In fact...
The case concerning a reduction in Li Dong's sentence was relatively simple.
The reason for saying this was that, in this case, there was no need to prove that the hospital had committed any serious fault.
They only needed to establish Li Dong's subjective intent.
At the appellant's table, Su Bai heard the presiding judge reach a decision on Li Dong's charge of picking quarrels and provoking trouble so readily.
He could tell that the presiding judge in the second instance also disagreed with the sentence imposed in the first instance.
Su Bai did not know what length of sentence the presiding judge in this second instance would consider appropriate for Li Dong.
But he knew it certainly would not be more than three years of fixed-term imprisonment.
The decision on picking quarrels and provoking trouble had already been made.
That meant Li Dong's sentence in this case would also be reduced slightly.
Phew...
At this point, there's basically nothing more to state. Once the presiding judge sorts through the case...
He can deliver the verdict!
Su Bai said silently to himself.
By his estimation, however many years Li Dong received in this trial...
It would most likely be a suspended sentence.
For Li Dong, a suspended sentence would merely leave him with a criminal record.
He would be free to go about his life and could still take care of Xiao Chunmei.
In that respect, it was a relatively good outcome for Li Dong.
At the judges' bench.
As the presiding judge, Wei Guoming turned toward the hospital's table.
"Does the hospital have anything to say regarding the appellant's statements?"
At the hospital's table, Zhou Wei sank into thought after hearing the presiding judge's question.
In his statements just now, Su Bai had essentially covered the