Legal basis:
1. Article 32 of the Criminal Procedure Law stipulates that a criminal suspect or defendant may entrust one or two persons as defenders in addition to exercising the right of defense. The following persons may be entrusted as defenders:
(1) lawyers;
(2) A person recommended by a people's organization or the unit to which the criminal suspect or defendant belongs;
(3) Guardians, relatives and friends of criminal suspects and defendants.
A person who has been sentenced to punishment according to law or deprived of or restricted personal freedom shall not act as a defender.
Two. Article 33 of the Supreme People's Court's Interpretation on Several Issues Concerning the Implementation of the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) stipulates that the people's court shall fully guarantee the defendant's right to defense as stipulated in Article 32 of the Criminal Procedure Law in the process of hearing a case. However, the following persons shall not be entrusted as defenders:
(a) was sentenced to probation, the sentence has not been executed;
(2) A person who is deprived or restricted of personal freedom according to law;
(3) Persons without capacity or persons with limited capacity;
(4) Current employees of people's courts, people's procuratorates, public security organs, state security organs and prisons; (5) People's jurors in our hospital;
(6) People who have an interest in the trial result of this case;
(7) Foreigners or stateless persons.
The people's court may allow the person specified in items (4), (5), (6) and (7) of the preceding paragraph to be a close relative or guardian of the defendant and be entrusted by the defendant to act as a defender.