On March 22 this year, the criminal ruling issued by the Higher People's Court of Fujian Province stated that the Intermediate People's Court of Fuzhou, Fujian Province tried the case of Fuzhou People's Procuratorate accusing the defendant Wu of intentional homicide, fraud and buying and selling identity documents, and made a criminal judgment on August 24, 20021year, and found the defendant Wu guilty of intentional homicide and sentenced him to death. He was convicted of fraud and sentenced to 11 years in prison; He was convicted of buying and selling identity documents, sentenced to three years in prison, decided to execute the death penalty, and deprived of political rights for life. After the verdict was pronounced, the defendant Wu refused to accept the appeal. During the trial, due to irresistible reasons, the court ruled to suspend the trial of this case in accordance with Article 206, Paragraph 1, Item 4 of the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).
It is understood that the suspension of trial refers to the system in which criminal cases cannot be continued for a long time due to certain legal circumstances during the trial, and the trial is resumed after the reasons for suspension disappear. According to the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Law, in any of the following circumstances, if the case cannot be continued for a long time, the trial may be suspended: the defendant is seriously ill and cannot appear in court; The defendant escaped; The private prosecutor suffers from a serious illness and is unable to appear in court, nor has he entrusted an agent ad litem to appear in court; For irresistible reasons.
The reporter found that the Criminal Ruling issued by the Fujian Provincial High Court did not mention the "irresistible reasons" for suspending the trial. According to relevant regulations, after the reasons for suspending the trial disappear, the trial should be resumed. The time limit for suspending the trial is not counted in the trial time limit.