Legal basis: Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court on Several Issues Concerning the Implementation of the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) Article 6 If the defendant has not entrusted a defender, the people's court shall appoint a defender for him under any of the following circumstances:
People who are blind, deaf, dumb or have limited capacity;
(two) minors under the age of eighteen at the time of hearing;
(3) Persons who may be sentenced to death.
In any of the following circumstances, the people's court may appoint a defender for the defendant:
(a) meet the standards of economic difficulties stipulated by the local government;
(two) I really have no source of income, family economic situation can not be ascertained;
(three) I really have no financial resources, and my family members are still unwilling to bear the expenses of defense lawyers after repeated persuasion;
(4) In the same criminal case, other defendants have entrusted defenders; (5) Having foreign nationality;
(6) Cases with significant social impact;
(seven) the people's court believes that the procuratorial opinions and the transferred case evidence materials may affect the correct conviction and sentencing.