Georgia Code
Article 2 - Public Defenders
§ 17-12-23. Cases in Which Public Defender Representation Required; Timing of Representation; Juvenile Divisions; Contracts With Local Governments

History. Code 1981, § 17-12-23 , enacted by Ga. L. 2003, p. 191, § 1; Ga. L. 2006, p. 710, § 5/SB 203; Ga. L. 2008, p. 846, § 30/HB 1245; Ga. L. 2011, p. 91, § 12/HB 238.
U.S. Code.
Right to and assignment of counsel, Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, Rule 44.
Law reviews.
For comment on Argersinger v. Hamlin, 407 U.S. 25, 92 S. Ct. 2006 , 32 L. Ed. 2 d 530 (1972), establishing an indigent’s right to appointed counsel in nonfelony criminal cases, see 22 J. of Pub. L. 191 (1973).
For article on 2006 amendment of this Code section, see 23 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 61 (2006).
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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