In the presiding judge's seat, Duan Qingshui sorted through the statement Su Bai had just made.
Su Bai's statement had been very clear.
He was requesting that some of the findings in the first-instance judgment be overturned.
That would achieve his aim of securing a lighter sentence for Lin Yong.
After hearing Su Bai's statement, Duan Qingshui nodded slightly.
These were all new pieces of evidence Su Bai had submitted and the High Court had accepted. He had already reviewed them all.
He also agreed with certain points.
However... whether the first-instance findings would actually be upheld...
Still depended on whether the Prosecution and the Accusing Party could offer different arguments to refute them.
Duan Qingshui looked toward the Prosecution and the Accusing Party.
In this trial, the Prosecution was the party responsible for examining and reviewing the evidence relevant to the case.
Its statements in court were relatively objective.
The public prosecutor began his statement. "Regarding the facts and evidence of Lin Yong's crimes."
"The Prosecution believes the criminal facts are sufficiently established, and the objective evidence has formed a complete chain of evidence."
"The crime of smuggling and the crime of dealing in counterfeit drugs arising from the sale of counterfeit drugs are established facts."
"In light of the above, the Prosecution believes the first-instance judgment was reasonable and consistent with the circumstances."
"We believe the original first-instance judgment should be upheld."
Likewise, after the public prosecutor finished expressing his views, Fang Qi and Zhang Yuan, the lawyers retained by Genuine Gleevec's legal department, sat at the Accusing Party's table.
They, too, expressed their wish for the second-instance trial to uphold the original first-instance judgment.
However, the lawyers retained by the genuine drug company's legal department based their argument on Lin Yong's infringement upon the genuine drug's sales