Chapter 30: Final Courtroom Statement
The atmosphere at the trial site was extremely tense.
At the seats of both the plaintiff and the defendant, everyone except Su Bai was very nervous.
On the bench.
Yang Yu struck the gavel: "The court session will now continue, please prepare the plaintiff and the defendant to make their final courtroom statements."
"Plaintiff, are you prepared to make your statement?"
"We are prepared, Presiding Judge."
"You may now proceed with your statement."
"Yes, Presiding Judge."
The most critical moment had arrived.
Su Bai adjusted his lawyer's attire and slowly stood up: "Presiding Judge, I would like to ask the Presiding Judge a question."
'Bang bang!'
"Is the question requested by the plaintiff related to this case?"
"It is related, Presiding Judge."
"The request is approved, please proceed."
Yang Yu looked toward Su Bai at the plaintiff's seat and suddenly became interested in the question he intended to ask.
The fundamental definition of the crime of fraud lies precisely in its boundary determination.
When Su Bai suddenly raised such a question, Yang Yu clearly understood that the plaintiff's lawyer had already anticipated his decision.
Faced with the question raised by Su Bai.
A trace of interest appeared in Yang Yu's eyes, was this an attempt to persuade him through the final courtroom statement?
"Please present your statement."
Intelligent individuals do not communicate indirectly.
The Presiding Judge had already provided the opportunity, whether he could be persuaded depended on the statement itself.
Su Bai briefly organized his thoughts:
"Honorable Presiding Judge and Judges, our courtroom statement is as follows:"
"We believe that the court hearing is sacred and is a place where everything must be supported by evidence."
"In this instance, we have prosecuted the defendant for fraud, and the defendant has denied the accusation but has failed to produce corresponding evidence of rebuttal."
"On this point alone, it can be seen that the opposing party is fundamentally unable to refute the litigation claim we have submitted."
"At the same time, the defendant Xie Jing bore very limited responsibilities within the family and completely failed to fulfill the obligations that should be undertaken within a marital relationship."
"Furthermore, there existed subjective fraudulent intent, and under such circumstances it may be regarded that the female party did not treat the male party as her life partner or as the other half of her life, which fundamentally does not conform to an appropriate attitude toward marriage."
"Additionally."
"The defendant Xie Jing, in collaboration with her lawyer Ye Fei, carried out fraudulent conduct against our party, which is a subjective factual circumstance."
"I would like to ask the female party whether our client committed any act during the three years of marriage that violated or betrayed the marriage."
Xie Jing remained silent.
Su Bai continued speaking:
"What is the reason that the female party cannot answer this question?"
"The only reason must be that silence represents an inability to respond, and our client Zhang Tongwei did not betray his marriage."
"Yet even so, the female party remained insatiably greedy and attempted to defraud our party by using coercive methods to extract our party's premarital personal property."
"Such a person possesses a very weak conception of marriage and has completely treated marriage as a means of profit making."
"At the same time!"
"The defendant's lawyer, Lawyer Ye, possesses her own fan community and short video accounts through which she disseminates and induces improper marital relationship behaviors for the purpose of obtaining profit."
"As a lawyer, the defendant's entrusted lawyer Ye encouraged her followers to seek the premarital property of their partners, which constitutes a clear case of knowingly violating the law."
"As a lawyer, could it be that she does not know that such conduct is illegal?"
"Evidently she does know!"
"Yet she still used such methods to carry out fraudulent activities, which clearly profanes the sanctity of the law and demonstrates that she has forgotten the basic professional ethics required of a legal practitioner!"
"The conduct of Lawyer Ye completely operates at the boundary of the law, and I have heard that Lawyer Ye has achieved more than one hundred victories in marital litigation, which means that at least one hundred families have experienced breakdown because of such conduct by Lawyer Ye."
"Not only breakdown, but the premarital personal property of these more than one hundred families has suffered serious losses!"
"This constitutes an infringement upon private property!"
"To my knowledge, there are also many followers of Lawyer Ye who, due to her inducement, are preparing or are currently engaging in such conduct, and if they succeed the subsequent seriousness of the consequences is self evident."
"This seriously violates the legal protection of private property!"
"Even if Lawyer Ye has legally divided premarital property through litigation, the subjective fraudulent intent objectively exists!"
"As the lawyer for the plaintiff, I advise the defendant to recognize as soon as possible that the conduct of the defendant's lawyer is illegal and disgraceful, and to report it promptly in order to strive for more lenient treatment!"
"Presiding Judge, my courtroom statement is concluded."
Su Bai looked toward Yang Yu on the bench, whose expression did not change at all, and he was somewhat unable to determine the Presiding Judge's thoughts.
He could only proceed step by step.
In any case, the situation was already favorable.
Yang Yu revealed no expression, but had already reached a decision in his mind, and looked toward the defendant's seat: "Please present the defendant's courtroom statement."
After listening to Su Bai's courtroom statement, Ye Fei was completely stunned.
This.
This completely directed the target toward her personally!
If this courtroom statement were accepted, would she not be directly imprisoned and required to serve a custodial sentence?!
"Presiding Judge, I request that the opposing party's courtroom statement be declared invalid, because the target of the statement is completely directed toward me and has little relevance to this case!"
'Bang bang!'
Yang Yu slightly frowned: "Request invalid!"
"Please present the defendant's courtroom statement, if no statement is presented it will be regarded as a voluntary waiver."
On the bench, Liu Hongmei saw this scene and sighed inwardly that the defendant's lawyer was finished.
Ye Fei was anxious but had no alternative and could only proceed with her statement despite the difficulty: "Honorable Presiding Judge and Judges."
"Our courtroom statement is as follows:"
"As the lawful wife of the plaintiff, I may have undertaken fewer obligations but I nevertheless undertook certain responsibilities, and the plaintiff's act of bringing me to court with a single complaint is somewhat inconsistent with the affection that should exist between husband and wife."
"I personally believe that the relationship between husband and wife should be harmonious and should not be like this."
"With regard to the accusations directed toward me personally by the opposing party, I cannot admit them!"
"Because I am protecting the rights and interests of the female party within the marriage!"
Ye Fei had no way to provide rebuttal and could only rely upon an appeal to emotional considerations.
After the statement was completed.
Yang Yu looked toward Xie Jing at the defendant's seat:
"Defendant Xie Jing, do you have anything further to say?"
Xie Jing was now very frightened and in truth she was greatly shaken and very much wanted to admit her mistake in court.
However.
Admitting fault would be equivalent to sentencing herself in advance.
She was afraid that if she said anything further incorrectly she would worsen the situation, and she merely shook her head: "Presiding Judge, I have nothing further to say."
Yang Yu slightly nodded, organized the materials in his hands, and without any hesitation struck the gavel.
"Both parties have completed their courtroom statements and the court will now prepare to announce the judgment."
Court clerk: "All rise, the Presiding Judge will now announce the judgment result!"
Everyone at the trial site stood up.
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