Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 17. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Chapter 12. LEGAL DEFENSE FOR INDIGENTS · Article 3. ASSISTANCE BY THIRD-YEAR LAW STUDENTS OR STAFF INSTRUCTORS

17-12-44. Exception to qualification requirements for public defender or assistant public defender.

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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.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

Code 1981, § 17-12-44, enacted by Ga. L. 2003, p. 191, § 1.

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2003, ‘‘article’’ was substituted for ‘‘Code section’’.

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