First-Class Lawyer

After that, the prosecution applied to summon two witnesses, including Yan Suizhi, the woman who took out the garbage they had seen in the video and another old man, who were neighbors of Joshua Dale and Kitty Bell.

What the men said provided support for some of the facts that the prosecution asserted, such as the fact that Kitty Bell had lived alone and that she had a brother who previously lived on the other side of the planet.After her brother died, her only grandson, Chester Bell, came to her.

Originally, Kitty Bell was not considered poor, but she was used to thrift, and she was reluctant to move after living in the old house for a long time, and Chester came here with a fortune from his grandfather.Although it is only a small amount, it is enough to make some people jealous.

About this, not many people know, only a few neighbors who have frequent contacts with Kitty Bell's family.

Behaving erratically in, say, Joshua Daller's time and so on.

……

The attorney for the prosecution asked as many planned questions as he wanted, enough to ensure that the jury got to know Joshua Dale in the direction he wanted.As for these two witnesses, Gu Yan did not give up asking questions directly, but there was not much difference.

He asked two seemingly innocuous questions.

The witness's answer was even more off-topic, and the woman who took out the trash even shifted her focus to "complaining about the drunkard who wandered in the alley all day" in the process of answering.

He was then given the gavel by Judge Murray Liu.

Gu Yan was calm, sat down after asking, and flipped through the two pages of evidence by himself.

The prosecutor's lawyer was a little puzzled at first, but then he looked like he was sure of winning, and obviously regarded him as a typical "perfunctory" lawyer.

The only one who is going to break is Joshua Dale, now give him a rope and he can hang himself in front of the defense box!

He remembered that he had coaxed Luo Xi for a long time last night, convincing her to stay obediently in the hotel today and not follow her to the court.When the proceedings were over, he would go and take her home.Of course, this rhetoric is purely to prevent my sister from worrying.

Now he is extremely regretful. After the three rounds of interrogation, he feels that he has stepped into the prison gate with one foot.

If I knew it earlier, I would have sent Luo Xi here, so I could take another look...

Just when he was about to pull out his hair, the prosecution lawyer began to question the fourth witness.

"Jim Cumming," said the prosecution attorney, Lou.

The man on the witness stand was a man of medium build, his eyes were yellow and bloodshot, but the skin on his face was purplish red and slightly swollen.It can be seen that he has deliberately tidied up in order to stand in the witness stand, and even combed his hair with pomade.

But it still looks a little mentally deficient.

Jim Cumming puffed out his chest: "It's me."

Lu: "Where are you between 23pm and 7pm on the 8rd?"

"In the alley." Jim Cumming said, "to be precise, I bought side dishes and was walking into the alley. My house is behind Ms. Kitty Bell's house, so I was passing Joshua Dale and Kitty at the time. Bell's house, go around to your own house."

Lu nodded: "What did you see?"

Jim Cumming: "I saw Joshua Dale at Ms. Kitty Bell's house, round back to my house, there was a notch in the fence, and as I was passing by, I just saw Kitty Bell The inner window, where Joshua Dale is!"

"What time is that?"

"It's around 7:50."

……

Lu asked Jim Cumming a lot of questions, but most of them revolved around that sensitive point in time, borrowing the mouth of the witness over and over again to emphasize to the jury that when the case happened, Joshua Day Le was in Kitty Bell's room.

"I'm done asking, Your Honor." Lu nodded, then sat down and cast a glance in Gu Yan's direction.

Murray Liu: "Gu, you can start your inquiry now."

Joshua Dale in the dock was ashamed, his face stretched longer than a donkey.He gave up hope, he could even predict how Gu Yan would raise his hand to the judge, indicating that he still had no problem.

Many people in the gallery didn't even look up, apparently thinking the same as Joshua Dale.

However, this time, Gu Yan nodded at the judge.

He turned to Jim Cumming, glanced at the information, and said calmly, "Jim Cumming."

"Yes, it's me." Jim didn't show any impatience. Every time his name was called, he subconsciously raised his chest.

Gu Yan pressed the playback control button, and a bird's-eye view was projected on the holographic screen. He walked around one of the rooms and said calmly, "This is your residence?"

Jim Cumming nodded: "Yes, as you can see, it's very close to Kitty Bell's house, only separated by the wall of her house and the wall of my house."

"Five minutes ago, Ms. Logan was standing on the witness stand where you are standing now, and she mentioned one thing - she would quarrel with a drunk neighbor almost every day when she was throwing out trash." Gu Yan said, "You know Who is that neighbor?"

Jim Cumming was embarrassed for a moment, rolled his yellow eyes, glanced at the prosecuting lawyer, and then looked back.

Gu Yan was not in a hurry, and waited for him to speak calmly.

Jim Cumming bit the bullet and said, "Me."

People in the auditorium began to "buzz", and many bored people began to sit up straight and look at the defense seats again.

"You would pass out drunk next to this garbage disposal box almost every day, and sleep until early morning or even early morning before returning home?" Gu Yan accurately circled the location of the garbage disposal box on the bird's-eye view.

This is not what Logan said, this is what he and Yan Suizhi saw in the video, clearly.

Jim Cumming opened his mouth.

Some people whispered in the auditorium. After all, it is difficult for an old drunk to make a good impression, and it is also difficult to establish a clear and rational image. In fact, Jim Cumming's bloodshot eyes and swollen face proved that This, this will have a slight impact on the identity of the witness.

Gu Yan didn't wait for his answer this time, "Did you drink on the night of the 23rd?"

Jim Cumming shook his head wildly, "No! I really didn't drink on the 23rd! As you said, it was almost every day, not really every day. In fact, I didn't pass out drunk in the alley these days. I changed .and……"

He thought hard, and suddenly grabbed a piece of driftwood: "I bought something at the Straw Convenience Store on the night of the 23rd, and the clerk there, including the video in the store, can prove it."

He was proud again, "I was very sober, and I didn't drink at all that day."

Gu Yan lowered his eyes, turned a page of records, and raised his eyes to ask: "You passed by Kitty Bell's house and saw Joshua Dale through the window after 7:50 p.m.? Before 8 o'clock?"

Jim Cumming nodded.

Gu Yan: "Why are you so sure about the time period?"

Jim Cumming: "I happened to look at the time on the wall when I was checking out at the Straw convenience store, and I remember it clearly, it was 7:45. It was about a 7-minute walk from the Straw convenience store to my house. So I was entering my house In front of the small courtyard, when I saw Kitty Bell’s window, it should be after 7:50. And after I entered the house, I checked the time again, and I also remember it very clearly, it was 2 minutes to 8 o’clock.”

He said this very clearly, and even indirectly proved that he was indeed sober that day and did not drink the pill.

"Did you see the window of Ms. Kitty Bell's house through a gap when you opened the door of your residence?" Gu Yan asked again.

"Yes."

"How far is your door from Bell's window?"

"About 7 meters."

"Facing?"

"A little slant, just a little," Jim Cumming emphasized.

Gu Yan looked at his cloudy yellow eyes, "How is your eyesight?"

"Very good! Very good, there is no problem." Jim Cumming pointed to his eyes, "The yellow and bloodshot is just because of drinking too much wine before."

Gu Yan glanced casually, estimated the distance from the witness stand to the auditorium behind him, and wanted to pick a reference.As a result, out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a smart "A" written on the page spread out in front of Yan Suizhi, like an examination paper.

"..."

He was silent for a moment, then pointed to an auditor, and asked Jim Cumming, "Can you see the number on the left chest of this gentleman's jacket?"

Jim Cumming immediately said: "68!"

Everyone looked over with their heads hooked, and it was indeed 68.If such a large number can be seen at this distance, it will not be a problem to see the face clearly from 7 meters away.

After asking these questions, the observers were a little puzzled. They were a little confused about the purpose of Gu Yan, a defense lawyer. They only felt that the answers he asked would not only be of no benefit to Joshua Dale, but Even adding credibility to the other party.

Gu Yan still looked calm: "So you can be sure that the person in Kitty Belle's room at that time was Joshua Dale? Did you see his face?"

Jim Cumming: "Yes, I saw it! Very clear! Thankfully I saw it, and I'm glad I glanced over there and provided such important evidence, didn't I?"

"Just took a look?"

"Correct."

"Did you go to the window?"

"No, how could it be possible to walk to the window, wouldn't you be entering someone's yard?" Jim Cumming said.

"Have you seen the facial features clearly? Is there anyone else who looks like Joshua?"

"No!" Jim Cumming said, "I can even see the mole under the corner of his eye, and it's absolutely unmistakable."

"You took one look and then went home?"

Jim Cumming looked a little regretful, "Yes, when I saw Joshua Dale just walked over, I thought he was just visiting, I didn't expect that to happen later. I just took a look Go back to the house, after all, it's too cold outside, several degrees below zero."

Gu Yan nodded, looked down at the papers on the desktop, took out one, and clicked the playback controller.

The content of the page he extracted was immediately displayed on the holographic screen in the courtroom, enough for everyone to see.That is the description of the crime scene and the before and after conditions provided by the prosecution.

Gu Yandao: "On the 12th line on page 10 of the on-site restoration data, at around 23:7 p.m. The back of the head was tilted on the left side of the seat, and the hair hit the water vapor at the bottom of the window glass."

"The heater is by the window, and it's minus ten degrees outside. With the heater temperature set by Kitty Bell at the time, it only takes 5 minutes at most, and the windowpane will be covered with a thick layer of mist—"

As he said, he raised his eyelids and looked at Jim Cumming, and said in a deep voice, "How can you penetrate the fog at a distance of 7 meters and clearly see about Shuya's facial features and the mole at the corner of his eye?"

……

The audience was silent.