Lawyer

Chapter 873 Partner Meeting

"Lawyer Du, is it possible for my son's case to be changed?" In the Jetta car, Guan Jibao asked with tears on his face, hugging his wife Zhang Shuilan with dull eyes.

"You can appeal, but I don't think...the hope is too great." Du Yong hesitated for a while, but still spoke his mind.

After listening to Du Yong, Guan Jibao didn't speak any more.

Guan Jibao and his wife are now living with relatives in the next village, and they dare not return to the village for fear of revenge from the victim's family.After sending Guan Jibao and his wife to their residence, Guan Jibao thanked Du Yong and Yun Qiao repeatedly, and Du Yong drove back to the law firm.

On the way back to the law firm, Yun Qiao asked, "Lawyer Du, do you think Guan Jibao will choose to appeal?"

"I think it will, but whether we will be entrusted again...not necessarily. I think there is no hope for the second trial, it's just going through the procedure." Du Yong was a little conflicted in his heart. The possibility of it is almost zero, and the legal fees... I feel a little uncomfortable.

Du Yong has a bottom line, he can't open his eyes and tell nonsense, and he can't do it if he knows that [-]% of the cases will be lost, but he still deceives the parties that he can win.It is precisely because of this fetter that before he joined Fang Yi's team, he did not do well and his income was not high.But then again, it is precisely because of this fetter that he has a bottom line and his conscience is still there.

Du Yong guessed it right. After receiving the verdict, Guan Jibao was tricked by a lawyer from another law firm in the city to sign the entrustment procedures for the second trial, requesting the court to reduce the punishment on the grounds that the defendant surrendered himself.

After the trial, the Provincial Higher Court held that the appellant Guan Jiang was discovered by others during the theft, and his behavior of killing others for fear of revealing the matter constituted the crime of intentional homicide.Guan Jiang appealed the reasons and opinions that he constituted surrender and should be given a lighter and mitigated punishment. After investigation, the arrest issued by the public security organ was confirmed. When the investigators visited Guan Jiang after the incident, Guan Jiang scratched his hands and claimed Was scratched by a cat. After careful observation by technicians, the wound could not be formed by cat scratches. Guan Jiang is suspected of committing a major crime.

The defendant, Guan Jiang, confessed his criminal facts during the interrogation, so the grounds for appeal and defense opinions cannot be established.What he mentioned was a first-time offender or an occasional offender, which was found to be true after investigation.Although the defendant, Guan Jiang, was a first-time offender and an occasional offender, his criminal methods were particularly cruel, the circumstances were particularly vicious, and the consequences were particularly serious, which is not enough to give him a lighter punishment.

The original judgment found the facts clear, the evidence was reliable and sufficient, the application of the law was correct, and the sentencing was appropriate.The trial procedure is legal.In accordance with Article 189 (199) and Article 275 of the Criminal Procedure Law, and Article [-] ([-]) of the Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court on Several Issues Concerning Enforcement (Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China), it was ruled to reject the appeal , Uphold the original judgment.

After the judgment of the second instance was pronounced, the High Court reported to the Supreme People's Court for approval in accordance with the law.

After a review, the Supreme Court held that the defendant, Guan Jiang, was discovered during the theft, fearing that the matter would be revealed, and murdered him to keep his mouth shut. His behavior constituted the crime of intentional homicide.Although Guan Jiang was able to truthfully confess his crime after he was brought to justice, he had a good confession attitude and was a first-time offender, but his murder method was extremely cruel, the circumstances were extremely bad, and the consequences were extremely serious, which is not enough to give him a lighter punishment.Ruling: Approved the Provincial High Court Final Zi No. 315 to uphold the criminal ruling that the defendant Guan Jiang was sentenced to death for intentional homicide and deprived of political rights for life in the first instance.

After the verdict was pronounced in the first instance, Guan Jibao did not contact Du Yong again. The latter only found out about the approval result of the Guanjiang murder case by the Supreme Court when he searched for related cases in May.

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In meeting room No. [-] of Wanhua United Law Firm, a partner meeting is being held. All the first-level partners and second-level partners of the law firm have arrived, and they are discussing the situation of the second-level partner candidates.

As Wan Kefa expected, after he introduced Fang Yi to participate in the second-level partner election, another first-level partner, Attorney Zou, promoted Li Fang, a lawyer.

"There are two candidates this year, one is lawyer Fang Yi and the other is lawyer Li Fang, but this year there is only one quota for promotion to second-level partner.

Attorney Fang Yi is familiar to everyone and mainly focuses on criminal litigation. He is currently the third-level partner of our law firm.Attorney Li Fang mainly focuses on non-litigation business, and he has done well in recent years. He is currently the third-level partner of our law firm.

The introduction materials of the two lawyers have been sent to all partners. You can read the materials and put forward your own opinions. Finally, we will vote by secret ballot. According to the old rules, two-thirds of the candidates will be elected. Hua Liancheng, who presided over the meeting, introduced with a smile.

Everyone in the conference room either looked down at the documents, or frowned while smoking cigarettes.In fact, everyone can understand that on the surface, the selection of the second-level partner is actually an internal struggle between the two first-level partners, Wan Kefa and Lawyer Zou, so no one is willing to speak first and offend others for no reason. Not worth it.

"I read the profiles of the two candidates just now, and it should be said that they are both excellent, especially Lawyer Fang, whose reputation in the province is well known, not only in the circle, but also outside the legal circle. .There are a lot of parties here attracted by the fame.

Of course, Attorney Li Fang is also a senior lawyer, but in terms of reputation, Attorney Fang Yi is better. If Attorney Fang is promoted to a second-level partner, it will be of great benefit to the promotion of our law firm's brand. "Said a bald male lawyer in his fifties, squinting his eyes while smoking a cigarette.

I don't know if it's because of the smoke, or because he's too tired to wake up recently, anyway, his eyes just can't be opened, that's fine, anyway, no one needs to look at him.

"I think this statement is wrong. Both candidates have their advantages and disadvantages. It is difficult for non-litigation lawyers to become famous, at least not as easily as criminal lawyers.

But we are a law firm and a profit-making organization, so everything depends on money. Judging from the income of the two candidates, it is obvious that lawyer Li Fang is better.The income difference between the two is nearly 400 million, which is a bit big! After getting a hint from Lawyer Zou, a lean male lawyer in his 40s started to fight back.

"Speaking of income generation, I looked at the clients of the two of them. Among the projects that lawyer Li Fang handled last year, the projects with high fees were basically old clients. This can be checked in our system.

Looking at Attorney Fang Yi again, his highest-fee cases are all new cases, and he has no old clients.Therefore, from the perspective of innovation and business development, Attorney Fang is stronger. I think Attorney Fang is more suitable to be promoted to a second-level partner. "A male lawyer with a square face said casually.

(End of this chapter)