CHAPTER 12 - LEGAL DEFENSE FOR INDIGENTS
- ARTICLE 1 - GEORGIA PUBLIC DEFENDER STANDARDS COUNCIL
- § 17-12-1 - Short title; Georgia Public Defender Standards Council; responsibilities
- § 17-12-10 - Annual reporting
- § 17-12-10.1 - Legislative oversight committee created; membership; reporting; audits
- § 17-12-10.2 - Civil liability
- § 17-12-11 - Mental health advocacy division; duties, responsibilities, and management
- § 17-12-12 - Georgia capital defender division; duties, responsibilities, and management
- § 17-12-12.1 - Payment of attorney in event of conflict of interest in capital cases; number of attorneys appointed; county governing authority's financial responsibility; expenses
- § 17-12-13 - Effective date of article
- § 17-12-14 - Applicability of article
- § 17-12-2 - Definitions
- § 17-12-3 - Council created; membership
- § 17-12-4 - Authority of council; annual audit
- § 17-12-5 - Director; qualifications; selection; salary; responsibilities
- § 17-12-6 - Assistance of council to public defenders
- § 17-12-7 - Council members; responsibilities; voting; removal; quorum; meetings; officers; expenses
- § 17-12-8 - Approval by council of programs for representation of indigents; public access to rules and regulations
- § 17-12-9 - Continuing legal education for public defenders and staff
- ARTICLE 1A - REPRESENTATION OF INDIGENTS
- ARTICLE 2 - PUBLIC DEFENDERS
- § 17-12-20 - Public defender selection panel for each circuit; appointment of public defender; removal; vacancies
- § 17-12-21 - Qualifications for public defender position
- § 17-12-22 - Procedure for appointment of attorneys for indigent defendants in event of public defender's conflict of interest; identification of conflict
- § 17-12-23 - Cases in which public defender representation required; timing of representation; juvenile divisions; contracts with local governments
- § 17-12-24 - Financial eligibility for indigent defense services representation; operation of public defender's office
- § 17-12-25 - Salary of public defender; private practice prohibited
- § 17-12-26 - Budget of the council
- § 17-12-27 - Appointment of assistant public defenders; salary; promotions
- § 17-12-28 - Appointment of investigator; role and responsibilities; compensation; promotions
- § 17-12-29 - Employment of supplemental personnel; compensation
- § 17-12-30 - Classification of personnel; responsibilities; compensation; local supplements
- § 17-12-31 - Employment of additional personnel
- § 17-12-32 - Contracting with the council for personnel paid by local government
- § 17-12-33 - Assistant public defenders' private practice of law or concurrent judicial service prohibited; admission to bar in Georgia
- § 17-12-34 - Pro rata sharing of expenses and resources by counties in each circuit
- § 17-12-35 - Acceptance of other funding
- § 17-12-36 - Alternate delivery system; annual review of operations by council; record keeping
- § 17-12-37 - Effective date of article
- ARTICLE 3 - ASSISTANCE BY THIRD-YEAR LAW STUDENTS OR STAFF INSTRUCTORS
- § 17-12-40 - Definitions
- § 17-12-41 - Assistance of public defender by third-year law student or staff instructor
- § 17-12-42 - Judge may prescribe type of assistance provided by law student or staff instructor; certification by law school dean
- § 17-12-43 - Clerk of court to maintain records; limited period of assistance
- § 17-12-44 - Exception to qualification requirements for public defender or assistant public defender
- § 17-12-45 - Effective date of article
- ARTICLE 3A - RECOVERY OF ATTORNEY'S FEES AND COSTS
- ARTICLE 4 - VERIFICATION OF INDIGENCY
- ARTICLE 5 - OFFICE OF MULTICOUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER
- ARTICLE 6 - GEORGIA CAPITAL DEFENDER