One, criminal cases can hire several lawyers.
In criminal cases, a criminal suspect can hire two lawyers.
According to the provisions of Article 32 of the Criminal Procedure Law, a criminal suspect or defendant may entrust one or two persons as defenders in addition to exercising the right of defense. In other words, a criminal suspect can hire one or two defense lawyers, no more than two.
Criminal procedure law
Article 32 A criminal suspect or defendant may, in addition to exercising the right of defense, entrust one or two persons as defenders. The following persons may be entrusted as defenders:
(1) lawyers;
(2) A person recommended by a people's organization or the unit to which the criminal suspect or defendant belongs;
(3) Guardians, relatives and friends of criminal suspects and defendants.
A person who has been sentenced to punishment according to law or deprived of or restricted personal freedom shall not act as a defender.
Two. What criminal cases are directly accepted by the people's courts?
1, telling to handle the case. According to the provisions of the criminal law, * * * there are four situations that are dealt with after being told:
(1) Cases of public insult and slander (except those which seriously endanger social order and national interests as stipulated in Article 246th of the Criminal Law);
(2) Cases of violent interference with others' freedom of marriage (as stipulated in the first paragraph of Article 257th of the Criminal Law);
(3) Cases of maltreatment of family members (as stipulated in the first paragraph of Article 260th of the Criminal Law);
(4) Cases of embezzlement of property entrusted by others (as stipulated in Article 270th of the Criminal Law).
2. The victim has evidence to prove a minor criminal case. This situation must meet two conditions:
(1) must be a minor criminal case;
(2) The victim must have corresponding evidence to prove that the defendant is guilty.
Third, what is the process of hiring lawyers in criminal cases?
If you want a lawyer, the first step is to find a lawyer. Of course, criminal cases need to be handed over to professional criminal lawyers, not civil lawyers. Find a lawyer in charge of criminal defense through a friend's introduction or online search.
The second step is to determine the meeting place with the lawyer, and it is recommended to communicate face to face in the law firm where the lawyer is located. First, when determining the identity of a lawyer, we should pay attention to reviewing the qualification of a lawyer and whether there is a lawyer's practice license. The second is face-to-face communication to facilitate lawyers to understand the case. Third, law firms are lawyers' practice institutions. Go to the law firm to learn about the lawyer's practice organization.
In the third step, you can directly tell the lawyer about the case in detail to see if the lawyer's legal analysis of the case is in place.
The fourth step, if the parties feel that this lawyer is suitable, they can go directly to the law firm to handle the entrustment procedures. If a law firm thinks that it can accept the employment, it shall sign a contract for hiring lawyers with the parties, go through the entrustment formalities, clarify the rights and obligations of the parties and the law firm, specify the name of the lawyer entrusted by the law firm to handle the case, and be signed and sealed by the parties and the law firm, indicating the date of conclusion of the contract. It should be noted here that criminal cases are divided into three stages: investigation, prosecution and trial, and the parties must specify the entrustment stage when signing the agreement.
Step five, pay the lawyer's fee. Lawyer's legal service is a kind of paid service, and the parties must pay a certain lawyer's fee when hiring a lawyer. Generally speaking, according to the provisions of the Trial Measures for Lawyers' Fees, law firms charge fees to the parties within the prescribed scope according to the complexity of undertaking business, the length of time required and the number of litigation objects. After paying the fee, remember to ask the law firm to issue a receipt.
When hiring a lawyer, the parties must understand that the lawyer cannot decide the outcome of the case. Many parties put their hopes entirely on lawyers and think that lawyers can do anything. This is actually wrong. Hiring a lawyer doesn't mean winning the lawsuit. The success or failure of the lawsuit is the result of the joint action of factors such as whether the facts are clear, whether the law is complete, the judge's perspective, the lawyer's level and the complexity of the case.