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Auston asked Shen Lie: "Prosecutor, when do you plan to hold a hearing?"

Shen Lie glanced at Vincent who was talking to Leon inside, and snorted: "Let him stay in there for three days at least before we talk about it. It will take time for me to go to the grand jury [Note 1] to confirm the prosecution. . "

Ning Yuan was a little worried: "He won't do anything wrong again, will he?"

Shen Lie didn't take it seriously: "There are so many backlogged cases, there's no reason to skip the previous ones and deal with him first, besides, the wheel of justice always turns very slowly [Note 2]. Let's leave, these three days Take a good rest, and confirm that there are no mistakes in each link of the evidence."

"As for him," Shen Lie gave Vincent a cold look, then turned and returned to the procuratorate, "let him go to the detention center to live freely."

Three days later, the third arraignment court of the court

Judge Donovan walked in from the side door of the courtroom and sat down in his robes: "Good morning, lawyers."

Both Shen Lie and Leon greeted the judge.

The court clerk read from the record: "State of New York v. Vincent Osterley, one count of first-degree murder, one count of torture, one count of statutory rape, one count of rape, one count of kidnapping."

Judge Donovan raised his eyebrows: "There are quite a few charges."

Lyon hurriedly said: "These are all unrealistic and even illegal false accusations against my client by the local prosecutor's office!"

Shen Lie didn't even lift his head: "You can save these words for the grand jury, now it's arraignment."

"That's right," Judge Donovan agreed with Shen Lie's point of view, "Does the prosecution allow bail?"

"Of course not," Shen Lie said calmly, "The defendant's criminal methods were cruel. He abducted a little boy from New Jersey to New York, then imprisoned him in the sewer, raped, tortured and killed him—"

"It's the defendant you said," Leon interrupted. "We never admitted it."

Shen Lie smirked: "Of course, if the defendant admits, we don't need a trial."

Leon choked.

Shen Lie went on to explain the reasons for not allowing bail: "And it is very important that the defendant has strong financial resources, has branches in many countries, and has close ties with foreign countries. risk."

"Your Honor," Leon began to refute Shen Lie's words, "My client is a law-abiding citizen. He was prosecuted by the local prosecutor for the same crime a year ago, but in the end the jury proved my client's innocence. -"

"Your client is not innocent, whether it was the last time or this time," Shen Lie interrupted him coldly, "Your Honor, the last time the defendant was able to escape was because the jury could not come to a consensus, resulting in a mistrial. Vincent Osterley has not been proven innocent, and we have reason to suspect that, since he was last granted bail, he ignored a restraining order to interfere with our material witnesses, resulting in a mistrial."

"Your Honor!" Leon spread his hands, "The prosecutor also said that he was suspicious. The prosecution has no evidence, so how can he pour dirty water on my client at will? Prosecutor Shen obviously attributed his failures and mistakes to me. Innocent parties!"

Judge Donovan was hurt by their quarreling, and tapped the gavel: "Stop, lawyers, you save these words for the trial. Now the defendant is granted bail with a bail of 3000 million U.S. dollars, and his passport is confiscated at the same time. , Fasten the locator."

Leon cast a triumphant look at Shen Lie, but Shen Lie didn't even bother to talk to him.

In fact, Shen Lie was not surprised by this result, he had already thought of this possibility.It's as if the arraignment from a year ago is re-enacted, only with 2000 million more.But this is the reality of society. Before the charges are finalized, no judge will rashly offend someone like Vincent.

As for the result of doing so?

They never think about it.

"How is it?" After Shen Lie returned to the office, Ning Yuan had been waiting for him in the office and came up to ask.

"What else?" Shen Lie put the briefcase aside, "Vincent paid 3000 million bail within three hours."

Ning Yuan frowned: "Why does he have so much liquidity?"

"I don't know, maybe it's a mortgage or a loan," Shen Lie said indifferently, "Judge Donovan didn't require it to be in cash."

Ning Yuan was very angry, and after less than 5 minutes, something that made him even more angry came.

A security guard knocked on the office door, holding a courier in his hand: "Is Prosecutor Shen there?"

Shen Lie took the courier and said thank you. He weighed it and weighed it. It looked like a document. He took the paper knife on the desk and opened the courier.

——It really was an envelope inside.

Shen Lie opened the envelope again, Ning Yuan saw his complexion getting worse and worse, he couldn't help asking: "What's wrong?"

Shen Lie's face was livid: "This is a motion filed by Leon Snook. He applied for the invalidation of the sewer search."

"What? Invalid motion?"

Casey's eyes widened: "How is it possible!"

Ning Yuan rubbed his temples with a headache: "Why don't you both go through the whole process of the search, don't miss anything, and see where the problem lies."

Dino recalled: "We asked Emma to search the properties under the name of Vincent Osterley, and then compared them one by one based on geographical surveys and writing, and finally identified three properties. We split up, Kay and I Xi is lucky, the first one is..." Dino looked at Shen Lie who was frowning at the motion letter, "...I don't think Shen is listening now."

Ning Yuan and Casey's eyes were also locked on Shen Lie, who flicked the proposal blankly: "The great lawyer, Mr. Leon, decided that your search was invalid because there was no search warrant, so you searched All evidence of that should be ruled out."

Casey asserted and denied: "Impossible! Where are we searching? The sewer! The sewer is not personal property, it is public property! The law expressly stipulates that there is no need for a search warrant when searching public property."

"The law does say so," Shen Lie frowned, "but no matter what, Leon is more familiar with the legal provisions than you. After all, he is the chief lawyer of the legal team, so it is impossible for him to make such a low-level mistake."

Ning Yuan scratched his head: "What's going on?"

Shen Lie's face was gloomy: "They must have some other tricks. The specific motion is not mentioned in the motion. I will find out in Judge Donovan's office at noon tomorrow."

"But you weren't prepared for that," Ning Yuan was anxious, "That Leon is so good at talking!"

Shen Lie said indifferently: "Soldiers come to block, water comes to cover up. It is impossible for a guilty person to escape the law again and again."

Courthouse Judge Donovan's office at noon the next day.

Judge Donovan obviously just came back from lunch, Shen Lie saw that the corner of his mouth was still stained with ketchup, but he shut his mouth rationally.

Judge Donovan sat down and motioned for them all to sit too: "Good afternoon, gentlemen."

"Good afternoon, Your Honor," Shen Lie bowed and sat on the seat opposite the judge, and Leon also sat down beside him.

Judge Donovan put on his glasses and picked up the motion that Lyon applied for: "Mr. Snook, are the evidences that the police officers searched in your application all invalid?"

"Yes, Your Excellency," Leon said calmly, "the police officers did not have a search warrant when they conducted the search, so this is an invalid operation, and naturally all the evidence found in the search is invalid evidence."

"Your Excellency," Shen Lie said, "The police officers searched the sewers, which are public property. The law clearly stipulates that a search warrant is only required when searching private property."

Judge Donovan turned his attention to Leon: "Mr. Snooker?"

Leon took out a stack of documents from his briefcase: "Your Excellency, this matter is a long story, but in fact, the section of sewer that the police officers searched is already the private property of my client."

Shen Lie: "..."

Shen Lie was laughed angrily: "This is too ridiculous. Public property like sewers is owned by the state. How can individuals buy and sell?"

Leon smiled: "This is not a business. In fact, this section of sewer is located right under the property my client bought, and it was not a sewer at the beginning, but my client's basement—Your Honor, you can find out in this final See it in the original purchase contract."

Judge Donovan was obviously seeing this situation for the first time, and he was also puzzled: "Then how did your client's basement become part of the sewer?"

【Note 1】The grand jury is different from the jury. The jury consists of 12 people and decides whether the defendant is guilty or not at the trial stage.The grand jury has 20 people and decides whether the prosecution can file a case.The case filing rate is very high, because there is no defense lawyer cross-examination of witnesses in front of the grand jury, so as long as the prosecutor speaks well, it can basically succeed. I remember I read it in an online material before, saying that someone joked A grand jury could agree to indict a bell.

[Note 2] This sentence is from the American TV series "Special Victims of Law and Order", intruded and deleted.