Can I ask a lawyer to defend the cult case?

Legal analysis: lawyers can be hired to defend cult cases. According to the actual situation, even cult members can hire lawyers to defend in criminal proceedings as long as they meet the legal requirements. In the investigation stage, the criminal suspect has the right to entrust a lawyer after the first interrogation by the investigation organ or from the date when compulsory measures are taken.

Legal basis: Article 300 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) * * * Whoever organizes or uses religious sects or cult organizations or uses superstition to undermine the implementation of national laws and administrative regulations shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years; If the circumstances are especially serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than seven years.