Lawyer's character

"What do Zhou Long's family think of this case? Can you ask them to issue a letter of understanding?" Fang Yi asked.

"Although his parents also hate him, but... they are unwilling to issue a letter of understanding." Ding Wanqiu shook her head.

"Well, don't be too anxious." Fang Yi comforted her.

Fang Yi just returned to his work station and was about to drink water from a cup to moisten his throat, but was called to the conference room by Xie Youhe.

"Lawyer Fang, this is the case file that Liu Fang just brought over. Take a look. She will come over in the afternoon to discuss the case." Xie Youhe pushed a case file in front of Fang Yi.

"Why did Liu Fang think of sending us a case? She doesn't do it herself?" Fang Yi took out the case file and glanced at the criminal judgment at the top, and said in surprise: "Isn't this a case handled by our law firm's lawyers? The first instance. The defendant was sentenced to ten years, is this...an appeal?"

After speaking, Fang Yi looked at Xie Youhe and asked him what the case was about.

"It's a long story to tell a child without a mother. This case was given to me by Boss Gu..." Xie Youhe said with a look of reluctance.

The criminal case in Fang Yi's hands was not complicated. The defendant's name was Li Daolin. On the day of the incident, he and his friends had dinner at a restaurant in the county. When he was about to go out after the meal, he was bumped into by the drunken victim Sun Fei, who was staggering. The two got into an argument.

Li Daolin was a master who did not suffer any losses. He had been punished for causing trouble before. Less than a year after he was released this time, Fei drank too much and spoke uncontrollably, and exchanged curses with Li Daolin.

Li Daolin got angry and punched and kicked Sun Fei. After knocking him down, he kicked Sun Fei in the head many times. Later, Li Daolin was pulled away by his friends. Seeing Sun Fei lying on the ground, the restaurant owner hurriedly called for an ambulance.

Later, Sun Fei was sent to the county hospital for rescue, but he was already out of breath when he was pulled to the hospital. According to forensic identification, Sun Fei died of acute central nervous system dysfunction due to diffuse subarachnoid hemorrhage caused by trauma to the head and face while drunk.

The victim, Sun Fei, suffered from brain disease, cardiovascular disease, acute ethanol poisoning, etc. at the time of the incident. After the incident, Li Daolin was captured by the public security organs and truthfully confessed the facts of his crime.

Li Daolin's family approached Jinshi Law Firm for consultation, and it was lawyer Liu Fang who received them at that time. Before the Li family came, Liu Fang specifically checked the criminal law. According to the first paragraph of Article 234 of the "Criminal Law", whoever intentionally harms another person's body, causes death or causes serious injury and severe disability by particularly cruel means. , shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than ten years, life imprisonment, or death.

After Liu Fang finished talking about the relevant provisions of the "Criminal Law", she did not see the surprised expressions of the Li family as expected. In fact, before coming to Jinshi Law Firm for consultation, the Li family had already consulted three or four lawyers. Prepared mind.

The Li family was very direct and asked Liu Fang if she had any connections that could be smoothed out so that Young Master Li Daolin could stay there for a few years. Liu Fang patted her chest and said that she knew the dean and the president of the court. Although she would not be innocent if the case was handed over to her. She was released, but at least the sentence could be reduced by a few years. The client believed it, so he signed the entrustment procedure with her and paid a lawyer's fee of 150,000 yuan. The cost of the entrustment relationship was calculated separately.

Liu Fang was very self-aware and knew that she was not good at handling criminal cases, so she found a commission lawyer to cooperate and jointly handle the case.

After the trial, the court of first instance held that the victim suffered from acute ethanol poisoning during his lifetime, and that the defendant Li Daolin actively compensated and obtained forgiveness, and truthfully confessed his crime after being brought to justice. The court gave Li Daolin the maximum possible light punishment and sentenced him to ten years in prison. Year.

After the first-instance verdict, the Li family believed that Liu Fang had not fulfilled her previous promise, so they came to make trouble with Liu Fang and demanded a refund. Liu Fang finally managed to appease the Li family.

In desperation, she thought of Fang Yi, and approached Gu Datong to ask Fang Yi to help look at the case. In essence, she wanted to leave the case to Fang Yi. Gu Datong couldn't afford to go early. After negotiating with Liu Fang about the division of legal fees, he handed the case to Xie Youhe and asked him to hand it over to Fang Yi.

"This case is not easy to handle!" Fang Yi looked at the verdict and frowned.

"Well, I also know that this is a wiping job and it is not easy to handle. I say you should check the situation of the case first. If there is really nothing to do, just tell Liu Fang this afternoon. We won't do this. Carry it." Xie Youhe said.

"What about Lawyer Gu?" Fang Yi looked at Xie Youhe. The case was handed down by Boss Gu. If it is handled according to Xie Youhe's opinion, I don't know what Boss Gu would think: "Would you like to ask Lawyer Gu for instructions? The case was declined.”

"No, what I just said is what Boss Gu meant." Xie Youhe said.

Although Gu Datong had never handled a criminal case, he knew Liu Fang's personality and felt that this case might not be easy to handle, otherwise Liu Fang would not have come to him and promised high legal fees. He deliberately refused, but wanted to earn legal fees, so he transferred the case to Xie Youhe. If Fang Yi thought the case could not be done, he could just return it to Liu Fang. If he could do it, he would make money.

Fang Yi heard what Xie Youhe said, so he had no choice but to take the case file back to his work station and start analyzing the case.

The afternoon sun was less warm and more cold. Fang Yi sat in the conference room and looked at the light beam coming in through the window. There were hundreds of millions of dust floating and flying in the light beam.

With the sound of high heels stepping on the ground, the door of the conference room opened, and Liu Fang walked in wearing a high-end professional suit.

"Lawyer Fang, I've been waiting for a long time! Hey! I can't help but there are too many clients these days, so I send them away one after another." Liu Fang complained with a hint of ostentation.

She would not tell Fang Yi that she came late because she overslept at noon.

"It doesn't matter, those who can work hard!" Fang Yi said with a slight smile.

"Did you read the case of Li Daolin's intentional injury?

I have contacted a forensic consulting service center in Beijing, and they agreed to issue a forensic medical document review opinion, stating that the direct cause of the victim's death was consistent with sudden cardiac death, and that beatings, drunkenness, quarrels, emotional excitement, etc. were predisposing factors. . "Liu Fang stared at Fang Yi, feeling that the bunch of professional terms she just said were very professional.

"You participated in the trial. Does the defendant Li Daolin have any objection to the facts of the crime?" Fang Yi asked.

"There is no objection. He did beat the victim at that time. There was surveillance in the hotel and it was recorded." Liu Fang said.

"Can't the special circumstances specified in Paragraph 2 of Article 63 of the Criminal Law apply to this case? If this provision can be applied, the second-instance court may impose a sentence below the statutory penalty. As long as the second-instance sentence is less than the first-instance sentence As for the sentence, there will be no problem with the parties concerned." Seeing Fang Yi silent in thought, Liu Fang continued.