When can a lawyer apply to the court for defense?

The lawyer submits the relevant materials of the defender to the court, regardless of when the court session is held. When a criminal case is heard in court, there is no mandatory provision in the law, but there are restrictions on the trial period of the whole case.

Link to the article: Criminal Procedure Law 1 Article 202 When trying a case of public prosecution, the people's court shall pronounce a judgment within two months after accepting it, and no later than three months. For a case that may be sentenced to death or an incidental civil lawsuit, if one of the circumstances stipulated in Article 156 of this Law occurs, it may be extended for three months with the approval of the people's court at the next higher level; Due to special circumstances need to be extended, it shall be submitted to the Supreme People's Court for approval.

If the people's court changes its jurisdiction, it shall be counted from the date when the changed people's court receives the case.

The people's court shall recalculate the time limit for hearing a case transferred to the people's court after the supplementary investigation by the people's procuratorate is completed.

2. Article 214 The people's court shall conclude a case tried by summary procedure within 20 days after accepting it; If the possible fixed-term imprisonment exceeds three years, it can be extended to one and a half months.