Georgia Code
Article 2 - Public Defenders
§ 17-12-20. Public Defender Selection Panel for Each Circuit; Appointment of Public Defender; Removal; Vacancies

History. Code 1981, § 17-12-20 , enacted by Ga. L. 2003, p. 191, § 1; Ga. L. 2004, p. 631, § 17; Ga. L. 2004, Ex. Sess., p. ES3, § 17/HB 1EX; Ga. L. 2008, p. 846, § 28/HB 1245; Ga. L. 2011, p. 91, § 10/HB 238; Ga. L. 2013, p. 141, § 17/HB 79; Ga. L. 2015, p. 519, § 7-10/HB 328.
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2004, p. ES3, § 27/HB 1EX, provides that: “Section 17 of this Act shall become effective on January 1, 2005; provided, however, that for purposes of the appointment of the members of the circuit public defender selection panels in conformity with Section 17 of this Act as may be necessary or appropriate to prepare for and phase in full implementation of Article 2 of Chapter 12 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated as enacted by Ga. L. 2003, p. 191, Section 17 of this Act shall become effective upon approval of this Act by the Governor or upon its becoming law without such approval.” The Act was approved by the Governor on June 15, 2004.
Law reviews.
For comment, “The Guiding Hand of Counsel: Effective Representation for Indigent Defendants in the Cordele Judicial Circuit,” see 66 Mercer L. Rev. 781 (2015).

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