Can family members defend themselves in court?

1. Family members can defend themselves in court and need to go through the entrustment procedures.

Crime is too frozen. In addition to exercising the right of defense, the defendant may entrust one or two persons as defenders, and the following persons may be entrusted as defenders:

(1) lawyer;

(2) People's organizations or suspects. The person recommended by the defendant's unit;

(3) guardians, relatives and friends of criminal suspects and defendants.

2. Legal basis: Article 33 of the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC)

A criminal suspect has the right to entrust a defender from the day when he is interrogated for the first time by the investigation organ or compulsory measures are taken: during the investigation, only a lawyer can be entrusted as a defender. The defendant has

Have the right to entrust a defender at any time.

Second, what are the legal provisions for court defense?

1, the court defense law stipulates that the corresponding defense should be carried out according to the actual situation;

2. When defending yourself in court, we should be flexible according to the actual situation, and there are no applicable guidelines or norms. The defense opinions can be put forward from the following aspects: whether it constitutes a crime, the subjective thought when the act is implemented, whether it is an accessory, whether it surrenders, whether it voluntarily confesses, whether it has no regrets, the severity of the damage, whether it obtains the understanding of the victim, whether it can be applied to probation, etc.

3. Usually in practice, it is better to suggest that professional lawyers appear in court to defend criminal cases, and it is more helpful to put forward defense opinions in terms of lighter or suspended sentences.