Crazy, You Call This a Trainee Lawyer

Jincheng Building, 25th floor.

The meeting room of Jincheng Law Firm.

Zhang Wei returned again and informed the parties of the deal he had reached with the local prosecutor's headquarters.

"10 months?" Bai Ruoyun looked at Zhang Wei unexpectedly.

This one in front of him, can actually get a 10-month deal from the local prosecutor's headquarters, which is not easy.

Generally speaking, the plea deal of the District Attorney's Office may be relatively easy to negotiate.

But the District Prosecutor's Headquarters is different. They are a group of extremely tough public prosecutors. Even if you reduce the sentence by 30%, it is the same as killing them, let alone halve or even exceed it.

So after hearing the news, Bai Ruoyun walked directly into the meeting room.

"Xiaoting, the prosecution agreed to make a deal, 10 months!"

"10 months in prison?"

Zhuo Xiaoting looked at Grandma Wang, who also looked at Bai Ruoyun.

"I think you can accept it!" Bai Ruoyun nodded with a kind tone.

"But I'm going to jail, isn't it for bad people to go to jail?"

Zhuo Xiaoting still resisted.

Bai Ruoyun enlightened: "But if you don't plead guilty, then you may be sentenced to 3-5 years in prison. In addition to the rumors I heard outside, there is a high probability that it will be the maximum sentence."

"But I haven't committed a crime?"

"The investigation department found the stolen goods and stolen money in your room, and you were preparing to hide the stolen goods at that time, and they got the stolen goods at the same time. It can't be faked at all?"

"It's my brother's stuff, I hid it for..."

"Stop, I've heard that explanation before."

Bai Ruoyun interrupted Zhuo Xiaoting, then sighed, and looked at Zhang Wei at the door.

Her eyes seemed to tell Zhang Wei: I can't persuade this little girl for the time being, why don't you come and think of a way!

Zhang Wei is also helpless, he can't coax little girls either.

Otherwise, the one in the family would have opened up to him a long time ago, how could it be like this, going upstairs every day to be scolded.

"Zhuo Xiaoting, in fact, I should call you the client, but these are not important. What I want to tell you is that your brother absconded in fear of crime, and his 'partners' also fled. In a few days, the investigation department may Will catch them, probably won't, but they need someone to convict now and you are that!"

Zhang Wei said, walked up to Zhuo Xiaoting, looked at her and said:

"If you are finally convicted, it will be the crime of selling obscene materials for illegal profit, and the amount is particularly huge."

"Did you know that the people behind your brother have a complete industrial chain. Their 'study materials' are all imported from abroad, and sold to young students after being packaged. This incident has caused extremely bad effects. According to the feedback from the investigation department, the amount involved by the group behind this is as high as tens of millions."

"Let me tell you, these charges are statutory. Once the charges are established, your brother must be imprisoned for more than 10 years, and the owner of the property behind him is 99% to life imprisonment. There is no possibility of discretion for these charges! And you, as the first defendant in this case, must want to get off to a good start, which means that they will use their utmost strength and mobilize the best resources to ensure that this trial achieves what they want. the result of!"

"Now that I'm saying this, you understand?"

Zhuo Xiaoting stared blankly at Zhang Wei, then at Grandma Wang.

Zhang Wei's words made her look a little flustered, and her expression became more and more excited.

"grandmother……"

Finally, Zhuo Xiaoting fell into the arms of Grandma Wang.

"Lawyer Bai, and Lawyer Zhang, are you really helpless? You are Jincheng!"

Compared to the little girl whose mentality had been broken, Grandma Wang was better. Although her words were a little more serious, she remained relatively calm.

"Grandma Wang, I'm not afraid to tell you that even our Jincheng cannot guarantee a 100% victory in the lawsuit."

"That's right. Only God knows the outcome of the trial. No matter how good a lawyer is, he can only increase his winning rate, making this value infinitely close to 100%, but it's only close."

Bai Ruoyun and Zhang Wei spoke one after another, showing their attitudes.

"I don't think we have the confidence to win this lawsuit, even if we use the family as a tribunal, because we can't predict how many jurors care about the family. We..."

"No!"

Zhang Wei seemed to continue to say something, but was interrupted by Zhuo Xiaoting screaming.

This scream also startled Li Yueqin and Lin Yumeng on the side.

Zhuo Xiaoting broke free from Grandma Wang's arms and yelled at Zhang Wei: "I didn't do anything bad, I really didn't do anything wrong, it's not fair!"

"It's not fair, I didn't do anything, I pleaded not guilty, and I'm not going to jail!"

"But you do intend to hide the stolen goods and money, the evidence from the investigation department..."

"I don't want to go to jail, and I don't want to plead guilty, I'm innocent!"

Seeing that Zhang Wei still wanted to persuade, Zhuo Xiaoting screamed again, her voice was slightly hoarse, but it was full of stubbornness.

"Grandma, you taught me not to lie, I didn't commit a crime, why should I plead guilty?"

"Little girl, it's not what you think, the confession here is actually..."

"No, I don't want to plead guilty, I didn't make a mistake, I'm all here to help my brother, to help my grandma, I don't want to..."

Finally, with a scream at the end, Zhuo Xiaoting bumped away Zhang Wei in front of her and rushed out of the meeting room.

"Xiaoting!" Grandma Wang followed immediately.

"this……"

Zhang Wei got up quickly, ready to catch up.

"Zhang Wei, that's enough, let them go!"

But Bai Ruoyun also made a sound, stopped Zhang Wei, and signaled Li Yueqin and Lin Yumeng to chase him out with his eyes.

When the second daughter also went out, only Bai Ruoyun and Zhang Wei were left in the meeting room.

"Well, this is the daily life of the family department. Children are not like our lawyers. They can accurately weigh the pros and cons and know how to choose."

"Your family department is really great. You actually have to persuade such people every day. I guess I don't have the patience."

"Not all of them. At least in the juvenile courts we go to, there are very few major criminal offenses. Basically, children steal and fight mostly."

As Bai Ruoyun spoke, the corners of his mouth were slightly bitter.

Grandma Wang's grandson was the child she was most familiar with back then. This kid didn't learn well when he was young, and he didn't expect that he is still the same now.

This is the heart of evil is hard to change, from childhood to adulthood!

The grandson has escaped now, but he has harmed his sister and made Grandma Wang frightened.

"Zhang Wei, are you sure about this case? Although I know you are just a newcomer to the criminal team, I have a feeling that you are not a newcomer?"

"Sister Bai, look at what you said, why am I not a newcomer, but I haven't even got a practicing certificate!"

Seeing Zhang Wei's teasing attitude, Bai Ruoyun's depressed mood finally eased a little.

"Okay, you're new, but let's get back to the case, shall we?"

"Didn't you just say that no one can guarantee 100% that they can win the lawsuit, let alone me, the big boss probably can't!"

"That's true!"

"So the only thing I can assure the client is that I will use my best state to deal with every case!"

At this time, Grandma Wang came back with Zhuo Xiaoting. Grandma and granddaughter stood at the door of the meeting room holding hands.

"Lawyer Zhang, Lawyer Bai, we decided not to plead guilty because I believe my granddaughter is innocent!"

Seeing what Grandma Wang said, Zhang Wei was not surprised.

He and Bai Ruoyun at the side looked at each other and smiled, it seemed that this lawsuit was going to be another tough battle.

...

Wednesday, pre-trial day.

Zhang Wei came to the city court early with his friends.

"Zhang Wei, this way!"

When Zhang Wei arrived at the city court, Bai Ruoyun also brought Grandma Wang and Zhuo Xiaoting who was a little nervous.

Beside Bai Ruoyun, there were several female lawyers from the family department.

"They are all here to observe, which can be regarded as cheering for you. Our family department is on the side of your criminal team in this trial!"

"Then thank you, Miss Bai!"

Zhang Wei expressed his gratitude, and then looked around.

"I'll just tell the old man, tell him not to drive here, and honestly squeeze the subway with us, you see we've all arrived, and he's still stuck in the road!"

Seeing that Tie Ruyun didn't have a dojo, Zhang Wei complained.

"Yes, the master is right, the team leader is too stupid!"

Zhang Wei's words immediately aroused Lin Yumeng's agreement, and also made the atmosphere in the world a little more lively.

At least after hearing Zhang Wei's ridicule, Zhuo Xiaoting was no longer as nervous as before.

Bai Ruoyun saw all this in his eyes, secretly said a good trick, and relieved the tension of the client with just one sentence, which is really impossible for ordinary people!

"It seems that the old iron will not come for a while, let's go in!"

Seeing that Tie Ruyun did not show up for a long time, Zhang Wei had no choice but to take the client into the preparation room first to adjust.

the other side.

With the public trial of the case this time, many people from the local prosecutor's headquarters also came.

As the first case with a large impact after the year, and the higher-ups are also paying attention to the outcome of the case, the local prosecutor's headquarters must put on a posture.

As the head of the Serious Crime Division, Zhao Chunming naturally needed to be present.

Also coming were five or six prosecutors from the felony division, and the same number of prosecutors from the misdemeanor division next door.

Then when the prosecutor came, Guo Wufeng would naturally also be there.

Of course, what they sent was also a trump card. Prosecutor Xiao Baihe walked among the crowd with his little follower, Tan Yingying.

As for the aura of the local prosecutor's headquarters, none of the media personnel at the gate of the court dared to approach. They could only keep a distance of two or three meters, waiting for them to stop before starting the interview.

After Zhao Chunming walked to the gate of the court, he scanned the sides and snorted coldly:

"Leave two people and deal with the media, and the others will come in with me!"

The Misdemeanor Division and the Serious Crime Division each left two people to deal with the media, while the rest entered the courtroom without any delay.

Fortunately, the middle court is open this time, and there is enough room, even with the media, it can accommodate dozens of people.

Prepare the interior.

"Court time is coming soon!"

Following Tingwei's announcement at the door, Zhuo Xiaoting held Grandma Wang's hand, and the two looked at each other for a long time.

"Son, I heard from the lawyers today that it's a preliminary trial and you don't need to go to court, so don't be afraid!"

A group of people walked into the court, and countless eyes met on them.

Everyone present wanted to see who the defendant was this time.

When they saw that the defendant was a little girl, some were surprised, some were puzzled, and it was tempting to wonder whether the case was wrong.

However, Zhao Chunming and others from the local prosecutor's headquarters are sitting in the front of the hearing booth, and God is on top.

Guo Wufeng sat next to Zhao Chunming, and when he saw Zhang Wei appearing, his face finally changed.

"Hmph, Director Zhao, as you expected, Jincheng sent this kid!"

"Zhang Wei can be regarded as a bit capable. This case was initiated by my local prosecutor's headquarters, and the ace Xiao Baihe was dispatched. If it's not Zhang Wei, could it be that coward Tie Ruyun?"

"That's true!"

Guo Wufeng nodded, as if seconding the proposal.

Fortunately, Zhang Wei couldn't hear these words, so he led Zhuo Xiaoting to the dock.

Li Yueqin and Lin Yumeng were one on the left and one on the right, accompanying Zhuo Xiaoting.

The defense is seated.

Zhang Wei glanced at the neighbor, and saw Xiao Baihe and Tan Yingying also looking at him.

The two sides nodded to each other as a greeting.

Soon, the judge arrives.

The judge who came this time is also an old acquaintance of Zhang Wei, the judge Wang who was in the Lin Xiao case.

"Judge Wang, a relatively conservative person, may favor the side that abides by the law, that is, the prosecution."

Seeing Judge Wang appear, Zhang Wei felt a little helpless.

The character and style of this judge were not what he expected.

It would be fine if it was Brother Ting Ding, the other party might favor their side.

After Judge Wang walked to the jury box, he glanced at the audience.

"Good guy, so many people are here!"

He muttered something in his heart, and waved to Zhang Wei and Xiao Baihe.

The two looked at each other and could only step forward.

"What's the situation with you two, especially your lawyer Zhang, I heard the news that the prosecution offered you a 10-month condition, why didn't you agree?"

Hearing Lao Wang's question, Zhang Wei spread his hands.

"Judge Wang, you have wronged me. Lawyer Bai Ruoyun and I both suggested that the client accept this condition."

"In fact, I hope the court will record this matter. I did remind my client and even analyzed all possible consequences of the judgment with her. I have fulfilled my duty as a lawyer!"

This is the truth, Zhang Wei has persuaded it, but Zhuo Xiaoting didn't listen at all!

After hearing this, Judge Wang looked at Xiao Baihe again.

Xiao Baihe didn't speak, but he was muttering in his heart.

I have already given the conditions, what do you think I am doing, what does the defendant's refusal have to do with my prosecution?

"Fine!"

Judge Wang understood, but he did not let the two go back, but suddenly shouted to the dock: "Defendant Zhuo Xiaoting!"

Zhang Wei quickly gestured towards the dock, and Zhuo Xiaoting slowly got up.

"Zhuo Xiaoting, do you know clearly that once you are convicted of the crime, you will face a mandatory prison sentence of up to 5 years. No one can change this!"

This question is a bit serious, especially for an 18-year-old girl.

"Yes I know!"

Zhuo Xiaoting nodded in response to the judge's question.

"Then are you aware that the prosecution offered 10 months in prison and reached a plea deal?"

"Know!"

"Since you know, but you refused?"

"Yes!"

When Judge Wang asked this, he narrowed his eyes, and then asked:

"Your lawyer, Zhang Wei, suggested that you accept the prosecution's conditions. Is that true?"

"Yes, but I didn't agree!"

"You disagree?"

"Yes, Your Honor!"

"Okay, I see, you can sit down now."

Judge Wang made it clear, at least he knew the defendant's determination.

Zhang Wei and Xiao Baihe turned their heads, and Judge Wang also looked over.

"Lawyer Zhang, you are not a newcomer anymore, and I know very well that your strength does not match your age. But to be honest, I really want to revoke your defense qualification in this case!"

"Judge Wang, what do you mean? I did nothing wrong, right?"

Hearing what the judge said, Zhang Wei cried out that he was wronged.

"Isn't that obvious, you boy?"

The judge was also speechless, and reprimanded: "You can't even convince your own client. She is still a girl who hasn't grown up yet, but you can't make her accept such an obvious truth. How can you convince me that you can persuade her?" Jury, to believe the impossible!"

After Zhang Wei heard it, he knew it in his heart.

"Judge Wang, I don't agree with your statement!"

"You don't agree? Could it be that I overlooked something, or that your unrestrained questions can help you win 12 qualified jurors, or that your excellent on-the-spot adaptability can invalidate all the evidence submitted by the prosecution. Or maybe Prosecutor Xiao Baihe suddenly fell in love with you and decided to withdraw from this trial?"

"Cough cough cough..."

Seeing that Judge Wang made a joke on himself, Xiao Baihe appropriately "protested".

"Judge Wang, although I don't deny any possibility, what I want to say is that my court claim is because the client says he is innocent!"

"Good guy, Lawyer Zhang, you are also a frequent visitor to our court. You should know how ironic the defendant said this sentence. Can you tell me which defendant will not say this sentence in court?"

"No, Judge Wang, you misunderstood. What I want to say is that I chose to defend her based on my trust in my client, and I rejected the prosecution's conditions."

"Then do you want to use 'I trust the defendant to be innocent' as a defense today?"

Zhang Wei stopped talking, and the judge didn't bother to ask.

"Okay, I hope Lawyer Zhang knows what you are doing, and I hope you can create miracles again, but I am only the presiding judge, and my professional ethics do not allow me to make any decisions that are biased towards one of the parties. It is impossible to influence the jury, I hope you understand!"

As Judge Wang said, he glanced at Xiao Baihe, which meant: I said this sentence specially for you.

Xiao Baihe nodded, expressing his understanding.

"Okay, you guys back off!"

After Judge Wang dismissed the two, they returned to their seats.

"Old Lu, I'm a little tired today, hurry up and let the jury candidates come up!"

Judge Wang greeted the court guards beside him, and began the preliminary trial.

It also heralds the beginning of the pre-trial as the jury candidates enter the jury box and sit down.

And the tense atmosphere gradually permeated the courtroom.

Zhang Wei was sitting in the dock, looking at the hearing booth behind him, but he was a little speechless.

Is this old man stuck on the road?