Time of criminal case judgment: investigation stage: the period of criminal detention of public security organs is generally 14 days, which can be extended to 37 days for cases of escape crime, multiple crimes and gang crimes. The detention period after arrest is generally two months, and it can be extended for another month if the case is complicated. In addition, if you encounter a major criminal group case or commit crimes on the run, you can apply for an extension of two months, and if you may be sentenced to more than 10 years in prison, you can extend it for another two months. Review and prosecution (procuratorate) stage: if the criminal suspect is detained, the people's procuratorate will handle the cases transferred by the public security organs for review and prosecution for 1 month, and the cases with more complicated cases will be 1.5 months. However, if supplementary investigation is conducted, the supplementary investigation period shall be one month, and the supplementary investigation shall be conducted twice at most, and the time limit for handling cases shall be recalculated after each supplementary investigation. Trial stage: The duration of the first trial is generally one month, but not more than one and a half months at the latest. If the case is complicated, it can be concluded within two and a half months. The trial period of summary procedure is 20 days. The trial period of second instance is generally one month, and no later than one and a half months. If the case is complicated, it can be concluded within two and a half months. Article 208th of the Criminal Procedure Law stipulates that when a people's court hears a case of public prosecution, it shall pronounce a judgment within two months after accepting it, but not more than three months at the latest. For a case that may be sentenced to death or an incidental civil lawsuit, if one of the circumstances stipulated in Article 156 of this Law occurs, it may be extended for three months with the approval of the people's court at the next higher level; Due to special circumstances need to be extended, it shall be submitted to the Supreme People's Court for approval.
Legal objectivity:
Postponement of trial refers to the system in which the people's court notifies the parties and other participants in the proceedings to announce the date of the trial, or sets a new date for the trial due to legal reasons. Postponement of the trial can only occur at the trial stage, and the litigation acts that have been implemented before the postponement of the trial are still valid for the postponement of the trial. However, the extended time is not counted in the probation period. After the people's court holds a hearing, the trial shall generally continue. However, if one of the following circumstances affects the trial, the trial may be postponed: 1. It is necessary to notify new witnesses to appear in court, obtain new material evidence, re-evaluate or conduct an inquest; 2, prosecutors found that the case of public prosecution needs supplementary investigation, put forward suggestions; 3, the parties apply for withdrawal and unable to hear. After the reasons for postponing the trial disappear, the collegial panel shall hold another hearing. As for the time limit of the first instance procedure, the Criminal Procedure Law stipulates that the people's court shall make a judgment within 1 month after accepting a public prosecution case, and it shall not exceed 1.5 months at the latest. Under any of the circumstances specified in Article 126 of the Criminal Procedure Law, it may be extended by 1 month with the approval or decision of the higher people's courts of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government. When a people's court changes its jurisdiction, the trial period shall be counted from the date when the changed people's court receives the case. The people's court may recalculate the trial period after the case returned by the people's procuratorate for supplementary investigation is transferred to the people's court after the supplementary investigation is completed. The time for postponing the trial due to the application of the parties or defenders to notify new witnesses to appear in court and obtain new evidence shall not exceed one month, and the time for postponing the trial shall not be included in the trial period.