Lawyer's character

As soon as Feng Lin got home, his cell phone rang. The call was from Li Xiangrui's assistant. He had been in contact with Feng Lin. Feng Lin didn't trust him, but felt that they could consult with each other to confirm what the other said and see who said more sense.

"Hello, Assistant Liu." Feng Lin said after answering the phone.

"Mr. Feng, has your son's case been decided?" Assistant Liu asked.

"The verdict is passed. The court sentenced my son to five years in prison." Feng Lin said truthfully.

"Five years? So many years! You have to appeal. If our lawyer Li represented your son's case, it would be impossible to sentence him to so many years..." Assistant Liu lied.

"Then, you mean there is still room for revision of the sentence in my son's case?" Feng Lin asked curiously.

"That's great! If our lawyer Li Xiangrui represents your son's case, Jedi will change the sentence and save your son from spending a few years in prison." Assistant Liu said passionately.

"Okay, I'll see you tomorrow morning and let's talk." Feng Lin was moved by what he said.

At this time, Fang Yi and Zhou Ying had returned to the law firm and had no idea that Feng Lin was looking for Li Xiangrui.

"Lawyer Fang, did the Intermediate Court give a lenient sentence?" Zhou Ying walked into Fang Yi's office and asked.

On the way back, Zhou Ying thought for a long time. According to the provisions of the Criminal Law, the defendant Feng Danian should be sentenced to more than ten years. Why was he sentenced to five years in prison? The Intermediate People's Court's decision was so puzzling to her that she even began to suspect that there was something wrong with the knowledge she had learned.

Fang Yi initially suggested that Feng Lin find the victim to see if he could issue a letter of understanding. However, the victim avoided seeing him and ignored Feng Lin at all. To be honest, Fang Yi was a little confused by the Intermediate Court's ruling and couldn't figure out the judge's thinking.

"I think the judge may have made a mistake!" Fang Yi sat on the chair and thought for a while.

"Made a mistake?" Zhou Ying looked at Fang Yi in surprise.

"Yes, other than that, I really can't think of any other reason.

Feng Danian robbed 150,000 yuan. The amount was extremely huge. According to the provisions of Article 263 (4) of the Criminal Law, he should be sentenced to more than ten years in prison, life imprisonment or death, and be fined or confiscated. property.

The Intermediate People's Court had no problem giving Feng Danian a lighter punishment on the grounds that Feng Danian had a good attitude to plead guilty after being brought to justice, showed remorse, and all the stolen money was recovered and returned to the owner without causing any economic losses. However, the penalty was reduced during the specific sentencing, which obviously confused the boundaries between 'mitigating punishment' and 'mitigating punishment'.

In the absence of any statutory mitigating circumstances in this case, the Intermediate Court sentenced the person below the statutory penalty, which violated the provisions of Article 63 of the Criminal Law and constituted an improper sentencing.

This is very beneficial to Feng Danian, and it doesn’t matter to us. If the procuratorate does not protest, Feng Danian will be considered guilty, but I estimate that the procuratorate will most likely file a protest. "Fang Yi said.

"Oh, you put me at ease when you said that. I thought the knowledge I learned was outdated." Zhou Ying said with a smile: "If the procuratorate files a protest, how will we charge attorney fees? I will prepare the entrustment procedures first."

"Just charge half of the first-instance attorney's fees." Fang Yi said.

As Fang Yi expected, not long after the criminal verdict in the Feng Danian robbery case was issued, the procuratorate filed a protest with the Provincial High Court on the grounds that the defendant Feng Danian had committed a huge amount of robbery and the original sentence was too light.

Feng Lin did not come to Fang Yi, but under Assistant Liu's persuasion, he entrusted Li Xiangrui with the second trial of his son Feng Danian's robbery case.

The second trial soon began, and the presiding judge pronounced the verdict in court.

The provincial high court believed that the facts determined by the Intermediate Court were clear, the evidence was reliable and sufficient, and the conviction was accurate. The trial procedure was legal. However, the sentencing is inappropriate and should be corrected. Finally, the sentencing part of the Intermediate Court's judgment was revoked, and the defendant Feng Danian was sentenced to 12 years in prison, deprived of political rights for three years, and fined RMB 10,000.

After the verdict was announced, Feng Lin in the auditorium was dumbfounded, and the defendant Feng Danian also slumped in his chair.

After that, Feng Lin went to find Li Xiangrui, but Li Xiangrui acted like a dead pig and refused to be scalded by boiling water. He denied that he had said anything that could reduce the sentence and put all the responsibility on Assistant Liu, who hid.

His son Feng Danian's sentence was commuted from five years to 12 years. Feng Lin couldn't swallow this and went to the Justice Bureau to complain, but he couldn't produce any evidence. In the end, he struggled for more than a month, but nothing happened.

After Zhou Ying learned about this, she thought of Amitabha in her heart. Thanks to Fang Yi's previous explanation to Mr. Feng, if she deceived the parties in order to sign a contract, she might also be complained in the end.

In the afternoon, Fang Yi received a call from Li Mingbo. The latter came to the city for a court session and would not go back at night. He wanted to treat Fang Yi to dinner and introduce a friend to Fang Yi.

In the evening, after Fang Yi took Xiaozhi home, Xiaozhi went to the bedroom to review after dinner. Fang Yi packed up and went out.

More than half an hour later, Fang Yi walked into a private room of a hotel. There were two people sitting in the private room, one was Li Mingbo and the other was a middle-aged man wearing a high-end suit.

"Lawyer Fang, this is my old colleague Xia Jun. He used to be a lawyer in the county and is now a partner in a medium-sized law firm in the city.

Lawyer Xia, this is the lawyer Fang Yi I mentioned to you before. "Li Mingbo saw Fang Yi coming in, stood up and introduced him.

"Hello, Lawyer Xia," Fang Yi said.

"Hello, Lawyer Fang, I have long heard that Wanhua United Law Firm has a lawyer Fang Yi who specializes in criminal cases. I didn't expect that you and Lao Li are colleagues." Xia Gang stood up and shook hands with Fang Yi, then smiled.

"Sit down and chat. I'm treating you today, so don't compete with me." Li Mingbo was very excited: "Lawyer Fang, I came to the city for a court session today, and I happened to meet Lawyer Xia in the court. Lawyer Xia admires you very much. I want to get to know you. I happened to want to treat you to dinner, so we all got together."

"Lao Li said that you and he were colleagues. I didn't believe it at first, but now I do!" Xia Gang said with a smile.

After the three of them finished ordering the food, they chatted for a while. After the food and wine were served and three glasses of wine were consumed, the atmosphere became lively.

"Lawyer Fang, how do you feel at Wanhua United Law Firm?" Xia Jun put down his glass and asked.

"Very good." Fang Yi didn't know what he meant by asking.

"Wanhua United Law Firm is a large law firm in our province, ranking among the top three. Competition must be fierce, right?" Xia Jun said.

"I think it's okay. The law firm has developed very well in the past few years. It is now the number one law firm in the city and the province." Fang Yi said with a smile.

"Lawyer Fang, are you interested in taking action?" Xia Jun suddenly asked.

"Move? How?" Fang Yi looked at him.

“Our law firm has developed rapidly in the past few years and now has more than 70 lawyers. Even though our law firm does not have as many lawyers as yours, the various resources are still quite good.

Now our law firm is recruiting wise men and has contacts with some of the more famous lawyers in the city. Do you know, Lawyer Li Xiangrui? Very famous, often on TV, he is a partner in our law firm. I wonder if you are interested in switching to our law firm to practice law? Let's form a team together. "After Xia Jun finished speaking, he looked at Fang Yi expectantly.

"Sorry, I have no plans to transfer yet." Fang Yi said with a smile.