§ 17-12-44. Exception to Qualification Requirements for Public Defender or Assistant Public Defender
Any third-year law student or staff instructor authorized to assist a circuit public defender under this article is not required to possess the qualifications for appointment to the office of circuit public defender or appointment as an assistant circuit public defender as provided in Article 1 of this chapter. History. Code 1981, § 17-12-44 , […]
§ 17-12-45. Effective Date of Article
This article shall become effective on January 1, 2005. History. Code 1981, § 17-12-45 , enacted by Ga. L. 2003, p. 191, § 1.
§ 17-12-50. Definitions
As used in this article, the term: “Paid in part” means payment by a county or municipality for a part of the cost of the provision of indigent defense services pursuant to a contract with a circuit public defender office as set forth in subsection (d) of Code Section 17-12-23. The term shall not include […]
§ 17-12-51. Repayment of Attorney’s Fees as Condition of Probation
When a defendant who is represented by a public defender, who is paid in part or in whole by a county, enters a plea of nolo contendere, first offender, or guilty or is otherwise convicted, the court may impose as a condition of probation repayment of all or a portion of the cost for providing […]
§ 17-12-52. Recovery of Payment or Reimbursement by a County or Municipality
A county or municipality may recover payment or reimbursement from a person who has received legal assistance from a public defender paid in part or in whole by the county or municipality: If the person was not eligible to receive such legal assistance; or If the person has been ordered to pay for the legal […]
§ 17-12-80. Verification of Indigency Required; Procedure; Timing of Notification of Eligibility
In order to retain funding as provided in Code Sections 15-21-74 and 15-21A-6, a governing authority shall verify that the applicant qualifies as an indigent person. The governing authority shall establish the methodology for verification and fund such process. The governing authority shall produce auditable information to the council to substantiate its verification process as […]
§ 17-12-25. Salary of Public Defender; Private Practice Prohibited
Each circuit public defender shall receive an annual salary equal to the annual salary of a district attorney and shall receive any cost-of-living adjustments that may be given by the General Assembly in the General Appropriations Act for which district attorneys are eligible. Any increase granted pursuant to this subsection shall become effective at the […]
§ 17-12-42. Judge May Prescribe Type of Assistance Provided by Law Student or Staff Instructor; Certification by Law School Dean
A third-year law student or staff instructor may be authorized to assist a circuit public defender in such form and manner as the judge of the court may prescribe, taking care that the requirements of this article and the good moral character of the third-year law student or staff instructor are properly certified by the […]
§ 17-12-25.1. Accountability Court Supplement
Whenever a circuit has implemented a drug court division, mental health court division, or veterans court division, then on and after January 1, 2016, the state shall pay the circuit public defender in such circuit an annual accountability court supplement of $6,000.00. Such supplement shall be paid from state funds by the Georgia Public Defender […]
§ 17-12-43. Clerk of Court to Maintain Records; Limited Period of Assistance
As to each third-year law student or staff instructor authorized to assist a circuit public defender, there shall be kept on file in the office of the clerk of the court in the county where such authority is to be exercised the dean’s certificate, the student’s and instructor’s oaths, and the judge’s order as contemplated […]