Is it necessary to hire a lawyer when the case goes to the procuratorate?

The procuratorate may ask a lawyer to protest, but it is not necessary to do so. If you feel that you are inexperienced in litigation, you can ask a lawyer to help you better safeguard your rights and interests. In the protest of the procedure of second instance, only the local people's procuratorate at the same level has the right to protest against the judgment or ruling of first instance that has not yet taken legal effect.

The procuratorate will order the court to conduct a trial. Secondly, not hiring a lawyer is not good for the parties. Moreover, hiring a lawyer can reduce the corresponding criminal punishment of the parties to a certain extent. It is necessary to elaborate and analyze the reasons why criminal cases have been sent to the procuratorate or lawyers are needed from the following four aspects.

First, because the procuratorate will order a trial.

First of all, since the criminal case has been sent to the procuratorate, it shows that the police have obtained the preliminary investigation of the whole case, and it is necessary to submit the criminal evidence of the corresponding criminal suspect to the procuratorate to apply for temporary detention of the corresponding criminal suspect in the detention center, so that the procuratorate can instruct the court to hold a court session at the corresponding time to hear the corresponding case, so as to punish the criminal suspect fairly and fairly.

Second, if there is no lawyer, it is not good for the parties.

Secondly, not hiring a lawyer is not good for the client. After all, lawyers are mainly responsible for writing some corresponding legal documents to defend the parties. At the same time, it can also give a good legal advice to the parties, so that they can act according to the corresponding dictation during the trial, which is conducive to transforming the unfavorable case situation to a certain extent.

Legal basis:

Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China

Article 228 When the local people's procuratorates at various levels think that the judgment or ruling of the people's court at the same level of first instance is indeed wrong, they shall lodge a protest with the people's court at the next higher level.

Article 229 If the victim or his legal representative refuses to accept the judgment of first instance of the local people's courts at all levels, he has the right to request the people's procuratorate to lodge a protest within five days after receiving the judgment. After receiving the request of the victim and his legal representative, the people's procuratorate shall make a decision on whether to protest within five days and reply to the request.