How to hire a lawyer in criminal cases
The level of lawyer's fee is a consideration in choosing a lawyer, but it should not be the decisive factor. If you choose a lawyer according to the price, or even blindly "choose the cheap one", you will eventually lose more than you gain. After all, the outcome of the case is related to your property, freedom and even your life.
1, choose the lawyer you think is trustworthy;
2. Sign an entrustment agreement with the law firm where the lawyer is located.
3. Pay the handling fee to the law firm as agreed, and fill in the power of attorney.
Criminal cases are generally divided into three stages, namely, investigation stage, prosecution stage and trial stage. You can hire a lawyer in three stages, or you can hire a lawyer together in three stages
Legal basis: Article 69 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).
Before the verdict is pronounced, one person will be punished for several crimes. If a person commits several crimes before the judgment is pronounced, the execution period shall be decided as appropriate, except that he is sentenced to death or life imprisonment, but the maximum public surveillance shall not exceed three years, criminal detention shall not exceed one year, fixed-term imprisonment shall not exceed 20 years if the total is less than 35 years, and it shall not exceed 25 years if the total is more than 35 years.
Whoever is sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment or criminal detention for several crimes shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment. Some crimes are sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment and public surveillance, or criminal detention and public surveillance. After the execution of fixed-term imprisonment or criminal detention, public surveillance must still be carried out.
If several crimes are combined, the additional punishment must still be executed. Among them, those with the same kind of supplementary punishment shall be executed jointly, and those with different kinds shall be executed separately.