Chapter 13: Final Judgment! The Legal Department of Nandu Bank Is About to Go Mad!
At the moment Yu Caixia announced the adjournment, all personnel present in the courtroom stood up.
They watched as Yu Caixia and the other two members of the collegiate panel departed from the elevated bench.
During the adjournment, everyone felt uneasy about the final judgment to be announced in court.
Only one person was an exception.
That person was Su Bai.
Li Xuezhen's palms were full of sweat, as this was her first time personally participating in a courtroom hearing.
At the same time she had witnessed Su Bai's courtroom argument.
Although the argument had concluded, the final judgment remained unknown, so she felt extremely nervous.
Li Xuezhen looked curiously toward Su Bai.
"Lawyer Su, are you not nervous about the final judgment?"
"This is a major case, and it is also being broadcast live, I heard that the impact has been considerable, are you not worried at all?"
A slight smile appeared at the corner of Su Bai's mouth. "There is no need to be so nervous, what should be judged will be judged, and what should not be judged will not be judged, you can rest assured."
"The ones who should be worried are not us, look at Lawyer Li, as legal counsel for Nandu Bank he should be much more nervous than we are."
Li Xuezhen glanced at Li Mo, who was looking in her direction, and could not help saying, "Lawyer Su, Lawyer Li seems to be looking at us."
Su Bai raised his head and noticed that Li Mo was looking at him with a gaze filled with anger, unwillingness, nervousness, and other negative emotions intertwined together.
He smiled slightly. "Do not worry about it, Lawyer Li is just doing eye exercises."
Li Xuezhen: ?????
Eye exercises, what did that mean?
Li Xuezhen did not understand what this meant, but she also understood that Su Bai was making a cold joke, so she nodded silently and did not continue speaking.
At the same time.
After the adjournment, the three members of the collegiate panel, namely the presiding judge and the two adjudicators, conducted their final deliberation.
"With regard to this case, do either of you have any opinions?"
Yu Caixia looked toward the other two adjudicators.
One of them spoke. "Regarding the plaintiff's claim that Wang Li is not guilty, although legal argumentation was conducted in court and certain evidence was provided."
"However, the first instance imposed a sentence of twenty years of fixed term imprisonment, and the second instance upheld the original judgment, if our final judgment differs too greatly, will it not cause controversy?"
The other adjudicator nodded in agreement with this viewpoint.
Yu Caixia frowned slightly. "The judgment should be based on the law, and there is no need to refer to the first and second instance judgments."
"Then let us proceed according to the presiding judge's judgment."
"Mm."
Ultimately, the three agreed that Yu Caixia would make the final judgment.
Outside the courtroom, the audience watching the live broadcast of the hearing and the media reporters were all anxiously waiting through the thirty minutes of adjournment.
Among them, quite a few reporters were openly complaining.
"Originally I thought Nandu Bank would definitely win, so I deliberately prepared a close range interview, but looking at this result what is left now?"
"Damn it, if I had known earlier I would have gone to interview that lawyer from Baijun law Firm, posting that online would definitely have been explosive news!"
"Really, I regret it so much!"
"If anyone managed to interview that lawyer from Baijun law Firm, they really made a huge gain!"
Outside the courtroom, the reporters continued discussing.
Among them, a young female reporter's eyes suddenly lit up.
Earlier, when many media outlets were not optimistic about Baijun law Firm, she had gone to conduct an interview.
Unexpectedly, this time she had gained greatly.
"The opportunity to convert from internship to full employment has arrived!"
In the courtroom, the thirty minutes quickly passed, and everyone following this lawsuit was eagerly anticipating the final judgment.
As Yu Caixia and the other two members of the collegiate panel entered the bench, the court clerk said, "All rise!"
With a rustling sound.
All personnel present in the courtroom stood up.
Li Mo looked nervously toward the bench, and regarding the result of this hearing he now had no confidence at all.
He could only wait for Yu Caixia to announce the judgment.
Out of the corner of his eye he inadvertently looked toward the plaintiff's side, yet he discovered that Su Bai appeared completely relaxed, and his heart could not help but sink.
Holding the judgment materials in her hand, Yu Caixia slowly began speaking under the gaze of everyone present.
"This case is a final instance case heard by this court, namely the Nandu Higher Court, with the plaintiff Wang Li and the defendant Nandu Bank."
"This court has jurisdiction over this case, and all applicable laws are based on domestic law."
"According to the provisions of our country's Criminal Law, robbery is constituted where violence, coercion, or threats are used against others in order to seize public or private property."
"With regard to the public prosecution's allegation that the plaintiff Wang Li was an accomplice in robbery, the legal conditions are not satisfied, and Wang Li did not constitute the criminal facts of robbery."
"However, Wang Li clearly knew that the property obtained was illegally acquired and nevertheless chose to use it to pay his father's expenses, which involves suspected unjust enrichment and transfer of stolen property, and suspected concealment of criminal proceeds."
"Furthermore, because there were underlying reasons and the situation was urgent, and considering that Wang Li had at that time lost his basic rational capacity for conduct, a mitigated sentence is imposed."
"Wang Li is sentenced to six months of fixed term imprisonment with a one year suspended sentence, and the illegally obtained property shall be returned."
"With regard to the compensation issue raised by the plaintiff against Nandu Bank, Nandu Bank was indeed implicated in this case, and Nandu Bank is ordered to apologize to Wang Li, and all other claims are rejected."
"With regard to the litigation requests raised by the defendant, all are rejected."
"This court's judgment is the final judgment, and according to the provisions of procedural law, this court will send the written judgment to all parties within ten days after the closing of the court."
'Bang!'
The gavel fell.
"The court is adjourned!"
With Yu Caixia's words falling, the final instance proceedings came to an end.
Upon hearing the final judgment, Li Mo completely collapsed.
They lost?
Nandu Bank lost?
And the loss was exceptionally complete.
Not only was Wang Li determined not to have committed robbery, overturning the judgments of the first and second instances, but moreover, he was sentenced to only six months, and not only six months but a suspended sentence.
What did a suspended sentence mean?
A suspended sentence meant that Wang Li would not need to serve imprisonment at all.
As long as he behaved properly and committed no crimes or violations, then this sentence would be equivalent to not existing.
At the moment the judgment was announced, Li Mo, the legal counsel of Nandu Bank, was nearly driven mad.
Inside the legal affairs office of Nandu Bank.
Xu Zhiqiang watched the live broadcast of the hearing, and upon hearing the result of the judgment he was momentarily stunned.
He let out a long sigh.
During the process of watching the live broadcast of the hearing, he had already had a vague premonition that this hearing would likely be lost.
However, what he had not expected was that the result of the judgment would be such a severe defeat.
It would have been one thing for Wang Li to receive a suspended sentence, but Nandu Bank was also ordered to apologize to Wang Li.
Who could endure that?
For a moment, Xu Zhiqiang did not know what to do at all.
If he were to report this judgment result to Wang Wu, he could already imagine the scene of himself immediately leaving while holding his personal belongings.
Inside the office of the president of Nandu Bank.
Wang Wu watched as the live broadcast of the hearing ended with the announcement of the court's adjournment.
He became extremely furious and angrily pushed open the door of the legal affairs office.
"Xu Zhiqiang, how did you assure me?"
"Did you not say that Nandu Bank would definitely win and would also achieve victory in public opinion?"
"Is this what you called victory?"