What do you mean by entrusted defense?

Legal analysis: the meaning of entrusted defense refers to the refutation and defense made by criminal suspects, defendants and their defenders in criminal proceedings in order to prove their innocence, reduce or exempt their guilt.

Legal basis: Article 34 of the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC). A criminal suspect has the right to entrust a defender from the day when he is interrogated for the first time by the investigation organ or takes compulsory measures. During the investigation, only lawyers can be entrusted as defenders. The defendant has the right to entrust a defender at any time.