Lawyers' rights in investigation stage:
1. Defense lawyers can provide legal assistance to criminal suspects during investigation; Acting as an agent to appeal and accuse; Apply for changing compulsory measures; Meet with criminal suspects and defendants in custody, understand the case and provide legal advice; To understand the criminal suspect and the case from the investigation organ and put forward opinions;
2. Express your opinions;
2. Defence lawyers can meet and correspond with criminal suspects and defendants in custody. Other defenders, with the permission of the people's courts and people's procuratorates, may also meet and correspond with criminal suspects and defendants in custody.
to sum up, in order to exercise the right of defense in the investigation stage, a defense lawyer should hold a lawyer's practice certificate, a law firm certificate, a power of attorney or a legal aid letter, and meet with the criminal suspect and defendant in custody according to the above-mentioned documents. The detention center should arrange the meeting in time, which should not exceed 48 hours at the latest.
Legal basis:
Article 33 of the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC)
A criminal suspect or defendant may entrust one or two persons as defenders in addition to exercising his own right of defense. The following persons can be entrusted as defenders:
(1) lawyers;
(2) a person recommended by a people's organization or the unit where the criminal suspect or defendant works;
(3) guardians, relatives and friends of criminal suspects and defendants.
A person who is executing a penalty or who is deprived or restricted of personal freedom according to law may not act as a defender.
A person who has been dismissed from public office and has his lawyer's or notary's practice certificate revoked may not act as a defender, except the guardian or near relative of the criminal suspect or defendant.