause another kind of rebellious psychology in some people - the more you don't say it, the more I want to hear it.
Retreat as advance and defense as offense.
Maybe Gu Yan's move was not influenced by what Yan Suizhi said back then, but Professor Yan Da was still very pleased.
The emperor, who had a swollen leg and hung the curtain, turned the electronic pen in his hand, and typed an "A" on the blank page he had just created in front of him.
Because Gu Yan gave up the opening statement, the process of the trial was pulled into the next round in an instant.
The prosecution's lawyers began to call the corresponding witnesses one by one according to the evidence clues.
The first person to stand on the witness stand was no stranger to Yan Suizhi and Gu Yan.
It was a tall man with a scar on his face, which made him look a little fierce.
Joshua Daller in the dock widened his eyes. He thought he had read it wrong, and rubbed his eyes twice with the back of his hand, but the face of the man in the witness stand remained the same.
"Witness Mr. Fix Gore." Murray Liu read out the other party's name, "47 years old, ID number is W11992661882."
Fix nodded. "It's me, Your Honor."
"Standing on the witness stand means that you also need to take an oath first." Murray Liu asked slowly: "This court requires you to take an oath, and you will do everything you know. What you said is purely true and has nothing to hide."
Fix nodded: "I swear."
Although Joshua Dale was extremely surprised by the appearance of Fix, Gu Yan and Yan Suizhi were not surprised, after all, they had seen the evidence presented by the prosecution at the pretrial conference. It turned out that the prosecution was not completely idle while they were busy gathering new evidence, and they added several pieces of evidence against Joshua Daller, including one in Fix's taxi. The picture recorded by the driving recorder.
"Lu," Judge Murray Liu told the prosecution's lawyer, "you can start your questioning."
The prosecution attorney nodded, then turned to Fix. His round was a direct questioning, in order for the witness to present the facts he wished to be presented in the process of answering the question, the target audience, of course, was the jury.
"Fix Gore?" Lou nodded at him, "Are you the neighbor of the defendant, Joshua Daller?"
Fix: "Yes, I'm Joshua and Kitty's neighbor to be exact."
Lou brought up an overlook map on the huge holographic screen in the courtroom and marked the three rooms, "This is Joshua Dale's house, this is Kitty Bell's house, this is where you live? "
"Yes, that's right."
Lu: "How often do you see Joshua Daller?"
Fix: "See you once or twice a day."
"Familiar?"
"familiar."
"How is the relationship?"
"Occasionally do a little favor."
"Does he help you or do you help him?"
Fix hesitated. "He's still young."
The subtext is "I'll help him more, but he's still a kid after all."
Lu Yuguang glanced at the jury, then continued to ask, "Are these videos captured by your dash cam?"
As he said, several videos were called up on the holographic screen, and the videos were automatically played in blocks. The date of each video was different, but the content was the same. Either Joshua Daller was climbing over the wall, or he had already squatting on top.
"Is this the wall of Kitty Bell's house?"
Fix nodded: "Yes."
"Why is your car taking pictures of this?"
"This is not actually my car. I drive for the owner, only at lunchtime and at night. He will drive the car to the entrance of this alley and wait for me to hand it over." Fix said, "That alley is very It's hard to turn around, so I always take a turn in this road and go out on the other end. Often I'll stop for a while in the clearing in front of Joshua and Kitty to finish my unfinished meal, or take a sip. Sober up with a cigarette and drive out."
Lu thought for a while and asked, "How long have you been doing this?"
"It's less than a year."
"So these are just the parts of the year that you photographed at noon and dinner time?"
Fix thought for a moment. "I think so."
This means that there may be more than that.
Lu asked some more details related to the video.
Fix answered one by one.
Then Lu suddenly said: "How is the relationship between Joshua Daller and Kitty Bell's grand-nephew Chester Bell?"
Fix said: "Not very good."
"Have you seen them arguing?"
"In fact, I even had a fight." Fix thought for a while. "These two children are not suitable for staying together. There will always be conflicts when they meet, but they are good when they are alone."
"Did Chester Bell get into an argument over Joshua Darler over the walls of his house?"
Fix: "I haven't seen it, I think Joshua will avoid the time when Chester is at home."
"So you mean that Joshua Daller knows better about Kitty Bell and his grand-nephew's schedule?" Lu tentatively ticked the sentence.
Gu Yan suddenly raised his finger at the judge and said in a low voice, "Objection."
When questioning, leading questions should not be asked. Once asked, the other party has the right to object, and the judge should also rule that the objection is valid and prevent the witness from answering such questions.
However, Murray Liu's ass is crooked, "objection is invalid."
Gu Yan's face was calm, and he didn't even lift his eyelids.
Yan Suizhi, who was sitting at the back, turned the electronic pen in a circle, and was pressed against it again with his fingertips. He was also not surprised by this judgment, after all, this Murray old bastard Liu was not the first time to do such a thing.
"Did you see Joshua jumping over the wall on the night of the 23rd?" Lu asked.
"No, I wasn't in the car at the time." Fix said, "I picked up the car and parked it at the old place, and went back to my house to finish my half-eaten dinner. I didn't see the process. The video was taken by the recorder itself after the car was locked."
Lu: "Why did the video stop abruptly after 10 minutes of shooting?"
Fix said: "The energy is out."
Lu Qiqi88 asked some scattered questions, enough for the jury to extract a few pieces of information from all of Fix's answers - Joshua was very familiar with the work and rest of the Bell family, enough to accurately grasp the timing to commit the crime. Shua and Chester had a very bad relationship. On the night of the 23rd, Joshua turned into the yard of Kitty Bell's house within the possible time frame of the incident.
Generally speaking, when a lawyer asks a question, the witness's answer can be expected. A lawyer who is good enough can completely control the witness's answer within the scope of the effect he wants, and he will not ask less or more questions at all.
"I'm done asking." Lu took the jury's response in his eyes and nodded to Judge Murray Liu.
Murray Liu turned to Gu Yan: "Gu, you can start questioning this witness."
As a result, Gu Yan raised his hand and said coldly, "I have no problem."
Murray Liu: "… "
Everyone in the courtroom: "..."
Joshua Daller: "..."
Did I hire a fake lawyer? This lawsuit is not going to be fought anymore...