Do you need a lawyer for the second trial of criminal cases?

Legal analysis: yes, the lawyer's fee is entrusted once, and the retrial still needs to be entrusted again. You can choose a new lawyer, but it is usually not because of the lawyer's professional quality and unfamiliar business. It is not recommended to change lawyers, because the lawyer in the original case is familiar with the case and fully understands the focus of the debate, which will help him grasp the trend of the case in the second instance, and also help him to investigate and supplement the cross-examination and evidence against the focus of the first instance case, thus helping to win the case or maximize the interests. If the original lawyer's professional quality is not high, or the opponent he has to face is strong, he can entrust it again, that is, invite two lawyers to defend together.

Legal basis: Article 322 of the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), the trial of appeals and protests shall be conducted in accordance with the following provisions in addition to referring to the relevant provisions of the procedure of first instance:

(1) In the court investigation stage, after the judges read the judgment and ruling of the first instance, the appellant or defender shall first read the appeal or state the reasons for the appeal, and the public prosecutor shall first read the protest for the protest case; In cases where there are both appeals and protests, the prosecutor shall first read out the protest, and then the appellant or defender shall read out the appeal or state the reasons for the appeal;

(two) the court debate stage, first by the appellant and defender, and then by the prosecutors and agents ad litem to speak; In protest cases, prosecutors and agents ad litem should speak first, and then the defendants and defenders should speak; In the case of both appeal and protest, the public prosecutor and agent ad litem shall speak first, and then the appellant and defender shall speak.