Provide legal advice to criminal suspects, understand the facts of the case, handle bail pending trial, and appeal and accuse on their behalf.
Second, in the stage of examination and prosecution.
Lawyers mainly review the legality of various legal procedures. More importantly, lawyers can have access to prosecution opinions and appraisal materials at this stage, and they can clearly understand the amount involved in the crime, the degree of injury and other important situations. According to the information of the case, the lawyer makes timely suggestions to the procuratorial organ, such as whether the charges reported by the investigation organ are correct, whether the investigation organ has illegally obtained evidence during the interrogation of the criminal suspect, and the major plots and evidence that the investigation organ has not noticed or ignored in favor of the criminal suspect.
Third, at the trial stage.
Lawyers will fight against the public prosecution agency in an all-round way according to all the evidence they have previously mastered in favor of the defendant and their skillful plot-based legal knowledge, and a real court battle will be launched in an all-round way. According to the facts and evidence law, the lawyer will propose that the defendant is innocent and the crime is light, and ask the court to fully consider their opinions.
Legal basis: Article 37 of the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), defenders put forward materials and opinions on the innocence, light crime or reduction or exemption of criminal responsibility of criminal suspects and defendants according to facts and laws, so as to safeguard the litigation rights and other legitimate rights and interests of criminal suspects and defendants.
Article 38 of the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC): Defence lawyers can provide legal aid to criminal suspects during investigation; Acting as an agent for complaints and accusations; Apply for changing compulsory measures; Ask the investigation organ about the crimes and cases suspected by the criminal suspect, and put forward opinions.
Article 39 of the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) * * * Defence lawyers may meet and correspond with criminal suspects and defendants in custody. Other defenders, with the permission of the people's courts and people's procuratorates, may also meet and correspond with criminal suspects and defendants in custody. If a defense lawyer holds a lawyer's practice certificate, a law firm's certificate, a power of attorney or a letter of legal aid to ask for a meeting with the criminal suspect or defendant in custody, the detention center shall arrange the meeting in time, which shall not exceed 48 hours at the latest. In criminal cases endangering national security and terrorist activities, defense lawyers should obtain permission from the investigation organ when meeting with the criminal suspect in custody during the investigation. The investigation organ shall notify the detention center of the above situation in advance. When a defense lawyer meets a criminal suspect or defendant in custody, he can understand the case and provide legal advice. From the date when the case is transferred for examination and prosecution, the relevant evidence may be verified with the criminal suspect or defendant. Defense lawyers are not monitored when meeting with criminal suspects and defendants. The provisions of the first, third and fourth paragraphs shall apply to the meetings and correspondence between defense lawyers and criminal suspects and defendants who are under surveillance.