It is conditional for the people's court to appoint a defender for the defendant in a criminal case. According to relevant regulations, if the defendant does not have a defender but meets one of the following circumstances, the people's court shall appoint a defender for him: 1. Those who are blind, deaf, mute or have limited behavioral abilities; 2. Those who are minors under the age of 18 at the time of court hearing; 3. Those who may be sentenced to prison. In a case where the public prosecutor appears in court for public prosecution, the defendant has not entrusted a defender. If one of the following circumstances occurs, the people's court may appoint a defender for him: 1. Meets the financial difficulty standards stipulated by the local government; 2. There is no financial source, and his family's financial situation Unable to ascertain; 3. There is indeed no financial source, and despite repeated persuasion, the family members are still unwilling to bear the defense attorney fees; 4. ***In the same case, other defendants have entrusted defense; 5. Have foreign nationality 6. The case has a major social impact; 7. The people's court believes that the opinion and the transferred case evidence materials may affect the correct conviction and sentencing. If the defendant insists on exercising the right to defend and refuses to appoint a defender to defend him, the People's Court shall allow it and record it in the record. If the defendant is the person designated for defense by the People's Court and has legitimate reasons to refuse the defense designated by the People's Court, and the defendant entrusts another defender or the People's Court appoints another defender for him, the People's Court shall allow it. Legal aid refers to a legal system in which the state provides legal assistance to parties in certain cases with particularly difficult economic circumstances or special cases by reducing or reducing fees or by having the state pay lawyer fees. Legal objectives:
Article 34 of the "Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China"***, a state crime suspect has the right to entrust a Defender; During the investigation, only a lawyer can be entrusted as a defender. The defendant has the right to entrust a defender at any time. When interrogating a criminal suspect for the first time or taking compulsory measures against a criminal suspect, the investigation agency shall inform the criminal suspect of the right to entrust a defender. The People's Procuratorate shall, within three days from the date of receipt of case materials transferred for review and prosecution, inform the criminal suspect of the right to entrust a defender. The people's court shall inform the defendant of the right to entrust a defender within three days from the date of accepting the case. If criminal suspects or defendants request to entrust a defender while in custody, the people's court, people's procuratorate and public security organs shall promptly convey the request. While a criminal suspect or defendant is in custody, his or her guardian or close relative may also appoint a defender on his or her behalf. After accepting the entrustment of a criminal suspect or defendant, the defender shall promptly notify the case handling agency.