Brewer Manson's eyes crossed the five rows of seats and always fell on Yan Suizhi.
Yan Suizhi was neither familiar nor completely unfamiliar with the eldest son of the Manson family. In the past, they had two direct encounters, once at a cocktail party of an old lawyer's group, and the two touched wine glasses once. Once, in a case about a judge, when collecting favorable evidence for the client before trial, the two exchanged a few scenes.
Even in such a shallow intersection, it is obvious that Brewer Manson not only looks like George Manson, but also has a completely different personality. He is a troublesome person best not to mess with.
Although Yan Suizhi was facing Gu Yan, out of the corner of his eye he paid attention to Brewer Manson's movements.
This kind of subtle difference, Gu Yan, who has come out recently, can perceive it.
"Who are you looking at?" Gu Yan looked down at him slightly.
Yan Suizhi, "Bruel Manson, he's been looking over here. Mr. Gu, do you look like a teacher? According to normal circumstances, you should comfort the intern who was kicked out."
His voice was so low that no one else could hear him. From a farther point of view, it seems that he is really rambled because of nervousness, but he is afraid of being heard by others in the courtroom...
Anyway, in short, the hell pretends to be quite similar.
Gu Yan, who was nearby, was even more impressed by Professor Yan Da's acting skills, and replied, "Under normal circumstances, I would not have any interns at all."
Also, some people open their mouths, Teacher Gu, shut up. Isn't it too natural for Teacher Gu to speak
Yan Suizhi made a "tsk" in dissatisfaction.
Gu Yan looked down at him, and after a while he suddenly calmly said: "This is just a court trial, no matter what the result is, your test score here is always full marks." He raised his hand and patted his shoulder.
Yan Suizhi: "..."
When he said this, Gu Yan's voice was neither loud nor low, just enough for Brewer Manson behind him to listen. After he finished speaking, he didn't look at Yan Suizhi again, and just tilted his head to straighten the light brain and the seat, preparing to sit down on the seat.
In the process, his eyes met with Brewer Manson.
"Lawyer Gu." Brewer Manson nodded at him and greeted him in a polite but not warm voice.
Gu Yan also nodded, "Mr. Manson."
"I didn't know that this defense attorney was actually an intern of Attorney Gu." Brewer Manson added.
"No." Gu Yan denied it very succinctly, "Accurately speaking, he is Mr. Moore's intern, I'm just here for a few days."
Brewer Manson smiled very lightly and politely, and he couldn't tell what he thought about this sentence, but Yan Suizhi and Gu Yan knew in their hearts that this sentence made him at least half of it. Heart.
As for the other half...
Brewer Manson went straight to the point again and said: "Last time I said that if I have the opportunity, I must invite Lawyer Gu to taste the new wine from the winery. Why don't you accompany the intern to Lyra Star and take the time to drink it? There's always time for a glass of wine, right?"
When he said this, he smiled politely, but the meaning implied in the words was worth scrutinizing.
According to regulations, defense lawyers and defendants are not allowed to meet victims and their relatives at will, in order to avoid coercion and other situations. Brewer Manson wouldn't be clear about this, but he said lightly that he wanted to meet Gu Yan for a drink. It's just to emphasize that Gu Yan is not a defense lawyer, so don't confuse your identity and interfere.
It was not the first time for Gu Yan to deal with him, and he understood what he meant as soon as he heard it. However, Gu Yan's temperament is there, and his answer is still lukewarm: "Actually, I have just arrived in Tianqin these two days, if I hadn't had to take a look at the trial, I might still be signing at the Second District Magistrates' Court. table."
This remark also expresses two meanings, one is that he has no international time to accompany the intern at all, and the other is that he just came to listen to the court trial as a courtesy. All in all, he didn't have the time or interest to help the intern handle this case, and the intern handled it independently.
The heart of the other half of Brewer Manson was also relieved.
He said to Gu Yan, "Okay, don't embarrass you anymore, I'll definitely spare some time next time. My bottles of wine are still waiting for you."
"must."
Not long after, the judge and the prosecution attorney also arrived.
Judge Yan Suizhi was not impressed, but Gu Yan briefly reminded him behind him—
This half-grey-haired Judge Luther still has a little "kinship" with Gu Yan and Yan Suizhi. He was also a lawyer at Decaman Southern Cross Law Firm when he was young, but after ten years of practice he changed careers to become a judge. .
"Luther is still in contact with a barrister in the firm, because they were students at the same time, and the relationship is not bad." Gu Yan said, "Later, there were a lot of intersections in litigation."
Lawyers and judges are seldom particularly close, but not without connection. After all, they all used to study the Fa. Maybe they were classmates, teachers and students, or alumni. In some cases, they would avoid suspicion, but they would not avoid suspicion everywhere.
In order to gain a little innate advantage in litigation, some lawyers will try their best to have a good relationship with the judge, and regularly hold a cocktail party to get along well. Even if you don't do this, after many years of cases, there will always be some kind of friendship.
Yan Suizhi was not surprised to hear Gu Yan say this, and asked casually, "Oh, is that so? Which barrister's friend is this?"
Gu Yan: "Hobbes."
Yan Suizhi: "..."
He was speechless for a moment, and asked Gu Yan with a smile, "Is this a habit of not forcing people to give 0 points? You can't find anyone who can give 100 points to save the field at this time."
Gu Yan: "..."
He leaned forward slightly and planned to say something. Hearing that Yan Suizhi brought out the "100 points" who had taken the wrong medicine, he sat up straight again and leaned back on the chair.
"Can't even mention it?" Yan Suizhi raised his eyebrows, "Don't be so stingy, what did you want to say?"
Gu Yan still had no plans to speak.
Yan Suizhi wanted to laugh, "Okay, you can be angry. Hobbs's friends are nothing. The judge of the third district criminal court is not very crooked, thanks to the good atmosphere of the justice that year."
Mentioning this, Gu Yan glanced at him.
Regarding the senior justice of the Tianqin Star Criminal Court, who is famous for being upright and honest, many law schools will casually mention a few words in class, so of course Gu Yan knows it.
Maybe it was just the right thing to say, Yan Suizhi rarely mentioned his personal experience: "The first case I took was in charge of the justice. Before the trial, I looked at him and smiled at him out of politeness. He smiled, but he was expressionless, and thanks to him, I didn't get nervous at all in the first trial."
No more nervousness after that.
Gu Yan actually showed some interest in this casual thing, and asked, "Why?"
"Because the justice didn't change his expression the whole time, he didn't move, so I kept wondering if there was something wrong with his facial nerves."
Yan Suizhi is a person who runs on people and can't distinguish between enemy and me. He has a kind of "look at a little fool" smile to others, and the same is true when talking about himself when he was young and vigorous.
For some reason, Gu Yan's expression was a little weird. He looked at Yan Suizhi for a moment, then calmly raised his chin towards the small door not far away, "Go to your pre-court meeting."
Yan Suizhi smiled, stood up, and entered the side room attached to the courtroom together with the judge and the prosecution lawyer.
Like many times, the pre-court meeting was still a streamlined process, and soon, the three of them came out of the side room and returned to their respective seats. Defendant Chen Zhang was also brought in by the bailiff.
Every time he appeared, he looked more haggard than the day before. His face was full of stubble, and his whole body showed a pessimistic meaning of giving up resistance.
Obviously, when he met the day before, his spirit was not so bad, and he didn't know what he was thinking about that night. He thought of himself as if he had eaten a gun.
Yan Suizhi lifted his eyelids and glanced at the dock, and was immediately blinded by the frustration of his client, and without hesitation, he withdrew his gaze.
Chen Zhang in the dock actually saw it when he glanced at it.
Chen Zhang also wanted to give his defense lawyer a little response, but now he really can't keep his spirits up. The closer he gets to the trial, he feels that his hope is slim, and this bad situation is caused by himself, and he is extremely annoyed.
At the same time, he felt guilty about his lawyer. Originally, it was very difficult for an intern to win a lawsuit, and he might even make a fool of himself because he was too nervous to appear in court for the first time. difficulty level.
"I won't blame you if I lose..."
Chen Zhang looked at Yan Suizhi's figure and said so in his heart, but his stiff and trembling fingers betrayed him.
For his mental state, there are people in the gallery who like to hear it.
The assistant beside Brewer Manson whispered: "Looking at the coach's doomsday face, you can imagine how desperate the defense attorney is."
Brewer's eyes didn't move, "I don't care, but of course the intern can't make any waves."
In fact, although they didn't have direct contact with Gu Yan and Yan Suizhi, they still knew that Gu Yan was being examined by a first-level lawyer a few days ago, and that he went to the second district as soon as he arrived at Tianqin Star. Asking Gu Yan half-truth before was just a reminder.
"What if that lawyer Gu just wanted to intervene?" the assistant said again.
Brewer Manson glanced at him, "Remember how he comforted the intern before? 'No matter what the outcome', this is basically a tacit consent. Of course, it is not excluded that he told us."
Assistant: "Then—"
"But don't forget..." Brewer Manson said, "He has just passed a round of review by a first-level lawyer and is about to enter the publicity period. He has passed the round that needs the most edge, and during this time he needs to The only thing to do is to be safe. No smart person would choose to take a controversial case during the publicity period and get involved in something that could easily cause trouble.”
The assistant nodded, and immediately understood more meaning, "Indeed. According to this, when his intern received this case, he had a headache more than anyone else."
What is the safest way to handle the George Manson case
Of course, it is to stock the intern, let him argue boldly, and then lose logically. The sentence that should be sentenced and the case that should be closed, everyone is happy.
Brewer Manson didn't look at the intern again, his eyes fell on the dock, he snorted a moment later, and said softly: "My dear brother George is still lying in the hospital, waiting for the court to give him justice, who is it? And don't even try to take the accused away from here..."
when-
Judge Luther had a steely face and solemnly knocked down the gavel.
The buzzing chatter in the auditorium below the court stopped abruptly, everyone sat upright, and the entire courtroom was silent.
The carefully selected members of the jury entered the venue one after another in this silence. Under the leadership of the jury leader, they swore to uphold justice in accordance with the court procedure.
"Defendant Chen Zhang, ID number 11985572, whose residence is at No. 19 Zhangshu Street, District 3, Tianqin Star. He was employed by the Hardmont Diving Club at the time of the crime and was a diving instructor." The judge spoke very slowly. The words were all bitten very clearly, and in this kind of environment, it was very serious. Even the people who were listening could feel the pressure, not to mention the people sitting in the dock.
When the gavel rang, Chen Zhang trembled uncontrollably, looked at the judge with empty eyes, listened to him read all the information, and then asked with a stern face, "Is the information wrong?"
Chen Zhang shook his head, "No."
"It's you?"
"Yes."
The judge confirmed the information of the victim George Manson again, and the prosecution confirmed it for him.
"Okay, then it's your time, gentlemen." Judge Luther nodded to the prosecution and defense seats, and then said to the prosecution lawyer: "Mr. Budd, you can start your opening statement. already."
Bud looks about the same age as Gu Yan. As one of the several dedicated lawyers of the Manson family, he has a natural sense of superiority, not a derogatory meaning. This sense of superiority makes him seem to have a domineering effect, which is not a bad thing in court defense, especially when the opponent's lawyer is not strong enough, it is easy to occupy a psychological superiority. At the same time, it will also give a signal to the jury that his claim is well-documented and the facts are clear, so he can be so justified.
Bud stood up and nodded at the judge, and at the same time cast a smiling look in Yan Suizhi's direction.
It can be understood as the sympathy shown by seniors to inexperienced juniors.
"Okay, Your Honor. At 1:12 a.m. on December 5th, Lyra Star Time, Mr. George Manson was found unconscious in the bathtub of his suite. He was injected with H32 sleeping pills, a total of three, this dose is enough. The common sense of killing an adult male is well known. The police conducted a thorough search and inquest of the scene, forming a clear and complete chain of evidence. The big screen is our evidence catalog."
Budd cast the evidence catalog on the courtroom's holographic screen, big enough for the jury to see.
"Existing evidence shows that Mr. Chen Zhang rolled down from the window sill of the room on the second floor on the evening of December 4 and sneaked into Mr. George Manson's suite. With the advantage of his eyesight, he did not bump into the debris scattered in the room and was not alarmed. The service personnel and security guards outside the door entered the inner room and injected the above-mentioned sleeping pills into Mr. George Manson, who was drunk in the bathtub, and used three full of them knowing the lethal dose..."
Chen Zhang in the dock lowered his head and rubbed his cheeks vigorously. Some of the words Bud said were entirely from his confession, which he recorded himself.
Now every time he listened to a sentence, his heart throbbed, and if he could, he would simply want to block his hearing and not listen to a single word.
Bud was eloquent and calmly said a long paragraph, briefly listing the general story of the case and the evidence. During this period, his eyes would occasionally fall on Chen Zhang, and more often on the judge and Yan Suizhi.
For this case, he has nothing to worry about. This is a standard "procedure case" - the result can be known in advance without a court session, and a court session is just a walk through the established process.
He has too many advantages, in terms of experience, evidence, and even the strength of the victim's family... And what about the other party? All are disadvantages.
When he was very bored before, he even imagined what would happen if he was Chen Zhang's lawyer? But after only two seconds, he gave up on the subject, because there was no value in thinking. He believes that any lawyer will choose to make a guilty defense in such a situation, so as to obtain leniency in sentencing for the client.
Trainee lawyers should be more like this, there is no doubt about that.
But even if it is a guilty defense, he will not let the other party succeed, and ten faces can't afford to lose this person.
"… Above, we have decided to charge Mr. Chen Zhang with intentional murder." After Bud finished speaking, he nodded to the judge and sat down.
He took care of the hem of his lawyer's robe, put on a polite smile that was almost perfect, looked at the defense table, waited for the young intern to speak, and prayed in his heart: God bless this young man, don't be in the The courtroom shakes too clearly.
Judge Luther turned to Yan Suizhi and said word by word, "Mr. Ruan Ye? You can start your opening statement."
When Yan Suizhi stood up, he let out a sigh of relief, which seemed to everyone to take a deep breath to relieve tension.
Gu Yan: "..."
After spitting out that pretentious gas, Professor Yan Da's acting peak is over. He lightly pulled the sleeve of the lawyer's robe, smiled at both the judge and Bud, and said, "The opening statement will not take up too much time, I will only say one sentence, I maintain that my client, Mr. Chen Zhang, is innocent. ."
Bud: "????"
Brewer Manson: "???"