A when trying criminal cases of first instance, courts at all levels may take people's jurors as members of the collegial panel to participate in the trial.
B the defendant in a criminal case of first instance has the right to apply for people's jurors to participate in the collegiate bench trial.
C. practicing lawyers shall not serve as people's jurors.
D the higher people's court shall randomly select from the list of people's jurors in the intermediate people's court of the city where it is located when trying a case that should be tried by a collegiate panel according to law.
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? [resolution]? According to Article 147 of the Criminal Procedure Law: "When trying a case of first instance, the basic people's court and the intermediate people's court shall be conducted by a collegiate panel composed of three judges or three judges and people's jurors. However, cases in which summary procedure is applied in the basic people's courts may be tried by a single judge. When the Higher People's Court and the People's Court try cases of first instance, a collegiate bench shall be composed of three to seven judges or three to seven judges and people's jurors ... "Thus, people's courts at all levels can absorb people's jurors as members of the collegiate bench to participate in the trial. So option a is correct.
? According to the Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on Perfecting the People's Juror System, the people's courts try the following cases of first instance, except for cases that are tried by summary procedure and cases that are otherwise stipulated by law, which are conducted by collegiate panels of people's jurors and judges: (1) Criminal, civil and administrative cases with great social impact; (2) A case in which the defendant in a criminal case, the plaintiff in a civil case or the defendant and plaintiff in an administrative case apply to be tried by a collegiate panel of people's jurors. So option b is correct.
? The Decision also stipulates: "Members of the Standing Committee of the People's Congress, staff of people's courts, staff of people's procuratorates, staff of public security organs, staff of state security organs, staff of judicial administrative organs and practicing lawyers shall not serve as people's jurors. ..... "Therefore, option C is correct.
? According to the "Decision": ... If the intermediate people's court or the higher people's court should be tried by people's jurors in the collegiate panel according to law, they should be randomly selected from the list of people's jurors in the grassroots people's courts in their cities. "So option D is wrong.