Legal basis: Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).
Article 35 If a criminal suspect or defendant fails to appoint a defender due to financial difficulties or other reasons, he or his near relatives may apply to a legal aid institution. To meet the conditions of legal aid, legal aid institutions shall appoint lawyers to defend them. If the 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, and has not entrusted 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. 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.
Article 200 After the defendant made his final statement, the presiding judge announced an adjournment, and the collegial panel made the following judgment after deliberation based on the facts, evidence and relevant laws and regulations: (1) If the facts of the case are clear, the evidence is true and sufficient, and the defendant is found guilty according to law, a guilty judgment shall be made; (2) If the defendant is found innocent according to law, a verdict of innocence shall be made; (3) If the defendant cannot be found guilty due to insufficient evidence, a verdict of acquittal shall be made because the accused crime cannot be established due to insufficient evidence.