2021 Tennessee Code
Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees
Chapter 14 - Public Defenders

Part 1 - District Public Defenders and Investigators

§ 8-14-101. Indigent Person — Defined - For the purposes of this part, an “indigent person” is...

§ 8-14-102. Creation of the District Public Defenders Office — Positions and Qualifications — Elections and Appointments - Judicial district Assistant district public defender positions 1 6 2...

§ 8-14-103. Office Expenses - The state shall provide each district public defender with suitable...

§ 8-14-107. Compensation - Entry level $ 49,080 after one (1) year 52,164 after...

§ 8-14-108. Personnel — State Employees - The personnel of the public defender system shall be state...

§ 8-14-109. Immunity of State and Personnel of Public Defender's Office - No court in this state has any power, jurisdiction or...

§ 8-14-110. Twentieth and Thirtieth Judicial Districts — State Funding - For the twentieth and thirtieth judicial districts, the state shall...

§ 8-14-111. Special Personnel for Expedition of Post-Conviction Proceedings in Capital Cases - The district public defender is authorized to employ, reassign, or...

Part 2 - District Public Defenders Conference

§ 8-14-202. Meetings — Purpose - Such conference shall meet annually and at other times as...

§ 8-14-203. Duties - It is the duty of the conference to give consideration...

§ 8-14-204. Officers — Meetings - The president of the conference may call meetings at will,...

§ 8-14-205. Duty to Attend Meetings - It is the official duty of each member of the...

§ 8-14-206. Expense of Attending Meetings — Reimbursement - Every member whose salary is paid in whole or in...

Part 3 - Executive Director of the District Public Defenders Conference

§ 8-14-301. Office of Executive Director — Creation — Purpose - There is created the office of executive director of the...

§ 8-14-304. Duties of Executive Director - The executive director of the district public defenders conference shall...

§ 8-14-306. Executive Director — Office and Supplies - The executive director shall be provided with suitable office space...

§ 8-14-307. Executive Director and Personnel — State Employees - The executive director and personnel of the district public defenders...

§ 8-14-308. Submission of Budget - Each year's budget for the operation of the office of...

Part 4 - District Public Defender's Fiscal Affairs -