According to the relevant laws of our country, a criminal suspect who has not entrusted a defense lawyer will not be convicted of a felony. The court will make a judgment based on the facts of the crime and the evidence available, and the suspect can also apply for legal aid if he is in financial difficulties.
What are the ways of criminal defense?
According to the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Law, a criminal suspect may entrust others to defend himself during the review and prosecution by the people's procuratorate and the trial by the people's court. There are two ways for criminal suspects to exercise their right of defense in criminal proceedings:
1. One is self-defense;
2. One is entrusted defense.
Self-defense is the reason and basis for the criminal suspect to defend the accused criminal act and put forward that he is innocent, light or should be given a lighter, mitigated or exempted punishment. Entrusted defense is the reason and basis for the criminal suspect to entrust others to defend himself, and the defender puts forward that he is innocent, the crime is light or should be given a lighter, mitigated or exempted punishment. While entrusting others to defend themselves, criminal suspects still enjoy the right to defend themselves.
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Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China
Article 35 If a criminal suspect or defendant fails to appoint a defender due to financial difficulties or other reasons, he or his near relatives may apply to a legal aid institution. To meet the conditions of legal aid, legal aid institutions shall appoint lawyers to defend them.
If the criminal suspect or defendant is a mental patient who is blind, deaf, dumb or has not completely lost the ability to identify or control his own behavior, and has not entrusted a defender, the people's court, the people's procuratorate and the public security organ shall notify the legal aid institution to appoint a lawyer to defend him.
If a criminal suspect or defendant may be sentenced to life imprisonment or death without entrusting a defender, the people's court, the people's procuratorate and the public security organ shall notify the legal aid institution to appoint a lawyer to defend him.
Article 200 After the defendant's final statement, the presiding judge announced an adjournment, and the collegial panel made the following judgments after deliberation based on the facts, evidence and relevant laws and regulations that have been ascertained:
(1) If the facts of the case are clear, the evidence is true and sufficient, and the defendant is found guilty according to law, a guilty verdict shall be made;
(2) If the defendant is found innocent according to law, a verdict of innocence shall be made;
(3) If the defendant cannot be found guilty due to insufficient evidence, a verdict of acquittal shall be made because the accused crime cannot be established due to insufficient evidence.