Lin Yong's final sentence was one month of detention, with no requirement for enforced execution.
No requirement for enforced execution essentially meant supervision outside custody.
Detention meant serving time in a detention center, and this condition directly indicated that he would not have to do so.
He regained his freedom.
Compared with the four-year fixed-term imprisonment imposed at first instance, the difference was exceptionally clear.
Of course...
Then again.
The one-month detention sentence this time was mainly due to the smuggling issue.
Without that issue, he could have been acquitted outright.
The moment the result was announced.
The accusing party gathered the documents on their table and left their seats.
Since the judgment had now been delivered, Fang Qi and Zhang Yuan had only acted as retained lawyers.
To put it plainly... they had little connection with Lin Yong themselves.
They had accused Lin Yong only to fulfill their client's commission.
Now that the judgment was delivered, there was naturally nothing else they could do as retained lawyers.
After watching the accusing party's two retained lawyers leave the courtroom.
Li Xuezhen withdrew her gaze and smiled as she organized the trial documents.
"Lawyer Su..."
"This time, Lin Yong was sentenced to only one month of detention, without enforced execution!"
"That far exceeded our expectations!"
Li Xuezhen was all smiles.
Su Bai smiled and nodded. "Yes... it certainly exceeded our expectations."
Of course, the main reason it exceeded their expectations lay in the presiding judge's subjective leanings.
If the presiding judge had leaned toward a guilty verdict, he might well have imposed a criminal sentence, though the term might not have been long.
But compared with one month of detention without enforced execution, that would clearly have been very serious.
They walked out of the court.
The reporters outside had already