Article 33 of the Criminal Procedure Law stipulates that a criminal suspect has the right to entrust a defender from the day when he is interrogated for the first time or when the investigation organ takes compulsory measures. Only one lawyer can be appointed as a defender during the investigation. The defendant has the right to entrust a defender at any time.
When the investigation organ interrogates a criminal suspect for the first time or takes compulsory measures, it shall inform the criminal suspect that he has the right to entrust a defender. The people's procuratorate shall, within three days from the date of receiving the case materials transferred for examination and prosecution, inform the criminal suspect that he has the right to entrust a defender. The people's court shall, within three days from the date of acceptance, inform the defendant of the right to entrust a defender. If a criminal suspect or defendant requests to entrust a defender while in custody, the people's court, the people's procuratorate and the public security organ shall promptly convey it.
Precautions:
Family members of criminals have the right to know and ask the public security department about the reasons for arrest and the place of detention. According to the law, summons for interrogation shall not exceed 12 hours, and criminal suspects shall not be detained in disguised form. Remind you that after a person is detained, the public security organ shall inform the family members of the detained person or their unit of the reasons for detention and the place of detention within 24 hours, unless the environment hinders the investigation or cannot inform them.
Relatives detained him for dozens of days, but they couldn't get a detention notice or call the public security department. Longhua criminal lawyer reminds you that criminals have generally been arrested, and the notice of public security detention is sent to the police station where the criminals are registered. The household registration station couldn't contact the prisoner's family, so I didn't notice.
Under normal circumstances, the public security organs will not ignore the procedure of notifying the family members, so the family members of prisoners need not be too suspicious. In this case, the families of the detainees can contact the local police station directly by telephone to find out whether there is a detention notice, so as to know the place and reason of detention.