Can the court directly try and sentence the defendant to death without a defense lawyer?

The second and third paragraphs of Article 34 of China's Criminal Procedure Law stipulate: "If a 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, 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.