A criminal case, a lawyer in the end useful
According to the law, the criminal case lawyer useful. A lawyer can maximize the protection of the client's legitimate rights and interests. Because of the lawyer's professional relationship, can better carry out the defense, in the investigation of evidence, with the suspect, the defendant to meet and communicate with a great convenience. In addition, they can represent criminal suspects and apply for change of coercive measures, etc., which is more professional. First of all, after hiring a lawyer, you can meet with the suspect in a timely manner, the suspect's psychological pressure can play a role in alleviating, at least to let him meditate. It gives the suspect hope. This is the first and most important role of hiring a defense attorney. The second point, if the lawyer found that the suspect's crime is relatively minor, you can apply for bail pending trial.Legal basis:
Article 38 of the Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China The rights of the defense lawyers during the investigation defense lawyers during the investigation can provide legal assistance to the suspect; representation of the complaint, indictment; application for the change of coercive measures; to the investigative organs to understand the suspects suspected of the crimes and cases, and put forward opinions. Relevant information, and give advice.Two, the criminal case has been to the prosecutor's office do not need to hire a lawyer?
Some people think that the prosecutor's office into the review and prosecution stage, that the case has been investigated, the collection of evidence are collected, the lawyer can not play a role. In fact, this is not the case, the procuratorate review prosecution, if the suspect that the facts of the crime has been clarified, the evidence is true, sufficient, according to the law should be held criminally liable, will make the decision to prosecute.... If there is no criminal facts or evidence of doubt, the prosecutor's office may make a decision not to prosecute. That in this stage, the lawyer can play the space is very big. In the prosecutor's office to review the prosecution stage, lawyers can do the work mainly include the following: 1, access, excerpts, copy the case materials. 2, with the suspect to meet or correspond with him, to understand the details of the case. 3, investigation and evidence collection. 4, to the public prosecutor's office to lift, revoke the suspect's coercive measures. In practice, lawyers in the prosecutor's office review and prosecution stage can do much more than this. The most important thing is that, through the above work, lawyers can understand the case to the procuratorial organs in accordance with the law to put forward the suspect's innocence, misdemeanor and other defense opinions. If the procuratorial organs adopt the lawyer's opinion, it is possible to make a decision not to prosecute. In addition, if the review and prosecution stage, the suspect pleaded guilty, then the lawyer can also be suspected of the facts of the crime, the crime and the applicable legal provisions of the comments, as well as light, reduce or exempt from punishment and the case of the trial of the applicable procedures and so on, according to the law to make recommendations. Most importantly, in the case of plea bargaining, criminal suspects to sign a plea bargain, must be in the presence of a defender or duty lawyer to sign. The duty lawyer generally does not understand the details of the case, they hired a defense lawyer is relatively better able to protect the rights and interests of the parties. Criminal cases are more specialized, it is recommended to hire a lawyer as soon as possible. In the prosecutor's office to review the prosecution stage, lawyers can do much more than the investigation stage, the most important thing is that in this stage, lawyers can understand in detail the specific circumstances of the case, can better help the parties to put forward the defense.