Lawyer Cao Guanghui and Lawyer Guo Yixuan from the Wang Tengfeng Literary Rights Litigation Team of Guangdong Zhiming Law Firm have been entrusted by the relatives of Hong Kong resident Chen to defend Chen on suspicion of smuggling weapons. The legal team recently received a first instance verdict, sentencing Chen to one year in prison for smuggling firearms into the country.

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On May 2, 2018, Hong Kong resident Chen was employed by someone else and was caught by customs with four imitation guns when he entered Hong Kong with firearms hidden in his possession. After judicial appraisal, they were found to be firearms. After Chen was detained, his relatives immediately hired a lawyer to defend him. However, after multiple in-depth communications and exchanges with the lawyer, Chen's relatives were not very satisfied with the lawyer he hired, and the family was also very frustrated and helpless about this. Just when the family members were feeling anxious and flustered, in December 2018 they contacted the Wang Tengfeng Literary Rights Litigation Team of Guangdong Zhiming Law Firm, known for handling difficult and complex major cases, through their "acquaintances". Coincidentally, this "acquaintance" also sought help from lawyer Zhiming for suspected smuggling of firearms and ammunition by relatives, and was granted a reduced sentence and lighter sentence under the defense of lawyer Wang Tengfeng's literary rights litigation team.

After discussing with the lawyer of Wang Tengfeng's literary and artistic rights protection litigation team, Chen's relatives highly recognized the team and quickly processed the delegation procedures. After accepting the commission of Chen's relatives, Lawyer Cao Guanghui and Lawyer Guo Yixuan from Wang Tengfeng's literary and artistic rights litigation team immediately carried out meticulous and solid work. In the case where our party Chen has pleaded guilty and has no objections to the facts charged in the indictment, lawyers Cao Guanghui and Guo Yixuan from the Wang Tengfeng Literary Rights Protection Litigation Team have taken a different approach, based on the latest gun related approval documents from the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate, from the perspective of reason and law, combined with Chen's subjective cognition and motives, comprehensively evaluated the overall basic facts that his social harm is not significant, and tailored a defense plan for him.

In court, lawyers Cao Guanghui and Guo Yixuan submitted defense opinions: Our client Chen, due to poor health, could not find a job like ordinary people, so he was deceived and exploited by others, with minimal subjective malice; moreover, Chen was an accomplice; the involved firearms did not enter society; at the same time, Chen also confessed and repented. Considering these factors, we request the court to reduce Chen's punishment so that he can return to his family early and receive timely medical treatment.

After trial and investigation, the court accepted our lawyers' arguments: ultimately, our client Chen was sentenced to one year in prison (the term starts from the date of detention, i.e., from May 2, 2018, to May 1, 2019). ， Chen will be fortunate to be released and return home on the May Day holiday!