He slammed the table in court and demanded answers! How did the collegial panel define a statutory circumstance?!

Statutory circumstances?! (A little explosive)

As for the presiding judge's string of questions during the trial...

To be honest...

They were far too leading.

They differed little from the first-instance judgment and the relevant circumstances recorded in the case file.

Except that, in the first-instance case file...

The ruling announced during that trial had been much more direct than in this second-instance trial.

Faced with the presiding judge's repeated leading questions, Su Bai raised his hand.

"Presiding Judge..."

"We believe the presiding judge's questions are inconsistent with the requirements of legal impartiality."

"The presiding judge's questions are far too inclined toward Xia Mingyuan's guilt."

"Xia Mingyuan cannot answer those questions, nor does he need to."

"We therefore request that the presiding judge's questions be disallowed."

Su Bai spoke up directly, objecting to the presiding judge's questions.

The main reason for his objection was, of course, that the presiding judge's questioning was leading and disadvantaged his client legally, logically, and in terms of fairness.

Naturally, he had to fight for his client's corresponding procedural rights in court.

However, faced with Su Bai's objection, Jiang Feng looked visibly displeased.

He then said, "The questions just put to Xia Mingyuan concerned the facts of the case."

"Xia Mingyuan may decline to answer them, but he must personally bear the corresponding consequences."

*???*

No, why should Xia Mingyuan have to bear them personally?

Legally, a party had the right to refuse to answer certain questions from the presiding judge.

If they refused to answer, they personally bore the consequences.

But Jiang Feng's questions just now had clearly been extremely targeted.

Such targeted questions were completely inconsistent with the relevant procedural rules.

Under the relevant procedural laws, how could Criminal Suspicion be required to produce evidence proving that he had not committed a crime?