Can the defendant in a criminal case represent a lawyer?

A lawyer can be an agent in criminal proceedings. According to the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Law, lawyers; A person recommended by a people's organization or the unit where the criminal suspect or defendant belongs; The guardians, relatives and friends of a criminal suspect or defendant may act as agents in criminal proceedings.

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Article 108 of the Criminal Procedure Law

The meanings of the following terms in this Law are:

(1) "Investigation" refers to the work of public security organs and people's procuratorates to collect evidence and ascertain the facts of criminal cases and the relevant compulsory measures taken according to law;

(2) "Parties" refer to victims, private prosecutors, criminal suspects, defendants, plaintiffs and defendants in incidental civil actions;

(3) "Legal representative" refers to the parents, adoptive parents and guardians of the client and the representatives of the organs and organizations responsible for protection;

(4) "Participants in litigation" refers to the parties, legal representatives, agents ad litem, defenders, witnesses, expert witnesses and translators;

"Agent ad litem" refers to the victim of a public prosecution case and his legal representative or near relative, the person entrusted by the private prosecutor and his legal representative in a private prosecution case to participate in the litigation on his behalf, and the person entrusted by the party involved in an incidental civil litigation and his legal representative to participate in the litigation on his behalf;

(6) "Close relatives" refer to husbands, wives, fathers, mothers, sons, daughters, brothers and sisters.