Lawyer's character

"Zhou Ying, this case is urgent. Please contact the detention center to meet." Fang Yi arranged on the way back to the office.

"Lawyer Fang, is there any hope for this case? Why don't you just leave it alone and let me handle it." Zhou Ying felt that there was little hope for this case. Anyway, it was just going through the process to meet the defendant, and there was no need for Boss Fang to come forward. You can do it yourself.

"It's better that I go with you. If you promise someone, you must keep it to avoid the other party having any objections." Fang Yi thought for a moment and said.

"Okay, I'll make an appointment to tell you." Zhou Ying nodded.

The next morning, Fang Yi and Yun Qiao went to the detention center.

Kong Xusheng is a white-faced scholar with a pair of black-rimmed glasses. If you didn't know better, you would have thought he was a university teacher.

The case situation he told was very different from what his daughter-in-law Su Cuirong said before.

Fang Yi saw that Kong Xusheng's right hand was wrapped in gauze, so he pointed at it and asked, "How did you get your hand done?"

"I was released on bail during the first trial. The day before the trial, I went to the supermarket to buy groceries. I happened to walk to the door of the bank and saw a young man with short hair following a woman in her thirties who had just come out of the bank. I saw him being sneaky, so I followed him.

When I got closer, I happened to see him cutting the woman's purse with a razor blade and then going out to steal the money. I went up and grabbed the young man's hand. I didn't expect that the boy was very straight, so the two of us moved our hands. The woman found that her bag had a big cut, and she felt very distressed. She immediately understood what happened. Something happened, called the police.

When the police came, a lot of people surrounded us. I had already pushed the young man who stole the money to the ground. The police arrested him and asked the woman and I to go to the police station to record the crime. My hand was scratched by Young's blade during the fight. "Kong Xusheng stretched out his left hand, pushed up the glasses on the bridge of his nose, and explained.

"How much money did the thief steal from that woman in total?" Fang Yi was startled, but he didn't expect that the frail scholar in front of him had a sense of justice.

"He didn't steal it. The woman withdrew a total of 20,000 yuan. He was about to steal the money at that time. If I hadn't stopped him, there wouldn't be a cent of the 20,000 yuan left. At that time, half of the two piles of money had been pulled out. , I grabbed his hand and the money fell to the ground.

Thanks to him being a young man, if he had been an old thief, I would definitely not have been able to catch him, and it wouldn’t have just been an injury to his hand, it would probably be much worse than it is now. "Kong Xusheng laughed at himself.

"Isn't there anyone around to help you catch the thief?" Zhou Ying asked.

"At that time, there were many men, women, and children around to watch the fun, but the only one who stepped forward to help me was a little girl. She helped me press the thief's feet. The woman who lost the thing was trembling with fright. She did nothing except call the police. Do it. Probably out of fear of retaliation.

How sad! When there is nothing wrong, they keep bragging about what they want to hear, but when things really happen, they are all more cowardly than a coward, and have no blood at all.

If this were the case when we were young, a group of people would have rushed up and beat the thief half to death. When the police came, they would have to carry the thief. "The meaning of Kong Xusheng's expression: "Hey! Not to mention the bravery of a good man in the past, it has all passed, one moment and another. "

"How was the thief dealt with? Was he sentenced?" Fang Yi asked.

"No, the thief is only fourteen years old. The police at the police station said he was not old enough and did not treat him as a criminal case." Kong Xusheng replied.

Fang Yi was startled, only fourteen? This kind of raw melon and egg is the most dangerous. It doesn't matter how serious it is. He does things recklessly when he is hot-headed. Kong Xusheng is really brave.

"Did you mention this during the court session?" Fang Yi asked.

"This happened the day before the trial. I didn't mention it during the trial, and no one asked me at that time. The lawyer didn't say anything either." Kong Xusheng shook his head, and then asked: "Is this matter...useful?"

"It's hard to say whether it will work, but if there is a glimmer of hope, we want to try it. Can you tell us the name of the police station?" Fang Yi said.

"Okay, it's the Hongxing Police Station not far from our community." Kong Xusheng said.

After leaving the detention center, Fang Yi looked at Zhou Ying: "You know what to do next, right?"

"I know that after the case file is transferred to the Intermediate People's Court, I will apply to the court for bail pending trial for the second instance, and then apply for the court to obtain the police dispatch records and case handling records of the Hongxing Police Station." Zhou Ying said.

"Well, let's invite the defendant's lover Su Cuirong here to talk about the entrustment. I think there is a way to do this." Fang Yi nodded.

On the way back to the law firm, Zhou Ying called Su Cuirong. Fang Yi and Zhou Ying had just returned from the detention center, and Su Cuirong also walked into Sidley Law Firm.

"Lawyer Fang, do you mean there is hope? How many years can be reduced?" Su Cuirong was a little excited. It was a good thing that she could reduce her lover's sentence without spending money on connections.

"We can try this matter. Although there are relevant provisions in judicial interpretations, there will always be some gaps in implementation in practice, so I cannot guarantee that the sentence can be changed.

If you want to give it a try, we can start with the procuratorate and communicate with the prosecutor responsible for handling the case. "Fang Yi didn't dare to speak too fully.

"Well, entrustment, I will certainly entrust you. What do you think is an appropriate amount of legal fees for me to pay?" Su Cuirong asked.

"This case is not too complicated. There is only one point that can be defended. It is relatively simple. Let lawyer Zhou defend it. The fee will be 50,000 yuan. If I am the defender, the minimum starting point is 100,000 yuan." Fang Yi said.

"If Lawyer Zhou defends, will you provide guidance on my wife's case?" Su Cuirong thought that since Lawyer Fang said this, it meant that even if the case was defended, the possible sentence would not be too short, so she did not Too willing to spend too much money to do this.

"Yes, don't worry. Whenever my team takes a case, if the lawyer in charge has any questions, he will communicate with me. For your husband's case, I will follow him to the procuratorate to communicate the case." Fang Yi said with a smile.

"Thank you, thank you so much." Su Cuirong finally felt relieved.

After completing the entrustment procedures, paying the lawyer's fees, and sending Su Cuirong away, Fang Yi and Zhou Ying began preparations. They first submitted an appeal to the court. After the case was transferred to the Intermediate People's Court, Zhou Ying submitted an application for investigation and evidence collection and an application for bail pending trial. .

On this day, Zhou Ying walked into Fang Yi's office dusty.

"Lawyer Fang, I just went to the court to review the evidence we applied for. It's the same as what Kong Xusheng said." Zhou Ying's eyes lit up.

"Okay, have you made an appointment with the procuratorate?" Fang Yi asked.

"We have an appointment. At two o'clock tomorrow afternoon, we will go to the procuratorate to discuss the case." Zhou Ying nodded.

"Well, if you have time, I will revise the lawyer's opinion you drafted, and you will send me the evidence collected by the court. Come over before get off work, and we will communicate again." Fang Yi arranged.