After posting on Weibo, Gu Nianzhi handed her phone to her assistant and placed it in the locker outside. She then led her team into the Imperial High Military Court.
Today's court hearing was very abrupt and different from previous situations.
Although notice of the court hearing would usually be given to the defendant and his lawyer in advance, it wasn't necessary.
Special cases had to be dealt with in a special way. Moreover, the court's various preparations had already been made. The judge and clerk were already in place, so the court could hold court whenever they wanted.
Logically speaking, the defendant should have been mentally prepared. After all, the jurisdiction case had been going on for more than two months.
A lawyer with a normal mind would know that the case would be heard in a matter of minutes.
Only Kevin's American team of lawyers were used to being arrogant and had always thought that the Huaxia Empire was just a fat sheep disguised as a tiger. Although it was loud, it was actually vulnerable.
They certainly didn't dare refute the United States' request.
Didn't they see that they had used a jurisdiction case to stall the other party for two months?
They were already certain that the Huaxia Empire was just embarrassed and was waiting for a way out of this embarrassing situation.
So when the news of the Imperial High Military Court suddenly hearing Kevin's case came, Kevin's American team of lawyers were still playing on their phones in the Sheraton Hotel room, waiting for the nth time the jurisdiction case would be heard after the 15th of January.
"What did you say?! The trial is today?! Are you kidding me?! The jurisdiction case hasn't been decided yet?! "
"Yeah, is this a prank? Or fake news? "
"Go call that deputy minister again. He promised to help us extradite Kevin back to the United States!"
The members of the American team of lawyers were so angry that they almost stomped their feet and cursed along the way. They hurried to the Imperial High Military Court with their own people and were almost late.
When they panted into the courtroom, they immediately saw a young woman in an ordinary black suit sitting at the plaintiff's table. In front of her was her nameplate: Prosecution Lawyer Gu Nianzhi.
The woman smiled at the door. Her large black grape-like eyes were overflowing with color, and her skin was fair and translucent. The white LED light from the courtroom shone on her face, and her cheeks were flushed like petals under the first snow. Her natural beauty took one's breath away.
Looking at her nameplate again, the suffocating feeling became even stronger.
However, it had been breathless before, but now it was breathless from shock.
The prosecution had actually sent out Gu Nianzhi's lawyer!
The American lawyers were all experienced experts. Otherwise, they wouldn't have been hired by the Carlyle Company to defend Kevin in China.
In terms of numbers, she really didn't have as much experience as they did.
However, she had a valiant record. Since her debut, she had been involved in major lawsuits. In terms of quality, these people combined could only barely be on par with her.
Gu Nianzhi had studied Kevin's American legal team since before the New Year.
Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will always be victorious.
She knew both of the people there. One was Smith, who used to be He Zhichu's right-hand man and her colleague. He had worked with her in Germany and was now a senior lawyer at the largest law firm in the United States.
Technically, she didn't know the other one, but she knew him.
This person was Lu Anpeng. In the other world, Lu Anpeng was a partner of the Jin Family Law Firm and was also a great lawyer.
But in this world, he was actually a partner of the largest law firm in America.
Gu Nianzhi had fought with Lu Anpeng in the other world in court. It was related to the case of Qin Suwen's family being cleared of grievances.
In that world, Lu Anpeng could be considered a person with a sense of justice. He was Qin Yaoguang's defense lawyer, and his professional ethics were excellent.
Gu Nianzhi's eyes flashed. She wouldn't think of Lu Anpeng here as the same person as Lu Anpeng in the other world. It would be easy to underestimate her opponent.
When Smith came in and saw Gu Nianzhi, he paused for a moment. He smiled and nodded at her before walking to where his defense lawyer was sitting.
They had a lot of big lawyers here today. Although Smith was a senior lawyer, he wasn't qualified to actually fight in court.
Lu Anpeng was obviously one of the important members of Kevin's American legal team, because he and two other people were sitting in the front row, and he was sitting in the middle.
This was the so-called C position, which was only given to the most important people.
After they sat down, the judge banged his gavel and said sternly, "The Imperial Police and Security Bureau, Ms. Song Jinning, director of the Imperial Institute of High Energy Physics, is suing the defendant, Kevin Laris, for illegal gun possession, explosion, kidnapping, and premeditated murder. The trial has officially begun."
As soon as the judge finished speaking, one of the main members of Kevin's American legal team immediately raised his hand and said, "Objection! Our jurisdiction case is still being heard. This court doesn't have the authority to review this case yet! "
Gu Nianzhi looked over without batting an eyelid.
The first three defense lawyers sitting in the dock, other than Lu Anpeng in the middle who was of Chinese descent, the two on his left and right were older men.
The nameplate on the left in front of them read: Barrister Arif Larry, of Indian descent.
The nameplate on the right read: Barrister Paul Creedon, looked like a white man from the South.
The first person to raise his hand to object was Arif Larry, an Indian lawyer on the left.
Not only did he speak English, but he also spoke Chinese quite well. There was only a slight accent, but it didn't prevent him from understanding.
The judge's face was expressionless. He raised his hand and asked Gu Nianzhi, "Counsel for the prosecution, do you have anything to say?"
Gu Nianzhi stood up calmly and said, "Thank you, Your Honor."
She then looked at the aggressive Indian lawyer and said, "Mr. Larry, may I ask if you graduated from Harvard Law School in the United States?"
"Of course. Aren't you going to check your opponent's resume? "Arif Larry looked Gu Nianzhi up and down. He was very wary of her.
In his opinion, the only people who could compete with Indians in terms of intelligence were Chinese.
Gu Nianzhi was famous and so young, so he had to take her seriously.
Gu Nianzhi had already memorized all this information.
She said calmly, "Mr. Arif Larry graduated from Harvard Law School with first-class honors 30 years ago and became a representative of the graduating class. He gave a speech at the graduation ceremony and was once ranked number one on the New York Times' annual list of law graduates."
"You know a lot about this." Arif looked at her coldly and became even more wary.
"Yes, of course I do." Gu Nianzhi spread her hands. "But I don't understand. You have such a good education background. Why don't you know that when it comes to foreign-related criminal cases, the trial of jurisdiction and the trial of formal cases are never one or the other?"
"You are from Washington, DC, the capital of the United States. As far as I know, Washington, DC, tried three criminal cases related to foreigners in 20X, 20Y, and 20Z. The dispute over territorial jurisdiction and personal jurisdiction ran through the entire trial process. "
"With the precedent, of course we can do it at the same time."
Arif's eyes widened in surprise. "But that case happened in the United States. Of course it can be tried at the same time. And this case happened in the Huaxia Empire. Do you think you have the right to follow our American precedent? In short, if you don't clarify jurisdiction, you have no right to try cases related to us Americans! "
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This was the first chapter of the day: Chapter 2100, "The Fat Sheep Disguised as a Tiger."
There were two chapters today.
At nine o 'clock in the evening.
Muah, everyone, little angels ~ ~ ~
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