According to the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Law, general criminal cases go through three stages, namely, the investigation stage (public security organs), the examination and prosecution stage (people's procuratorates) and the trial stage (people's courts). 1. Investigation stage: The public security organ may impose criminal detention on the flagrante delicto or major suspect. Detainees should be questioned within 24 hours after detention. A criminal suspect may hire a lawyer to provide him with legal advice, complaints and accusations after the first interrogation by the investigation organ or from the day when compulsory measures are taken. The entrusted lawyer has the right to know the charges charged by the criminal suspect from the investigation organ, and can meet the criminal suspect in custody and get information from the criminal suspect. Second, the stage of examination and prosecution: when the people's procuratorate examines a case, it should interrogate the criminal suspect and listen to the opinions of the victim, the criminal suspect and the person entrusted by the victim. The criminal suspect has the right to entrust a defender from the date when the case is transferred for examination and prosecution. The defendant in a case of private prosecution has the right to entrust a defender at any time. The people's procuratorate shall, 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 within the prescribed time limit. The people's court shall, from the date of accepting a case of private prosecution, inform the defendant of the right to entrust a defender within the prescribed time limit. Defense lawyers may consult, extract and copy the litigation documents and technical appraisal materials of this case from the date when the people's procuratorate examines and prosecutes the case, and may meet and correspond with the criminal suspect in custody. The people's procuratorate shall make a decision on the case transferred for prosecution by the public security organ within the prescribed time limit, and the time limit may be extended for major and complicated cases. If the people's procuratorate believes that the criminal facts of the criminal suspect have been ascertained and the evidence is true and sufficient, and criminal responsibility should be investigated according to law, it shall make a decision to prosecute and file a public prosecution with the people's court in accordance with the provisions on trial jurisdiction. 3. Trial stage: After the people's court has examined the case in which the public prosecution was initiated, if the facts of the crime alleged in the indictment are clear, and there is a list of evidence, a list of witnesses and a copy or photo of the main evidence, it shall decide to hold a trial. Except for cases involving state secrets or personal privacy, the people's courts try cases of first instance in public. Since the people's court accepted the case, the defense lawyer can consult, extract and copy the materials of the alleged criminal facts in this case, and can meet and correspond with the defendant in custody. At the trial, the defense lawyer defended the defendant. After hearing the case in court, the people's court made the following judgments according to the facts, evidence and relevant laws and regulations: (1) If the facts of the case are clear, the evidence is true and sufficient, and the defendant is found guilty according to law, a guilty judgment shall be made; (2) If the defendant is found innocent according to law, a verdict of innocence shall be made. As can be seen from the above article, the process of handling criminal cases is mainly divided into three stages. The first stage is the investigation stage, and the public security organs mainly arrest and interrogate the flagrante delicto or the main suspect. The second stage is the stage of examination and prosecution. After the people's procurator finds the facts of the crime, he makes a decision to prosecute. The third stage is the trial stage, in which the people's court makes a guilty or innocent judgment after finding out the relevant facts and evidence. Readers who need legal help are welcome to go online for legal consultation.
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Article 91 of the Criminal Procedure Law If a public security organ deems it necessary to arrest a detained person, it shall, within three days after detention, submit it to the people's procuratorate for examination and approval. Under special circumstances, the approval time can be extended by one to four days. For major suspects who commit crimes on the run, commit crimes many times or commit crimes in collusion, the time for submitting for examination and approval may be extended to 30 days. The people's procuratorate shall, within seven days after receiving the approval letter from the public security organ, make a decision on whether to approve or disapprove the arrest. If the people's procuratorate does not approve the arrest, the public security organ shall immediately release it after receiving the notice and promptly notify the people's procuratorate to execute it. Those who need to continue the investigation and meet the conditions of obtaining a guarantor pending trial or residential surveillance shall be granted a guarantor pending trial or residential surveillance according to law.