According to article 36 of the Criminal Procedure Law
Defense lawyers may consult, extract and copy the litigation documents and technical appraisal materials of this case from the date when the people's procuratorate examines and prosecutes the case, and may meet and correspond with the criminal suspect in custody. Other defenders, with the permission of the People's Procuratorate, may also consult, extract and copy the above-mentioned materials, and meet and correspond with criminal suspects in custody.
Since the people's court accepted the case, the defense lawyer can consult, extract and copy the materials of the alleged criminal facts in this case, and can meet and correspond with the defendant in custody. With the permission of the people's court, other defenders may also consult, extract and copy the above materials, and meet and correspond with the defendant in custody.
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Article 43 of the Criminal Procedure Law: With the consent of witnesses or other relevant units and individuals, defense lawyers may collect materials related to the case from them, or apply to the people's procuratorate or the people's court to collect and obtain evidence, or apply to the people's court to notify witnesses to testify in court.
With the permission of the people's procuratorate or the people's court, and with the consent of the victim or his close relatives or witnesses provided by the victim, the defense lawyer may collect materials related to the case from them.
Article 44 A defender or other person shall not help a criminal suspect or defendant to conceal, destroy, forge evidence or collude in confession, and shall not threaten or induce witnesses to commit perjury or engage in other acts that hinder judicial proceedings.
Anyone who violates the provisions of the preceding paragraph shall be investigated for legal responsibility according to law. If a defender is suspected of committing a crime, it shall be handled by an investigation organ other than the investigation organ where the defender undertakes the case. If the defender is a lawyer, he shall promptly notify the law firm where he belongs or the lawyers association to which he belongs.
Article 45 During the trial, the defendant may refuse the defender to continue to defend him, or entrust another defender to defend him.
Article 46 The victims of public prosecution cases, their legal representatives or close relatives, and the parties involved in incidental civil actions and their legal representatives shall have the right to entrust agents ad litem from the date when the case is transferred for examination and prosecution. The private prosecutor and his legal representative in a case of private prosecution, and the parties to an incidental civil action and their legal representatives have the right to entrust an agent ad litem at any time.
The people's procuratorate shall, within three days from the date of receiving the case materials transferred for examination and prosecution, inform the victim and his legal representative or his near relatives, the parties involved in incidental civil litigation and his legal representative that he has the right to entrust an agent ad litem. The people's court shall, within three days from the date of accepting a case of private prosecution, inform the private prosecutor and his legal representative, the parties to an incidental civil action and his legal representative that they have the right to entrust an agent ad litem.
Reference source Baidu Encyclopedia-Criminal Procedure Law