If the defendant is blind, deaf, dumb or a minor and has not entrusted a defender, the people's court shall appoint a lawyer who undertakes the obligation of legal aid to defend him.
If the defendant may be sentenced to death without entrusting a defender, the people's court shall appoint a lawyer who undertakes the obligation of legal aid to defend him.
"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)" If the defendant fails to entrust 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.
The defender appointed by the people's court shall be a lawyer who undertakes the obligation of legal aid according to law.