(a) the circumstances in which the defense should be designated:
1, the defendant is blind and deaf;
2. The defendant is a person with limited capacity;
3. The defendant is a minor. "Minors" here refer to minors at the time of trial, minors at the time of crime, and those who have reached the age of 18 at the time of trial are not included;
The defendant is a person who may be sentenced to death.
(2) The circumstances in which the defense can be specified:
1, which meets the economic hardship standard stipulated by the local government;
2. I really have no financial resources, and my family's economic situation cannot be ascertained;
3. I really have no financial resources, and my family members are still unwilling to bear the expenses of defense lawyers after repeated persuasion;
4. In the same criminal case, other defendants have entrusted defenders;
5. Have foreign nationality;
6, the case has a significant impact;
7. The people's court thinks that the opinions and the evidence materials of the transferred case may affect the correct conviction and sentencing.
legal ground
Article 35 of the Criminal Procedure Law stipulates that if a criminal suspect or defendant fails to entrust a defender due to financial difficulties or other reasons, he or his close relatives may apply to a legal aid institution.
To meet the conditions of legal aid, legal aid institutions shall appoint lawyers to defend them. The criminal suspect or defendant is blind, deaf, dumb or has not completely lost the ability to identify;
Or a mental patient who has control over his capacity for conduct 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 defend his appointed lawyer.
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.