Section 7-16A-14 – Payment of expenses directly related to particular cases.
7-16A-14. Payment of expenses directly related to particular cases. Any direct expense, including the cost of a transcript or substitute for a transcript, that is necessarily incurred in representing an indigent under this chapter shall be paid by the municipality or county on behalf of which the service is performed. Source: SL 1978, ch 152, […]
Section 7-16A-15 – Apportionment of expenses not otherwise allocable.
7-16A-15. Apportionment of expenses not otherwise allocable. If two or more jurisdictions jointly establish an office of public defender, the expenses not otherwise allocable among the participating jurisdictions, unless otherwise agreed upon, shall be allocated on the basis of population according to the most recent federal decennial census. Source: SL 1978, ch 152, §14.
Section 7-16A-16 – County appropriations for public defender fund–Administration and accounting for fund–Private contributions.
7-16A-16. County appropriations for public defender fund–Administration and accounting for fund–Private contributions. The board of county commissioners of each county participating in a public defender plan shall annually appropriate money from the general fund to administer the public defender. The funds appropriated by the participating counties shall be placed in a public defender fund which […]
Section 7-16A-17 – Monthly report to circuit court for setting liens–Disposition of funds collected from liens.
7-16A-17. Monthly report to circuit court for setting liens–Disposition of funds collected from liens. Each public defender shall submit, at least monthly, to the presiding judge of his circuit court, a list of cases disposed of by his office for the purpose of setting the liens required by §23A-40-9. Any funds collected from public defender […]
Section 7-16A-18 – Records maintained by public defender–Annual report to advisory committee.
7-16A-18. Records maintained by public defender–Annual report to advisory committee. A public defender shall keep appropriate records for each indigent person represented by the public defender’s office. A public defender shall submit an annual report to the advisory committee showing the number of indigent persons represented by the public defender’s office, the crimes involved, the […]
Section 7-16A-9 – Persons to be represented–Services provided.
7-16A-9. Persons to be represented–Services provided. A public defender shall represent any indigent person who is: (1)Detained by a law enforcement officer without charge or judicial process; (2)Arrested or charged with having committed a crime or of being a juvenile delinquent; (3)Detained under a conviction of a crime, juvenile delinquency, or mental illness; or (4)Otherwise […]
Section 7-16A-10 – Proceedings in which indigents represented–Co-counsel.
7-16A-10. Proceedings in which indigents represented–Co-counsel. An indigent person who is entitled to be represented by a public defender shall be counseled and defended at all stages of the matter beginning with the earliest time when a person providing his own counsel would be entitled to be represented by an attorney, including the revocation of […]
Section 7-16A-11 – Representation restricted to state courts–Federal matters excepted–Compensation paid by federal courts.
7-16A-11. Representation restricted to state courts–Federal matters excepted–Compensation paid by federal courts. This chapter applies only to representation in the courts of this state, except that it does not prohibit a public defender from representing an indigent person in an action seeking relief other than the recovery of money damages in a federal court of […]
Section 7-16A-12 – Assignment of substitute when public defender unable to perform–Duty–Compensation of substitute.
7-16A-12. Assignment of substitute when public defender unable to perform–Duty–Compensation of substitute. If at any stage of proceedings, including appeal or other post-judgment proceedings, a public defender is unable to represent an indigent person, because of a conflict of interest or other good cause, the court concerned may assign a substitute private attorney to represent […]
Section 7-16A-13 – Extension to representation in municipal ordinance violations–Contributions by municipality.
7-16A-13. Extension to representation in municipal ordinance violations–Contributions by municipality. The governing body of a municipality situated in a county in which an office of public defender has been established, may request the board of county commissioners of the county to extend the duties of the public defender to represent all indigent persons who are […]