§ 716. Public defender; appointment; term; other employees. The board of supervisors of any county may create an office of public defender, or may authorize a contract between its county and one or more other such counties to create an office of public defender to serve such counties. A city may create an office of […]
§ 717. Public defender; duties. 1. The public defender shall represent, without charge, at the request of the defendant, or by order of the court with the consent of the defendant, each indigent defendant who is charged with a crime as defined in section seven hundred twenty-two-a of the county law in the county or […]
§ 718. Appointment of other counsel. Nothing contained herein shall preclude a court on its own motion or upon application by the public defender or by the indigent defendant or person described in section two hundred sixty-two or section eleven hundred twenty of the family court act, or section four hundred seven of the surrogate’s […]
§ 719. Expenses. If a public defender serves more than one county, the expenses of salaries, maintenance and operation of his office shall be shared by the participating counties in accordance with the provisions of the agreement establishing the office. Expenses incidental to individual cases shall be paid by the county for which the services […]
§ 720. Annual report. The public defender shall make an annual report to the board or boards of supervisors covering all cases handled by his office during the preceding year.
§ 721. Separability. If any provision of this article or the application of such provision to any person, body or circumstance shall be held invalid, the remainder of this article or the application of such provision to persons, bodies or circumstances other than those concerning which it shall have been held invalid shall not be […]
