2. the Supreme People's Court's Opinions on Standardizing the Work of Filing a Case for Retrial in the People's Court (Trial) Article 10 The people's court shall accept the appeal filed by the complainant in a criminal case within two years after the execution of the penalty; If the complaint time exceeds two years, it shall be accepted under any of the following circumstances:
(1) The defendant in the original trial may be acquitted;
(2) The defendant in the original trial filed a complaint with the people's court within the time limit stipulated in this article, and the people's court refused to accept it;
(3) Difficult, complicated or major cases.
If it does not conform to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the people's court shall not accept it. return