Chapter 701 Decisive Conflict

Don’t even need five seconds to think?
Such remarks can be said to be quite arrogant. You have to know that Kitano Shunsuke is an old criminal in Shizuoka Prefecture after all. The presiding judge and Prosecutor Oda are well aware of his level. Now he says such things to Genmitsu.

This caused both of them to have a lower opinion of Xiang Yuanguang, and even the people in the audience began to talk about it.

————Although he is a legendary lawyer in Tokyo, this is Shizuoka Prefecture, not Tokyo City.

It is so arrogant that a lawyer from another place said such words in front of the criminal and prosecutors of Shizuoka Prefecture in the court of Shizuoka Prefecture. It is hard to accept.

However, just as Oda Yoya's anger rose and he was about to speak.

Xiang Yuanguang gently placed the coffee cup on the table, then looked at Kitano Shunsuke.

"Kitano, Detective, the defense wants to question your fourth statement: [I think it is very likely that the deceased woke up after being hit on the head by three suspects in a row and had a fuzzy memory. Then the defendant entered the room and directly picked up a bottle and smashed the deceased to death.]"

"It is known that the police clearly pointed out in the third sentence of testimony that there was no sign of dispute or struggle between the two parties. Then, does the fourth sentence of testimony mean that the defendant took advantage of the deceased's mental confusion to launch a surprise attack?"

The old criminal from Shizuoka Prefecture was stunned for a moment, then nodded and replied.

"That's the only way it could be. After all, there was no dispute or fight at the scene."

"If it is believed that the defendant took advantage of the deceased's mental confusion and attacked him directly, killing him with one blow, then the deceased would have absolutely no chance to call for help, and he would end up in the state he sees now."

If we follow his own logic, then there is definitely nothing wrong with this answer.

However, the biggest problem of the old detective Shunsuke Kitano is not his logic, but the fact that his testimony is in absolute conflict with one of the evidences of this murder case.

"Then let me confirm again that the deceased was killed by the defendant in a trance, right?"

Ask Yuan Guang again.

Hearing this, Oda Yoya at the prosecutor's table finally couldn't help but interrupt and spoke loudly.

"Lawyer Xiang Yuan, please don't repeat a question that has already been answered!"

"Just now, Detective Kitano has clearly stated that the deceased was attacked by the defendant while in a trance and was killed in one blow. Therefore, there were no signs of a struggle at the scene, nor any signs of the deceased calling for help."

"If you don't have other evidence to refute this statement, then you can ask other witnesses."

"Even if you want to bluff and stall for time, there must be a limit. Our prosecutors and listeners in Shizuoka Prefecture do not have the extra time to play this meaningless questioning game with you!"

Oda Yoya's words immediately gained the approval of many audience members in the gallery.

They actually knew nothing about the case. All the information they knew was just the exaggerated reports by the media and the description of the case just given by Oda Yoya and Kitano Shunsuke.

Therefore, it is naturally impossible for them to discover the conflict that neither Oda Yoya nor Kitano Shunsuke discovered.

But just when many listeners were getting angry and the discussions were getting louder and louder.

Xiang Yuanguang snapped his fingers, touched his chin and spoke in a puzzled manner.

"Really? That's strange. Prosecutor Oda, have you noticed anything strange?"

"...What strange thing?" Oda Yaoye frowned, not understanding what Xiang Yuanguang was talking about.

But the hedgehog-haired lawyer was seen smiling confidently at this moment, with his hands on his hips.

"Of course, the testimony of Detective Shunsuke Kitano is in conflict with the evidence in this case!"

"If the deceased was attacked by the defendant in a trance and was killed by a blow to the head, then we should look at the reason why the deceased was in a trance - the heavy blow to the head by the three suspects before him, right?"

"If that is the case, then the deceased should have put his hands over his head when the defendant entered the room."

"But in the photos taken at the scene, the deceased's hands were not covering his head, but on his chest. I would like to ask, if a person was hit on the head three times and became mentally confused, why would this person's hands be placed on his chest?"

Show————the evidence [photos of the crime scene]!
The prosecutor of Shizuoka Prefecture was stunned.

The audience, which had been talking a lot, fell silent at that moment.

Xiang Yuanguang reached into his briefcase and pulled out a photo, placed it on the evidence table, and then used a projector to enlarge the contents of the photo so that everyone could see it.

At this point, the conflict between the content of the photo and Kitano Shunsuke's testimony was clear to everyone.

"Did you see clearly? Ladies and gentlemen, this photo was given to me by Detective Kitano himself last night, but his testimony today is completely different from the evidence he gave me last night————"

"Detective Kitano, could you please explain the inconsistency between this photo and the description in your testimony?"

Xiang Yuanguang spoke confidently, pointing in the air at Kitano Shunsuke who was standing at the testimony stand.

Suddenly, the old criminal from Shizuoka Prefecture began to sweat on his forehead, but he still planned to struggle.

But Xiang Yuanguang did not give him a chance to struggle and continued.

"Also, although the deceased had his back to the door in this photo, the defendant could have taken the opportunity to attack the deceased. However, if the defendant used the vase in the deceased's room to attack the deceased, there would be no sign of an argument or struggle."

"The reason is simple. The vase was placed next to the wall that the deceased was facing."

"If the defendant wanted to use the vase in the deceased's room to attack the deceased, he would have to pass through the deceased's sight, so he would have to have an argument or fight with the deceased, but none of this happened."

"If the defendant used a vase from another room to kill the victim, then it might be plausible, but the vase in the victim's room is the only place in the entire Shizuoka Prefectural Cultural Office where the defendant's fingerprints were found."

The voice towards Yuan Guang suddenly became heavier.

"In other words, the defense believes that Detective Kitano's review of the case is completely wrong!"

"The only correct thing is the description of the defendant's activities at the Shizuoka Prefecture Cultural Affairs Bureau, and that was the testimony of a Cultural Affairs Bureau staff member. Is this how Shizuoka Prefecture judges criminal cases?!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the audience seats in the Shizuoka Prefecture Courtroom exploded.

Kitano Shunsuke was sweating profusely and didn't know what to say for a moment.

————This was indeed a decisive conflict with the case he reviewed.

(End of this chapter)

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