Any attorney who provides legal representation under the provisions of this article under appointment by a circuit court, family court or by the Supreme Court of Appeals, and whose only compensation therefor is paid under the provisions of this article, shall be immune from liability arising from that representation in the same manner and to the same extent that prosecuting attorneys are immune from liability.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers
Article 21. Public Defender Services
§29-21-1. Legislative Findings; Purpose
§29-21-3. Establishment of Public Defender Services
§29-21-3b. Indigent Defense Commission
§29-21-4. Purpose and Duties of Public Defender Services
§29-21-6. Powers, Duties, and Limitations
§29-21-7. Criminal Law Research Center Established; Functions
§29-21-8. Public Defender Corporations; Establishment Thereof
§29-21-13a. Compensation and Expenses for Panel Attorneys
§29-21-14. Limitation on Use of Funds; Exceptions
§29-21-15. Public Defender Corporations -- Board of Directors
§29-21-17. Private Practice of Law by Public Defenders
§29-21-18. Records and Reports
§29-21-20. Appointed Counsel Immune From Liability
§29-21-21. Forgiveness of Loans; Reversion of Public Defender Corporation Assets