The Justified Foundations of Court-Appointed Lawyering and an Evaluation of the Performance of Court-Appointed Counsels in Defense of Poor Accused in Drug-Related Cases (Case Study of Kashan City)

Right to public defender that has been anticipated in remark 2 of article 190 and article 348 Criminal Procedure Law is based on equality before the law, prevention of wrongful conviction of innocence and state's obligation to access to justice for citizenship. Presence research with adoption of qualitative method seeks to evaluate performance of public defender in defense of poor accused in jurisprudence of Kashan. Findings of this research suggest that they with acceptance of their client's guilty want to judge apply legal leniencies bodies. Furthermore these lawyers have not trend to challenge with judges. The consequence is that the poor defendants face with the prosecution so that they have not enough facilities. It is required to the judicial branch have an interaction with lawyers. As well it is necessary to Bar Association supervise on the lawyer's performance and administrative sanctions anticipated. Definition of lawyer's fee according to working hours also can be effective.