What do you need to do before a criminal case starts?

What do you need to do before a criminal case starts? There are a lot of preparatory work to be done before the trial of criminal cases. The main contents are listed as follows: 1. Prepare relevant materials for the trial, such as the battlefield. Never fight an unprepared war. Prepare some relevant materials before the trial. Common related materials include marking transcripts, relevant legal provisions and judicial interpretations, defense outlines, questioning outlines, evidence cross-examination opinions, evidence to be submitted and other materials. Second, inform the parties of the matters needing attention in the trial. To achieve a good trial effect, it is inseparable from the cooperation between the parties and lawyers. Be sure to tell the parties some precautions before the trial: 1. Trial procedure. The defendant will inevitably be nervous during the trial, and informing him of the trial procedure in advance can reduce the unnecessary nervousness of the defendant. 2. Pay attention to the instrument. The court is sacred, and the defendant must pay attention to gfd during the trial (especially the defendant is released on bail pending trial). 3. Final statement. If possible, let the defendant prepare his final statement. Third, other precautions There are some trivial precautions, such as whether you need to wear a lawyer's robe; Determine the time and place of the court session; If you are going to drive, pay attention to whether the number is limited and the location of the parking lot. Don't be late. If the lawyer is late, it will have a bad influence. The trial mode is the stage when the collegial panel conducts substantive trial of the case. The main ways are public trial and closed trial. Among them, public trial is the principle, and closed trial is the exception or supplement. Take civil litigation as an example: According to Article 120 of the Civil Procedure Law, the people's court shall try civil cases in public unless it involves state secrets, personal privacy or otherwise provided by law. Divorce cases and cases involving commercial secrets may be heard in private upon the application of the parties. It can be seen that divorce cases are generally heard in public, but if the parties apply for a non-public hearing, they can not hear it in public, and the decision is in the people's court. The reason why the law stipulates that "if a party applies for a non-public hearing, it can be heard in private" is because divorce cases have their particularity. During the trial, there may be personal privacy and emotional content that you are unwilling to disclose. Therefore, if the parties apply for a closed hearing, the court will generally allow it. The specific steps of the trial are: first, the clerk finds out whether the parties and other participants in the proceedings are present in court and announces the court discipline; Secondly, the presiding judge announces the hearing, checks the parties, announces the cause of action, announces the list of judges and clerks, informs the parties of their litigation rights and obligations, and asks whether the parties apply for withdrawal; Third, conduct a court investigation. The court investigation shall be conducted in the following order: (1) statements by the parties; (2) Inform witnesses of their rights and obligations, witness to testify in court, and read out the testimony of witnesses who did not appear in court. (three) to produce documentary evidence, material evidence, audio-visual materials and electronic data; (4) Reading out the appraisal opinions; (5) Reading the record of the inquest. At the same time, with the permission of the court, the parties may ask questions to witnesses, expert witnesses and inspectors. Fourth, conduct court debates. The court debate is conducted in the following order: (1) the plaintiff and his agent ad litem speak; (two) the defendant and his agent ad litem reply; (three) the third person and his agent ad litem to speak or reply; (4) Debate with each other. After the court debate, the presiding judge shall consult the final opinions of all parties in the order of plaintiff, defendant and third party. Fifth, comments and sentences. After the court debate or the defendant's final statement, the judge enters the appraisal room for deliberation and makes a judgment. To sum up, the trial of a case generally requires a lot of preparatory work, the purpose is to better protect the legitimate rights and interests of the victims in the trial process, and also to let the criminals get the punishment they deserve through special judgments. Therefore, the trial of the case is procedural and has a legal basis.