could not impose one either!
The assessment of the severity of the circumstances had just concluded.
At the judges' bench.
As presiding judge, Duan Qingshui continued summarizing the matters related to the case.
The court had now determined whether the purchasing service had been conducted for profit.
It had also determined whether purchasing and selling unauthorized medicine for two years constituted serious circumstances in the sale of counterfeit medicine.
In Duan Qingshui's view, this effectively overturned certain findings from the first instance.
It was equivalent to overturning the first-instance verdict.
The relevant matters that required determination had now all been decided.
Based on those two findings, a broad discussion of the sentence could begin.
The sentence had to be considered not only in light of the established facts, but also in terms of the relevant legal principles and circumstances.
For some cases, the offenses carried an extremely wide range between the maximum and minimum sentences.
Another point was that the presiding judge had considerable discretion over the sentences corresponding to those offenses.
This was also the crucial role of a court statement: influencing the presiding judge's sentencing decision in the case.
At this stage, the case was fully ready for court statements.
Duan Qingshui silently went over this in his mind, maintaining a measure of control over the pace of the arguments throughout the case.
Bang, bang!
The gavel sounded.
Just as Duan Qingshui struck the gavel and prepared to have each party deliver their court statements.
Zhang Yuan, seated on the accusing party's side, suddenly raised his hand to indicate that he had another issue.
"Presiding Judge..."
"We have an objection concerning another issue in this case."
Duan Qingshui looked at Zhang Yuan. "Counsel for the accusing party, what further objection do you have regarding the proceedings in this