Chapter 700: Not even 5 seconds to think
Chapter 700: Not even five seconds to think
"I see... However, this court will only allow you to make this mistake once. You can't make it a second time."
The presiding judge frowned, picked up the gavel and knocked on the table, agreeing with what Oda Yoya said.
Hearing this, Oda Yoya breathed a sigh of relief.
Regardless of whether this is good or not, at least it is guaranteed to win. Kitano Shunsuke's second testimony can't lead to any revelations, right? He is an old detective in Shizuoka Prefecture after all.
"So, Lawyer Xiang Yuan, what do you think about this?"
However, the presiding judge changed the subject at this moment and asked Xiang Yuanguang for his opinion.
Under normal circumstances, the presiding judge would not ask the defense lawyer if the prosecutor asked him to speak again. However, due to the environment here, he felt it would be better to ask.
As soon as these words were spoken, Kitano Shunsuke suddenly felt something was wrong.
If you ask a defense lawyer about this kind of thing, he will definitely raise objections.
If the other party guides the atmosphere within the courtroom at that time, then won't the presiding judge directly send the testimony back to be modified, allowing the defense lawyer to continue to take advantage of the issue and ask whether he has concealed information?
"The defense has no objection. Please ask the criminal officer to re-testify based on my questions."
To the surprise of Kitano Shunsuke and Oda Yoya, Xiang Yuanguang did not seize this opportunity to press on. The hedgehog-headed lawyer just took a sip of coffee at this time, looking very Buddhist, not as aggressive as before.
However, since the defense lawyer has no objection, the presiding judge naturally will not have any objection either.
With a thud, the presiding judge looked at the criminal officer at the witness stand and spoke directly.
"Then, please ask Detective Kitano to testify again. However, this time, please do not leave out any information."
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[~Re-testimony about the Komiyayama murder case and the time when Tsuda Hideo was present~]
[Testimony begins]
"The defendant, Hideo Tsuda, entered the Cultural Affairs Agency only after Kengo Katsumata was seen leaving the Agency by staff, and he also found staff to confirm the location of the deceased's room."
"Then, after confirming the location of the deceased's room, he went directly to the deceased's room. About two or three minutes later, the defendant shouted and called the police, saying that Taiji Komiyama had lost vital signs."
"There was indeed no sign of an argument or struggle along the way."
"I think it is very likely that the deceased woke up again after being hit on the head by three suspects in succession and had a blurred memory. Then the defendant entered the room at this time and directly picked up a bottle and smashed the deceased to death."
"Then, in order to clear himself of suspicion of crime, the defendant immediately reset the bottle and called the police."
"This murder probably started with a dispute between the defendant and the deceased about the theater in the morning. The defendant then became angry and killed the deceased directly in the Cultural Hall. It was an impulsive murder."
[End of testimony]
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Kitano Shunsuke quickly reorganized his thoughts and completed his second testimony.
However, after hearing these testimonies, Xiang Yuanguang shook his head slightly.
The reason why he didn't hit Kitano Shunsuke directly was because he still needed Kitano Shunsuke to stay on the field to buy time for Koshimizu Nanatsuki to investigate, so he just let Kitano Shunsuke jump for a while longer.
But now, Kitano Shunsuke's testimony has a [decisive loophole]. Perhaps, he could consider directly refutating Kitano Shunsuke and directly put forward the hypothesis that Komiyayama Tsutomu is the real murderer in this trial, quickly ending this morning's trial and waiting until tomorrow to make a final conclusion on this case.
Although Xiang Yuanguang has found the flaws in Kitano Shunsuke's second testimony.
However, Oda Yoya, the prosecutor, did not realize anything was wrong.
Although he has certain talents as a prosecutor, compared with the opponents that Xiang Yuanguang has encountered in the Tokyo Prosecutors' Office, such as Kujo Reiko, Kizuki Hotaru, Kuma Sukawa and others, Oda Yoya's talents are much inferior.
Perhaps only Prosecutor Sugiura, who was recently transferred to the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office for training, has similar abilities to him.
————Perhaps, this is the general strength of excellent prosecutors in local procuratorates?
"Did you hear that, Attorney Xiang Yuan? This is the final outcome of this case. There is no other explanation."
The corners of Oda Yoya's mouth curled up, a little proud.
He waved his hand and then dropped it, like a conductor of an orchestra performing in a performance hall, quite arrogant. In his opinion, Xiang Yuanguang's only mistake in this trial was that he actually agreed to let Detective Kitano testify again.
This is the arrogance of a big city lawyer, and this arrogance will become the foundation for him to defeat Xiang Yuanguang!
"Your Honor, I think we can make a final conclusion on this trial now—"
"You've said this four times in less than thirty minutes."
The hedgehog-haired lawyer shook his head and put down the coffee cup in his hand.
He looked at Oda Yoya with an inexplicable look, as if he was caring for a mentally retarded child, which made Oda Yoya's anger level soar instantly.
The district prosecutor of Shizuoka Prefecture was about to fly into a rage, but before he did, he spoke to Minamoto Mitsu first.
"Your Excellency the Presiding Judge, the defense will now begin the [questioning] phase. Is that ok?"
The presiding judge was somewhat surprised at Xiang Yuanguang's calmness.
In his opinion, the situation of this trial was completely under the control of the prosecutors. Apart from Xiang Yuanguang's initial attack on the time loophole, which could be considered a qualified attack, his other remarks posed no threat to the prosecutors.
He had just finally found a loophole that could get Shunsuke Kitano out on the spot, and he agreed to let the prosecutors plug it.
Could it be that this great lawyer from Tokyo, even though he is already in such a disadvantage, still does not intend to admit defeat, and wants to use the last chance in the [questioning] stage to directly [reverse] the trend of the case?
The judge's eyes became serious, and then he lowered the gavel.
"Please keep quiet, Prosecutor Oda. Attorney Xiangyuan, please begin the questioning phase."
"However, before the interrogation phase begins, the court has to warn you, Attorney Xiang Yuan, that the facts of this murder case are already very clear. If you cannot find new clues during this interrogation phase."
"Then, unfortunately, this court will consider the defendant guilty as the final verdict. Do you understand?"
Such words made Hideo Tsuda, who was sitting in the dock, nervous.
He swallowed and looked at Xiang Yuanguang in the defense seat. However, the legendary Tokyo lawyer just calmly picked up the coffee again and took a sip, then answered calmly.
"That's enough. I don't even need five seconds to think about it."
(End of this chapter)