It is necessary to find a lawyer in cases of confession and punishment. If the criminal suspect pleads guilty and admits punishment, the people's procuratorate shall fully listen to the opinions of the criminal suspect, defender or lawyer on duty and try to reach an agreement through consultation before making sentencing suggestions.
Legal objectivity:
Article 33 of the Guiding Opinions of the Supreme People's Court, the Supreme People's Procuratorate, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of National Security and the Ministry of Justice on Applying the System of Pleading Guilty and Accepting Punishment with Leniency. If the criminal suspect pleads guilty and admits punishment, the people's procuratorate shall put forward sentencing suggestions on the main punishment, additional punishment and whether probation is applicable. Before putting forward suggestions on sentencing, the people's procuratorate shall fully listen to the opinions of the criminal suspect, defender or lawyer on duty, and try to reach consensus through consultation. When handling a case of pleading guilty and admitting punishment, the people's procuratorate shall generally put forward suggestions on determining punishment and sentencing. For new types of unusual criminal cases, as well as felony cases with complicated sentencing circumstances, we can also put forward suggestions on amplitude punishment and sentencing. When proposing sentencing suggestions, the reasons and basis shall be explained. If the criminal suspect pleads guilty and admits punishment without other statutory sentencing circumstances, the people's procuratorate may, according to the facts and nature of the crime, be lenient on the basis of the benchmark punishment and put forward suggestions on determining the punishment and sentencing. If there are other statutory sentencing circumstances, the people's procuratorate shall comprehensively plead guilty and admit punishment and other statutory sentencing circumstances, and put forward suggestions on conviction and sentencing with reference to relevant sentencing norms.