Persons to be represented--Services provided.

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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 an indigent person entitled to representation by law, to the same extent as a person having his or her own counsel, and with the necessary services and facilities of representation, including investigation and other preparation, authorized or approved by a court.

Source: SL 1978, ch 152, §9; SL 2016, ch 44, §35.


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