1. Can I apply for two lawyers in criminal cases?
Yes, you can. According to Article 35 of the Criminal Procedure Law, a defendant may not entrust more than two defenders. In other words, you can hire two lawyers at most.
Legal aid, the parties can not appoint two lawyers to apply. For legal aid cases that meet the prescribed circumstances, legal aid institutions may assign law firms to arrange lawyers or arrange their own staff to handle legal aid cases. Therefore, please communicate with legal aid agencies to determine the specific situation.
2. Can a lawyer represent two defendants in a criminal case?
Can a lawyer represent two defendants at the same time in a criminal case?
Paragraph 2 of Article 38 of the Supreme People's Court's Interpretation on the Application of the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) clearly stipulates:
A defender shall not defend two or more defendants in the same case who have not been dealt with but whose criminal facts are related.
Measures for punishment of illegal acts of lawyers and law firms
Article 7 A lawyer who has any of the following circumstances is an illegal act of "acting as an agent for both parties in the same case, or acting as an agent for legal affairs with conflicts of interest with himself and his close relatives" as stipulated in Item (3) of Article 47 of the Lawyers Law:
(1) Acting as an agent or providing relevant legal services for parties with conflicts of interest in the same civil litigation, administrative litigation or non-litigation legal affairs;
(2) Acting as a defender or agent for the defendant and the victim at the same time in the same criminal case, or acting as a defender for two or more criminal suspects and defendants at the same time;
(3) Providing legal services to the parties who have conflicts of interest with the consulting unit during their tenure as legal advisers;
(4) Lawyers who have served as judges and prosecutors act as agents and defenders to undertake cases handled by the original courts and procuratorates;
(5) A lawyer who has served as an arbitrator or is still serving as an arbitrator, acting as an agent to undertake the cases handled by the arbitration institution where he previously served or currently serves.
3. How many days is a criminal case usually detained?
37 days.
According to the Criminal Procedure Law
Article 89 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.
Therefore, the maximum period of criminal detention decided by the public security organ is 37 days.
The above is the legal knowledge about whether you can apply for two lawyers in criminal cases. To sum up, criminal cases can generally apply for two lawyers, but one lawyer cannot represent two people at the same time. . If you have any other questions, please feel free to consult, and we will have professional lawyers to answer them for you.