What is entrusted defense and what is the scope of entrusted defense? 1. What is entrusted defense 1. According to the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Law, defendants in private prosecution cases have the right to entrust a defender at any time. The People's Court shall, within 3 days from the date of accepting a private prosecution case, notify the defendant of the right to entrust a defender. 2. Criminal suspects in public prosecution cases have the right to entrust a defender from the date the case is transferred to the People's Procuratorate for review and prosecution. (1) A criminal suspect may hire a lawyer to provide him with legal aid after the first interrogation by the investigative agency or from the date he was taken away. (2) The People's Procuratorate shall inform the criminal suspect of the right to entrust a defender within 3 days from the date of receipt of the case materials transferred for review and prosecution. (3) For cases directly accepted by the People's Procuratorate, the criminal suspect has the right to entrust a defender from the date the criminal investigation department of the People's Procuratorate transfers the case to the review and prosecution department. 3. If the defendant does not appoint a defender 10 days before the trial, the people's court shall inform the defendant that he can appoint a defender. Article 33 of the Criminal Procedure Law: In addition to exercising the right of defense, criminal suspects and defendants may also entrust one or two people as defenders. The following persons may be entrusted as defenders: (1) Lawyers; (2) People recommended by people's organizations or the unit where the criminal suspect or defendant works; (3) Guardians, relatives and friends of the criminal suspect or defendant. Persons who have been sentenced to a penalty or deprived or restricted of personal freedom in accordance with the law may not serve as defenders. Persons who have been dismissed from public office or whose practicing certificates as lawyers or notaries have been revoked may not serve as defenders, except for guardians or close relatives of criminal suspects or defendants. 2. What is the scope of entrusting a defender? In addition to exercising their right to defense, criminal suspects and defendants may also entrust one or two people as defenders. The following persons may be entrusted as defenders: (1) Lawyers; (2) People recommended by people's organizations or the unit where the criminal suspect or defendant works; (3) Guardians, relatives and friends of the criminal suspect or defendant. Persons who have been sentenced to a penalty or deprived or restricted of personal freedom in accordance with the law may not serve as defenders. During the trial of a case, the People's Court shall fully guarantee the defendant's exercise of the right to defense. However, the following persons shall not be entrusted as defenders: (1) persons who have been sentenced to probation and whose punishment has not yet been completed; (2) persons who have been deprived of or have their personal freedom restricted in accordance with the law; (3) persons who are incompetent or have limited capacity; ( 4) Current employees of the People’s Court, People’s Procuratorate, public security organs, national security organs, and prisons; (5) People’s assessors of this court; (6) People who have an interest in the outcome of the trial of this case; (7) Foreigners or stateless persons Among them, if the persons listed in items (4), (5), (6), and (7) are close relatives or guardians of the defendant, the people's court may allow them to serve as defenders.