First-Class Lawyer

It wasn't until Guan Wenji was taken away from the courtroom and the witness stand was vacated again that Bud was shocked by the sound of the judge's gavel.

The one thing that would have been most beneficial, the thing that would most likely make the jury obediently side with him, was thus branded skeptical. 42 hours of sleepless nights, if it gets deeper, it is not just a simple state of unconsciousness, how can the suspect keep his eyes open when he is sleepy?How to stimulate him to continue talking when he is exhausted?How to disintegrate his psychological defense, and how to defeat his willpower?

If there is a strong tongue and wise argument, the 42 hours can even be pulled in the direction of extorting a confession by torture.

But the intern didn't, he stopped at that boundary point as if he was in a friendly discussion.

Bud stared at the defense bench for a long time. To be honest, if he were the opposing lawyer, he would definitely make use of the problem, so as not to squeeze out the value of those 42 hours.If you want to win the lawsuit, you must seize every opportunity to reverse and crucify the opponent.

It's one time to nail it once, after all, the winner is king in this industry.

This is the experience he summed up after ten years of litigation... Of course, this cannot be called experience, and this is probably common sense in the eyes of most people.

He glanced at the court unconsciously in a trance, and finally met Brewer Manson's hawk-like eyes, and immediately withdrew his gaze in a hurry. He straightened his expression without thinking about it, and continued to focus back on on the case.

Soon, a new witness stood on the witness stand, and Bud had already got up and started questioning him at the prompt of the judge.

There were still people talking softly in the courtroom, and Gu Yan could hear it without turning around. It was from Brewer Manson's subordinates and assistants. Brewer Manson himself didn't respond and seemed pretty silent.

For those doubts, Bard will ask now, but after experiencing more cases in ten years, he may not ask again.

Gu Yan is probably the only one in this court who can fully understand Yan Suizhi's actions, and maybe the older judge.

Yan Suizhi said a long time ago that jury members are not fools, they are selected from all walks of life, representing different groups of people, and having different ideas.But in any case, one thing is certain, they must have a certain degree of judgment and are considered to be fair people.

They don't need to preach, and they don't need to force their thoughts. To some extent, these people are a little proud.Not everyone is qualified to sit on the jury seat and decide a person's freedom and life or death, so they must be proud.

Self-confident people are not easy to accept ideological filling, they will resist and reject, and even develop rebellious psychology.

So just point it out, the extended meaning that Bard can think of, the jury can also think of.

What they think of themselves is always better than what others give them.

Besides that, maybe there is another point...

That point may not even be understood by the judge...

Yan Suizhi was looking at the prosecution seat, listening to Bard's questioning of witnesses, while Gu Yan seemed to be looking at him from the corner of his eye.

"What are you looking at me for?" Yan Suizhi suddenly asked softly.

Gu Yan: "..."

Certain people have been in the courtroom for years and are not at all disciplined.

Others are sitting upright, either carefully reading the case materials, or listening attentively to what the opposing lawyer or witness has to say.He can interact with people from time to time, but he can't find him with a lantern.

Which intern dares to be such an asshole?

Yan Suizhi felt that Gu Yan was silent for a moment, turned his gaze away and ignored him again.

"???"

Standing on the witness stand at this moment is Oster Dayne, the security guard outside George Manson's bedroom.

Most of Bud's inquiry has been carried out, "Did my client, Mr. George Manson, turn off the lights in the living room and other rooms before entering the bathroom that night?"

Dane nodded: "Yes, the outside room is completely dark. In order to facilitate Mr. Manson's need, we can hear it. The door is opened a little, but the lights in the corridor are very dark, so it still has no effect on the inside. , very dark."

Bud said: "Until Mr. George Manson's accident, you didn't hear any suspicious movements?"

Dane: "Of course, it's hard for us to hear the small movements, but if someone bumps into something in the room, we will definitely find it, but unfortunately, no. This is enough to explain some problems in itself. After all, Manson Mister's room... Well, there are a lot of things."

Bud encouraged, "What do you mean by a little too much?"

"Mr. Manson's room is like this. There is a plush carpet between the window sill and the bed, but there is no carpet from the bed to the bathroom. There are many things scattered here, such as wine bottles, wine glasses, clothes, belts, ties, and car keys. ?”

Dane felt that it was outrageous when he said it, but after all, the Manson family was still there, so he had to restrain his tone a little.

Bud echoed his words, and directly typed a few photos on the holographic screen, "This is the scene inside when Mr. Manson was found to have an accident after the incident, and the lights in the room were turned on."

There was a second of blank expression in the entire court, including the sullen judge.

It has to be said that the shocking power of that heart-wrenching mess presented on the huge screen is extraordinary.

The corner of Brewer Manson's mouth moved, showing a mixture of disdain, disgust and helplessness, but he quickly retracted it.And the assistant next to him only had an exclamation—"Oh——"

Then he rubbed his eyes.

The most important information Dane can provide is these points, so Bud quickly completed the inquiry, and at the same time let the jury understand these points.

Judge Luther said, "Mr. Ruan Ye?"

Yan Suizhi was not in a hurry, and said, "I have nothing to ask."

Bud: "..."

I don't know why, but now when the intern opens his mouth, no matter what he says, Bud is full of resentment.

So with a lot of resentment on his forehead, he invited the next witness——Zhao Zemu.

When Zhao Zemu stood on the witness stand, Gu Yan glanced at the back seat indifferently.Among the people who came to listen this time, the Manson family had the most people, and Zhao Zemu had the least people—none.

There were rumors before that the Zhao family originally wanted to rely on the big tree of the Manson family, but something went wrong in the past two years, and the big tree became unstable.Some people speculated that it was because Zhao Zemu had a better relationship with George Manson, which made Brewer Manson unhappy.

It is difficult to tell whether this entanglement between successors is true or not.

However, there was indeed a clue in the court. When Zhao Zemu entered the court, Brewer Manson's eyes kept falling on the photo on the holographic screen. After a long time, Bud had already started to question Zhao Zemu. Unhurriedly moved his gaze over.

It seemed that he looked down upon Zhao Zemu.

The reason why Zhao Zemu stood on the witness stand is also very simple, because he had seen Chen Zhang's hand by the window sill during the time frame of Chen Zhang's crime.

"Did you grab the water pipe next to the wall like this?" Bud demonstrated a grasping action.

Zhao Zemu shook his head and changed direction, "I caught it like this."

"How long have you been caught?"

"A few seconds, four or five seconds."

"Are you sure it was the defense client's hand?" Budd asked.

Zhao Zemu said calmly: "Because there is a ring-shaped smart phone on the index finger of that hand. There is a circular section on the ring, and there are two conspicuous horizontal lines on the section. Of course, I just saw this. The police investigation confirmed that apart from Chen Zhang, no one in the villa had a smartphone like that."

Bud released the picture of the window of the villa. As far as the structure is concerned, if Chen Zhang wants to go from the window sill on the second floor to the first floor and try to keep his voice down, he really needs to grab the water pipe to ease the pressure.

And that hand happened to appear within the time frame of Chen Zhang's possible committing the crime.

Bud quickly finished asking questions, and the right to ask questions was handed over to Yan Suizhi.

"Mr. Zhao." Yan Suizhi got up and greeted him.

Zhao Zemu was stunned for a moment. Maybe he knew who was defending Chen Zhang before, but he would still be a little stunned when he saw it in court, but he quickly put away his expression and nodded, "Hello."

"Did you see my client Chen Zhang's hand by the window?"

"I said it just now, yes."

"How much is revealed?" Yan Suizhi asked.

Zhao Zemu was stunned for a moment, then gestured at his own hand, half of his forearm, "So much, because it's going around like this to hold the pillar, and you can see part of the sleeve and wrist."

Yan Suizhi nodded, "I heard a sentence before, I don't know if I remembered it correctly. Mr. Zhao, do you have night blindness?"

"Yes." Zhao Zemu thought for a while, and even laughed at himself, "There is even a medical certificate for this."

Everyone in the villa was required to do this identification.

"Night blindness..." Yan Suizhi repeated, and asked again: "Then how did you see the scene outside the window?"

Zhao Zemu replied unhurriedly: "At that time, the light in my room was still on, and the light was enough for me to see things near the window, and the water pipe happened to be within range."

"See clearly?"

"Yes, very clearly."

"Did you experience any physical discomfort on your wrist that day, such as dizziness?" Yan Suizhi said, "If I remember correctly, you basically recuperated in the bedroom during those two days."

Zhao Zemu shook his head, "No, I didn't have any physical discomfort at that time. I stayed in the bedroom and couldn't go out. It was just after the diving accident. I was a little scared. I was not in a good mood, and I was afraid of affecting other people."

Yan Suizhi asked again, "There was a party in the villa that night, did you drink at that time?"

"You mean when you saw your hands?" Zhao Zemu shook his head, "No, I didn't touch a drop of wine before I went downstairs to attend the party. In fact, I didn't drink when I went downstairs. Joe sent me fruit juice .”

"So you were wide awake all night without any dizziness or anything like that affecting what you saw?"

"Correct."

Zhao Zemu spoke very firmly.

Yan Suizhi nodded, and then clicked to replay the video Bud used just now.

That was the video taken by Laura at that time. At that time, Gu Yan and Yan Suizhi had already boarded the return shuttle. When Gu Yan received this video, he showed it to Yan Suizhi.Laura recorded the video at the time and never opened it except to pass a copy to them.Originally planned to wait for the party to end and send it to everyone, but Manson encountered an accident that night. The video was directly recorded by the police, and no one else saw it. It was not put in court as supporting evidence until now.

Yan Suizhi directly pulled the progress bar to a certain point in the second half. In the video, Zhao Zemu was tricked by Glenn and the others to come down from upstairs, followed by Chen Zhang. After the two arrived at the hall, they found a corner sit down.

Chen Zhang was quickly pulled over by another group of people to talk about diving. He could hear a vague question in the video about how to save himself in an underwater accident. He might have been frightened by the diving accident at that time.

On the other side, Zhao Zemu was always sitting in that corner watching the crowd.

This scene happened in a corner of the huge video, and because demons were still dancing in other places on the screen, the noise was too attractive to attract attention, so that this corner was easily overlooked.

Yan Suizhi simply enlarged the video so that what happened in this corner could fill the entire holographic screen.

Everyone in the court could clearly see that the waiter arranged by Qiao came into the mirror with a disc on which there were several glasses of drinks. He stopped a step or so in front of Zhao Zemu, then bent down and asked a question with a smile. : "What to drink? Master Qiao told me not to take wine, here are pear juice, apple juice and..."

The sound was mostly covered by the laughter in the background, but from Zhao Zemu's mouth shape, it could be seen that he ordered apple juice.

Then, a strange scene appeared.

When the waiter handed over the cup, Zhao Zemu reached out and grabbed it——

He shook his hand two or three centimeters away from the cup.

The waiter was obviously taken aback, then Zhao Zemu rubbed his forehead, smiled and said something to the waiter, looking a little sorry.

The waiter shook his head again and said something like "It's okay".

This time, Zhao Zemu stretched out his hand very slowly, and when he was about to approach the cup, his fingers hesitated a little, as if he fumbled and hesitated, and then stretched forward a little.

The waiter might not be able to stand it any longer, and put the cup directly into his hand.

Yan Suizhi replayed this passage three times in a jerk, and then asked Zhao Zemu, "You just said very firmly that you were in good condition the whole night, no drinking, no dizziness, no symptoms that would affect what you saw... ..."

"So, how to explain this paragraph?"