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§29-21-1. Legislative Findings; Purpose - The Legislature finds and declares that in certain proceedings the...
§29-21-2. Definitions - As used in this article, the following words and phrases...
§29-21-3. Establishment of Public Defender Services - There is hereby created an executive agency known as Public...
§29-21-3b. Indigent Defense Commission - (a) There is hereby established the Indigent Defense Commission to...
§29-21-4. Purpose and Duties of Public Defender Services - The agency shall have as its principal purpose the development...
§29-21-5. Executive Director - (a) The Governor shall appoint, by and with the advice...
§29-21-6. Powers, Duties, and Limitations - (a) Consistent with the provisions of this article, the agency...
§29-21-7. Criminal Law Research Center Established; Functions - (a) Within the agency, there shall be a division known...
§29-21-8. Public Defender Corporations; Establishment Thereof - (a) (1) In each judicial circuit of the state, there...
§29-21-9. Panel Attorneys - (a) In each circuit of the state, the circuit court...
§29-21-13. Approval of Public Defender Corporation Funding Applications; Funding; Recordkeeping by Public Defender Corporations - (a) On or before May 1 of each year, each...
§29-21-13a. Compensation and Expenses for Panel Attorneys - (a) All panel attorneys shall maintain detailed and accurate records...
§29-21-14. Limitation on Use of Funds; Exceptions - (a) Funds made available by the agency to public defender...
§29-21-15. Public Defender Corporations -- Board of Directors - (a) The governing body of each public defender corporation shall...
§29-21-16. Determination of Maximum Income Levels; Eligibility Guidelines; Use of Form Affidavit; Inquiry by Court; Denial of Services; Repayment; Limitation on Remedies Against Affiant - (a) The agency shall establish and periodically review and update...
§29-21-17. Private Practice of Law by Public Defenders - (a) No full-time public defender or full-time assistant public defender...
§29-21-18. Records and Reports - (a) The agency is authorized to require such reports as...
§29-21-19. Audits - (a) The accounts of each public defender corporation shall be...
§29-21-20. Appointed Counsel Immune From Liability - Any attorney who provides legal representation under the provisions of...
§29-21-21. Forgiveness of Loans; Reversion of Public Defender Corporation Assets - All equipment, operational or supplemental loans heretofore made under the...