Legal analysis: From the date of review and prosecution of the case by the People's Procuratorate, defense lawyers can review, excerpt, and copy the litigation documents and technical appraisal materials of the case, and can meet and communicate with criminal suspects in custody. Other defenders may also consult, excerpt, and copy the above-mentioned materials and meet with criminal suspects in custody with the permission of the People's Procuratorate. From the date the People's Court accepts the case, the defender may review, excerpt, and copy materials related to the criminal facts charged in the case, and may meet and correspond with the defendant in custody. With the permission of the People's Court, other defenders may also review, excerpt, and copy the above-mentioned materials, meet with the defendant in custody, and correspond with each other.
Legal basis: "Lawyers Law of the People's Republic of China"
Article 1: In order to improve the lawyer system, standardize lawyers' professional behavior, ensure that lawyers practice in accordance with the law, and give full play to the role of lawyers in the construction of the socialist legal system to formulate this law.
Article 2 The term “lawyer” as used in this Law refers to a practitioner who has obtained a lawyer's practicing certificate, accepts the entrustment or designation of a client, and provides legal services to the client.
Lawyers should protect the legitimate rights and interests of the parties, maintain the correct implementation of the law, and maintain social fairness and justice.
Article 3 Lawyers must abide by the Constitution and laws, and abide by professional ethics and professional disciplines.
Lawyers’ practice must be based on facts and the law as the criterion.
The practice of lawyers must accept the supervision of the state, society and the parties.
Lawyers' practice in accordance with the law is protected by law, and no organization or individual may infringe on lawyers' legitimate rights and interests.