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Session Laws, 1971
Volume 707, Page 486   View pdf image
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486                               Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 209

criminal, juvenile, appellate, post conviction and other proceed-
ings instituted before the Courts of the State of Maryland; and
relating generally to the public defender system and to its work-
ings and operations and the duties of certain persons in relation
thereto.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That new Article 27A be and it is hereby added to the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1971 Replacement Volume), to be under the new
title "Public Defender," and to follow immediately after Article 27
thereof, and to read as follows:

ARTICLE 27A
PUBLIC DEFENDER

1.    Declaration of Policy and Legislative Intent.

It is hereby declared to be the policy of the State of Maryland
to provide for the realization of the constitutional guarantees of
counsel in the representation of indigents, including related neces-
sary services and facilities, in criminal and juvenile proceedings
within the State, and to assure effective assistance and continuity
of counsel to indigent accused taken into custody and indigent de-
fendants in criminal and juvenile proceedings before the Courts of
the State of Maryland, and to authorize the Office of Public Defender
to administer and assure enforcement of the provisions of this
Article in accordance with its terms.

2.    Definitions.

(a)  For the purposes of this Articlei the following terms shall
have the meanings ascribed to them in this section:

(b)  "Office" means the office of Public Defender, including Dis-
trict Offices of the Public Defender and such branch offices as are
deemed necessary and hereinafter described.

(c)  ''District" means an area comprising one or more political
subdivisions conforming to the geographic boundaries of the Dis-
trict Court districts established in Article 26, Section 140, of the
Annotated Code of Maryland.

(d)  "District Public Defender" means the District Public De-
fender of each of the various districts described in subsection 2 (c)
above.

(e)  "Panel Attorney" means any attorney licensed to practice
law in the State of Maryland and who qualifies and is eligible for
appointment as counsel to an indigent person as defined by this Act.

(f)  "Indigent" means any person taken into custody or charged
with a serious crime as herein defined under the laws of the State
of Maryland or the laws and ordinances of any County, Municipality,
or Baltimore City, who under oath or affirmation subscribes and
states in writing that he is financially unable, without undue hard-
ship, to provide for the full payment of an attorney and all other
necessary expenses of legal representation.

(g)  "Expenses," when used with reference to representation
under this Act, means all costs incident to investigation, other pre-


 

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