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.