1. For other defendants or criminal suspects in the same case, because lawyers cannot defend more than two defendants or criminal suspects in the same case at the same time, they cannot accept the entrustment of other defendants or their close relatives as defenders.
2. If the other trustee and the original trustee are not accomplices, they can accept the entrustment normally.
law of advocate
Article 47 A lawyer who commits any of the following acts shall be given a warning by the judicial administrative department of the people's government at the municipal level or municipality directly under the Central Government, and may be fined not more than 5,000 yuan; Illegal income, confiscate the illegal income; If the circumstances are serious, the punishment of stopping practicing for less than three months shall be given:
(1) Practicing in two or more law firms at the same time;
(2) Undertaking business by improper means;
(3) Representing both parties in the same case, or representing legal affairs that have conflicts of interest with himself and his close relatives;
(4) Failing to serve as an agent ad litem or defender within two years after leaving the people's court or people's procuratorate;
(5) Refusing to perform the obligation of legal aid.
Measures for punishment of illegal acts of lawyers and law firms
Article 7 A lawyer who has any of the following circumstances is an illegal act of "acting as an agent for both parties in the same case, or acting as an agent for legal affairs with conflicts of interest with himself and his close relatives" as stipulated in Item (3) of Article 47 of the Lawyers Law:
1. Acting as an agent or providing relevant legal services for parties with conflicts of interest in the same civil litigation, administrative litigation or non-litigation legal affairs;
2. Acting as a defender or agent for the defendant and the victim in the same criminal case, or acting as a defender for two or more criminal suspects and defendants at the same time;
3. As a legal consultant, provide legal services to the parties who have conflicts of interest with the consulting unit;
4. Lawyers who have served as judges and prosecutors serve as agents and defenders to undertake cases handled by the original courts and procuratorates;
5. Lawyers who have served as arbitrators or are still serving as arbitrators shall be handled by the arbitration institutions they have represented or currently represent.