Lawyers in criminal proceedings can engage in what business

1. The defender has the right to defend independently in accordance with the facts and the law, free from the people's court. People's Procuratorate and other organs and individuals unlawful interference.

2. Defense lawyers may consult and excerpts of the case file materials, to understand the case and evidence materials. Counsel to read the file, the court shall give the necessary convenience and provide premises for reading the file. Other defenders with the permission of the people's court, can also understand the case.

3. Defense lawyers can meet and correspond with the accused in custody. Defense lawyers can lease the work of the Office of the legal adviser and a fixed format of the special letter of introduction, in custody or its custody to meet with the defendant, the custody of the place of personnel should pay attention to the way, try to avoid adding to the content of the defendant's conversation, so as not to affect the defendant's full exercise of the right to defense.

4. Defense counsel may hold a letter of introduction from the Office of the Legal Counsel to the relevant units and individuals to visit and investigate the case; the relevant units and individuals shall give support.

5. The people's court hearing the case on the date of the hearing shall allow time for the defense to prepare for the time required to appear in court. The defender shall have the right to apply for a legal adjournment and the court shall take this into consideration without prejudice to the statutory time for the conclusion of the case.

6. In the court hearing stage, the defense has the right to participate in the court hearing, you can apply to the presiding judge of the witnesses, experts, questioning; can also be permitted by the presiding judge directly to the witnesses. Appraisers and the defendant to ask questions; can be read out and presented in court and a variety of evidence materials; can apply for notification of new witnesses to the court, access to new material evidence, re-identification or examination; can be with the prosecutor to debate, and so on.

7. All cases of public prosecution, the people's procuratorate shall be attached to a copy of the indictment, the court to the defense, the first case, if the people's procuratorate embarked on a protest according to law, should also be attached to a copy of the book by the court to the defense attorney, where there is a defense lawyers to participate in the case of the court of the first trial and the second court of the verdict, the verdict, should be sent to the defense attorney a copy of the book.

8. Before the judgment or ruling comes into effect, the defense counsel may meet with the defendant and ask for his or her opinion on the judgment or ruling if he or she deems it necessary, and with the defendant's consent, he or she may appeal against the judgment or ruling.

9. The defender finds that the defendant conceals a major crime, after the defender patiently teach, point out the advantages and disadvantages, but still refuses to confess, the defender can refuse to continue to defend him or her.

10. After accepting the commission and appointed as a defender, unless the defendant insists on refusing to allow him to continue the defense, it is obliged to defend the defendant, and is responsible for the end. Lawyers must be based on the facts and the law to conduct the defense, do not allow forged evidence or collusion with the defendant to make false statements, misinterpretation of the law against the trial, to avoid punishment. In the defense of contact with state secrets and personal privacy, the obligation to strictly confidential, and the obligation to appear in court on time, abide by the rules of the court.