There is hereby created an executive agency known as Public Defender Services. The agency shall administer, coordinate and evaluate programs by which the state provides legal representation to indigent persons, monitor the progress of various delivery systems and recommend improvements. The agency shall maintain its office at the state Capitol.
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