2. The time to bring a lawsuit to the court should be arranged by the court according to the circumstances, but the general principle is that the court will pronounce the sentence within two months after accepting it, and not more than three months at the latest. For cases that may be sentenced to death or cases with incidental civil actions, the trial period may be extended upon approval.
3. Whether it is necessary to entrust a defense lawyer should be decided by the criminal suspect or his relatives, but it is recommended to hire a lawyer to defend as much as possible. Defense lawyers have the right to meet with criminal suspects in custody, and can put forward materials and opinions on whether the criminal suspects and defendants are innocent, light or relieved of their criminal responsibilities according to facts and laws, so as to safeguard the litigation rights and other legitimate rights and interests of criminal suspects and defendants.
Article 169 The People's Procuratorate shall make a decision on a case transferred for prosecution by the public security organ within one month, and may extend it by half a month for major and complicated cases.
If the people's procuratorate examines and prosecutes a case and changes its jurisdiction, the time limit for examination and prosecution shall be counted from the date when the changed people's procuratorate receives the case.
Article 170 When examining a case, the people's procuratorate shall interrogate the criminal suspect, listen to the opinions of the defender, the victim and his agent ad litem, and put them on record. If defenders, victims and their agents ad litem put forward written opinions, they shall attach a volume.
Article 171 When examining a case, the people's procuratorate may request the public security organ to provide evidence materials necessary for the trial; If it is believed that there may be cases of collecting evidence by illegal means as stipulated in Article 54 of this Law, it may be required to explain the legality of collecting evidence.
When examining a case, the people's procuratorate may return it to the public security organ for supplementary investigation or conduct its own investigation.
A case under supplementary investigation shall be completed within one month. Supplementary investigation is limited to two times. After the supplementary investigation is transferred to the people's procuratorate, the people's procuratorate recalculates the time limit for examination and prosecution.
Article 202 When trying a case of public prosecution, the people's court shall pronounce a judgment within two months after accepting it, and no later than three months. For a case that may be sentenced to death or an incidental civil lawsuit, if one of the circumstances stipulated in Article 156 of this Law occurs, it may be extended for three months with the approval of the people's court at the next higher level; Due to special circumstances need to be extended, it shall be submitted to the Supreme People's Court for approval.
If the people's court changes its jurisdiction, it shall be counted from the date when the changed people's court receives the case.
The people's court shall recalculate the time limit for hearing a case transferred to the people's court after the supplementary investigation by the people's procuratorate is completed.