Legal basis: Article 38 of the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC). If the defendant insists on exercising the right of defense and refuses the defender appointed by the people's court to defend him, the people's court shall allow it and record it; The people's court shall allow the defendant to refuse a defender appointed by the people's court to defend him under any of the circumstances specified in Article 36 of this Interpretation, but if the defendant needs to entrust another defender, the people's court shall appoint another defender for him.
Article 39 A defender appointed by a people's court shall be a lawyer who undertakes the obligation of legal aid according to law.