Presiding Judge (People's Juror): According to Item 10 of Article 32 of the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), I am entrusted by the defendant in this case and appointed by XXX Law Firm to act as the defender of the defendant XXX to defend him in court. After accepting the entrustment, the defender took part in today's court investigation after reading the papers, meeting with the defendant and making necessary investigations, and got a more comprehensive understanding of the case. Article 35 of the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) stipulates that the defender's responsibility is to provide materials or opinions to prove the innocence and light crime of the criminal suspect and defendant, and to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the criminal suspect and defendant. According to the duty entrusted to the defender by law, I would like to express the following defense opinions for the reference of the collegial panel during the collegial panel: 1. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The above defense opinions shall be submitted to the collegial panel for deliberation at the collegial panel. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Law Firm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China
Article 35 The duty of a defender is to provide materials or opinions to prove the innocence and light guilt of a criminal suspect or defendant, reduce or exempt criminal responsibility according to facts and laws, and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the criminal suspect or defendant.