Chapter 12: Final Statements
He was truly emotionally overwhelmed, completely overwhelmed.
Li Mo did not know how to describe his feelings at that moment.
He had just indicated that the opposing witness might have psychological problems, yet instead of debating this issue with him, the other side immediately produced a large number of witness materials in response.
How could he be so unreasonable?
This was far too outrageous.
Li Mo had handled many lawsuits, yet he had never encountered anything like this.
It was simply a complete collapse of composure in court.
A faint smile appeared at the corner of Su Bai's mouth as he silently observed Li Mo's loss of composure, were you not very arrogant before?
Did you not think you could continue debating with me?
I simply chose not to debate with you, you said this witness might have psychological problems, then what about the others?
Surely they cannot all be the same.
Continue then?
Come on, continue your arrogance, were you not being sarcastic?
Were you not very impressive when being interviewed by reporters outside the court?
Did you not look down upon my Baijun law Firm for focusing on marital consultation?
What is wrong with marital consultation?
In criminal litigation I can still question you until you lose your bearings.
Noticing Su Bai's gaze, Li Mo completely lost composure and truly wanted to curse a few times, but he still restrained himself, at least he could not curse in court.
The trial was still being broadcast live.
If he cursed, not only would the reputation of Nandu Bank be damaged, but he himself would also become widely known in the legal profession, or socially disgraced.
He might even be treated as a classic negative teaching example within the legal field.
His case might remain recorded in legal casebooks for generations.
Upon thinking of such an outcome, Li Mo immediately calmed down, steadied his emotions, and lowered his head to examine the materials.
Su Bai smiled slightly and continued, "Presiding Judge, the evidentiary materials in our possession are sufficient to demonstrate that the bank does not possess the capacity to protect customers' property."
"Therefore we request the revocation of the argument presented just now by counsel for the defendant Nandu Bank."
'Bang!'
Yu Caixia struck the gavel.
"The grounds for the plaintiff's application are rejected."
"Basis for rejection: the bank has a legal obligation to preserve customers' property, and the evidence presented by the plaintiff does not possess general applicability."
"The application request is approved."
"Basis for approval: the defendant Nandu Bank failed to fulfill its obligation to ensure the safety of bank customers."
At the moment the gavel was struck, Yu Caixia's reasoning for the ruling had already been explained clearly.
However some viewers who did not understand the meaning of this ruling during the live broadcast of the trial could not help but ask about it.
'Teacher Luo, what does it mean to both reject and approve?'
'Yes, I feel completely confused watching this.'
'Teacher Luo, please explain.'
Legal commentator Luo Daxiang smiled slightly and explained Yu Caixia's ruling.
"The reason for rejecting the plaintiff's grounds for application is that the plaintiff's grounds and evidence indicate that the bank does not have responsibility for protecting customers' property safety."
'However under legal provisions the bank must ensure the safety of customers' property within the bank.'
'Nandu Bank winning its lawsuit against its victimized customer does not establish general applicability, and if approval had been granted it would have meant recognizing that the bank does not have responsibility for protecting customers' property safety.'
'However if rejection alone had been issued, then in this debate Nandu Bank had still failed to perform its own obligations.'
'What should be done then?'
'Presiding Judge Yu Caixia handled this very skillfully.'
'She rejected the grounds raised by the plaintiff and thereby upheld the authority of the law.'
'She approved the application request and thereby indicated that Nandu Bank indeed acted inadequately.'
'In this lawsuit Nandu Bank adopted an incorrect argumentative direction from the beginning and completely fell into the opposing party's argumentative framework.'
Luo Daxiang shook his head slightly. 'In this lawsuit Nandu Bank will most likely lose.'
'Hahaha, Nandu Bank will lose? If Teacher Luo says Nandu Bank will lose, then Nandu Bank is probably finished!'
'Exactly, do you not know who Teacher Luo is!'
Luo Daxiang smiled slightly as he looked at the comment section. 'All right, this lawsuit is almost coming to an end, let us observe the final mutual statements and the judgment.'
'Looking forward to it.'
'Looking forward to it plus one.'
In the courtroom, faced with Yu Caixia's ruling, Li Mo raised his hand and raised an objection.
"The Presiding Judge has not yet allowed me to continue speaking and presenting my argument, I request that the ruling just made be declared invalid."
Yu Caixia said, "The application is invalid."
Li Mo: ?????
What did it mean that the application was invalid?
"Presiding Judge, may I ask why the application is invalid?"
Yu Caixia said, "The ruling has already been issued and the defendant has already been notified that the application is invalid, if the defendant insists on continuing with the application, an administrative reconsideration may be requested after the hearing, but at present the application is invalid."
"If the defendant's counsel continues to discuss this topic further, a second warning will be issued."
Li Mo looked toward the presiding judge and felt as if he could not exert any force despite having strength, he felt extremely aggrieved and slowly uttered a few words.
"Understood, Presiding Judge."
Yu Caixia glanced calmly toward the defendant's side, that is, in Li Mo's direction, then looked at Su Bai and struck the gavel.
"The plaintiff and the defendant will now present their final courtroom statements."
"Plaintiff's counsel Su Bai will present the final courtroom statement."
"Understood, Presiding Judge."
The most critical aspect of a courtroom statement is whether it can persuade the judge, and Su Bai had already prepared for this long in advance.
Emotional appeals?
There was no need.
If this case were adjudicated normally, they would not lose.
Wang Li would receive a mitigated sentence.
According to his previous understanding of Yu Caixia, this presiding judge valued most highly the interpretation of the law, that is, the supremacy of legal provisions.
Su Bai slowly stood up.
"Respected Presiding Judge and adjudicators."
"Based on the litigation materials and courtroom evidence submitted by our side, we have nothing further to supplement."
"I only wish to say that legal justice will neither wrongly judge a good person nor wrongly judge a bad person."
"I hope that the adjudication will proceed in accordance with the normal legal process and that the oath will be remembered."
Yu Caixia looked at Su Bai with satisfaction and nodded slightly.
"The plaintiff's statement is completed, next the defendant will present its statement."
Li Mo knew that this final statement was the last opportunity for Nandu Bank, because he could already sense that the situation of this lawsuit was somewhat unfavorable.
Li Mo slowly stood up and said, "Respected Presiding Judge and adjudicators."
"In this lawsuit Nandu Bank is in the position of the victim, and I believe that it is not wrong for people to have emotions, but the law is without emotion."
"After all Nandu Bank is the victim, and the plaintiff's request that the victimized party provide compensation is extremely inappropriate."
"Statement concluded."
After listening to Li Mo's statement, Yu Caixia looked expressionlessly toward the party Wang Li seated directly opposite the bench.
"The party concerned will make the final statement."
Wang Li raised his head and looked toward the elevated bench, then glanced toward Su Bai.
"Respected Presiding Judge and adjudicators, I have no objections to this trial and I am willing to accept any judgment."
"The statement is concluded, the court is now adjourned, adjourned for thirty minutes, and the court will reconvene after thirty minutes to announce the judgment."
Yu Caixia struck the gavel and the proceedings entered the adjournment stage.