Código Oficial de Georgia Anotado

Título 17. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Capítulo 12. LEGAL DEFENSE FOR INDIGENTS · Artículo 1. GEORGIA PUBLIC DEFENDER COUNCIL

17-12-1. Short title; Georgia Public Defender Council; responsibilities.

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Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

El texto siguiente es la ley tal como la imprime el estado, en inglés.

(a)
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the ‘‘Georgia Indigent Defense Act of 2003.’’#
(b)
The Georgia Public Defender Council shall be an independent agency within the executive branch of state government.#
(c)
The council shall be responsible for assuring that adequate and effective legal representation is provided, independently of political considerations or private interests, to indigent persons who are entitled to representation under this chapter.#

Las notas siguientes se imprimen con la sección, pero no son ley promulgada (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). Se muestran aparte del texto.

Code 1981, § 17-12-1, enacted by Ga. L. 2003, p. 191, § 1; Ga. L. 2007, p. 65, § 1/SB 139; Ga. L. 2015, p. 519, § 7-1/HB 328.

Appointment of counsel for indigent defendants, Uniform Superior Court Rules, Rule 29.

For survey article on criminal law, see 59 Mercer L. Rev. 89 (2007). For survey article on legal ethics, see 59 Mercer L. Rev. 253 (2007).

U.S. Code.: Right to and assignment of counsel, Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, Rule 44.

Leer la página oficial (el PDF del estado, abierto en la página de la que se leyó este texto).

Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Texto leído de t17-(v15)-2020-pdf.pdf, Volumen V15, edición 2020, página 1293; acción de fusión: annotated; SHA-256 del archivo 0b0d45f9c609.