Does the lawyer know the progress of the case?

Legal analysis: Only lawyers can meet the criminal suspect before the judgment takes effect. Family members may consider entrusting a lawyer to the detention center to meet the criminal suspect, and carefully understand the specific process of the whole case and his confession to the public security organ. After the meeting, the lawyer will judge the circumstances of the crime and provide legal help and apply for bail pending trial in time; When the case is transferred to the procuratorate or the court, the defense lawyer can go to the procuratorate or the court to read the papers, collect the confessions, documentary evidence, physical evidence and other relevant evidence of the criminal suspect and other accomplices accused by the investigation organ, and make a good defense plan after in-depth study, so as to ensure that the defendant is innocent, mitigated, exempted from punishment or declared suspended in court, and safeguard the best interests of the defendant.

Legal basis: Article 35 of the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), defenders put forward materials and opinions on the innocence, light crime or reduction or exemption of criminal responsibility of criminal suspects and defendants according to facts and laws, so as to safeguard the litigation rights and other legitimate interests of criminal suspects and defendants.