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Título 17. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Capítulo 12. LEGAL DEFENSE FOR INDIGENTS · Artículo 2. PUBLIC DEFENDERS

17-12-23. Cases in which public defender representation required; timing of representation; juvenile divisions; contracts with local governments.

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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.

  1. (a)

    The circuit public defender shall provide representation in the following actions and proceedings:#

    1. (1)

      Any case prosecuted in a superior court under the laws of the State of Georgia in which there is a possibility that a sentence of imprisonment or probation or a suspended sentence of imprisonment may be adjudged;#

    2. (2)

      A hearing on a revocation of probation in a superior court;#

    3. (3)

      Any juvenile court case where the juvenile may face a disposition of confinement, commitment, or probation; and#

    4. (4)

      Any direct appeal of any of the proceedings enumerated in paragraphs (1) through (3) of this subsection.#

  2. (b)

    In each of the actions and proceedings enumerated in subsection (a) of this Code section, entitlement to the services of counsel begins not more than three business days after the indigent person is taken into custody or service is made upon him or her of the charge, petition, notice, or other initiating process and such person makes an application for counsel to be appointed.#

  3. (c)

    Each circuit public defender shall establish a juvenile division within the circuit public defender office to specialize in the defense of juveniles.#

  4. (d)

    A city or county may contract with the circuit public defender office for the provision of criminal defense for indigent persons accused of violating city or county ordinances or state laws. If a city or county does not contract with the circuit public defender office, the city or county shall be subject to all applicable policies and standards adopted by the council for representation of indigent persons in this state.#

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.

History

Code 1981, § 17-12-23, enacted by Ga. L. 2003, p. 191, § 1; Ga. L. 2006, p. 710, § 5/SB 203; Ga. L. 2008, p. 846, § 30/HB 1245; Ga. L. 2011, p. 91, § 12/HB 238.

Law reviews

For article on 2006 amendment of this Code section, see 23 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 61 (2006). For comment on Argersinger v. Hamlin, 407 U.S. 25, 92 S. Ct. 2006, 32 L. Ed. 2d 530 (1972), establishing an indigent’s right to appointed counsel in nonfelony criminal cases, see 22 J. of Pub. L. 191 (1973). For comment, ‘‘The Guiding Hand of Counsel: Effective Representation for Indigent Defendants in the Cordele Judicial Circuit,’’ see 66 Mercer L. Rev. 781 (2015).

Otras notas

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, páginas 1315 a 1316; acción de fusión: carried; SHA-256 del archivo 0b0d45f9c609.