I won't be specific. Generally speaking, only criminal suspects and defendants are blind, deaf or dumb, or mental patients who have not completely lost the ability to identify or control their own behavior, and have not entrusted defenders, the people's courts, people's procuratorates and public security organs shall notify legal aid institutions to appoint lawyers to defend them. In addition, 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.
Legal objectivity:
China's appointed defense only applies to the trial stage, and the appointed defender can only be a lawyer, and should be a lawyer who undertakes legal aid obligations according to law. If a criminal suspect or defendant is unable to hire a defender due to financial difficulties or other reasons, the judicial organ may appoint a defender for him. According to Article 34 of China's Criminal Procedure Law, the court appoints a defender for the defendant in the following three cases: 1. In a case where a public prosecutor appears in court for public prosecution, the defendant fails to entrust a defender due to financial difficulties or other reasons. In the case of public prosecutor appearing in court, the purpose of appointing a defender for the defendant is to enhance the defendant's defense ability and enable him to confront the prosecution on an equal footing. 2. The defendant is blind, deaf, dumb or a minor and has not entrusted a defender. Because these defendants are physically disabled or restricted by age, it is difficult to fully exercise their right to defense and safeguard their legitimate rights and interests. Therefore, the law gives them special protection. 3. The defendant may be sentenced to death without entrusting a defender. This is mainly because the death penalty is the most severe punishment to deprive people of their lives, so we should take an extremely cautious attitude towards the death penalty. Appointing defenders for defendants who may be sentenced to death is of great significance for ensuring that innocent people are killed well and protecting citizens' legitimate right to life. According to the judicial interpretation of the Supreme People's Court, if the defendant fails to entrust a defender, the people's court shall appoint a defender for him under any of the following circumstances: 1. Blind, deaf, dumb or with limited capacity; 2. Under the age of 18 at the time of hearing; 3. People who may be sentenced to death. The judicial interpretation also stipulates that the people's court may appoint a defender for the defendant in any of the following circumstances: 1. The defendant meets the standard of financial difficulties 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. Cases with significant social impact; 7. The people's court believes that the procuratorial opinions and the obtained case evidence materials may affect the correct conviction and sentencing. According to Article 15 1 of the Criminal Procedure Law, after the people's court decides to hold a hearing, it shall serve a copy of the indictment of the people's procuratorate on the defendant at the latest 10 days before the hearing. The defendant did not entrust a defender. Inform the defendant that he can entrust a defender or, if necessary, appoint a lawyer who undertakes the obligation of legal aid to propose three ways of defense for him. Among them, entrusted defense is more effective than the other two ways, and it is the main and important way for criminal suspects and defendants to realize their right to defense.