Chapter 9 First impressions
Matsumoto's car was parked on the side of the road near Dongjiao Bridge. Dongjiao Bridge was the only land passage to Dongtang. At about five o'clock in the morning, the patrolman discovered that someone had parked his car here, slapped the car window and woke Matsumoto in the passenger seat, and asked for a driver's license and other documents to be shown. Confirmed that Matsumoto was drinking, but there was no evidence that Matsumoto was drunk, so the patrolman asked some questions.
Matsumoto said he was drinking at the beach. The patrolman asked why the car drove four kilometers to Dongjiao Bridge. Matsumoto said he didn't know. The patrolman asked him to drink some water first and rest for a while. Matsumoto went to the trunk to get water. He screamed. The patrolman saw the body on the ine inside the trunk.
The weapon proved to be a baseball bat, which belongs to Matsumoto, who is a player of the local community baseball amateur team. It is not surprising that this thing is on the car.
The second evidence is that the body will show scars after the rigidity of the body. There is a special bruise on the cheekbones of Inoue. After police identification, it was the scar left after the golden ring worn by Matsumoto hit the cheekbones of Inoue. Matsumoto has an English name. The big gold ring is engraved with T. The deceased's cheekbones are this mark.
The third evidence is that Matsumoto's DNA was found in the cracks of Inoue's fingernails, and Matsumoto's left arm was scratched.
These evidences basically prove that the two had a conflict.
Cao Yun asked: "Ms. Gao, how did you receive this case?"
In Dongtang, a criminal suspect is tried in court. In one case, he or his family hires a lawyer. In another case, the suspect refuses or is unable to hire a lawyer, the court will delegate the defense rights to the listed lawyer's office, and the court will be responsible for all the lawyer's fees. Most defense lawyers who are willing to list in court usually do not make money. In most cases, a lawyer who is not profitable is not a good lawyer. The ability of a lawyer is basically proportional to his income.
"After Mr. Matsumoto was arrested, his wife found me. She told me that she was willing to lose all her money and win the lawsuit."
Cao Yun nodded and continued to look down to Cao Yun to know why Takayama Law Firm collapsed. Takayama made the most basic lawyer's introductory mistake. To defend the defendant in a criminal case, one must first determine a defense core. For example, in this case, if injuring someone by drunkenness, or Inoue attacking Matsumoto first as the defense core, it may be able to reduce the penalty for Matsumoto. If the prosecutor's prosecution cannot prove who started the action first, the court must consider that the two people were drunk and Inoue attacked Matsumoto first. The attack was not only physical, but also language.
Although the charges will not change, the penalty may be appropriately reduced. Doing so is equivalent to skipping the jury. The function of the jury is to determine whether the charge is established. The criminal pleads guilty and sentences to many years is the judge's business. (The jury started in Tokyo in 2009, but there will be a jury only if there is a felony charge.)
Secondly, in this case, a defense of innocence can be raised, that is, it means that Matsumoto's attack and killing Inoue is not recognized. At present, the police have found mostly indirect evidence, such as although there are ring marks, it is impossible to confirm from Matsumoto's hands that it was an attack launched by Matsumoto himself, etc.
The entry-level mistake of Takayama Apricot is that Takayama actually intends to use two defense cores. Judging from the manuscript, Takayama will first propose a defense of innocence, and if there is no way to overturn the evidence, then conduct a misdemeanor defense.
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However, overall, this case is indeed difficult to fight. The main reason is that Matsumoto himself, and Matsumoto himself is not sure whether he has a conflict with Inoue, but the lawyer is the unprofessional one. Assuming that the suspect is not sure whether he has done the case, the lawyer must defend himself on the premise that he did not commit the crime and convince the suspect that he did not commit the crime.
Whether the suspect's crime is valid is not the final word of the judge, but the final word of the jury. As for Matsumoto's state, he is vague in court and will definitely die.
Cao Yun himself does not like to accept commissions for criminal cases, and especially does not like to be the defendant's defense lawyer. Because of the police father and his more than a year of career at the police academy, Cao Yun has the basic qualities of an excellent police detective and has many criminal cases he has come into contact with and heard of. He does not like to be the defendant's defense lawyer because as a lawyer, even if he knows that the defendant is guilty, he must do his best to win the lawsuit. At this time, he will be questioned by conscience and professional dilemma.
What should I do? I don’t like it, and it seems that Gao Shanxing doesn’t like to interfere. But it’s obvious that Matsumoto is not the murderer. No matter what, this law firm owns shares, and this year the law firm can no longer monopolize Dongtang’s death penalty.
As the sky slowly darkened, Gao Shanxing was still focused on her work and typing hard, which seemed to be very professional. However, a lawyer's job as a clerk represents a failure.
Cao Yun turned on the light and took a can of energy drink in front of Gaoshan Xing: "Doesn't you take a break and maintain a posture for a long time easily cause muscle fatigue?"
Takayama Apricot: "Thank you...but many people are in the same position when they sleep."
"It makes sense." Cao Yun never argued or argued about topics without interests. It was not because of this that he became a lawyer, but after becoming a lawyer, Cao Yun knew that it was difficult for one person to convince another person, so there was a court and an arbitration institution.
Cao Yun took the file and thought for a while, and said, "Ms. Gao, I have only been in the legal profession for a year and a half, and have never been involved in criminal cases. After seeing this, I found that there are many things I don't understand. Can you ask you to take a break and guide me?"
He had a good attitude and asked humbly. Although Gao Shanxing was not willing, his hand left the keyboard, stood up and picked up the drink on the table, made a gesture, and the two of them sat down on the sofa. Gao Shanxing asked, "What do you don't understand?"
"The first thing I don't quite understand is why only one bottle of wine was found on the beach, that is, the first crime scene. According to Matsumoto's confession, he and Inoue each had a bottle of wine."
"There are too many reasons for this, such as throwing it into the sea, such as driving back to the city and throwing it out of the isolation belt. It is also possible that Matsumoto is lying, but he actually made a mistake."
Cao Yun said: "From the time when they were drinking and Matsumoto was arrested, it happened to be the high tide time. If they were thrown into the sea, empty wine bottles might still be washed ashore. In addition, why not throw two wine bottles into the sea and only one wine bottle? It is also possible that they quarreled and Matsumoto was in a fire and threw the wine bottles into the sea. However, the place where they drank was fifteen meters away from the highest tide. Suppose it was thrown out of the isolation belt during the drive, which is evidence that can be collected, and the police must provide this evidence. Secondly, why throw the bottle? Was the car stopped in the middle? Or is there any other reason?"
Takayama thought, and said, "Matsumoto remembered it wrongly, or was he lying on purpose?"
"Although Matsumoto did not deny murder, he did not admit to murder. His confession showed that he seemed not sure whether he had a conflict with Inoue. Why did such a person lie on the details of the bottle? The most important point is that the police found only Inoue's DNA and Matsumoto's wife's fingerprints at the empty bottle at the crime scene. It may also be that Inoue gave Matsumoto DNA, but it is more logical that Matsumoto gave the wine to Inoue, but did not drink Inoue's bottle of wine."
Chapter completed!