The Highest Bounty

Chapter 17: My brother is a senior lawyer

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In a breakfast shop, Gu Ding just took the first bite of the fried buns he just bought, when he heard the voice of the Sea Emperor.

"I just intercepted the information from the prison. The guy named Prison said that he has evidence that you helped the interstellar pirate Kane escape from the Seablue Star prison. He just applied for an arrest warrant from the federal court, and the police are already on their way. "

"Are you sure all the evidence has been destroyed?" Gu Ding raised his eyebrows, without showing any panic, and stuffed the remaining half of the fried bun into his mouth.

"It was completely destroyed, you can rest assured about this." Neptune replied with certainty, "I guess the evidence they said is likely to be the two fugitives you saw when Kane left. According to the prison The database shows that there are currently three criminals at large, and those two guys are not among them. They should have been arrested and they should be regarded as witnesses. However, according to federal law, only witnesses are not enough. That guy has 9% The probability of thirteen is to deceive you and make you plead guilty. After all, ordinary people are directly escorted to the federal court and told that there is evidence to prove the criminal facts of this person. In order to reduce punishment, there are also people who plead guilty voluntarily. Quite a few, and this is also the usual method of their business."

"I see." Gu Ding picked up the second fried bun without haste.

It took a few minutes to stuff all the fried buns left on the plate into his stomach. Gu Ding went to the front desk to pay the bill, but secretly complained in his heart that today's fried buns were a bit overcooked and harder than usual.

The apartment that Guding lived in was left by his father who adopted him, and it happened to be across the street from the breakfast shop. There is nothing special about this house, just an ordinary dwelling. After returning to the room and turning on the TV, Gu Ding waited patiently. After a short meeting, sirens whistled approaching.

Several police cars galloped into the community and stopped outside Guding's apartment. A group of well-trained police officers got out of the car in full gear, apparently targeting the apartment where Gooding lived.

"They are here." The Sea Emperor reminded.

"Got it." Gu Ding also heard a rapid knock on the door at this time.

Opening the door, Gu Ding's eyes fell on the headed policeman, "Who are you looking for?"

"Are you Guding?" The police officer in charge didn't seem to expect Guding to be so young, but he had never seen a juvenile delinquent before, and the suspicion in his heart quickly dissipated.

"Yes, I am Guding." Guding naturally knew the purpose of these policemen.

"Come with us!" The leading police officer waved, and a group of police officers with live ammunition behind him immediately surrounded him and pointed their guns at Gu Ding, for fear that he would make any moves.

Guding spread out his hands, indicating that he did not pose any threat. "I asked to see the warrant."

The leading man frowned slightly, and Guding's reaction was completely unexpected. He bowed his head on his watch and sent the electronic version of the arrest warrant to Guding's public mailbox.

The so-called arrest warrant is actually an electronic document with the seal of the federal court, which describes the relevant information of the criminal suspect in detail, and usually lists the criminal evidence.

The reason Guding wants to read this is to know what information the federal court currently has. At a glance, the column of criminal evidence reads "not yet submitted", and the column of the applicant for the arrest warrant is a name that Guding is familiar with - Presen.

"This guy really came to Seablue Star." Gu Ding raised his eyebrows slightly, and stretched out his hands very freely, "Okay, I'll go with you."

By convention, in order to prevent suspects from escaping, magnetic energy handcuffs are used to restrain suspects. Seeing that Guding was so proactive, a group of policemen were a little surprised.

The leading police officer did not embarrass Gu Ding. Usually, his hands are handcuffed behind his back, because the suspect's range of movement is limited in this way, and he can be restrained better. The police officer just cuffed Guding's hands and let him put his hands in front of him. One may be that considering his young age, he is not a big threat, and another factor may be that he is more cooperative.

Guding was sent to the head of the police officer's car with his head pressed.

There was a faint smell of woody spices in the car. Although Gu Ding didn't know what brand of perfume it was, it shouldn't be cheap. The interior of the car is very clean, even the windows are spotless. It is obvious that the owner of the car is a person who pays more attention to the quality of life. The only decoration in the car is a three-dimensional photo frame, which shows a man holding a little girl by the hand.

Seeing this, Gu Ding raised his eyebrows and made a preliminary judgment on the sheriff's personal life, "Divorced? Widowed? Or is the child adopted?"

Gooding and Reid have known each other for so many years, and they are more or less affected by some of his bad reasoning habits, which make him pay more attention to some details and make his own judgments than ordinary people.

About twenty minutes later, the car escorting Guding arrived at the federal court.

Gooding is like a felon, being sent to federal court by a group of heavily armed police officers.

There were not many people who came to hear the trial, and there were only eight people in the jury. They all looked awake, as if they were here to make up the number.

The plaintiff's lawyer is a middle-aged man with a serious face, wearing a black suit and a blue tie. Seeing Gu Ding present, he just raised his head slightly, then looked down at the information in his hand, his expression didn't seem to be relaxed.

As for Prison, he was not there yet. Guding guessed that he should be putting on airs on purpose and would not come until the end.

However, Gu Ding also noticed that, as the defendant, he did not even appoint a defense lawyer to assist him in court this time. He immediately asked, "Your Honor, I should be able to hire a defense lawyer for myself, right?"

The other party's lawyer immediately said, "The trial is about to start, if your lawyer can arrive before the case is closed, we have no objection."

The judge glanced at the lawyer, a look of dissatisfaction flashed in his eyes, and then he explained slowly, "It is possible, I was going to send an assistance lawyer, but I have asked more than a dozen lawyers, and they are all busy recently. other cases."

"I just found out that Prison sent a threatening letter to the judge 20 minutes ago, not allowing him to notify any assistance lawyers, otherwise his son will be sentenced to 20 years in prison." Sea Emperor The voice suddenly came.

"It's okay, I know a lawyer, we can have a normal court session, and I will let him arrive as soon as possible." Gooding nodded at the judge.

"Then you can contact me yourself, anyway, the court has not yet started." The judge could only suggest this.

Gooding found Reed's name on the communicator, and dialed it.

"Hey, it's early in the morning, what's the matter?" Reid obviously didn't wake up, and his voice revealed a lazy taste. "Don't tell me you're standing in front of my house with a box of fried buns in your hand..."

"I remember that you seem to have passed the bar exam a few times. Have you obtained the certificate?" When Gu Ding said this, the judge was taken aback, and a look of disdain obviously flashed across the face of Presen's lawyer.

"What do you mean by taking the exam several times? Do you know how many levels there are in the lawyer's qualification certificate?" Reed immediately retorted when he heard the words. From Guding's words, it sounded as if he had failed the exam several times. He once again showed his talent for talking, and explained, "Lawyer qualification certificates are scored from low to high, trainee lawyers, junior lawyers, intermediate lawyers, senior lawyers..."

"Hey, I'm just asking if you have a certificate. Do you want so much nonsense?" Gooding interrupted Reed. He knew that if he didn't stop him, he might not be able to finish talking until the court session.

"Why are you asking this?" Reid couldn't help asking.

"I'm in federal court right now, being charged with releasing a bounty offender."

"Isn't today April Fool's Day?" Reed turned his head and glanced at the calendar.

"Come here quickly if you have a certificate. If you don't have a certificate, find a lawyer you know and come here quickly. The court will be held at nine o'clock sharp." Guding guessed that the other party should have a lawyer's certificate.

"Oh, come here right away, I'll have breakfast first. Don't be afraid, I'm the only senior lawyer on Planet Aquamarine, so you'll be fine." Reed hung up the call while talking.