Crazy, You Call This a Trainee Lawyer

Wednesday afternoon.

Old talk about pickled fish, where the shop is located (ruins).

Zhang Wei and Zhao Xiaoxiao came to the scene, only to find that the entire store was burned down, even the store next door was affected.

At present, the area is surrounded by safety belts, and there are field staff guarding nearby.

Who is the field worker on duty, Zhang Wei can only secretly call it a coincidence.

"Father-in-law, why are you here?"

Zhang Wei pretended to meet him by chance, and greeted him with a smile.

"You boy, what are you doing, don't give me a close-up, I'm on duty here"

Xia Donghai looked at Zhang Wei and secretly thought that something bad must happen if this kid appeared.

But it's strange, who is the girl next to this kid, why does she look familiar.

Oh, I remembered, it was Lao Zhao's child next door.

Xia Donghai still has an impression of Zhao Qingyan, after all, the place where he lives originally belonged to him.

"What are you doing here, kid? This is the scene of an arson case."

"Father-in-law, isn't this a coincidence? I happen to be the defendant's defense lawyer, so I came here to take a look at the scene."

"By the way?"

Xia Donghai muttered in his heart, I can't believe this coincidence.

"Forget it, forget it, you can go in and have a look, anyway, the investigation department and the fire department have inspected it, and it's hard to find anything that isn't broken!"

Thinking that it was his son-in-law, Xia Donghai chose to let him go.

Zhang Wei and Zhao Xiaoxiao were able to enter the scene.

The entire store was burned down, and even the structure of the wall was cracked due to the explosion. There were burn marks everywhere on the wall, and some wall ash could be seen falling off from time to time.

"The explosion site is in the back kitchen, go in and have a look."

There was no door in the back kitchen, and the two walked through the burnt passage and came here.

There was still a bit of pungent smell floating in the air, and what I saw was a mess.

Zhang Wei walked to a pile of burnt kitchen garbage and looked at it carefully.

"It seems that some employees are lazy when placing cleaning supplies, things are placed randomly, and there is a lack of effective management."

He touched his chin, looked at the burnt sundries on the ground, and analyzed like this.

Zhao Xiaoxiao also came here, following Zhang Wei's example, touching her chin.

"What do you think is useful?" In the end, she felt that it was a waste of time.

"Second girl, you don't understand. This is evidence against us."

Zhang Wei pointed to the messy burnt objects on the ground, "Employees are lazy when placing tools, which is tantamount to neglecting safety management, which will cause safety hazards."

"Once the prosecution or the insurance company finds that the owner and employees are responsible for the accident, the owner may be prosecuted and jailed, and the insurance company will not pay compensation."

"Insurance company?"

Zhao Xiaoxiao was puzzled, why did this kind of thing involve the insurance company?

"Second girl, you don't have much contact with the society, so you don't know. In fact, when you open a store or a company, you will buy an insurance."

Zhang Wei pointed to the shops around him, and said, "Generally, this kind of insurance is called "corporate property insurance." Get a generous compensation. "

Zhao Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes, a little curious: "How much is it?"

Zhang Wei glanced at the store lobby, and analyzed: "I see the size of this store, and if I guess the insurance amount and compensation ratio, there should be several million, right?"

"Tch, what's so great about a few million!"

Zhao Xiaoxiao looked disdainful when she heard that it was just that.

When Zhang Wei saw his second daughter showing the face of a nouveau riche, he immediately became unhappy.

Your father is rich, and he has never been short of money since he was a child. How can he understand the suffering of the poor.

Back then, I was also poor, worrying about tens of thousands of dollars in student loans.

"Money is always one of the motives for committing crimes, and it is a motive that appears very frequently!"

"Then you mean that someone set fire on purpose for money, cheating insurance?"

Zhao Xiaoxiao's eyeballs rolled, recalling Lao Tan's every move.

"I feel that there is something wrong with the boss. He is short of money. Could it be that he set the fire?"

"But he doesn't have time to commit the crime." Zhang Wei vetoed it.

Although it was the weekend and the store was busy, Lao Tan actually left early to pick up Xiao Zhi and Chen Xiaoyu.

The family had been together the whole time, with ample alibi.

Lao Tan has no time to commit crimes.

"But you're right. The prosecution may ask this question. After all, as the witnesses of the alibi, the credibility of the testimony is too small!"

As Zhang Wei said, he took Zhao Xiaoxiao around the kitchen, but unfortunately, he didn't find any problems.

If there is a problem, the investigation department and the fire department may have found it long ago.

"It's just that the smell is too pungent. If you don't know it, you might think that gasoline was burned here!"

Zhang Wei glanced back at the kitchen, couldn't help shaking his head, and walked out with Zhao Xiaoxiao.

"Let's go, you boy."

"Yeah, I still have to prepare the case. Maybe the case will be opened soon."

"Impossible, this case happened last week, and the investigation has only been done for a few days?"

"Because the person who took over the case is a young man, he probably wants to catch me off guard!"

Zhang Wei and Xia Donghai exchanged a few words, then left in a hurry.

Two hours later, they came to a sports theme park in the city center.

There are people exercising at night everywhere, including night runners, bikers, hip-hop dancers, and some live broadcasters.

Zhang Wei and Zhao Xiaoxiao waited here for a long time, and finally they got someone.

"Chef Wang!"

The person Zhang Wei and Zhao Xiaoxiao came to meet was the chef who was always talking about pickled fish.

The other party's surname is Wang, and he looks in his thirties. He looks like a fashionista in his clothes, not a chef at all.

After the two parties met, Zhang Wei went straight to the point and asked Chef Wang to appear in court.

The latter also readily agreed. It seems that Chef Wang and Lao Tan have a good friendship.

In this way, Zhang Wei's mission today is over.

Evening, Lin Mansion.

Zhang Wei received a notice from the court.

"Oh, yes, I see, the preliminary hearing will start tomorrow morning, and the trial will be available in the afternoon, right?"

"The presiding judge is Judge Liu?"

"Of course I know, Xiao Liu, he is a pretty good young man."

On the other end of the phone, the clerk who informed Zhang Wei was a little speechless.

What's your tone of voice?

I don't know, I thought you were an old lawyer or Judge Liu's elder.

Zhang Wei quickly ended the call, but he showed an expression that he had guessed a long time ago.

"Hou Liangliang, aren't you a little too hasty?"

Zhang Wei muttered, looking forward to tomorrow's trial.

...

The next day, Thursday.

Because today is likely to be a pre-trial + court session, Zhang Wei brought Zhao Xiaoxiao to the city court early in the morning.

Similarly, the prosecution came very early, with a mighty wave of people.

Zhang Wei was also surprised, why every time the opponent was the local prosecutor's headquarters, a group of onlookers came back, didn't this create pressure for them?

I didn't see that every time Judge Liu presided over a case, he was a little nervous when he saw so many people coming down from your stage.

Of course, Judge Liu hasn't arrived yet, and Zhang Wei is also worrying about the judge.

As for why so many people came to the local prosecutor's headquarters, it was naturally because of Hou Liangliang's identity.

He is the son of the chief prosecutor, so they don't have to be there to support him.

Not only that, when Hou Liangliang needed an assistant, Zhao Chunming directly sent the ace Xiao Baihe as his second seat.

This made Hou Liangliang very happy.

But Xiao Baihe recruited Tan Yingying as an assistant, and let Tan Yingying sit next to Hou Liangliang, which made Hou Liangliang unhappy again.

In fact, Xiao Baihe was not happy either. He just didn't like the second generation like Hou Liangliang and rejected him from the bottom of his heart.

They are also in the judicial field. If you look at Zhang Wei, then look at you. You can see the gap between the two by comparing them.

Zhang Wei has no father and no mother, relying on himself to graduate from the Law School of Dongda University, enter Jincheng to work, and become an ace lawyer.

I don't know why, once there is a comparison, Xiao Baihe feels that Zhang Wei is much more pleasing to the eye.

At this moment, both the prosecution and the defense are in place.

The prosecution seat.

"Prosecutor Xiao, what do you think of this case?"

"Looking at the documents, the case should be settled."

"Would you like to give me some advice later and ask me a few questions?"

"No need, senior brother can handle it by himself."

Hou Liangliang was looking for an opportunity to talk to Xiao Baihe, but Xiao Baihe was very perfunctory.

Similarly, Tan Yingying, who was sitting between the two of them, was also a little speechless.

Is it too much for me?

The defense table.

Sitting with Zhang Wei and Zhao Xiaoxiao, and the defendant talking about it.

As for his wife, Chen Xiaoyu, she took Tan Xiaozhi and sat on the witness stand behind her.

"How do you choose people for this case?"

Although Zhao Xiaoxiao is not a defense lawyer, she acts as an assistant.

"It's actually very simple. The focus of the prosecution's attack in this case must be the old negligence at work."

As Zhang Wei said, he patted Lao Tan on the shoulder, "The prosecution will do everything possible in court to prove that even a slight mistake, the slightest slack, may lead to a fire or explosion, and you, Lao Tan, are at fault. "

Old Tan heard the seriousness of the problem, and hurriedly asked: "Then what should we do?"

"At present, my strategy is to plead guilty and try to reduce your sentence as appropriate after confirming your negligence."

Zhang Wei thought about it carefully, and analyzed: "See if you can get the family's understanding, and spend some money to settle this matter. If you have insurance, use the insurance compensation to make up for the loss. This is the best solution at present." .”

"As for the next trial, that's my concern, and it has nothing to do with you."

As Zhang Wei said, he began to analyze in his heart: "We should choose those who don't care about the red tape, the subtleties, or even the rules!"

"Because only such a person will rationally understand your old talk."

"But to let such a person understand you, in fact, there are some difficulties..."

Overall, it's still difficult!

"All rise!"

Following the announcement of the court guard, the young Judge Liu walked into the scene.

He glanced at the prosecution seat and breathed a sigh of relief.

Because the prosecution is not someone he knows, fortunately, there is no difficulty.

But then his eyes swept across the defense bench, and his face immediately collapsed.

Zhang Wei!

As long as it is Zhang Wei's case, Xiao Liu feels that he has to prepare a quick-acting heart-relief pill, otherwise he really can't handle it.

You look at the hearing booth, a row of prosecutors from the District Attorney's Headquarters, it's obvious that they are here to put pressure on me.

Especially the eyes of those prosecutors, they stared at me after I came in, their eyes seemed to be eating people, so scary...

However, Judge Liu took up the courage and walked to the trial seat step by step to take a seat.

"Ahem, now that both the prosecution and the defense are here, let's start the pretrial trial of the fire case at the Food Street of the Wanjiahui shopping mall in the inner ring."

Xiao Liu said, looking at both sides, "Both the prosecution and the defense, please use brief words to state your next arguments in court."

On the defense line, Hou Liangliang took the lead in getting up.

"Judge Liu, and everyone in the courtroom, I think this is a serious negligent death case. The defendant, Tan Zhiqi, caused the death of the cleaner on the night shift because of his negligence at work."

"And because of his negligence, the shop was affected by the explosion and fire, and many nearby shops suffered irreversible economic damage. The prosecution believes that this is the responsibility of the defendant Tan Zhiqi."

"His behavior is simply conniving at the occurrence of fire accidents. His laziness and perfunctory behavior over the years have led to this fire. His behavior is arson!"

When Judge Liu heard Hou Liangliang's words, he was shocked immediately.

"Prosecutor, do you want to say that you want to sue the defendant for malicious arson?"

"No, Judge Liu, you heard me wrong. What I want to sue the defendant is gross negligence causing death. Arson is just a synonym for internal communication in our system."

Judge Liu breathed a sigh of relief, almost thinking he had heard wrong.

If this is to prosecute arson, it will be a big game.

However, he had also heard about this case, and many people in the internal system called it an arson case.

I really hope it's not true!

After Hou Liangliang finished his arguments in court, the defense chair became restless.

"Lawyer Zhang, how long will you be sentenced for this serious negligence that caused death?"

"Generally, it takes 3-7 years for negligence to cause death, and more than 10 years if the circumstances are serious, or even 10-15 years!"

Lao Tan asked a little, but Zhang Wei answered coldly.

Hearing this age limit, Lao Tan couldn't hold back immediately.

"Don't worry, I know how to do it!"

Zhang Wei interrupted him with a wave of his hand, and then got up directly.

"Judge Liu, we choose not guilty plea!"

Straightforward, clean proposition.

"Not guilty plea?"

But Judge Liu was surprised again.

Why do you even have to give me a little moth for affirming your arguments in court?

"Lawyer Zhang, I heard you right, do you want to defend your client's innocence?"

"Yes!" Zhang Wei nodded affirmatively.

"The defense of innocence means that you have to prove that the fire has no direct relationship with your client. Are you sure you want to do this instead of seeking a discretionary commutation under the guilty defense?"

"Judge Liu, we also want to apply for a commutation of sentence, but this was an accident, not a serious negligence that caused death. I think the prosecution made a big fuss, so they chose to plead not guilty."

Judge Liu glanced at Zhang Wei and Lao Tan, "Are you sure you don't want to worry about it, and discuss it with your client?"

Lao Tan didn't say a word, obviously acquiescing.

Zhang Wei also replied calmly: "We have already discussed it, and the client and I have chosen to plead not guilty!"

"Well, since this is the result of discussions between you and the person involved, I have no objection."

Judge Liu announced with a hammer that the arguments of both parties had been finalized.

"Tingwei, let the jury candidates come in."

Following the release of the court guards, the jury entered and took their seats one after another.

On the prosecution's seat, Hou Liangliang did not move.

Zhang Wei waited for a while, and when he saw that the other party hadn't moved for a long time, he got up directly.

Since the prosecution doesn't ask questions, he will.

"Ahem, I would like to ask the jury, do you like drinking tea?"

The jury looked at each other, and many nodded.

"It doesn't matter if you don't like tea, you should have friends or family members who like tea, right?"

Many people nodded their heads, which is true.

"Then I don't know if you have heard of the rules of drinking tea, such as when the host pours tea, as a guest, you must respond politely?"

"In my opinion, saying thank you every time you pour tea is very long-winded, and it feels unfamiliar to the guest of honor. Therefore, tea drinkers invented a guest etiquette called "knocking hands." "

When Zhang Wei said this, he paused for a while, and then said in popular science: "What is the hand-knocking ceremony? There are also seniority and age. Different age groups have different hand-knocking salutes.!"

"For example, if a younger generation pours tea for himself, point his index finger at the table to express his gratitude; if his peers are pouring tea, put his index finger and middle finger together, and lightly tap the table to express his gratitude; Knock down on the table three times with the fist and the center of the fist, expressing disrespect, this is also the highest kowtowing ceremony, everyone understand it?"

Among the jury, many people looked at each other in blank dismay.

This is the first time they have heard of this hand-clasping gift.

"Then I would like to ask everyone, when you drink tea, how many people will use this hand-clasp gift, please raise your hand?"

In the jury, only a few people stretched out their hands.

"Then may I ask how many of you have heard of this hand clasping gift?"

A little more people raised their hands, but overall it was less than half of the total number.

"Then when you drink tea, how many people say thank you to the person who pours the tea?"

This time, more people raised their hands, but there were only a few people who didn't raise their hands.

"Thank you for your answers." Zhang Wei thanked, and then directly faced the trial seat.

"Judge Liu, the defense accepts jurors No. 1, 4, 5, and 7, and at the same time requests that jurors No. 3, 6, 11, and 17 be eliminated."

Judge Liu took out his pen and began to record, while thinking in his mind, what is the connection between this tea drinking rule and this case?

Similarly, Hou Liangliang on the prosecution's seat also frowned.

"What is the meaning of this defense question?"

"I... I don't know..."

Tan Yingying on the side immediately shook her head.

But Hou Liangliang was not interested in her answer, he just wanted Xiao Baihe to say something.

Xiao Baihe didn't respond, and didn't even glance at him.

Hou Liangliang saw that the second seat he personally selected ignored him, his eyes were a little gloomy.

Similarly, the way he looked at the defense chair became even more unfriendly.

"Ask nonsense questions that won't win you a case!"

"I have the support of the investigation department behind me in this trial, so I have the advantage!"

Hou Liangliang thought that he would never lose to Zhang Wei, and he was going to justify the name of the local prosecutor's headquarters this time!