First-Class Lawyer

After the trace inspection expert Go Luo left, Gunter immediately called in a new witness, eager to fight back against Gu Yan.

So much so that he didn't even notice that the rhythm he was best at had been disrupted, and the entire court trial began to follow Gu Yan's unique rhythm.

The witness is a middle-aged man, slightly fat, with swollen eyes, without exaggerated expressions, he looks a little listless, and he doesn't exercise much.

He is a roadkeeper in the Emerald Valley area, and his name is Matthew Crow.

Gunter took a deep breath, stood up and nodded to Matthew Crowe, and asked, "Mr. Crowe?"

"It's me," said Matthew Crowe slowly.

Maybe it's because of his lackluster expression and dragging tone, he feels a little arrogant.

But Lawyer Gunter didn't mind.

He doesn't mind what he says as long as it adds leverage to his argument.

"Are you the roadkeeper in the Emerald Valley?" Gunter smiled, "Can you tell us about your work?"

Matthew Crow said: "Yes. As we all know, the Emerald Valley area of ​​Helan Star is very rainy and earthquake-stricken, and it is extremely humid. To what extent? Even the energy pool can't hold it, and it breaks down every three days, so that our area The monitoring device always fails. My duty is to stay in the duty booth and keep an eye on the valley driveway all day. If the energy pool has a simple failure, I can repair it, and if it is a big trouble, I can report it in time for repair. At the same time, it also has the role of manual monitoring.”

"That is to say, you will see all the cars passing by that lane?" Lawyer Gunter refined the key points and asked again to ensure that everyone can know.

Matthew Crow nodded: "Yes, that's right."

"On the day of the incident, September 9, what did you see?" Gunter asked.

Matthew Crowe didn't hesitate: "A white Silver Leopard GTX3 is coming from the 013 mountain road."

Gunter asked: "Any other records? Like monitoring?"

Matthew Crow snorted: "I can only say that the defendant is very shrewd. He picked the rainy day specially, knowing that the damn surveillance would always fail at that time, so there are no other records."

Gunter nodded: "Where does this mountain road lead to?"

"Direct access to the abandoned warehouse on the west side of Emerald Valley."

"Can it lead anywhere else?"

Matthew Crowe thought for a while, then curled his lips and said: "Originally, it could lead to other places, but before that, a heavy rain caused a landslide on the mountain road ahead, blocking the way to move on, so after passing my duty booth, the only way to The only destination to go to is the warehouse. Uh...or go back the same way."

"Is there any other road near here leading to the No. 7 scene, that is, the warehouse?" Attorney Gunter asked.

"Originally there are, just come from the other direction." Matthew Crowe may feel that the question is a bit silly, and said angrily: "But as I said just now, the landslide is blocked on the other side, and only this road is left. .”

"Okay." Lawyer Gunter nodded, and asked again: "When did you see that Silver Leopard GTX3?"

"I passed under the duty tower at 5:15 in the evening and drove to the warehouse. After four hours, I left at 9:10 in the evening." Matthew Crow said.

Gunter nodded in satisfaction, then looked at the jury, and said politely: "I would like to repeat it, the evidence presented at the beginning mentioned that the time of the crime at scene No. From 7:9 to 19:6. That is to say, the time this Silver Leopard GTX7 stays is enough to complete the entire infringement process.”

He paused for a moment, and brought up the conversation between Gu Yan and Go Luo, "Also, the defendant still has enough time to stay at the scene and slowly appreciate his masterpiece."

As he said that, he turned out another trace inspection report, put it on a holographic screen, marked all the key words in red, and clearly showed it to everyone: "In order to understand the whole case process smoothly, I keep this trace inspection report. At this time, the testimony of Mr. Crowe is presented. This is the car that the traffic police found on a certain section of 013 Mountain Road three days after the incident."

Gunter let out an "ah" and added: "It is worth emphasizing that it didn't rain again for the next three days, and the traffic police at the time didn't realize that this car was related to a bigger case. But this is not the point, the point is The car was abandoned in the woods on the side of the road, the model is Silver Leopard GTX3, and the hair and clothing fibers of the defendant Horace Ji were detected in the car."

Several photos of the vehicle were displayed on the huge holographic screen one after another. The body was dirty, with dry mud sticking to it, and the wheels were in a mess.

"Okay, that's the end of my inquiry." Lawyer Gunter sat back after showing everything.

He leaned back in his chair and looked at the defense bench leisurely.

This round of evidence has nothing to do with defendant No. [-]. Attorney Dean was happy to see the result, and immediately stood up and said, "I have no problem."

So the audience's eyes once again focused on Gu Yan.

The judge raised his hand to signal, and Gu Yan stood up.

On the holographic screen, the abandoned Silver Leopard GTX3 was not put away, and was still displayed to everyone without reservation, as if it was constantly reminding everyone that this car belonged to Horace Ji, and it was at the scene when the crime happened .

When Gu Yan got up, his eyes calmly focused on those photos, stayed for a moment, and then steadily put them back.

He looked at Matthew Crow, nodded politely as a greeting, and then asked in a low voice: "You just said that your job content is to stay in the duty booth and keep an eye on the valley driveway all day, right?"

"Correct."

"Shift system?"

"Yes, another colleague and I work in two shifts."

Gu Yan: "The exact shift time?"

"Usually one person comes in the morning and stays on duty until evening, and another person works from evening to morning. The specific time is actually not fixed, and many circumstances have to be considered. After all, it often rains there and there are frequent earthquakes."

"So what was your duty time on the day of the incident?"

"From 2 p.m. to 6 a.m. the next day. Rain was forecast for later that day, so I got there early," Crowe said.

"During the shift, will there be other people around?"

"No, it's just me."

"You were on duty that day for a long time, did you ever fall asleep due to fatigue?" Gu Yan asked.

Matthew Crow denied it almost immediately: "No!"

"Don't sleep at night?"

Matthew Crow has another quick denial: "No, I didn't sleep."

Gu Yan looked at him quietly for a moment, then looked away.

"September 9th, it has been more than three months now, can you ensure that the memory of that day is complete and clear?" He changed the subject and continued to ask: "Is it possible to remember the wrong date and the exact time? Or confused with a day before and after?"

Matthew Crow sneered and raised his eyebrows.Those swollen eyes that are always lacking in energy actually showed an aggressive taste: "Mr. Lawyer, you may have misunderstood the situation in Emerald Valley. Not many people pass by there in a year, and you can count them with two hands." !"

His tone was choking and mocking: "May I ask if you stare at the same thing every day and see a living person every thirty or fifty days, is it possible to remember the date? It's okay if you forget it after three or five years. It's only been a few months, how can I not remember? Or do you think my memory has a serious problem, so you just forget it?"

Gu Yan was choked up for a while, but he didn't show any emotion, he just nodded his head to express his understanding.

Still calm and composed, he flipped through a page of documents with downcast eyes, and then calmly asked the next question: "Mr. Golo, the previous witness, mentioned in your speech just now, did it rain on the day of the incident? "

"Yes." Matthew Crow replied.

"I also checked the weather records that day, and the records show that there were two rains that day?" Gu Yan asked.

Matthew was stunned for a moment, but quickly replied: "One in the evening, it started to get off at around four o'clock, and it went down until night. The car stopped not long after it left, around 9:20? It's the next game."

"It's raining heavily?"

"It was very strong and the wind was blowing obliquely. The window glass of the duty booth was hit for five hours. I was worried that it would be broken." In order to show that he really remembered clearly, he described a few more sentences .

Gu Yan finally raised his eyes from the documents: "Then I have a question."

"what?"

"You said with great certainty that the car you witnessed on the day of the incident was a white Silver Leopard, and the model was even accurate to GTX3. Please tell me, how did you see through the rainstorm within a few seconds of the car speeding by? Clear model?"

Matthew Crowe was stunned for a moment, and then raised his voice: "My duty is to watch the road! I have been working for nearly 60 years, and I have been staring at passing cars every day for 60 years. To be honest, I don't need to rely on my eyes to see! Just listen From the sound of the engine, combined with the general outline, I can know the model of the car with my eyes closed, and I have enough experience to do this.”

Gu Yan was noncommittal after listening.

He just threw away the page of information in his hand, looked at Matthew Crow, and said, "Then you may need to explain again."

"Explain what?" Crowe was almost anxious by his question.

Gu Yan called up the court trial record that was being updated simultaneously, displayed it on the holographic screen, pulled up a few lines, and drew out a sentence, "3 minutes ago, you just said that I may have misunderstood the situation in the Emerald Valley. Not many people pass by there in a year, you can count on two hands, and you see a living person every 60 to [-] days. According to this frequency, with all due respect, most people here have seen more cars than you have seen in [-] years of work Live too much."

"Excuse me, where is your experience?"