Lawyer's character

After listening to Ding Wanqiu's story, Fang Yi was silent for a moment: "Are you here this time...to cancel the previous agency contract?"

Ding Wanqiu's husband Zhou Long is no longer with her, and it would be meaningless for her to file for divorce again, so Fang Yi asked this question.

"Not only because of that matter, I came here today to ask about my dad. Will my dad be sentenced to death?" Ding Wanqiu stopped her tears and said, "It's all because of me, so my dad..." As he said, She lowered her head and shrugged her shoulders again.

"According to your statement, your father called the police during the incident, and then waited at the scene for arrest by the police after the incident. This is a voluntary surrender. He should be given a lighter punishment according to the law.

I think your father was guilty of excessive self-defense and will not be sentenced to death. However, if it constitutes the crime of intentional injury, the specific sentence will depend on the circumstances of the trial. Fang Yi thought for a while and said.

"Lawyer Fang, can you represent my father in this case?" Ding Wanqiu looked up at Fang Yidao after hearing that her father would not be sentenced to death.

"I can represent you. Do you want to entrust me?" Fang Yi did not expect that the divorce case would become a criminal case.

"Lawyer's fees..." Ding Wanqiu felt that in this kind of life-threatening case, legal fees would definitely be indispensable, but it would be impossible not to mention it.

"The lawyer's fee is 50,000 yuan, which lasts until the end of the first trial." Fang Yi said.

Fang Yi knew that Ding Wanqiu's family conditions were average, so he speculated that the price should be within her affordability. Although there are guide prices for lawyer fees, in reality it depends more on what the client chooses.

"Well, I'll leave you with my father's case." Ding Wanqiu held back tears, nodded and said.

After completing the entire set of entrustment procedures, Ding Wanqiu left the law firm, and the legal fees of 50,000 yuan were transferred to the law firm's bank account the next afternoon.

Because Ding Dashan's case is still in the investigation stage and has not been submitted to the procuratorate, all Fang Yi can do is meet with Ding Dashan and consult the police about the case.

In the detention center, Fang Yi met Ding Dashan. At this time, Ding Dashan was wearing a vest from the detention center. He was of medium build, with gray hair, his hands were covered with calluses, and his face was dark and rosy. At a glance, it was obvious that he had been working in the fields all year round. His spirits are acceptable.

"Ding Dashan, I am lawyer Fang Yi from Jinshi Law Firm. Do you know Ding Wanqiu?" Fang Yi went through the procedures in a routine manner.

"I know, she is my daughter." Ding Dashan looked at Fang Yi after saying that.

"Your daughter has entrusted me to provide you with legal services until the end of the first trial. This is the entrustment procedure. Please read it. If you agree, please sign it." Fang Yi said.

Ding Dashan was not that kind of vicious murderer. He just accidentally killed Zhou Long to protect the safety of his family and property, so Fang Yi did not reject him, but thought he was a man enough. Fang Yi felt that Ding Dashan was much better than those messy men who were timid when things happened. At least he had blood, but of course the price was also high.

Ding Dashan took the entrustment procedure, took a look at it, and signed his name.

"Can you tell me what happened at the time of the crime?" Fang Yi asked.

"At around nine o'clock that night, Zhou Long drove to my house, but I didn't open the door for him. Later, he stepped on the roof of the car and climbed up the wall of my house..." Ding Dashan recalled.

What he said was basically not very different from what Ding Wanqiu said before. Fang Yi wrote down all the discrepancies.

"Do you need anything? I can convey it to your family." Fang Yi asked.

"There's nothing needed. My daughter just recharged my money a few days ago. Tell them not to worry too much, I'm fine." Ding Dashan tried to smile, saying that he was really fine, but after trying hard for a long time, he couldn't help but shed tears. burst into tears.

"Let me ask you one last question." Fang Yi packed up the documents and looked at Ding Dashan: "If you were given another chance, would you still treat Zhou Long like that?"

Ding Dashan took a deep breath: "Yes! In the room behind me are my wife and young grandson and granddaughter. Zhou Long is a gambler. This kind of person is inhumane. I don't know what he will do to them. "

Fang Yi was silent for a moment, got up and left the detention center.

Ding Dashan's case itself was not complicated, and he confessed, so the case was quickly transferred to the prosecutor's office. However, the case was not transferred to the county procuratorate but to the municipal procuratorate. The corresponding court of the municipal procuratorate is the Intermediate Court, and the first-instance criminal cases heard by the Intermediate Court are all cases that may be sentenced to life imprisonment or death.

After getting the news, Fang Yi couldn't help but frowned. It is possible that the public security and procuratorate felt that Ding Dashan's case was not excessive defense and should be sentenced harshly.

Afterwards, when Fang Yi went to the procuratorate to exchange opinions with the prosecutor responsible for Ding Dashan's case, his thoughts were confirmed. The procuratorate believed that Ding Dashan's behavior did not constitute excessive defense, and the case was developing in a direction that was not conducive to Ding Dashan. This Fang Yi suddenly felt troubled.

On Wednesday, Ding Wanqiu got off the night shift and hurried to Jinshi Law Firm. Fang Yi called her yesterday and asked her to come to the firm for an interview today, which gave her an ominous premonition.

"Lawyer Fang, is there any information about my dad's case?" Ding Wanqiu's eyes flashed, and she asked hurriedly and with concern when Fang Yi walked into the conference room.

"Well, your father's case has been transferred to the Municipal Procuratorate. The court corresponding to the Municipal Procuratorate is the Intermediate People's Court, which means that the first instance of your father's case will be handled by the Municipal Intermediate People's Court." Fang Yi said seriously.

"What do you mean?" Ding Wanqiu asked confused.

For her, aren’t cases handled by the courts? As for whether it is tried by the county court or the city's intermediate court, isn't it the same?

"I went to the Municipal Procuratorate and communicated with Prosecutor Zhao who was in charge of the case. The Procuratorate believes that your father did not have excessive defense and constituted the crime of intentional injury. Now it seems that the situation is not conducive to your father. Of course I will defend your father. Excessive defense." Fang Yi said as tactfully as possible.

After listening to Fang Yi's words, Ding Wanqiu realized the seriousness of the matter and felt dizzy. If even the middle-aged lawyer in front of him said that the case was not conducive to his father, it seemed that things were really not optimistic.

In fact, after Ding Wanqiu left Jinshi Law Firm before, he also consulted other lawyers. Their opinions were basically the same as Fang Yi's, but the charges were much higher than his. A mouthful of 100,000 yuan, an attitude of raising the price from the ground up, waiting for her to pay back the money on the spot.

Later, with the help of colleagues, Ding Wanqiu checked Fang Yi's profile on the Internet to see if Fang Yi was good at criminal matters. After checking, she discovered that the middle-aged male lawyer she had entrusted had handled many well-known criminal cases. Many not guilty pleas have been successful. Seeing this, Ding Wanqiu's trust in Fang Yi greatly increased.

"Lawyer Fang, you have to save my dad!" Ding Wanqiu looked at Fang Yi expectantly.