Crazy, You Call This a Trainee Lawyer

Zhang Wei's investigation of Kong Hang's relationship network can only be said to be fruitless.

But this is not without gain, at least he knows that Kong Hang is innocent.

For defense lawyers, there is nothing more important than confirming the innocence of the client.

As a defense lawyer, Zhang Wei is most concerned about this issue.

As long as you are innocent, there is bound to be evidence to prove it.

Conversely, if you really committed a crime, the prosecution will inevitably find evidence to convict you.

But here comes the problem.

If it wasn't Kong Hang, who would the robber be?

Zhang Wei learned about Kong Hang's work through the bar owner, and also found Kong Hang's background information through Zhao Xiaoxiao.

According to what Zhang Wei knows, Kong Hang seems to have an ex-girlfriend.

However, the possibility of the ex-girlfriend committing the crime is not high. Although Zhang Wei really wants to investigate, the ex-girlfriend will generally not cooperate.

And whether the other party is in Dongfangdu is also a problem.

Zhang Wei thought about it, but he could only extinguish his plan to dig deeper into the client's network.

Since Kong Hang can't go this way, Zhang Wei has to look for clues again.

While Zhang Wei was busy looking for clues, a visitor from Chengbei District Prosecutor's Office also came.

Chengbei District.

District Attorney's Office.

Fang Wenbin took a sip of tea slowly, then put down his cup, and looked at the person in front of him.

"Why did the famous ace prosecutor of the local prosecutor's headquarters come to our northern district?"

Although Fang Wenbin smiled, his eyes were vaguely displeased.

Because this is the District Prosecutor's Office in Chengbei District, the ace of the District Prosecutor's Headquarters is here, and nothing good will happen!

Could it be that they are here to steal the case?

After all, the end of the year is approaching, and everyone is short of cases. There have been rumors at the local prosecutor's headquarters that prosecutors will go to other regions to "assist in the investigation" of cases.

Even Fang Wenbin went to other jurisdictions in the outer ring to "assist" in some cases when he was at the local prosecutor's headquarters.

So everyone knew the basics, and Fang Wenbin couldn't be more familiar with the way of the local prosecutor's headquarters.

"I didn't want to come, but Director Zhao Chunming asked me to come?"

"Zhao Chunming asked you to 'assist' me in investigating the case?" Fang Wenbin emphasized the word "investigating the case".

Obviously, the assistance he refers to and the assistance in the impression of ordinary people have two different meanings!

After all, Xiao Baihe is a newcomer, and he doesn't know much about the rules here, so he said, "Director Zhao told me to tell you that the opponent this time is not easy. If possible, I can also assist you in investigating this case!"

Good guy, you really came to steal the case!

Fang Wenbin thought he had seen Xiao Baihe's intentions, and the other party mentioned Zhao Chunming's name, obviously wanting to open a back door for him to share the credit for this case.

"Prosecutor Xiao, since you are a rookie and don't know the rules, I can pretend I didn't hear anything!"

He immediately gave a warning, and immediately stood up from his position, his tall figure full of pressure.

"I want to warn you here. This is the District Prosecutor's Office of Chengbei District, not your headquarters. You have to follow the rules I said here. You can come and listen, but I will never allow an outsider to come here casually." Get involved in my case!"

"Also, go back and tell Old Zhao that I, Fang Wenbin, don't need his help. Don't think that just bringing in a newcomer is just helping me. Your local prosecutor's headquarters doesn't want to bring in a newcomer, and you want to trouble me. It's ridiculous! "

In this sentence, the meaning of warning is already obvious.

"Prosecutor Fang, you misunderstood, I'm here to remind you that the defense lawyer this time is very tricky..."

"Okay, okay, I understand, you don't need to tell me, I know Qingmu Law Firm very well. In fact, I have fought against Qingmu Law Firm several times, and only one of them, Li Qingmu, can see it, and others can't get in. My Dharma Eye!"

Xiao Baihe wanted to say something, but Fang Wenbin interrupted her words with a wave of his hand.

"Prosecutor Xiao, you can go back. The preliminary hearing is tomorrow. If you want to sit in, hurry up tomorrow!"

This sentence, the meaning of driving people is self-evident.

"Prosecutor Fang, you seem to have misunderstood me, but I really came to remind you that the public defender named Zhang Wei..."

"Hmph, so what about Zhang Wei? It's just a common name. Old Zhang, the gatekeeper of our Chengbei District Court, isn't he also called Zhang Wei?"

Xiao Baihe wanted to say something, but Fang Wenbin half-pushed her and drove her out of the office.

"Tell Lao Zhao, don't get involved in my case!"

In the end, he left a warning to Xiao Baihe, and directly invited the latter to be rejected.

"Here, I..."

Xiao Baihe was angry in his heart, he clenched his silver teeth and clenched his pink fists, and almost couldn't help but run away violently.

With good intentions, she came all the way from the headquarters just to remind you to be careful of your opponents, but you actually treated me like this.

"Okay, Prosecutor Fang, you have the guts, I want to see how you handle this public prosecution case!"

She resisted the urge to kick the door open and beat Fang Wenbin up, she also snorted coldly, turned her head and left.

She didn't want to stay any longer in the District Prosecutor's Office in the northern part of the city.

It happened to go back to report to Zhao Chunming, and she decided that she wanted to see the case to the end.

...

Wednesday.

Chengbei District Court.

Compared with the size of the Municipal Court, the Chengbei District Court is much smaller, only three floors high.

The place where Zhang Wei and the others hold their courtroom is the large courtroom on the first floor of the court.

Moreover, compared to the large courtroom of the Municipal Court, the size of the District Court's courtroom is more than doubled.

Fortunately, the impact of this case is not too great, and it is completely incomparable with the influence of Wang Yuqing's case. The District Court's actions are sufficient.

Zhang Wei arrived here early in the morning, and met the client, Kong Hang, in the preparation room.

As for Li Qinghe and her client Wang Xi, they are not present yet.

"These are photos I took when I went to the bar where you work. I also met your boss and asked him some information. It's a pity that he can't be your character witness."

Zhang Wei said, spreading out some photos.

"Lawyer Zhang, did you go to the trendy bar?"

Kong Hang did not expect that Zhang Wei would actually investigate into his work unit.

Zhang Wei smiled, due diligence has always been his habit.

"By the way, some people say that you have an ex-girlfriend. Is that true?"

He hurriedly asked the next question, which was also what he was most concerned about.

Hearing this question, Kong Hang was slightly taken aback, and quickly looked around.

After confirming that there were only him and Zhang Wei in the preparation room, he said, "Lawyer Zhang, please don't tell Xiaoxi this news, she doesn't know about my ex-girlfriend!"

"Aren't you making the case more difficult?"

The corner of Zhang Wei's mouth twitched, feeling speechless for a while.

"You have to know that for the prosecution, the defendant's ex-girlfriend and ex-boyfriend are the most influential witnesses to the jury. After all, no one will hate you more than your ex-girlfriend!"

"If my guess is correct, the prosecution must have had the idea of ​​summoning your ex-girlfriend as a witness. Tell me quietly, is this woman in Dongfangdu, and if she is found by the prosecution, will she appear in court, and Testify against you?"

Seeing the seriousness in Zhang Wei's eyes, Kong Hang hesitated for a moment before deciding to confess.

"Lawyer Zhang, my ex-girlfriend is indeed in Dongfangdu, and..."

"And what?"

"And, the night after I came back from the trip, I saw her..."

"What?!"

Kong Hang's words made Zhang Wei stand up with a "crack", and the chair legs made a harsh friction sound on the floor.

He never expected that the kid in front of him was having a good time. After going out for honeymoon with his current girlfriend, he went to see his ex-girlfriend the next day.

You are on two boats!

"You mean, on Thursday, the night of the robbery, you went out to meet your ex-girlfriend without telling Wang Xi?"

Zhang Wei couldn't believe it, so he asked again.

"Yes, it is……"

Kong Hang was stared at by Zhang Wei, he didn't dare to look up, but he still hesitated to respond.

"Then tell me, the name of your ex-girlfriend. I'll see if this person is on the witness list provided by the prosecution later?"

"Her surname is Qiu, and her name is Qiu Tiantian..."

Kong Hang hurriedly confessed, but Zhang Wei raised his hand to stop him halfway through his words.

The door of the preparation room was pushed open, and then the women's team headed by Li Qinghe also came.

"Xiao Zhang, it's quite early!" Li Qinghe, as the defense lawyer, nodded to Zhang Wei.

Wang Xi also came in as another defendant, followed by brothers Wang Dayang and Wang Dahai. Li Feifei did not show up, so she should have gone directly to the trial scene.

The two sat down, but Kong Hang looked at Wang Xi with a little dodge.

Zhang Wei knew the reason, but he couldn't explain the pain in his heart.

His client might have planted a minefield for himself in advance.

"Xiao Zhang, I'll select the jury later, and I'll ask you questions. And let me tell you, I'll be the chief speaker in this case, how about you being the second seat?"

"If Auntie has no problem, I will naturally have no objection..."

Zhang Wei agreed on the surface, but he didn't say anything to death.

What he meant was, if you, Li Qinghe, can't live with Hlod, then don't blame me, Zhang Wei, for taking your position as chief lawyer.

"That's it!"

Li Qinghe didn't hear the voice of Zhang Wei's words, and secretly thought that this kid was quite sensible.

"It's almost time, get ready to go to court!"

After checking the time, Li Qinghe was the first to get up.

As a representative of the lawyers of both parties, she took the lead in going to the court.

Zhang Wei and Kong Hang looked at each other, and followed the court scene ahead.

A lot of people have come to the court, not only many journalists from Chengbei District, but also many new prosecutors from the District Prosecutor's Office have come to learn from the trial.

At the hearing booth, Zhang Wei saw some prosecutors from Chengbei District, some members of the Martial Arts Association, and also a new lawyer from Qingmu Law Firm, including the lawyer Zhuo who interviewed him.

Zhang Wei wanted to take it over at a glance, but he saw a familiar girl in the front row of the hearing booth.

"Xiao Baihe, why is she here!"

Seeing Xiao Baihe, Zhang Wei couldn't hold back any longer, he quickly left the team and walked towards the other party.

"Hey, isn't this our scumbag, lawyer Zhang? Why did you come to Chengbei District today?"

Perhaps seeing Zhang Wei approaching, Xiao Baihe sat on the seat and made a joke.

Zhang Wei felt very uncomfortable with the eccentric tone of voice and the scumbag-like eyes.

"Xiao Baihe, you are slandering me, why am I such a scumbag?"

He won't be used to the other party, even if this is the ace prosecutor of the local prosecutor's headquarters.

"Besides, even if I want to be a scumbag, I won't be a scumbag to you. You, Xiao Baihe, don't even have the qualifications to make me a scumbag!"

"What did you say!" Xiao Baihe really couldn't help it, and immediately stood up to "argument" with Zhang Wei in court.

"All right, you're awesome, you're amazing, don't hit people, you're a prosecutor..."

Seeing that Xiao Baihe became angry after being provoked by his few words, Zhang Wei achieved his goal, so he quickly changed his words to show weakness.

"But having said that, I came here for the case. Why did you come to the Chengbei District Court? This time the public prosecutor should be the Chengbei District District Prosecutor's Office, right?"

"Hmph, I want you to take care of it, can I take a look?" Xiao Baihe was so angry at this moment that he directly gave Zhang Wei a cold face.

"Okay, then for Prosecutor Xiao Baihe, I will cheer in the trial, you must remember to cheer me up~"

Seeing that the judge was about to enter the court, Zhang Wei made a joke, and immediately rushed to the defense bench.

"What the hell, I'll cheer you on, you're almost dead!"

Xiao Baihe never expected that Zhang Wei would dare to tease herself.

She was going to scold Zhang Wei for being sentimental, but when she thought of Fang Wenbin's attitude yesterday, she fell into hesitation again.

Although Zhang Wei hated it, Fang Wenbin's attitude made her even more upset.

Xiao Baihe feels that it doesn't matter who wins or loses in this court trial. Anyway, whether it is Zhang Wei or Fang Wenbin who loses, she is very happy in her heart.

With such a mood in mind, Xiao Baihe prepared for the court hearing in the next few days, acting as a front row crowd.

...

in court.

Fang Wenbin came, bringing people from the District Prosecutor's Office of Chengbei District to the scene, and he also brought a female assistant holding a pile of documents.

"The guy who treats the newcomer like a dog's leg has a high self-esteem and no one in his eyes!"

Seeing Fang Wenbin's performance, Zhang Wei made an evaluation in his heart.

The prosecution and the defense are seated.

Kong Hang was sitting next to Zhang Wei, and Wang Xi was sitting next to Li Qinghe. The four of them sat in two adjacent seats, feeling a bit crowded.

"Respected Judge Qi, please enter!"

Judge Qi of the Chengbei District Court looked almost 60 years old, his hair was gray, and his legs and feet were a little awkward.

However, Judge Qi looked at the vicissitudes of life, but his eyes glanced at the defense seat from time to time, and looked at it with scrutiny, which showed that the old man was not as old and frail as he appeared.

"Oh, it's almost Chinese New Year, and there's a big case to be handled. They really think highly of my old bones!" Judge Qi tapped himself on the shoulder as soon as he sat on the trial bench.

"Old Qi, the acupuncture master recommended to you a few days ago, how is the effect?"

Fang Wenbin greeted the old judge with a smile.

"Haha, the effect is much better, and now my legs and feet have improved a lot, but I guess I will retire in the spring of next year. This case may be the last case I handle in the judicial system."

The old judge also smiled at Fang Wenbin.

This scene was seen by Zhang Wei, and he secretly said badly.

Sometimes, people who fight locally will have this advantage.

Fang Wenbin and this old judge surnamed Qi seem to have a very close friendship.

However, recommending an acupuncture parlor to the other party cannot be regarded as dismissing the judge's request, and even once you propose it, you will offend the judge!

On the other hand, Li Qinghua was completely unaware of the problem, and was still looking down at the jury's documents.

"Alright then, the preliminary trial begins..."

Judge Qi said, tapped the awl, and looked at the defense: "You have two defendants this time, so you need the defense lawyers of the two to state their claims separately. Who will come first?"

"Your Honor, on behalf of our client, Wang Xi, we declare our innocence!"

Li Qinghe didn't even look at Zhang Wei, she just stood up and explained.

"Your Honor, on behalf of Kong Hang, we also affirm our defense of innocence!"

Zhang Wei naturally got up and added something.

"Well, I see, you all think you are innocent, don't you?"

The judge wrote down the information in his notebook, and then raised his hand to the court guard beside him.

"Please pre-select the jury to enter!"

Under the announcement of the court guard, the pre-selected jury entered the jury box.

Li Qinghe got up again and went straight to the jury box, ready to ask questions.

Only Zhang Wei and two defendants, Wang Xi and Kong Hang, remained in the defense seat.

Among them, Kong Hang looked at Zhang Wei and asked in a low voice, "Lawyer Zhang, why don't you go up?"

"That's my future aunt, how dare I?"

The corner of Zhang Wei's mouth twitched, and he hurriedly responded.

Kong Hang opened his mouth, but understood.

Before the jury seat, Li Qinghe had already started asking questions.

"Excuse me, do you think it's reasonable for a couple who just finished their honeymoon to go back to rob the next day?"

Hearing this question, the jury looked at each other.

Zhang Wei, who was in the defense seat, opened his mouth and became even more speechless.

Why did Li Qinghe ask the question? Didn't he just tell the jury what the client might have done?

Screening the jury, although there is a routine to instill the court's thinking into the other party, but it can't be so direct.

Even if you want to prove that it is impossible for Wang Xi and Kong Hang to rob the next day, you have to point it out with cryptic questions, not in such a direct way.

He hurriedly turned his head, and saw that other lawyers Qingmu in the hearing booth except Lawyer Zhuo, all took out their notebooks and began to record, as if Li Qinghe's words and deeds were worth learning from them.

"Fuck, a bunch of new lawyers don't even know a single shit, so it's useful to memorize them. Do you still have to write a review of the trial when you go back?"

Seeing this scene, Zhang Wei's head grew dizzy.

But what he didn't know was that Lawyer Zhuo had actually given the task of writing a review...

If Zhang Wei knows, he must give him two slaps.

Okay, don’t learn, why have you learned this useless question?

Li Qinghe's questioning continued. She asked a woman, who replied that it was unlikely.

"Your Honor, the defense accepts this juror!"

Then she ordered another young man, who answered "maybe", and he told Li Qinghe that he only needs to sleep well, and the next day he will be alive and well, and he can do whatever he wants.

"Your Honor, the defense dismisses this juror!"

...

Seeing what Li Qinghe did, Zhang Wei felt a little displeased.

She kept the women and drove away the young people, although it was good for Wang Xi, it was not good for Kong Hang.

Because women's ideas are relatively conservative, while young people's ideas are relatively trendy.

The former will sympathize with Wang Xi, but will be hostile to Kong Hang, who has a bad record; while the latter has an understanding of both young people, and the young people are jurors that are beneficial to both defendants.

Zhang Wei was already thinking whether to interrupt Li Qinghe.

We can't let this woman go on, or the jury will be extremely unfavorable to us.