Connecticut General Statutes
Title 51 - Courts
Chapter 887 - Public Defender Services

Section 51-289. - Public Defender Services Commission established. Income and Eligibility Guidelines. Child Protection. Court facilities. Compensation plan. - (a) There is established a Public Defender Services Commission which...

Section 51-289a. - Public Defender Services Commission, Chief Public Defender and Division of Public Defender Services assigned counsel substituted for former commission, chief attorney and public defenders. - (a) Wherever the words “Commission on Child Protection” are used...

Section 51-290. - Chief Public Defender and Deputy Chief Public Defender; appointment, qualifications, removal, salary. - (a) The Public Defender Services Commission shall appoint: (1) A...

Section 51-291. - Duties of the Chief Public Defender. - The Chief Public Defender shall: (1) Direct and supervise the...

Section 51-292. - Expenses included in commission's budget. - Except as provided in section 46b-136, reasonable expenses of, or...

Section 51-293. - Public defenders, assistants and deputies; appointment, terms, qualifications, suspension, removal, salaries. Division of Public Defender Services assigned counsel. - (a)(1) The commission shall appoint a public defender for each...

Section 51-294. - Reappointment of public defenders serving on October 1, 1975. - Section 51-294 is repealed. (P.A. 74-317, S. 5, 14; P.A....

Section 51-295. - Retirement and disability of public defenders. Retirement credit. - Except as provided in section 51-295a, the Chief Public Defender,...

Section 51-295a. - Retirement of certain public defenders. Retirement salary. Credit for prior service. Transfer or return of contributions. Pension for surviving spouse. - (a) Each public defender incumbent on July 1, 1978, may...

Section 51-295b. - Longevity payments for Chief Public Defender and Deputy Chief Public Defender. - Each Chief Public Defender and Deputy Chief Public Defender who...

Section 51-296. - Designation of public defender for indigent defendant, codefendant. Legal services and guardians ad litem in family relations matters and juvenile matters. Contracts for legal services. - (a) In any criminal action, in any habeas corpus proceeding...

Section 51-296a. - Eligibility for counsel in family relations or juvenile matters. Procedure for appointment or assignment. Payment of attorney appointed prior to July 1, 2011. - (a) The judicial authority before whom a family relations matter...

Section 51-296b. - Pilot program re representation at parole revocation hearings. - The Chief Public Defender shall, within available appropriations, establish a...

Section 51-297. - Determination of indigency; definition, investigation, reimbursement for services, appeal. Penalty for false statement. - (a) A public defender, assistant public defender or deputy assistant...

Section 51-298. - Reimbursement of commission by financially able defendants or persons. Actions by Attorney General. - (a)(1) If at any time, either during or after the...

Section 51-299. - Eligibility of minors for public defender services. Powers of investigation. - Except in cases in which counsel has been appointed pursuant...

Section 51-300. - Confidentiality of statement in support cases. - In cases where the accused is charged with a violation...