Lawyer's character

"Well, thank you, thank you." Yuan Qingxiu understood that Fang Yi was helping her. She had gone to other law firms to ask before, and the lawyer's fee was at least 20,000 yuan. 20,000 yuan was not a small amount for the current Feng family.

"By the way, you just said that everyone in the vegetable market knows about your family. Can you ask the merchants in the vegetable market to write proof for your husband Feng Yongtong to explain the cause and effect of the incident?" Fang Yi asked.

After all, what Yuan Qingxiu said was only one side of the story. If a third party testified about the circumstances of the case, it would be easier for the judge to understand the facts of the case, and the faults of both parties would also be taken into consideration when sentencing.

"Well, I'll go back and ask." Yuan Qingxiu nodded.

After the paralegal assisted Yuan Qingxiu to complete the entrustment procedures, Fang Yi started to make appointments for interviews at the detention center and court review, and became busy.

"Lawyer Fang, this case involves murder, why do you only charge a few thousand yuan?" Wu Qinghui asked curiously in a low voice as he followed Fang Yi downstairs.

"The client's family is not rich, and this case is likely to be sentenced to death. We don't have much room to play, so there is no need to charge too much legal fees. Please help if you can. It's not easy." After that, Fang Yi walked towards the office.

Wu Qinghui was startled, stopped, frowned and said to himself: Shouldn't lawyers be cold-blooded? You only have money in your eyes, and you do everything you can to maximize your own interests, isn't it?

He looked at Fang Yi's back and suddenly felt that he was different from the image of a lawyer in his imagination. He couldn't tell what exactly was different. Maybe it was the temperature. This lawyer is not too cold!

The next day, Fang Yi went to the detention center to meet Feng Yongtong. At this time, Feng Yongtong had hair as dry as grass, sunken eye sockets, and obvious black eye bags. He looked very decadent, giving people the feeling of a broken jar.

A man in his thirties already has half his head of gray hair. It can be seen that Feng Yongtong's psychological pressure is not ordinary.

"You silly bitch, I'm already going to die. Why are you hiring me a lawyer? It's all in vain." Feng Yongtong sighed and cursed after learning that Fang Yi was the lawyer hired by his wife, not a legal aid lawyer. .

"Actually, you still have a chance, there's no need to think so." Fang Yi said lightly.

He understood Feng Yongtong's thoughts at this time. He just wanted to save some money for his family. At the same time, he no longer had any hope for his case.

"Opportunity? Killed one and seriously injured another. I heard people inside said that in a situation like mine, ninety-nine percent of the time, there is the death penalty. There is no chance at all." Feng Yongtong looked at Fang Yi and laughed at himself.

"Whether there is a chance depends on the judge's decision. What others say does not count. If you give up on yourself completely, God will not be able to save you. Please tell me the circumstances before and after the case. I need to know the details." Fang Yi said lightly.

Feng Yongtong nodded and recounted what happened before. The incident he told was basically the same as what Fang Yi had heard before.

"Did you also say the same to the public security organs and the procuratorate?" Fang Yi asked.

"Well, yes." Feng Yong said.

Fang Yi left the detention center. As soon as he arrived at the detention center, Feng Yongtong's wife Yuan Qingxiu called him.

"Lawyer Fang, I asked the surrounding merchants and they are all willing to give certificates to my husband. In addition, our village and the market management department are also willing to issue documents and request the court to give my husband a lighter punishment..." Yuan Qingxiu's voice contained a hint of She was crying, not sure whether it was because she was moved or because she was sad.

"Okay, just ask them to write realistically. I will go to the court in the afternoon to review the papers. After reading the papers, I will give you the name of the judge. You can ask everyone to mail the supporting materials and documents directly to the judge by express delivery." Fang Yi said.

"Okay, I'll do it right away. Lawyer Fang, have you seen my husband today?" Yuan Qingxiu asked.

"I saw him. He is fine. He asked me to tell you to live a good life and take care of the elderly and children at home." Fang Yi said.

Fang Yi said this, but he was unsure in his heart whether Yuan Qingxiu could endure it. As the saying goes: Husband and wife are like birds in the same forest, but when disaster strikes, they fly separately. In reality, there are too many couples who can enjoy happiness together, but cannot share hardships!

Feng Yongtong's case is a major one. One person died and the other was seriously injured. The defendant may be sentenced to death, so the jurisdictional court is the Intermediate People's Court, not the grassroots court. The Intermediate Court has relatively few cases, so the court session was quickly scheduled.

On this day, Fang Yi was drafting defense opinions in Feng Yongtong's case, and Wu Qinghui ran in.

"Is something wrong?" Fang Yi looked up at him and asked.

"Lawyer Fang, can you take me with you to the trial for the murder case you took on?" Wu Qinghui asked hesitantly.

"Do you want to sit in?" Fang Yi leaned on his chair and looked at Wu Qinghui, wondering whether he wanted to hear a story, feel the atmosphere in the court, or had other ideas.

"Ah! I really want to hear it." Wu Qinghui nodded sincerely.

"Okay, no problem. I'll call you when I go." Fang Yi smiled and was about to continue writing his defense opinions. Suddenly he realized that Wu Qinghui had no intention of leaving, so he asked, "Is there anything else?"

"Then what...Did Lawyer Zhou come to see you?" Wu Qinghui asked slightly embarrassed.

"Lawyer Zhou? No, what's wrong?" Fang Yi was confused and didn't know what he meant.

"I heard that Lawyer Zhou also wanted to attend." Wu Qinghui said with eyes shining.

"Really? She might be busy and doesn't have time to come over." Fang Yi thought for a moment and smiled.

"Yeah." Wu Qinghui nodded, then turned and left the office.

A week later, the trial for Feng Yongtong's intentional homicide case began. In addition to Yuan Qingxiu and Zhou Ying and Wu Qinghui who came to listen, there were also many merchants from the wet market and folks from Feng Yongtong village in the auditorium.

"...This court believes that the defendant Feng Yongtong's wife Yuan Qingxiu and the victim Nie Xiaoqin had a dispute over the sale of mutton, and then Feng Yongtong and his wife had a conflict with Ma Wanping and his wife. The defendant Feng Yongtong retaliated against the victim Ma by depriving others of their lives. Wan Ping and Nie Xiaoqin's methods were cruel, the circumstances were egregious, and the consequences were particularly serious, and they should be severely punished in accordance with the law.

Defendant Feng Yongtong's behavior violated Article 232 of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China. The criminal facts are clear and the evidence is reliable and sufficient. He should be held criminally responsible for intentional homicide. According to the provisions of Article 176 of the Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China, if a public prosecution is instituted, please be sentenced in accordance with the law.

The indictment has been read out. "After the female prosecutor in her thirties read the indictment, she looked at the presiding judge.

The presiding judge is a female judge in her forties, with short hair and a very capable appearance.

"Defendant Feng Yongtong, did you hear clearly the indictment just read out by the prosecutor? Do you have any objection to the criminal facts and charges against you in the indictment?" The presiding judge looked at Feng Yongtong, who had a numb expression on the dock, and asked.

"You heard me clearly. I have no objection." Feng Yongtong nodded dullly and replied.