Entrusted defense means that a criminal suspect or defendant entrusts others to defend him. A criminal suspect or defendant may entrust one or two persons as defenders in addition to exercising their right of defense. A criminal suspect and defendant may entrust at most two defenders at the same time. There are positive and negative provisions on the scope of defenders. On the positive side, article 32 stipulates that three kinds of people can act as defenders: the first is lawyers; The second category of people is recommended by people's organizations or the units where criminal suspects and defendants work; The third kind of person is the guardian or relative of the criminal suspect or defendant. The law only stipulates a starting time. The criminal suspect and his legal representative have the right to entrust a defender from the date when the public prosecution case enters the examination and prosecution.
Legal basis:
Article 33 of the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) * * * The criminal suspect has the right to entrust a defender from the date when the case of public prosecution is transferred to the people's procuratorate for examination and prosecution. The people's procuratorate shall, within 3 days from the date of receiving the case materials transferred for examination and prosecution, inform the criminal suspect that he has the right to entrust a defender. The defendant in a case of private prosecution has the right to entrust a defender at any time. In other words, once the defendant in a private prosecution case knows that he has been reported by the people's court, he can entrust a defender. The people's court shall, within 3 days from the date of accepting the case of private prosecution, inform the defendant that he has the right to entrust a defender.
Derivative problem:
What do you mean by entrusting a defender? Entrusted defender refers to a person who is entrusted by a criminal suspect or his close relatives to provide legal defense for a criminal suspect in criminal proceedings. The responsibility of a defender is to provide materials and opinions on whether a criminal suspect or defendant is innocent, light or relieved of criminal responsibility according to facts and laws, and to safeguard the litigation rights and other legitimate rights and interests of the criminal suspect or defendant.