How long is the trial period of criminal cases?

There are no specific figures. At present, there are many court cases, and there are trials every day. Sometimes a judge has to hear three or four cases a day.

Legal analysis

A criminal case is only conducted once in the trial procedure, and the length or days of the trial depends on the specific case. When the first hearing should be suspended, the same case will be heard twice. But in any case, the court will control the number of court sessions, and every case will be prepared before the court session, and strive to complete the trial in one session. The people's court will recalculate the trial period only after the supplementary investigation by the people's procuratorate is completed and sent to the people's court. Also, in the course of this trial, if there are irresistible reasons that make it impossible to continue the trial, you can also directly decide to suspend the trial. In short, if the trial is not postponed or suspended, then the first trial period of this criminal prosecution is one and a half months, and the longest approved by the High Court is two and a half months. If the trial is postponed or suspended, the trial period has to be suspended or recalculated, and the litigation case can be extended for two months after approval. Where there are provisions, it can be extended by 1 month with the approval of the Provincial Higher People's Court, and the criminal appeal and protest cases accepted by the Supreme People's Court can be extended by 1 month with the approval of the Supreme People's Court. Due to too many court cases in trial practice, trials are often postponed.

legal ground

Article 202 of the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) announces the judgment, which shall be conducted in public. If a verdict is pronounced in court, it shall be served on the parties concerned and the people's procuratorate that initiated the public prosecution within five days; If the sentence is pronounced on a regular basis, it shall be served on the parties concerned and the people's procuratorate that initiated the public prosecution immediately after the announcement. The written judgment shall be served on the defender and the agent ad litem.