Bab 21: Plea Agreement
When afternoon tea arrived, Martin simply clapped his hands to let his colleagues rest for a while.
There are only a few people here, and it is impossible to eliminate a hundred cupcakes. Martin asked each of them to choose a few flavors they like, and then put all the rest on the table in the pantry for colleagues to taste at will, even if it is earned Favored.
A cake was four dollars, and one hundred was four hundred dollars. In addition to the taxi fare, labor and tips, Martin directly wrote her a cash check for six hundred dollars.
"Actually, Caroline is right. If you want, these cakes can be sold for seven dollars apiece in Manhattan."
"I've been allergic to the number seven since a bastard in junior high offered me seven dollars to give him a 'cool'."
Max always smiled when she said these words, making it impossible to tell the truth from the false.
Martin glanced at it with some pity, but it was not easy to continue to persuade.
Don't persuade others to be kind!
They are all adults and can be responsible for the life they choose. Too much persuasion will only make people annoying.
Max had to rush back to the restaurant to work, but he just went to see Martin's new office and left, leaving a harsh word before taking him away.
"Martin, let me see how cool it would be to roll sheets on my desk!"
Martin pouted.
Light will say, if you have the ability, come here!
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Two weeks later, Martin came to the Island City Prison again with a pile of documents and saw Amanda even more haggard than before.
"Even in hell, you should take care of yourself."
Martin frowned. "After all, the end of the world isn't here, is it?"
Amanda didn't speak, but just shook her head blankly.
Martin breathed a sigh of relief and took a document out of his bag: "Let's get down to business, yesterday in the presence of the presiding judge of the New York District Court, I negotiated the terms of the plea agreement with the prosecutor in charge of your case. …"
Hearing this, Amanda suddenly raised her head and looked at Martin angrily: "Confess? You said you were my lawyer, and you would help me!"
"Don't be impulsive, it's good news." Martin put the document in front of Amanda.
"The New York District Attorney has decided to indict you on five counts of causing death by traffic accident, reckless driving, etc. If you sign a plea agreement, you will be transferred to Steney Prison to serve 31 months..."
Amanda couldn't believe her ears: "Mr. Scott, are you sure it's thirty-one... not thirty-one?"
Martin nodded: "There were five witnesses at the scene who saw that you drove a car and killed Sokya, so even if you go to court, you can't defend your innocence. This is the shortest sentence I can get for you."
"Also, if you do well in prison, you can apply for parole within a year, basically no problem..."
"Are you sure I'm not in a dream now?" Amanda's eyes glowed with hope for the first time.
Martin tilted his head: "As long as you sign the plea agreement in front of you, this is the reality!"
Amanda looked down at the cover of the document blankly. It took a long time before she raised her thin hands to open it. She read it carefully, word by word, for fear of missing a little detail.
Martin didn't rush her either, staring boredly at the upper left corner of the prison reception room, where a spider was hard at work.
After a long time, Amanda suddenly burst into tears with the plea agreement.
Martin glanced at it, took out a tissue from the briefcase and handed it to her.
"Reminder, I didn't bring the second agreement. If your tears get on the paper, you can only leave here tomorrow..."
When Amanda heard it, she hurriedly put the agreement on the table and wiped her face with a tissue.
"Thanks...I thought my life was over...I don't know what to say...you saved me..."
Martin didn't feel proud of the client's gratitude, after all, the other side was a living human life.
Although Amanda's boyfriend has a perverted desire for control, it is really annoying, but it is not a crime.
But who makes himself a lawyer? There is no way to ensure the interests of the client and also take into account the mood of the other side.
After instructing Amanda to sign the plea agreement one by one, Martin double-checked it before carefully placing it back in the briefcase.
Then there is another document: "This is a compensation plan for civil liability, because the case has been characterized as a traffic accident, so most of it will be borne by your insurance company, and you can see if you can accept the rest, and if you can't, you can reject it. "
Amanda took it over and took a look. The miscellaneous expenses add up to a total of 830,000, and the part that she needs to pay is only 150,000 US dollars.
"Mr. Scott...I may not have that much money...can I apply for a lawsuit loan?"
Martin didn't care either. After all, Amanda was still a college student and her family was okay. Her usual income was the pocket money or supplementary credit card given by her family. If she didn't take out a loan, she really couldn't pay the compensation.
Some people may want to ask, since her family is in good condition, why not let her parents help?
This involves the most powerful and most objectionable department in the United States - the Internal Revenue Service.
Take the case of Amanda, for example.
First of all, Amanda's parents need to sell the stocks that were originally used for tax avoidance investment to get cash. During this period, they have to pay 28% federal tax, 8.8% New York state tax, about 3% stock market commission, stamp duty, etc.,
The cash is then handed over to Amanda, subject to a 14% gift tax...
In other words, if Amanda's parents wanted to help pay the $150,000 compensation, it would cost a total of nearly $220,000.
If Amanda chooses a lawsuit loan, not only can she repay in installments to reduce stress, but it will only cost about $180,000 to repay it in five years.
How to choose at a glance!
Martin always feels that the relationship between American parents and adult children is not so close, and it is entirely because the tax commissioners who have the command of two aircraft carriers and 30 F22 fighter jets are obstructing it!
Of course, Martin's lawyer fees also need Amanda's loan to pay, but it's not too much, just more than 20,000 US dollars.
After all, the neurobiologist's appearance fee was $5,000.
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"How on earth did you do it?"
As soon as Martin returned to the company, Priya left her cubicle and went to his office.
"Didn't you participate in the whole process?" Martin asked rhetorically, and then drank water while loosening his tie.
"I mean the prosecutor!" Priya's eyes were full of admiration: "He can be convicted of manslaughter, why would he continue to be downgraded to a traffic accident?"
After Martin drank the water, he dropped the glass and sat on the sofa, his voice deliberately hoarse: "I gave him an offer that he couldn't refuse!"
"Holding a gun to a prosecutor's head is a federal felony."
Priya immediately stated that she is a long-time fan of "The Godfather".
Martin relaxed instantly, and Ge You lay on the sofa: "It's not a gun, it's a decent!"
"Decent?" Priya said she didn't understand at all.
Forget it, who made her the sister of his friend.
"Think about it, who doesn't want this case to be exposed now? UU Reading www.uukanshu.com"
"You mean the prosecutor?" Priya suddenly realized: "We used evidence to overturn the second-degree murder charge he had previously convicted. If he goes to court, even if Amanda can be convicted of manslaughter, it will be disgusting to be exposed by the media. Face lost."
"Half right," Martin replied noncommittally.
"Who else?" Priya stood on the spot and thought hard, then she seemed to think of something, and looked at Martin on the sofa with a shocked expression.
"BMW?"
"Bingo!" Martin snapped his fingers with a smile.
"But...but why? Isn't that BMW's new system without problems?"
Martin shook his head: "It doesn't matter if there are any problems, the key is that this system is a core system that BMW has spent hundreds of millions of euros developing for five years, and will be the standard core system for all models in the future. Would you like our case to come to light? Or in the economic and news center of North America like New York..."
"So you blackmailed them?"
"It's not blackmail, it's to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings between our firm and BMW, so I took the initiative to issue legal risk warnings and market PR advice to them..."
"and then?"
"Last week, the vice president of BMW North America in charge of marketing came here, expressing his appreciation for the efforts made by the New York police for local law and order, and will donate five 3-series sedans as official vehicles next month..."
"What does the police have to do with this case?"
"The New York District Attorney's Office is an independent judiciary and cannot accept corporate donations..."
"Dirty politics!"
"There is nothing clean in the adult world..."
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