My Wife is a Counsel Chapter 38: The light of the sword

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In the lounge, Lu Ming was immersed in writing something.

Li Mingxuan finally couldn't help it, "Your strategy may be to eliminate my ability to rob things, but in this way, the victim Li Xiaoyan will be even more innocent in the eyes of the jury, not to mention me. Beat her to death, I will just hurt her, won’t she become even more hateful?”

Lu Ming raised his head and looked at him: "You are very hateful in the first place. Why did she take you by her side for a long time? Because she is lame? Or because you don't take a shower? You know the reason. Sooner or later, it will come, but you are greedy for a comfortable life and have a sense of luck. Let me tell you, you deserve it even if you are sentenced to death by beheading!"

"You..." Li Mingxuan's face turned green and white, and he stood up suddenly. However, his eyes lit up and he looked at Lu Ming, who continued to immerse himself in writing quickly. Li Mingxuan sat down, lowered his head and began to think.

"Tsinghua, come on, go and do something for me!" Lu Ming waved to Chen Qinghua.

Chen Qinghua perked up and felt that what he had done recently had little to do with this case and did not help his boss at all.

Ke took the piece of paper from Lu Ming and couldn't help but be stunned when he read what was written on it.

The boss asked him to collect all the information about the accident of Lingwei brand cars. If there was a victim, he should also meet with the victim's family to learn the details.

"Hold on tight these days, you don't have to follow this case anymore." Lu Ming said.

"Okay..." Although Chen Qinghua was unwilling in every way, he could not go against the boss's wishes.

"Tsinghua, this matter is very important. You must do it well, be meticulous and attentive, you know?" Lu Ming looked at him and emphasized his tone, "This may be about whether you, Brother Lu, and I can stand here! ”

Actually, Chen Qinghua is a few years older than Lu Ming, but the boss calls himself "brother" to naturally mean closeness.

Seeing Lu Ming's solemn expression, Chen Qinghua felt immediately relieved and nodded: "Don't worry."

Wang Daan watched this scene with some helplessness. Chen Qinghua at least had something to do. From beginning to end, he was really just a decoration.

At this time, the bailiff knocked on the door gently and said, "Lawyer Lu, it's time to start."

……

Li Mingxuan sat on the witness stand again.

Liu Hanhuan walked up to him and said, "Mr. Li Si, are you feeling better now? Can we start?"

Li Mingxuan nodded lightly.

"Mr. Li Si, according to your latest testimony, you hit Ms. Li Xiaoyan on the head with the sculpture that killed Ms. Li Xiaoyan, right?"

"Objection." Lu Ming raised his hand, "When Mr. Li Haoran hit Ms. Li Xiaoyan on the head, this sculpture was not the murder weapon."

Liu Hanhuan spread his hands, "But it was the murder weapon that killed Ms. Li Xiaoyan, wasn't it? Lawyer Lu, if you follow your strict timeline, objective things will become very confusing."

Cao Guan nodded, indicating that the objection was invalid and the witness needed to answer the question.

"Yes." Li Mingxuan pointed at the microphone and said softly.

"You understand and consider Ms. Li Xiaoyan so well, but in the end, you hit Ms. Li Xiaoyan's head with a deadly iron sculpture?" Liu Hanxuan sounded surprised, turned around, and faced the jury Shake his head.

The jurors also shook their heads and felt sad for poor Ms. Li Xiaoyan.

Li Mingxuan was silent.

"Is there a third person in the room at that time?" Liu Hanhuan asked.

"No."

"When you left, did you see a third party entering Ms. Li Xiaoyan's room?"

"No." Li Mingxuan shook his head again.

"So, you left the seriously injured Ms. Li Xiaoyan alone and left her struggling in extreme pain?"

Liu Hanhuan didn't wait for Li Mingxuan to react, "Besides, you hit Ms. Li Xiaoyan's head many times, right?"

"I didn't!" Li Mingxuan looked up.

"Yes, you didn't. You just knew Ms. Li Xiaoyan so well and sympathized with her experience so much. In the end, you hurt her cruelly, leaving her seriously injured by you to return to Ms. Li Xiaoyan to rent for you. I walked into the rental house, admiring the expensive accessories, and sighed, ah, Ms. Li Xiaoyan, what a lovely and pitiful person she is..."

Liu Hanhuan leaned slightly towards the judge's bench and the jury's bench, "I have no problem!"

Leaving a pale-faced Li Mingxuan behind, he turned and walked back to the prosecutor's seat.

Zhang Jingjing looked at her master with admiration. Unexpectedly, in just ten minutes, her master came up with a solution and launched a beautiful counterattack, which completely wiped out the defense's advantage.

Lu Ming stood up and walked to the witness stand.

"You know Ms. Li Xiaoyan very well, right?" Lu Ming asked.

"Maybe I understand her a little bit."

"She can be said to be your benefactor, right?"

"Yes, she hired me and allowed me to obtain a temporary residence permit. I was originally with a bunch of homeless people."

"Does she often ask you to drink with her?"

"Yes."

"As a servant, do you think you are qualified? Because your leg is lame, right?"

Li Mingxuan was silent.

"Why do you think she hired you?"

Li Mingxuan still said nothing.

"Before you were disfigured, did you think that the adjective handsome was worthy of use?" Lu Ming said, "Please show me Exhibit No. 19 of Category D."

It is a photo of Li Mingxuan following Li Xiaoyan, a paper cutout from a gossip tabloid. In the photo, you can clearly see Li Mingxuan's original appearance.

This paper-cut was sent to Cao Guan and the jury.

"Using most people's aesthetic standards, you are still very handsome."

"So, as a person who has limited mobility and cannot perform the duties of a servant, do you really not understand the reason why Ms. Li Xiaoyan hired you? Especially, she often gives you expensive gifts?" Lu Ming pressed Li Mingxuan.

"Objection, object to the defense using malicious speculation to stigmatize the victim!" Liu Hanhuan raised his hand.

Lu Ming nodded, "I will ask my question again."

Looking at Li Mingxuan, "Ms. Li Xiaoyan is a very pitiful woman. You are taking advantage of her loneliness because you don't want to be a tramp anymore, right?"

Li Mingxuan bit his lip and said nothing, his face turning blue and white.

However, he clenched his fists and his body was shaking slightly.

"Witness, please answer my question!" Lu Ming raised his voice.

"Yes, I was deceiving her!" Li Mingxuan clenched his fists and raised his head suddenly, a little hysterical, "I was just taking a chance and thought it would be fine! Because, because she is a kind woman, I know that she , she won’t force me!”

"But I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it!" Li Mingxuan shook his head in pain, "I really didn't expect..."

"But, I really didn't kill her, I really didn't kill her... How could I want to kill her?" Li Mingxuan lowered his head and murmured, "I didn't kill her, I didn't kill her..."

Lu Ming sighed softly, "Yes, Ms. Li Xiaoyan did not want to force you, but it was a misunderstanding that caused a small conflict between you..."

Liu Hanhuan raised his hand, "I object to the defense deliberately downplaying the cruelty of the case. Ms. Li Xiaoyan died tragically. This is not a small conflict!"

Lu Ming turned around, "I request to summon the prosecution's second witness, forensic officer Liu Kuang."

"Liu Kuang, can you come to court today?" Cao Guan asked calmly.

Liu Kuang went to court yesterday and told the autopsy results, but Lu Ming only asked one question, were there any fingerprints found on the murder weapon?

Liu Kuang answered no.

When the witness is summoned to court again, if the witness does not have time today, he will have to schedule another appointment. After all, it is an impromptu summons.

This is also the reason why many cases are delayed for a long time.

Liu Hanxuan was about to get up and said that the witness was not nearby and further communication was needed. In this way, because several courts may have case hearing arrangements, the next one may be three or four days later, giving himself enough time to prepare.

But the most important thing is that the tragic image of the suspect created by the opposing lawyer in court will be diluted over time.

More or less, in today's court, I still feel a bit disadvantaged, trying to find ways to deal with every move.

The pressure this young rookie lawyer named Lu Qianxing put on himself was something he had not experienced in more than ten years in the Beiguan legal profession.

It seems that I am facing those superior ghost lawyers in the East China Sea Region, which is incredible.

Liu Hanxuan was thinking wildly and just stood up to explain that he was unable to contact the witness for the time being.

But at this time, the large wooden door of the courtroom was pushed open, and Liu Kuang hurried in.

Lu Ming immediately smiled and said: "Mr. Liu is here!"

Liu Hanhuan looked back and saw, his eyes immediately condensed.

"Why are you here?"

Liu Kuang came over and Liu Hanhuan frowned and asked.

"Didn't your office assistant call me and ask me to come?" Liu Kuang looked surprised.

Liu Hanhuan looked at Lu Ming again, feeling suddenly uneasy.

This shows that this guy has predicted every step of the lawsuit up to now, and is proceeding according to his plan step by step.

This is a bit scary.

"Prosecutor, are your witnesses ready?" Cao Guan asked again.

"Yes, yes..." Liu Hanhuan pushed the frame on the bridge of his nose helplessly. The witness was already standing in the court, so there was no reason not to let him go up and testify. He couldn't suddenly pretend to be sick. He was Having a head and a face, this kind of trick cannot be used until the end of time.

Moreover, Liu Kuang would not agree. He is one of the most authoritative experts in the Beiguan Forensic Office, and he would not let himself be manipulated.

Liu Kuang sat on the witness stand.

Lu Ming walked up to him, "I saw the autopsy from your forensic office. Ms. Li Xiaoyan's skull was hit hard four times, right?"

"Yes." Liu Kuang nodded.

"No fingerprints were detected from the top of the flying eagle sculpture that was identified as the murder weapon, right?"

"Yes." Liu Kuang nodded again.

"So, why do you think there are no fingerprints?"

Liu Kuang thought for a while and said, "We forensic doctors talk about evidence and scientific facts, without making any speculations."

"Okay, then, if I say that the murderer wiped off the fingerprints on the sculpture, do you think it is possible?"

"This is very likely." Liu Kuang nodded again.

"Mr. Liu Kuang, according to what I know, at the initial identification discussion meeting, you had opinions that the time of the four blows may be very different, especially the heaviest blow, which may be different from the second blow. One strike, more than three hours apart?"

A trace of surprise flashed in Liu Kuang's eyes, but he was very calm. "Actually, with our current identification methods, we cannot accurately infer the specific time interval when the victim's skull was hit. Therefore, this opinion, After we discussed it, we didn’t adopt it.”

Lu Ming nodded, "Since current scientific evidence cannot deduce the time interval between the four blows to the victim's skull, that means that based on scientific identification, you cannot rule out the first blow. Was there three hours or more between the last blow? ”

Liu Kuang hesitated.

Liu Hanhuan also frowned immediately.

"Mr. Liu Kuang, please answer my question. You keep saying that you only respect science and evidence. Then, please answer my question. Based on scientific identification and existing evidence, is it impossible to exclude it? Ms. Li Xiaoyan Maybe there was more than three hours between the first attack and the last attack? Because someone raised this possibility."

Liu Kuang thought for a while, "It's not impossible, but..."

Lu Ming quickly interrupted him, "Mr. Liu Kuang, there are no fingerprints on the murder weapon, right?"

"Yes, I just said it." Liu Kuang was a little impatient and wanted to go back to the previous question, "As for the time when the wound was caused..."

"Mr. Liu Kuang, do you think that the four blows happened almost at the same time and must be the same person?" Lu Ming asked.

"Yes..." Liu Kuang still wanted to explain.

"However, you also said that there is no scientific evidence to prove the time interval between each attack on the victim in this case..."

"But you insist that the four attacks occurred at very short intervals and were committed by one person."

"Is this your scientific spirit?"

Liu Kuang was stunned and speechless for a moment.

Zhang Jingjing listened blankly. The forensic officer was obviously no match for the rookie lawyer. Not only was he speechless after being interrogated, the rookie lawyer had even taken advantage of the opportunity to cleverly turn the victim into a "four". When I heard the words "attacked for the first time", I felt as if several people had beaten the victim, and the one who died should have been the last one.

If I hadn’t already understood the defense skills of a lawyer, I would have been led into trouble by him now.

Liu Hanhuan has already stood up, "Objection, I hope the defense can give the witness sufficient time to answer questions."

"That is not my obligation. He only needs to answer my questions. If further explanation is needed, Lawyer Liu, you will need to use your cross-examination time."

Liu Hanxuan frowned. This guy is right, but in today's courts, there are very few defense lawyers like this. They simply make the most of all the rules.

Lu Ming turned to look at Liu Kuang with a gloomy expression, "Mr. Liu Kuang, the forensic office finally believed that the blows happened at about the same time. It seems that there was a certain degree of discussion and inference about the case, so, I just came to this conclusion, right?"

Liu Kuang had a gloomy face, but his words were extremely careful, "Forensic doctors are also human beings. Of course we will discuss this case, but it will not affect our identification results. We make all conclusions from a scientific perspective."

Lu Ming nodded: "Since you have analyzed this case, then a murderer brutally killed the victim with four heavy blows, and then wiped the fingerprints off the murder weapon with an unusually clear mind. Then, he returned to his rental house without any sign of escaping."

"This man knew very well that many people knew that he entered the victim's room. Even after he killed someone, he was seen leaving when he left."

"He wiped off the fingerprints on the murder weapon in order to conceal the fact that he committed the murder, but he boldly let the witnesses go, let the insiders go, and went back to sleep in his rental house with peace of mind?"

"Is this person schizophrenic?"

Liu Kuang shook his head: "This is not my area of ​​expertise and I will not make any judgments."

"He failed in the rape, robbed and killed, wiped the fingerprints off the murder weapon, and then walked home without hesitation, not caring that he was seen entering and leaving the victim's room..."

Lu Ming turned to look at the jury box and spread his hands, "I think there is only one possibility. He is sleepwalking."

Although it was a very cruel murder, some jurors could not help themselves. They almost laughed out loud and hurriedly lowered their heads to hold back.

Liu Hanhuan stood up and said, "Your honor, I have a psychology expert who can clearly analyze the mental state of the perpetrator. I request that he be summoned to testify in court."

Cao Guan looked at the time and said, "Adjourn the court for half an hour."

Lu Ming turned around, "In court, because Witness No. 2 did not show professionalism, there were problems with the chain of evidence in the case. Therefore, I would like to ask the prosecution's Witness No. 1 to appear again to testify. I have a few questions. I want to ask him, he is in the gallery now."

Witness No. 1, Du Laifu, the manager of Jincheng Hotel and the victim’s cousin, testified that he was the key witness who saw Li Mingxuan entering the victim’s room and leaving Li Xiaoyan’s room.

He really likes to join in the fun. Originally, the prosecution had no plan for him to testify in court today, but as long as it is this case, he will come to listen, and now he is in the auditorium.

Cao Guan looked at Liu Hanhuan: "Then your expert witness will appear in court next. Let us first listen to the testimony of witness No. 1."

Looking at Du Laifu, who was sitting at the back of the auditorium, Liu Hanhuan felt very angry. Seeing that he came to every court hearing, he had long wanted to scold him. It was as if his brain was wet. He loved to join in any excitement. He was Is the witness of the murder case so fond of gossip? When I was a kid, my head got caught in a door. It was a weird thing.