If you plead guilty, you will be convicted of a felony. Don't plead guilty and admit punishment, especially if the statutory sentence is more than 5 years or even 10 years.
3. The amount of economic crime cases is extremely huge, and they do not plead guilty. If the lawyer suggests to plead guilty and return the stolen goods, it means that the lawyer can't find a defense point, and you need to find a lawyer with successful experience in pleading not guilty.
When the case-handling organ asks you to plead guilty and return the stolen money, your lawyer needs to fully negotiate with the case-handling organ to find out the most favorable scheme that the case-handling organ can give, instead of accepting compromise without full argumentation. Otherwise, you may miss the opportunity to change your sentence to a lighter one, or even miss the opportunity to be acquitted.
5. If the party pleads guilty and returns the stolen goods, it must be combined with the obviously lighter sentencing suggestion of the procuratorial organ. Before reaching a unified sentencing opinion, it is forbidden to accept confessions and return stolen goods in a hurry, especially in the investigation stage. Confession and punishment is not "unconditional surrender", but consultation between the prosecution and the defense.
6. For cases where the statutory penalty is about 3 years or less, if the lawyer has no sufficient reason to insist on the plea of innocence or the parties have no rigid requirements for the plea of innocence, the lawyer can accept the compromise of pleading guilty and admitting punishment under the condition of applying probation or "how long to sentence".
7. For a case with a statutory sentence of more than 5 years or even 10 years, if the case-handling organ proposes to change the charge to a lighter sentence of less than 3 years or even a suspended sentence, the lawyer may advise the parties to accept a guilty plea. Unless the lawyer thinks there are sufficient reasons to insist on the plea of innocence, or the parties have rigid requirements for the plea of innocence.
Legal basis: Article 162 of the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC). When investigating a closed case, the public security organ shall ensure that the facts of the crime are clear and the evidence is true and sufficient, write a prosecution opinion and transfer it to the people's procuratorate at the same level for examination and decision together with the case file and evidence; At the same time, inform the criminal suspect and his defense lawyer about the transfer of the case. If a criminal suspect voluntarily pleads guilty, it shall be recorded and transferred with the case, and the relevant information shall be stated in the prosecution opinion.