Legal Analysis: Paragraph 2 and Paragraph 3 of Article 35 of China's Criminal Procedure Law stipulates: "If a criminal suspect or defendant is blind, deaf or dumb, or a mental patient who 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. " It can be seen that in the case that the defendant may be sentenced to death, if the defendant does not entrust a defender, the court should inform the legal aid institution to appoint a lawyer to defend him, instead of directly sentencing him to death without entrusting a defender.
Legal basis: Article 35 of the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC). 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.