"Brother? What's wrong with you? What did you see?" Niu Xiufei asked quickly. Tan Shaohong's face turned pale: "Fang, Fang..."
Following the other person's gaze, I saw the middle-aged bald man who had just cursed fiercely.
"What's going on, brother? Please tell me something. We've already won the case. Didn't you say that we won't have a higher sentence if we appeal?"
Niu Xiufei looked at the middle-aged bald man again. Why did he feel that his cousin's eyes were filled with fear? Was I seeing things?
Lu Yunling next to him also asked curiously: "Yeah, brother, what's wrong with you? Tell me what's going on."
Tan Shaohong finally spoke out: "Teacher Fang? It's Teacher Fang, right?"
"Many of the classic cases we studied in the institute were done by you. I've seen many videos of you. Teacher Fang, why are you here?"
Fang Dazhuang looked at Tan Shaohong in front of him, shook his head and said, "You've got the wrong person. I'm a lawyer from a small place like Jingzhou. My skills are not very good, and I have never been to the Magic City."
"And my last name is Zhou, not Fang. Thank you."
In Niu Xiufei's eyes, Mr. Fang was just pretending.
She couldn't help but yell, "What are you pretending to be? What's wrong? The verdict is different from what you expected. Why don't you appeal? Do you know what it means to not increase the sentence on appeal? My Lao Lu didn't commit any crime, and I haven't sued you for defamation yet!"
"And you, you acted like that before. Weren't you very capable during the mediation? You just turned around and walked away, saying we'll see you in court. My Lao Lu was ready to pay compensation, but you just wouldn't agree. I don't know what you were all pretending to be. Now look, who's wrong after all!"
The following words were spoken to Zhou Yi.
Lu Yunling also said: "You can sue me for compensation, I don't have any money anyway." Zhou wanted to refute when he heard it, but Fang Dalan next to him had already spoken.
"You're sure there's no crime, right? You're sure we have to figure out who's at fault, right? Okay, I get it."
After saying this, Fang Dazhuang turned and left. Seeing that the others behind him hadn't caught up, he immediately said in dissatisfaction, "What are you still standing there for? Go ahead. Are you going to stay here and be laughed at?"
Huo Pengfei quickly followed and said hesitantly, "Teacher Fang, shouldn't we appeal?" Wu Qiuling was also very surprised. This didn't seem to be the style of Mr. Fang.
Zhou Yi beside him asked curiously, "Didn't they say that there would be no sentence increase if the appeal was made? Given the current situation, is there any way to get an appeal?"
Beside Zhou Yi, Zhou Xinran said helplessly, "Stop talking. Don't you notice that Attorney Fang is very angry now? There's a sentence before the appeal without an increase in sentence, but unfortunately, many people don't remember it. Just look at the back. In our case, if we appeal and there is new evidence, we can change the verdict to guilty."
Is there such a thing?
Of course it's true. That sentence is that the appeal filed by the defendant or his legal representative, defense counsel, or close relatives...
However, because most cases are public prosecution cases, and the procuratorate feels that there is a problem with the judgment, it files an appeal, which is a trial supervision procedure, and this principle is naturally not applicable.
In private prosecution cases, the above-mentioned principle of no increase in sentence does not apply to appeals filed by the plaintiff.
Zhou Yi nodded and was about to continue speaking when Attorney Fang spoke up, "Appeal? Do you have new evidence? How are you going to collect new evidence? On what basis do you collect it?"
"It's been so many days, what evidence can you find?"
Huo Pengfei stopped talking for a moment. Of course he could appeal, and the sentence could be aggravated, but in the absence of new evidence, the second instance would most likely reject the appeal and uphold the original verdict.
Finally, Wu Qiuling spoke weakly, "Teacher Fang, do you think there's any other solution? Lawyer Huo doesn't want to see this outcome either."
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The lawyer wanted to curse a few more times, but seeing that Wu Qiuling held back, he thought that this girl was lucky and he might be able to rely on her for something in the future.
So he said, "You guys, don't you all keep repeating my words every day? Have you forgotten what I said before?"
"If there's no way to collect evidence, then we need to find a way to convert a civil case into a criminal case. Similarly, if there's no way to collect evidence in a private prosecution case, then we can find a way to convert it into a public prosecution. Wouldn't that be enough?"
"You can't find new evidence, but can't the police find it either? Why are they all so clueless?"
"What do you think of the judicial interpretation of the crime of provoking disturbances? Have you forgotten whether causing minor injuries to two or more people constitutes a crime? But the couple is divorced, so it's not considered domestic violence, understand?"
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