Chapter 27 The Joshua Daller Case (2)

Joshua Daller, who was sitting in the dock, didn't immediately understand the meaning of the gesture. He couldn't understand what was going on, and looked at Gu Yan in a daze.

Until Judge Murray Liu said, "Gu, are you sure you want to give up your opening statement?"

Joshua Daller: “……………………………………”

He felt his heart tied to the belt of his trousers, and fell to the ground with a snap, and was trampled and jumped a few times. He opened his mouth slowly, his brain already exploded.

Drop the opening statement? ! What are you kidding?

He doesn't understand anything profound, but only knows that you have always come and gone in court. If you say five points and I refute five points, you can have the confidence to continue arguing. As a result, his lawyer gave up the round as soon as he came up? !

The people behind the court who came to the trial with their documents in their hands remained silent for five seconds, and suddenly there was a "humming" discussion.

The opening statement is not that they cannot give up, but that they have never seen such a practice in their limited listening experience. After all, if you give up a round, you will lose a chance to convince the jury and the judge.

"Silence!" Murray Liu tapped the gavel.

The courtroom was quiet again, and Murray Liu looked down at the defense table.

Gu Yan nodded: "OK."

In the surprised eyes of the audience, only Yan Suizhi was relaxed and approving.

He once gave some advice to the students a long time ago. He said: "When the judge or jury members themselves are inclined, it is meaningless to slam the opinions on them like a speech. Maybe you speak impassionedly, but the effect is often counterproductive. If you presume a result, it is difficult to accept opposite remarks, especially if you don’t like to be persuaded. Even if you make sense, they will refute you one by one in their minds. How should I put it... This is probably also a kind of The rebellious mentality that comes out of nowhere.”

Rather than smashing the other person into acceptance with a conclusion, throw a lead and let them come to that conclusion themselves.

What do you think of yourself, how can you use others to persuade?

Just like right now, with a judge like Murray Liu, in an uncontrollable place like Wine City, dropping the opening statement is an excellent defense strategy.

To a certain extent, it will even cause another kind of rebellious psychology in some people - the more you don't say it, the more I want to hear it.

Retreat as advance and defense as offense.

Maybe Gu Yan's move was not influenced by what Yan Suizhi said back then, but Professor Yan Da was still very pleased.

The emperor, with one swollen leg hanging from the curtain, turned the electronic pen in his hand and typed an "A" on the blank page he had just created in front of him.

Because Gu Yan gave up the opening statement, the process of the trial was pulled into the next round in an instant.

The prosecution's lawyers began to call the corresponding witnesses one by one according to the evidence clues.

The first person to stand on the witness stand was no stranger to Yan Suizhi and Gu Yan.

It was a tall man with a scar on his face, which made him look a little fierce.

Joshua Daller in the dock widened his eyes. He thought he had read it wrong, and rubbed his eyes twice with the back of his hand, but the face of the man in the witness stand remained the same.

"Witness Mr. Fix Gore." Murray Liu read out the other party's name, "47 years old, ID number W11992661882."

Fix nodded. "It's me, Your Honor."

"Standing on the witness stand means that you also need to take an oath first." Murray Liu asked slowly: "This court requires you to take an oath, and you will do your best to know that what you have said is true and has nothing to hide."

Fix nodded: "I swear."

Although Joshua Dale was very surprised by Fix's appearance, Gu Yan and Yan Suizhi were not surprised, after all, they had seen the evidence presented by the prosecution at the pretrial conference. It turns out that the prosecution wasn't completely idle while they were busy gathering new evidence, and they added several pieces of evidence against Joshua Dale, including Fix's taxi going up The screen recorded by the recorder.

"Lu," Judge Murray Liu told the prosecution's lawyer, "you can start your questioning."

The prosecution attorney nodded, then turned to Fix. His round was a direct questioning, in order for the witness to present the facts he wished to be presented in the process of answering the question, the target audience, of course, was the jury.

"Fix Gore?" Lou nodded at him. "Are you a neighbor of defendant Joshua Daller?"

Fix: "Yes, I am Joshua and Kitty's neighbor to be exact."

Lou brought up an overlook map on the courtroom's huge holographic screen and marked the three rooms, "This is Joshua Daller's house, this is Kitty Bell's house, this is where you live? "

"Yes, that's right."

Lou: "How often do you see Joshua Daller?"

Fix: "See you once or twice a day."

"Familiar?"

"familiar."

"How is the relationship?"

"Occasionally do a little favor."

"Does he help you or do you help him?"

Fix hesitated. "He's still young."

The subtext is "I'll help him a little more, but he's still a kid after all."

Lu Yuguang glanced at the jury, then continued to ask, "Are these videos captured by your dash cam?"

As he said, he called up several videos on the holographic screen, and the videos were automatically played in segments. The date of each recording was different, but the content was similar. Either Joshua Daller was climbing over the wall, or he had already squatting on top.

"Is this the wall of Kitty Bell's house?"

Fix nodded: "Yes."

"Why is your car taking pictures of this?"

"This is not actually my car. I drive for the owner, only at lunchtime and at night. He will drive the car to the entrance of this alley and wait for me to hand it over." Fix said, "That alley is very It's hard to turn around, so I always take a turn in this road and go out on the other end. Often I'll stop for a while in the clearing in front of Joshua and Kitty to finish my unfinished meal, or take a sip. Sober up with a cigarette and drive out."

Lu thought for a while and asked, "How long have you been doing this?"

"It's less than a year."

"So these are just the parts of the year that you photographed at noon and dinner time?"

Fix thought for a moment. "I think so."

This means that there may be more than that.

Lu asked some more details related to the video.

Fix answered one by one.

Then Lu suddenly said, "How is the relationship between Joshua Daller and Kitty Bell's great-nephew, Just Bell?"

Fax said: "Not very good."

"Have you seen them quarrel?"

"In fact, I have pulled up the stand." Fax thought about it, "These two children are not suitable for staying together, there will always be conflict when meeting, but it is good in a single time."

"Is Johster Bell dispute because Josya Daller turned his home wall?"

Fax: "I haven't seen it before, I think Joshua will avoid Jaster at home."

"So you mean, Joshua Daller knows the schedule of Jidy Bell and his nephew?" Lu Test touched this sentence.

Gu Yan suddenly raised his fingers at Judge and said lightly: "Oppose."

When inquiring, the seductive question cannot be raised. Once mentioned, the other party has the right to oppose it, and the judge should also determine that opposition is effective and stop witnesses answering the question.

However, Mo Rui Liu's ass is crooked, "opposition is invalid."

Gu Yan's face was calm, and he didn't even lift his eyelids.

Sitting in Yan Sui's hand in his hand turned around and was against his fingertips. He is also not surprised by this judgment. After all, this Morey Pharaoh Eight Egg Liu is not the first time.

"On the night of the 23rd, did you see Joshua when he took a picture of Joshua?" Lu asked.

"No, I was not in the car at the time." Fax said, "I picked up the car and stopped it in the old place, so I went back to my house to eat half of the dinner. I didn't see that process. The recording was taken by the recorder after locking the car. "

Lu: "Why did the video stop abruptly after shooting 10 minutes?"

Fax said: "Energy is finished."

Lu Qiqi and Eighty -eight asked some scattered questions, which was enough to allow the jury to refine several information from all the answers of Fax -Joshua was very familiar with the Bell family, enough to accurately grasp the time to commit crimes. Joshua's relationship with Justice was very poor. On the night of the 23rd, Joshua turned into the yard of Getty Bell's family within the possible time of the incident.

Generally speaking, when a lawyer asks questions, he can predict the answer of the witness. A sufficiently good lawyer can control the witness's answer within the scope of the effect he wants. It won't ask less at all, and you won't ask more at all.

"I'm over." Lu looked at the jury's response in seven or eight 88, and the judge Morri Liu nodded.

Mo Rui Liu turned to Gu Yan: "Gu, you can start asking this witness."

As a result, Gu Yan raised his hand and said coldly: "I have no problem."

Mo Rui Liu: "..."

The court everyone: "..."

Joshua Daller: "………………………………"

I invited a fake lawyer? This lawsuit is still fucking ....................