Lawyer

After Du Yong delivered his defense opinion, the courtroom was quiet. Many people in the auditorium cast admiring glances at him in the defense bench and gave him a thumbs up.

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After the adjournment, the collegiate panel delivered the verdict in court.

"... this case has been deliberated by the collegial panel and has formed a judgment opinion. In view of the opinions of the prosecution and the defense, combined with the focus of the dispute in this case, and based on the facts and evidence of this case, this court makes the following comments:

...Defendant Rong Yang's subjective malignancy is relatively small, and the social harm is also relatively light. It belongs to the case of "lighter circumstances" in the crime of intentional homicide.

At the same time, Rong Yang was able to truthfully confess his crime after being brought to justice, and he could be given a lighter punishment according to law.Based on the above-mentioned range of statutory punishment and specific sentencing circumstances, and comprehensively considering the specific facts of the defendant Rong Yang's crime, the attitude of confession and repentance, and the pleading of many relatives and friends, it was decided to give Rong Yang a lighter punishment and apply probation.

In accordance with the provisions of Article 232, Paragraph 67 of Article 72, Article 73, and Article [-] of the "Criminal Law", Rong Yang was sentenced to three years' imprisonment and four years' probation for the crime of intentional homicide. " said the presiding judge.

Although Du Yong was mentally prepared before, he did not expect the court to sentence the defendant Rong Yang to probation.But after thinking about it, Du Yong also understood that this case has too much influence on the society. Since the court dared to open the trial and invited many media, it must have had a public-acceptable case before the trial. Verdict.

In any case, the court's judgment is the direction that the public is looking forward to. After the judgment was pronounced, soon there was overwhelming news on the Internet, and the public opinion was unsurprisingly one-sided, and the voices supporting the judgment of the case accounted for the vast majority.

On the afternoon of the sentencing day, Du Yong was interviewed under the arrangement of Wankefa.Soon, the name of Du Yong, a lawyer from Sidley Law Firm, appeared in various media.Du Yong's previous cases were also "turned out", and netizens affirmed Du Yong's professional ability.

After the verdict was pronounced in the first instance, the defendant Rong Yang did not appeal, nor did the public prosecution organ lodge a protest, and the judgment became legally effective.

Afterwards, under Fang Yi's instruction, Xie Youhe arranged for Du Yong several cases with certain social influence, which increased his public exposure.

At the same time, the reputation of Fang Yi's team is also increasing day by day. There is Meng Guangda in the front, Du Yong in the back, and Fang Yi who is already very well-known before. A team has produced three well-known criminal lawyers. It is hard not to be famous. .

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On this day, Zhou Ying returned to the law firm angrily with her bag in her hand. She sat at her desk and sulked. Yu Wendong came over and said, "Sister Zhou, what's the matter?"

"I went to court in the morning, and I was so angry." Zhou Ying replied panting.

"Why? Why are you angry with the people in the procuratorate? Aren't we eating this bowl of rice? Each is his master." Yu Wendong advised.

In his view, lawyers and the procuratorate are natural enemies. There is offense and defense in the courtroom, and each plays its own role, which is understandable.

Since Zhou Ying went to court in the morning, she must be angry with the prosecutor. Of course, she might also be angry with the judge, but the probability is not very high.

"I'm not angry with the inspector." Zhou Ying explained.

"Where is the judge?" Yu Wendong asked, blinking.

"It's not a judge, it's a colleague, a defender." Zhou Ying said helplessly.

"What's the situation? What's the relationship with your peers?" Yu Wendong didn't understand.

"In this criminal case this morning, there are three defendants in total. I defend the first defendant, and the other two defendants are defended by lawyers from other law firms.

During the court investigation, when I questioned the first defendant, the judge did not speak, and the prosecutor did not raise any objections. As a result, the defenders of the second and third defendants raised objections, yelling: Don’t waste everyone’s time, what is there? You can ask, almost on the line...

Then he acted as the spokesperson of the procuratorate, as if he had received his salary, and his buttocks had already sat across from him.

I reminded the judge at the time that there is no legal provision that defenders can raise objections to other defenders' inquiries, which is an act of disrupting court order. "Zhou Ying said angrily.

"And then?" Yu Wendong asked in surprise.He had never encountered such a situation.

"The judge said a few words lightly, but it didn't matter much. Maybe he thought it was too explicit, and the two defenders didn't say anything later, but it could be seen from their eyes that they were very dissatisfied with me.

So what if you are dissatisfied, I rely on my profession to make a living, not by flattering and acting as a second dog to make money. "Zhou Ying's tone was filled with anger.

"What did the defender do? Does he still have a sense of responsibility and professional ethics? He knelt down before the call of the charge sounded, and he was really speechless." Yu Wendong was also very angry after hearing this.

"Today's case is not finished. I raised a problem with the evidence submitted by the prosecutor, and the collegial panel announced an adjournment.

When I left the court, the defendant's brother found me, and I told him, "You were at the trial today, and you saw what happened.With such a defender on the stand, you resign to your fate! '

The family members of the accused were also very angry.If I hadn't pointed out that there were problems with the evidence on file, the case might have ended like this. "Zhou Ying said.

Just as Zhou Ying finished speaking, her cell phone rang, and it was the brother of the first defendant who called.

"Lawyer Zhou, I want to change my defender...it's not me, I made a mistake, it's the other two defendants who want to change their defenders. Can I change now?" the other party said.

"In principle, the defendant has the right to change his defender after the trial. Why did they think of changing his defender? Have you communicated with the judge?" Zhou Ying was a little surprised.

"During the trial this morning, those two shitty lawyers didn't play a role at all. Although the family members of the other two defendants were not present, they were all from our village. After the trial, I called them and sent the trial Let's talk about the situation.

The family members of the two defendants told me that after the trial, the lawyer called them and said that they had done a lot of work during the trial.

At that time, I yelled at me and told them that I was not the only one who was observing at that time, and I asked them to ask the villagers who were observing and they would understand everything.

As a result, more than half an hour later, they called me and said that they wanted to terminate the previous entrustment and entrust your law firm to provide defense. " said the other party.

"Oh, we have no problem, but they'd better communicate with the court first to change the defender. In addition, the lawyer's fees they paid before may not be returned." Zhou Ying said.

"Lawyer's fees are trivial matters. A lawyer's fee of [-] to [-] yuan, or a prison sentence, we can still figure out which is light and which is heavy. Don't worry, I'll tell them right away, wait for my call." The other party hung up after finishing speaking. phone.

"Look, people have discerning eyes. They tried to fool other people's legal fees, but ended up fooling their own business." Zhou Ying put away her mobile phone and said to Yu Wendong.