Can I apply for legal aid for the appeal?

Applying for legal aid has nothing to do with the first and second trials. If you refuse to accept the appeal of the first instance, the case will enter the second instance. As long as the legal conditions are met, you can apply for legal aid according to law.

1. According to the provisions of the Legal Aid Law, legal aid institutions can provide the following forms of legal aid: (1) legal consultation; (2) Drafting legal documents on his behalf; (3) criminal defense and agency; (4) Agents ad litem and non-litigation agents in civil cases, administrative cases and state compensation cases; (five) the legal aid of the lawyer on duty; (six) labor dispute mediation and arbitration institutions; (seven) other forms stipulated by laws, regulations and rules.

2. The conditions for obtaining legal aid in criminal cases are:

If a criminal suspect or defendant in a criminal case fails to entrust a defender due to financial difficulties or other reasons, he or his close relatives may apply to a legal aid institution for legal aid.

If a criminal suspect or defendant in a criminal case falls into one of the following circumstances and fails to entrust 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 as a defender for him: (1) Minors; (2) Persons with vision, hearing and speech disabilities; (3) Adults who can't fully recognize their behavior; (4) Persons who may be sentenced to life imprisonment or death; (5) Defendants in death penalty review cases who apply for legal aid; (6) The defendant tried in absentia; (seven) other personnel as prescribed by laws and regulations.

Victims of criminal public prosecution cases and their legal representatives or close relatives, private prosecutors and their legal representatives of criminal private prosecution cases, plaintiffs and their legal representatives of criminal incidental civil litigation cases may apply for legal aid from legal aid institutions if they fail to entrust their legal representatives due to financial difficulties.

3. The conditions for legal aid in other civil and administrative cases are:

If a party fails to entrust an agent due to financial difficulties, he may apply to a legal aid institution for legal aid: (1) requesting state compensation according to law; (2) Requesting social insurance benefits or social assistance; (3) Requesting a pension; (4) Requesting to pay alimony, alimony and alimony; (5) Requesting confirmation of labor relations or payment of labor remuneration; (6) Requesting a citizen to have no or limited capacity for civil conduct; (seven) claims for personal injury caused by industrial accidents, traffic accidents, food and drug safety accidents and medical accidents; (eight) to claim compensation for environmental pollution and ecological damage; (nine) other circumstances stipulated by laws, regulations and rules.

4. Under special circumstances, applying for legal aid is not restricted by economic difficulties.

Under any of the following circumstances, a party applying for legal aid is not restricted by economic difficulties: (1) Close relatives of heroic martyrs protect the personal rights and interests of heroic martyrs; (2) Claiming relevant civil rights and interests due to courageous acts; (three) retrial and acquittal request state compensation; (4) Victims of abuse, abandonment or domestic violence claim relevant rights and interests; (five) other circumstances stipulated by laws, regulations and rules.

5. Retrial the case, and those who have financial difficulties may apply for legal aid.

If a party refuses to accept the effective judgment or decision of the judicial organ to file a complaint or apply for retrial, and the people's court makes a judgment or ruling for retrial or the people's procuratorate files a protest, and fails to entrust a defender or agent ad litem due to financial difficulties, he or his close relatives may apply to the legal aid institution for legal aid.

The standards of economic difficulties shall be determined by the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government according to the needs of economic development and legal aid work in their respective administrative regions, and shall be dynamically adjusted.