On the 12th, the Nanchang Municipal Public Security Bureau reported the progress of Lao Rongzhi’s case. He is currently detained in the Nanchang No. 1 Detention Center. In order to protect their legitimate rights and interests, the case handling unit immediately informed them that they could hire a lawyer, but Lao Rongzhi refused to hire a lawyer for his family and refused to contact Nanchang police. He applied for legal aid from the government. The public security organs fully respect the wishes of the elder and, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the law, coordinate the Nanchang Legal Aid Center to assign lawyers to provide legal aid to the elder.
According to the provisions of the "Legal Aid Regulations", there are situations in which citizens can apply for legal aid from legal aid agencies in criminal proceedings. The parties involved in this case comply with the provisions of paragraph 1, that is, the criminal suspect did not hire a lawyer due to financial difficulties after being interrogated for the first time by the investigation agency or from the date when compulsory measures were taken. In addition, if the victim in a public prosecution case and his or her legal representative or close relative do not entrust an agent ad litem due to financial difficulties, and the private prosecutor and his legal agent in a private prosecution case do not entrust an agent ad litem due to financial difficulties, the case shall be judged by the people since the case. After the court accepted the case, they all applied for legal aid.
If he did not entrust a defender during the litigation stage, the court should appoint a defender for him, because Lao Rongzhi is a defendant who may be sentenced to death. When the people's court appoints a defense for the defendant, the legal aid agency shall provide legal aid without examining the defendant's financial situation.
To apply for legal aid, Lao Rongzhi follows the following procedures: (1) Apply to the legal aid institution where the people's court hearing the case is located. The trial court of this case will be the Nanchang Intermediate People's Court, because the Intermediate People's Court has jurisdiction over cases endangering national security, cases of terrorist activities, and cases that may be sentenced to life imprisonment or death. This case is a case that may be sentenced to life imprisonment; (2) the detention center should transfer the required materials to the legal aid agency within 24 hours; (3) the legal aid agency accepts and reviews the materials, and if it meets the conditions for legal aid, it should make a timely decision to provide legal aid Assistance; if the conditions for legal aid are not met, the applicant shall be informed of the reasons in writing.
The above is an introduction to applying for legal aid in criminal cases. I would like to remind everyone that if the application for legal aid is successful, the lawyer handling the case is not allowed to collect any property from the applicant!