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Chapter 70 Sudden Death
Kato Masaichi's case finally officially opened. Just after the opening statement, Cheng Lingyu and Shan Jingfan had a fierce confrontation, especially when the prosecution provided the testimony of the surviving boy, but used the psychiatrist's report to oppose Shan Jingfan. After a while, the boy was summoned to appear in court as a witness. In the end, the presiding judge, Feng Xuefan, ruled that the evidence was invalid unless the boy actually appeared in court and told the jury what happened.

In the afternoon, the two sides started arguing over whether the photo of Masaichi Kato’s murder was forged. Shan Jingfan produced the forged photo of Cheng Lingyu’s murder and Kim Zhengyi’s blackmail letter. The jury was in an uproar. There is no doubt that the key evidence His credibility has been shaken by Sanjing Rice.

Then, a shocking news came out of the court. Shan Jingfan asked for an adjournment, and Feng Guan immediately agreed.

It was a servant who was reported missing by Masaichi Kato a few months ago. He was arrested by the police when he attempted to moleste a boy, but he was interrogated by the police. He secretly took a few children to the basement where he usually cleaned, killed the boys there, then dismembered their bodies, put them in garbage bags and threw them into the garbage dump in batches. Now, the garbage should have been incinerated.

Seeing that the murder case was exposed, he ran away in fright.

This servant, after signing the statement, died of a heart attack.

Hearing the news, Shan Jingfan immediately filed a new motion in writing to the court, thinking that there were too many doubts in the case, and it was not enough to prove that his client was the murderer. It was very likely that the servant colluded with Jin Zhengyi to frame himself Moreover, according to the servant's confession, the real culprit has been concluded, and the court is requested to immediately suspend the case and adjudicate his client not guilty.

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In the "meeting room" of Jinshun Hotel, under the rickety tile lamp, Cheng Lingyu's face was even more uncertain.

The prosecutors and police officers sitting around the long table also had serious faces, and no one dared to speak.

It can only be said that Shan Jingfan is too strong, and the chess piece was buried a few months ago.

If the servant ran away after the prosecution discovered the blood, there is no doubt that it would not be convincing enough to the jury.

But he ran away a few months ago, and Kato even reported to the police, and there are records to check.

Naturally, it was a pawn that Shan Jingfan had laid out long ago. According to the progress of the case, it was prepared for emergencies, and now it has come in handy.

What's more, the servant died of a heart attack after confessing. In fact, it sounds nice. At that time, the police tortured him a little during the interrogation. The medicine to maintain the heart's oxygen supply ended up being beaten down, causing a heart attack.

Of course, according to the final autopsy report, the other party died of a sudden heart attack.

This is really easy to calculate. It cannot be said that he took poison beforehand, and the police have to try their best to cover up the real cause of death.

In this way, the servant's confession cannot be questioned at all.

In fact, Dongying servants may be involved in high-profile cases. How much punishment can the police use?It is said that he was habitually punched and slapped a few times. The main reason is that the posture of handcuffing him is too tortured, but his normal physique is fine, but the other party is not normal, so this kind of thing happened.

The mystery inside, every prosecutor pondered carefully, felt shuddering.

The opponent is too terrifying, as if everything has been calculated, including the inhumane corporal punishment that the police will give him.

Then, take advantage of it.

What else can I say?
It can only be said that a barrister is a barrister, and there is no vain person under the prestigious name. It is indeed the existence that is close to the ceiling of the legal profession.

Even if one's own side loses, it is still inferior to others, and there is nothing to say.

For a moment, they were all a little frustrated, feeling that the opponent was so strong that it was impossible to overcome them.

Many prosecutors feel powerless in their hearts.

"It's all off-board tricks, it's boring..."

Everyone was stunned, looking over, it was the youngest Er Duan Lu Lu Da Xing who was speaking, and he was shaking his head boredly.

Lu Ming really finds it quite boring. As a barrister and a real top figure in the legal industry, the result is all a series of tricks. It looks very powerful and unpredictable, but this kind of opponent makes people lose the desire to fight.

Everyone was a little helpless, and they thought that it was just you, and others would not dare to talk like that.

But Wang Xiaohu echoed loudly, "That's right, Dongying ghost, that's true, you know what's going on behind the scenes!"

Cheng Lingyu frowned: "Xiaohu, pay attention to your identity!" As a prosecutor, he couldn't say anything in the folk, so he looked at Lu Ming with a smile: "Lawyer Lu is right, Shan Jingfan is just a piece of paper. Foreign move."

It seems that the mood has adjusted, and I also feel that the morale is low now, and Lu Ming's words can boost morale a little.

Lu Ming took a sip from his teacup, "Cheng Jian, I think the servant's confession can be classified as hearsay evidence."

Hou Dexing immediately rolled his eyes, but now he doesn't dare to speak easily. This man surnamed Lu is extremely eloquent, and in the end he made himself a loser, not worth it.

Hearsay evidence, generally speaking, is that witnesses report other people's words as evidence, or witnesses only use written testimony and do not testify in court.

For example, the testimony of the surviving children of one's own side will be invalidated by Shan Jingfan on the grounds of hearing evidence.

But this servant is an adult, and he has made a statement and signed it according to legal procedures. Even if he dies accidentally, according to the current legal standards, his testimony will be judged to be presented in court in most courts, but how credible it is depends on the need for a jury To judge by the delegation, it is unlikely to directly reject and declare invalid.

Cheng Lingyu frowned slightly: "Is this difficult?"

Lu Ming said: "Actually, it's not impossible. For example, in a case in my hometown, an old lady had a harsh personality. She often attributed many troubles in life to her son and complained to her neighbors. Later, she fell down by herself. , fell on the back of her head, woke up and complained to the doctor that her son pushed her off the stool and fell, the doctor called the police, but then the old lady died."

"Then the old lady is usually a human being. When she said these words, she didn't realize that she would die soon. She was still the same as usual, complaining about her son. Without other strong evidence, the court ruled that her dying words , as hearsay evidence."

"If, I mean, if Kato Masaichi, the male servant, has a habit of talking big, or if he is stimulated by something, but he doesn't know that he will die immediately after giving a confession, then, His statement may or may not be considered hearsay."

Cheng Lingyu's eyes lit up when he heard it, but he felt incredible, "Which court is it in your hometown? Is there such a case?"

What Lu Ming was actually talking about was a case in his previous life. At this moment, he smiled: "Cheng Jian, let me treat you to dinner. Let's discuss how to turn the out-of-the-box trick of Shanjing Rice into evidence."

"Okay, okay!" Cheng Lingyu waved to everyone, "It's over!"

The prosecutor and the police officers immediately got up and left as if they were being pardoned.

Cheng Lingyu smiled at Lu Ming: "There is no one else, so tell me, what can be done to get rid of this rumored evidence."

Lu Ming smiled, it seemed that he couldn't hide it from him, but in fact he was, based on his understanding of himself, if it was really a meal to discuss the case, he wouldn't be stingy, so he naturally invited them all.

Obviously, it was his own strategy that he didn't want the people present to hear.

He used to have an eyeliner at Shanjingfan, so he naturally understood that the prosecutors and police officers here may not have not informed the Dongying people.

After all, this book of mountains loves to make out-of-the-box tricks too much.

"Cheng Jian, even if we succeed in the trial of hearsay evidence, we are still at a big disadvantage. I have a different idea, and I want to talk to you..."

Lu Ming's voice became lower and lower.

Even through the crack of the door, I couldn't hear clearly.

All I could hear was that after a long time, Cheng Lingyu suddenly laughed happily.

(End of this chapter)