Do you need a lawyer in a public prosecution case?

Whether to entrust a lawyer in a public prosecution case is up to the parties themselves, but a criminal suspect or defendant who is required by law to entrust a defender must entrust a lawyer or apply for legal aid. A public prosecution case, that is, a criminal prosecution case, refers to a case in which procuratorial organs at all levels investigate the criminal responsibility of the defendant on behalf of the state in accordance with the relevant provisions of the law. The process of public prosecution cases is as follows:

1. First, the public security bureau or the supervisory committee and other organs put on record for investigation, and if it is found that it has constituted a crime and needs to be investigated for criminal responsibility, it will be transferred to the procuratorate for review and prosecution;

2, the people's Procuratorate after examination and prosecution, that really constitutes a crime, need to be convicted and sentenced, and then transferred to the people's court at the same level for public prosecution;

3. The court decides the case within the time limit prescribed by law. If the procuratorate or the defendant refuses to accept the judgment of first instance, he may lodge a protest and appeal before the judgment of first instance takes effect;

4. After the judgment of the second instance is made or the judgment of the first instance takes effect, the judgment shall be executed.

Legal basis: 208th Article of the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).

When trying a case of public prosecution, the people's court shall pronounce a judgment within two months after accepting it, and no later than three months. For a case that may be sentenced to death or an incidental civil lawsuit, if one of the circumstances stipulated in Article 158 of this Law occurs, it may be extended for three months with the approval of the people's court at the next higher level; Due to special circumstances need to be extended, it shall be submitted to the Supreme People's Court for approval.

If the people's court changes its jurisdiction, it shall be counted from the date when the changed people's court receives the case.

The people's court shall recalculate the time limit for hearing a case transferred to the people's court after the supplementary investigation by the people's procuratorate is completed.