Too Bad I Take Things Seriously-Chapter 481 - 203: This Game’s MVP, Ma Ming!_2

"Xiao Qin, look at this case... Could it be overturned?"

In their urgency, Zhang Qingyuan and the others turned around to look at Qin Mu.

Among the crowd, Qin Mu withdrew his gaze and nodded. "If approached from the angle of instigating a crime, it indeed might be overturned."

This lawyer’s skill is certainly not low. He found a loophole in the criminal law regarding incitement to commit a crime and is focusing his attack there.

According to criminal law, an instigator is someone who, by means such as persuasion, enticement, instruction, urging, bribery, or threat, implants their criminal intent into someone who originally had no intention to commit a crime, causing the latter to commit the crime according to the instigator’s intent. The person who instigates is, by that definition, an instigator. There’s no such distinct crime as ’instigation.’

However, in reality, Meng Lei had been continuously engaged in the illegal activity of borrowing money for illicit personal gain. Logically, Meng Lei must have possessed criminal intent. Therefore, even if Tian Shulan did engage in instigating actions, she couldn’t be convicted of instigating a crime.

"However, even if they can argue away the act of instigation, they can’t escape a ruling of complicity," Qin Mu continued, looking at the disheartened faces of Zhang Qingyuan and the others.

"Complicity?" Zhang Qingyuan and the others were stunned for a moment, their expressions a mixture of surprise and confusion. 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

At the same time, on the periphery of the crowd, a middle-aged man watching the live broadcast noticed the commotion among the elderly. He finally spotted Qin Mu where their attention converged.

His heart skipped a beat, and he couldn’t help but shudder. The disaster that had once swept through the entire car sales industry of Jin City flooded back into his mind.

Swapping car parts had originally been an industry norm. But after Qin Mu had Niu Huan and others imprisoned on charges of theft, many 4S dealerships and car repair shops no longer dared to engage in such illicit practices. Previously, if caught, the penalty was merely a refund equivalent to three times the item’s value; the cost was minimal, and being caught wasn’t a major issue. But now, if discovered, one could end up in jail!

Overall, Qin Mu had become a persistent nightmare for those in his line of work. The expression "to pale at the mention of Qin" was no mere exaggeration.

Should I still... send my dad to this nursing home? the middle-aged man wondered inwardly, stealing glances at Qin Mu.

「Yangcheng Court. First Criminal Trial Court.」

The rebuttal from Tian Shulan’s attorney echoed through the courtroom, leaving everyone else momentarily speechless.

In the defendant’s dock, Tian Shulan watched her lawyer’s splendid performance and breathed a sigh of relief. He was indeed the lawyer she had spent a fortune to hire, the best in Yangcheng, exceptionally skilled in defense.

Meanwhile, Meng Lei, sitting beside her, looked extremely grim. This was because his defense lawyer, the legal aid attorney, was sincerely marveling, "This lawyer is so amazing." His face was filled with admiration and reverence.

Seeing this, Meng Lei ground his teeth in frustration. If he had money, he could have hired a more formidable lawyer too, instead of being assigned this legal aid lawyer who had just passed his probation period.

Just as he was consumed with anxiety, from the plaintiff’s side, his old classmate Ma Ming stood up again.

He directly faced Tian Shulan’s defense attorney and rebutted, "Incitement to commit a crime is indeed defined this way in criminal law. But even if Tian Shulan’s actions don’t constitute incitement to commit a crime, they do constitute complicity in a crime!

"There are four conditions for complicity in criminal law.

"First, objectively, an accomplice must exhibit at least one of the following actions: commission, organization, instigation, or aiding. Tian Shulan clearly engaged in instigating actions in Meng Lei’s crime of defrauding others of their money. Furthermore, after the crime, she jointly enjoyed and squandered the fraudulently obtained funds.

"Second, subjectively, there must be a common criminal intent among the accomplices. During their marriage, no evidence indicates that Tian Shulan refused or attempted to dissuade Meng Lei from continuously defrauding others. This implies that she was aware his actions constituted a suspected crime, yet she tacitly allowed them to continue and enjoyed the proceeds.

"Third, regarding the objective element of the crime..."

Ma Ming, looking at the script in his hand, laid out his prepared counterarguments one by one.

Unnoticeably, the tide in the courtroom had turned once again. Meng Lei could clearly feel the smile on Tian Shulan’s defense attorney’s face instantly stiffen. It seemed her lawyer hadn’t anticipated Ma Ming had this up his sleeve.

"Such an amazing lawyer," Meng Lei’s newly qualified legal aid lawyer, sitting beside him, once again exclaimed with heartfelt admiration.

Several dark lines appeared on Meng Lei’s forehead. Amazing lawyer, my ass! He and Ma Ming were university classmates; they knew each other inside out. How could Ma Ming possibly be a lawyer? But he had to admit, Ma Ming’s performance in court was outstanding. Watching Ma Ming relentlessly attack his wife... somehow, his hatred for Ma Ming lessened.

「University Classmates Group Chat.」

"Ma Ming is truly like a ’heifer chasing a bull’—utterly awesome!"

"No, no, no, it should be ’a young bull crying over a heifer’—freaking awesome!"

"If you ask me, it’s ’one cow and ten bulls’—wickedly awesome!"

"This is clearly ’a heifer visiting relatives’—awesome all the way home!"

"..."

Watching the live trial broadcast, Ma Ming’s university classmates were all astounded. They racked their brains for every possible superlative, lavishing praise on him.

Tian Shulan’s attorney’s arguments had indeed been sharp and to the point. They had almost thought the case was going to be overturned again. But unexpectedly, Ma Ming had made another stunning move, launching a counterattack by reading from his script. If instigation didn’t stick, then he’d directly argue for complicity!