After criminal detention, you can ask for assistance from a lawyer. However, legal aid institutions will only appoint lawyers to defend them if they meet the conditions of legal aid. The conditions are as follows: 1. The suspect did not hire a defense lawyer because of family financial difficulties and other reasons. 2. The criminal suspect is a mental patient who is blind, deaf, dumb or has limited capacity for civil conduct, and has not hired a defense lawyer. 3. The suspect may be sentenced to life imprisonment or death penalty, but he has not hired a defense lawyer.
Legal objectivity:
Article 35 of the Criminal Procedure Law If a criminal suspect or defendant fails to entrust 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.