Crazy, You Call This a Trainee Lawyer Chapter 426

   Chapter 426 On-site, pre-trial, tea drinking rules?

  Wednesday, afternoon.

   Old talk about sauerkraut fish, where the shop is located (ruins).

  Zhang Wei and Zhao Xiaoxiao came to the scene and found that the entire store was burned down, and even the store next door was affected.

   At present, this area is surrounded by seat belts, and there are field staff guarding nearby.

   Who is the field worker on duty? Zhang Wei can only secretly say what a coincidence.

   "Father-in-law, why are you here?"

  Zhang Wei pretended to meet each other by chance and greeted with a smile.

   "You kid, what are you doing, don't give me a close-up, I'm here on duty"

  Xia Donghai looked at Zhang Wei and secretly thought that if this kid appeared, it must be bad.

   But it's strange, who is the girl next to this kid, and why is it familiar.

   Oh, I remembered, it was the child of Lao Zhao next door.

   Xia Donghai still had an impression of Zhao Qingyan, after all, the place where he lived was originally the other party's.

   "What are you doing here, kid, this is the scene of an arson attack."

   "Father-in-law, isn't it a coincidence, I happen to be the defense attorney of the defendant, and I came here to take a look at the scene."

   "By the way?"

  Xia Donghai murmured inwardly, this coincidence makes me a little disbelieving.

   "Forget it, forget it, you can go in and take a look. Anyway, the investigation department and the fire department have tested it, and it's hard to find anything that isn't broken inside!"

   Thinking of his son-in-law, Xia Donghai chose to let go.

   Zhang Wei and Zhao Xiaoxiao were able to enter the scene.

  The entire store was burnt down. Even because of the explosion, the structure of the wall was cracked. There were burn marks everywhere on the wall. From time to time, some wall ash could be seen falling off.

   "The explosion site is in the back kitchen, go in and have a look."

  The back kitchen has no door, and the two walked through the burnt passage and came here.

  In the air, there is also a little pungent smell, and it is a mess.

   Zhang Wei walked over to a pile of burnt kitchen waste and took a closer look.

   "It seems that some employees are lazy when placing cleaning supplies, and things are placed randomly, lacking effective management."

   He touched his chin and looked at the burned debris on the ground, analyzing it like this.

   Zhao Xiaoxiao also came here, imitating Zhang Wei's appearance and rubbing his chin.

   "Do you think these are useful?" As a result, she felt that it was a waste of time.

   "Second daughter, you don't understand now, this is evidence against us."

  Zhang Wei pointed to the cluttered burnt objects on the ground. "Employees are lazy when placing tools, which is tantamount to neglecting safety management, which will cause safety hazards."

   "Once the prosecution or the insurance company finds that the responsibility for the accident lies with the shop owner and employees, the shop owner may be sued and imprisoned, and the insurance company will not compensate."

   "Insurance company?"

   Zhao Xiaoxiao is puzzled, why does this kind of thing involve the insurance company?

   "Second daughter, you don't have much contact with the society, so you don't know. In fact, when you open a store or a company, you will always buy an insurance policy."

Zhang Wei pointed to the shops around him, and Popular Science said: "Generally, this type of insurance is called "corporate property insurance", and almost all shops will buy it. If the accident responsibility in this case is not determined by the old man, then he may still be able to Get a generous compensation. "

   Zhao Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes and was a little curious: "How much is it?"

  Zhang Weichao glanced at the store lobby and analyzed: "I look at the size of this store. If I speculate on the insurance amount and compensation ratio, there should be several million, right?"

   "Cut, what's so great about millions!"

   Zhao Xiaoxiao had a look of disdain before hearing that.

   Zhang Wei immediately became unhappy when he saw his second daughter showing the face of a nouveau riche.

  Your father is rich, and he has not been short of money since he was a child, how can he understand the suffering of the poor.

   Back then, I was also poor and worried about tens of thousands of dollars in student loans.

   "Money is always one of the motives in criminal crimes, and it is also a very frequent motive!"

   "Then what do you mean, someone deliberately set fire to money and cheated insurance?"

   Zhao Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes, recalling the old talk's every move.

   "I think there is something wrong with that boss. He is very short of money. Could it be that he set the fire?"

   "But he doesn't have time to commit the crime." Zhang Wei vetoed.

  Although it was a weekend and the store was busy, Lao Tan actually left early to pick up Xiaozhi and Chen Xiaoyu.

   The family has been together all the time, with ample alibi.

  The old talk has no time to commit crimes.

   "But you're right, the prosecution may ask this question. After all, as the witnesses of the family's alibi, the credibility of the testimony is really too small!"

   Zhang Wei said, and took Zhao Xiaoxiao around the kitchen, but unfortunately he didn't find any problems.

   If there is really a problem, the investigation department and fire department may have found it long ago.

   "It's just that the smell is so pungent that people who didn't know it thought that gasoline had been burned here!"

   Zhang Wei looked back at the kitchen, couldn't help shaking his head, and walked out with Zhao Xiaoxiao.

   "Go away, you kid."

   "Yeah, we still have to prepare a case, maybe this case will be in court soon."

   "Impossible, this case happened last week, how many days has it been since the investigation?"

   "Because it was a young man who took over the case, I guess he wanted to catch me off guard!"

  Zhang Wei and Xia Donghai exchanged a few words and left.

  2 hours later, they came to a sports theme park in the city center.

   There are people exercising at night everywhere, including night runners, bikers, hip-hop dancers, and some livestreaming.

   Zhang Wei and Zhao Xiaoxiao waited here for a long time, and finally they were waiting for someone.

   "Chef Wang!"

   The person Zhang Wei and Zhao Xiaoxiao came to meet is the chef who always talks about pickled fish.

   The other party's surname is Wang. Looking at his thirties, he dresses like a fashionista, not a chef at all.

  After the two sides met, Zhang Wei went straight to the point and proposed to let Chef Wang go to court.

  The latter also readily agreed. It seems that Chef Wang and Lao Tan have a good relationship.

   In this way, Zhang Wei's task today is over.

   Evening, Lin House.

   Zhang Wei received a notice from the court.

   "Oh, okay, I see, the pre-trial will start tomorrow morning, and the trial can be done in the afternoon, right?"

   "The presiding judge is Judge Liu?"

   "Of course I know, Xiao Liu, he's a pretty good young man."

On the other end of the phone, the clerk who notified Zhang Wei was speechless.

   What kind of tone are you talking about?

  I don't know, I thought you were an old lawyer or an elder of Judge Liu.

   Zhang Wei quickly ended the call, but he showed an expression that he had already guessed.

   "Hou Liangliang, right? Are you being too hasty?"

  Zhang Wei murmured, looking forward to tomorrow's trial.

   The next day, Thursday.

  Because today is likely to be a pre-trial + court session, Zhang Wei brought Zhao Xiaoxiao to the city court early in the morning.

   Similarly, the prosecution came very early, and there was a mighty wave of people.

   Zhang Wei is also surprised, why every time the opponent is the headquarters of the district inspection, a group of onlookers will come back. Isn't this creating pressure for them?

  I didn't see Judge Liu getting nervous every time he saw so many people coming down from the stage when he presided over the case.

   Of course, Judge Liu hasn't arrived yet, and Zhang Wei is also worrying about the judge.

   As for the reason why so many people came to the headquarters, it was naturally because of Hou Liangliang's identity.

   They are the sons of the chief prosecutor, so they can't be supported at the scene.

   Not only that, but when Hou Liangliang needed an assistant, Zhao Chunming directly dispatched the ace Xiao Baihe as his second seat.

   This made Hou Liangliang very happy.

   But Xiao Baihe took Tan Yingying as his assistant and let Tan Yingying sit next to Hou Liangliang, which made Hou Liangliang unhappy again.

   In fact, Xiao Baihe wasn't happy either, he just didn't like Hou Liangliang, the second generation, and he sincerely rejected him.

   is also mixed in the judicial circle. You look at Zhang Wei, look at you again, and you can see the difference between the two by comparing.

   Zhang Wei has no father or mother. He can graduate from Dongda Law School by himself, work in Jincheng, and become an ace lawyer.

  I don't know why, but once there is a comparison, Xiao Baihe feels that Zhang Wei is much more pleasing to the eye.

   At this moment, both the prosecution and the defense are in place.

   at the prosecution table.

   "Prosecutor Xiao, what do you think of this case?"

   "I look at these documents, the case should be settled."

   "Would you like to give me an idea later and ask me a few questions?"

   "No need, senior brother can handle it himself."

   Hou Liangliang was looking for a chance to talk to Xiao Baihe, but Xiao Baihe was very perfunctory.

   Similarly, Tan Yingying, who was sitting between the two, was also a little speechless.

   Do you have too much extra?

   at the defense table.

   Zhang Wei and Zhao Xiaoxiao sat there, and the defendant talked.

   As for his wife Chen Xiaoyu, she brought Tan Xiaozhi to the witness stand at the back.

   "How do you choose someone for this case?"

   Although Zhao Xiaoxiao is not a defense lawyer, he acts as an assistant.

   "It's actually very simple. The focus of the prosecution's attack in this case must be the old-fashioned negligence."

Zhang Wei said and patted Lao Tan on the shoulder, "The prosecution will do everything possible to prove in court that even the slightest mistake and the slightest bit of laziness can lead to a fire or an explosion, and your Lao Tan is at fault. "

  Old Tan heard the seriousness of the problem and hurriedly asked: "Then what should we do?"

   "My current strategy is to plead guilty and seek a discretionary commutation of your sentence if your fault is confirmed."

Zhang Wei thought about it carefully and analyzed it: "See if you can get the family's forgiveness and spend some money to settle this matter. If you have insurance, use the insurance compensation to make up for the loss. This is the best solution at present. ."

   "As for the next trial, that's what I worry about, not you."

   Zhang Wei said, and began to analyze in his heart: "You should choose those who don't care about the red tape, the subtleties, or even the rules!"

   "Because only such a person can rationally understand your old talk."

   "But it's actually quite difficult for such a person to understand you..."

   Overall, it is still difficult to do!

"All rise!"

   With the announcement of the court guard, the young Judge Liu walked into the scene.

   He glanced at the prosecution seat and breathed a sigh of relief.

  Because the prosecution is not someone he knows, fortunately, there is no difficulty.

   But then his eyes swept across the defense table, and his face immediately fell.

   Zhang Wei!

   As long as it was Zhang Wei's case, Xiao Liu felt that he had to prepare a quick-acting pill to save his heart, otherwise he couldn't bear it.

  Look at the hearing stand, a row of prosecutors from the District Attorney's Headquarters, this is obviously here to put pressure on me.

  Especially the eyes of the prosecutors, they stared at me after I came in, those eyes seemed to eat people, I was so afraid...

   But Judge Liu still showed his courage and walked to the bench step by step to take a seat.

   "Cough, since both the prosecution and the defense are here, let's start the pre-trial of the fire case in the food street of Wanjiahui shopping mall in the inner ring."

  Xiao Liu said, looking at both sides, "Both the prosecution and the defense, please use short words for each of you to affirm the next court defense."

   On the defensive line, Hou Liangliang got up first.

   "Judge Liu, and everyone in the courtroom, I think this is a serious negligent death case. Defendant Tan Zhiqi caused the death of a night-shift cleaner due to his negligence in his work."

   "And because of his negligence, the store was affected by explosions and fires, resulting in irreversible economic damage to many nearby stores. The prosecution believes that this is the responsibility of the defendant Tan Zhiqi."

   "His behavior is simply condoning the occurrence of fire accidents. His laziness and perfunctory behavior over the years led to this fire. His behavior is arson!"

   Judge Liu was shocked when he heard Hou Liangliang's words.

   "Prosecutor, are you trying to say that you want to sue the defendant for malicious arson?"

   "No, Judge Liu, you heard it wrong. I want to sue the defendant for gross negligence causing death. Arson is just a proxy for internal communication in our system."

   Judge Liu breathed a sigh of relief and almost thought he had heard it wrong.

   If this is to prosecute arson, it will be a big game.

   But he had also heard of this case. Many people in the internal system called the case an arson case.

  I really hope, it's not real!

   And after Hou Liangliang finished the court defense, the defense table was not calm.

   "Lawyer Zhang, how long is the sentence for this serious negligence causing death?"

   "Generally, it takes 3-7 years for negligent death. If the circumstances are serious, it will take more than 10 years, and even 10-15 years!"

   Lao Tan asked, but Zhang Wei answered coldly.

   Hearing this age, the old talk couldn't hold back immediately.

   "Don't worry, I know how to do it!"

   Zhang Wei interrupted him with a wave of his hand, and then got up directly.

   "Judge Liu, we choose not guilty defense!"

  Simple, clean proposition.

   "Not guilty plea?"

   But Judge Liu was surprised again.

  Why do you even have to give me a little bit of **** to declare the court's argument?

   "Lawyer Zhang, I heard right, you want to defend your client's innocence?"

   "Yes!" Zhang Wei nodded affirmatively.

   "Not guilty defense, that is, you have to prove that this fire is not directly related to your client. Are you sure you want to do this instead of seeking a discretionary commutation under the guilty defense?"

   "Judge Liu, we also want to apply for a commutation of the sentence, but this was an accident, not a serious negligence that caused death. I think the prosecution has made a big fuss, so I chose to plead not guilty."

   Judge Liu glanced at Zhang Weihe Laotan, "Are you sure you don't consider anxiety and discuss it with your client?"

  The old talk was silent, apparently by default.

   Zhang Wei also replied calmly: "We have discussed it, and the client and I both choose to plead not guilty!"

   "Well, since this is the result of your consultation with the client, then I have no opinion."

   Judge Liu struck the hammer and announced that the court arguments of both parties were finalized.

   "Tingwei, let the candidate jury come in."

  As the court guard released, the jury entered the venue one after another.

   On the prosecution table, Hou Liangliang did not move.

   Zhang Wei waited for a while, and after seeing that the other party didn't move for a while, he got up directly.

   Since the prosecution does not ask questions, then he will come.

   "Cough, I want to ask the jury, do you like tea?"

  The jury looked at each other in dismay, and many nodded.

   "It doesn't matter if you don't like tea, you should all have friends or family who like tea, right?"

   Many people nodded, which is true.

   "Then I wonder if you have heard the rules of drinking tea, such as when the host pours tea, you should respond politely as a guest?"

   "In my opinion, every time you pour tea, you say thank you, which is very verbose, and it feels strange between the host and the guest. Therefore, tea drinkers have invented a kind of guest etiquette called "knock-hand ceremony". "

   Zhang Wei said this, after a pause, Popular Science said: "What is the kowtowing ceremony, here is also divided into seniority and age, different age groups, the kowtowing ceremony is also different.!"

"For example, if a junior pours tea for himself and taps his index finger on the table to express his gratitude; if a junior is pouring tea, put his index and middle fingers together and tap the table to express his gratitude; if an elder is pouring tea for himself, he needs to put his five fingers together to express his gratitude. Knock down the table three times with the fist and the heart of the fist, indicating that the five-body throw is disrespectful, this is also the highest kowtow, everyone understands it, right?"

   In the jury, many people looked at each other in dismay.

   This is the first time they have heard of this hand-knuckle.

   "Then ask everyone, how many people will use this hand-knock when you are drinking tea, please raise your hand?"

  On the jury, only a few people extended their hands.

   "Then how many of you have heard of this hand-knuckle?"

   A little more people raised their hands, but less than half of the total.

   "When you drink tea, how many people will say thank you to the person who poured the tea?"

   This time, many people raised their hands, but there were only a few people who didn't raise their hands.

   "Thank you for your answers." Zhang Wei thanked him and then faced the court directly.

   "Judge Liu, the defense accepts jurors No. 1, No. 4, No. 5, No. 7, and requests to exclude No. 3, No. 6, No. 11, No. 17 jurors at the same time."

   Judge Liu took out his pen and started to record, and at the same time he wondered, what does this tea drinking rule have to do with this case?

  Similarly, Hou Liangliang on the prosecution table also frowned.

   "What does this defense mean?"

   "I...I don't know..."

   Tan Yingying immediately shook her head.

   But Hou Liangliang was not interested in her answer, he just wanted Xiao Baihe to say something.

  Xiao Lihe didn't respond, didn't even look at him.

   Hou Liangliang saw that the second seat he personally selected ignored him, and his eyes were a little gloomy.

   In the same way, the look he looked at the defense seat was even more unkind.

   "Ask stupid questions and you won't win a case!"

   "In this trial, I have the support of the Investigation Department behind me, so the advantage is mine!"

  Hou Liangliang believes that he will never lose to Zhang Wei, and this time he will correct the name of the local inspection headquarters!

   (end of this chapter)

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