First, should I ask a lawyer for assistance in the theft case?
Whether to hire a lawyer needs to be decided according to the complexity of the case and the subjective will of the parties.
There is no uniform national standard for fees, so you can consult a local law firm for fees. If you just help to write an appeal and visit, then the cost is definitely different from the defense fee.
Theft refers to the act of stealing a large amount of property occupied by others for the purpose of illegal possession, or stealing it many times. This is the oldest crime against property.
The public security organ shall accept, register and seriously investigate and deal with theft cases that have been reported to the police, regardless of the amount of stolen property. Among them, those who reach the local standard of the amount of theft crimes are classified as criminal cases; Anyone who breaks a door, breaks a window, pickpockets, uses tools such as blades or carries a murder weapon to burglary, regardless of the amount of stolen property, will be classified as a criminal case; Obviously, it is a recidivist crime or one person commits crimes many times, and the circumstances or consequences are serious, and other cases do not meet the prescribed amount standard, which is also a criminal case; The rest are investigated as public security cases, and if they are found to constitute criminal cases through work, they shall be established as criminal cases in time. The standard of filing a case for theft.
Second, the difference between theft and embezzlement?
1, the content and time of criminal intent are different. The former people realized that they illegally possessed other people's property by non-violent means, and the crime could only happen intentionally after holding other people's property; The latter actor realizes that he illegally obtained other people's property by secret means unknown to the owner or holder of the property, and the crime can only happen intentionally before illegally obtaining other people's property.
2. The objective aspects of crime are different. The former way can be secret, public or semi-public; The latter means can only be secret means.
3. The targets of crimes are different. The object of the former can only be the property of others held by the actor before committing the crime; The object of the latter can only be the property of others that the actor did not hold before committing the crime. Among them, the difference of criminal objects should be the key factor to distinguish embezzlement from theft;
The differences between theft and embezzlement include different criminal objects, different objective aspects of crime, and different contents and time of intentional crime. We should distinguish between these two crimes and not confuse them.