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2007 SESSION


CHAPTER 680
An Act to amend and reenact § 19.2-163.3 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the duties of public defenders.
[H 2991]
Approved March 20, 2007

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That § 19.2-163.3 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 19.2-163.3. Duties of public defenders.

Public defenders and their assistants shall carry out the following duties in accordance with the guidance, policies, and authorizations of the Indigent Defense Commission:

(a) To secure assist the executive director of the Commission in securing office space, to employ a staff, to fix salaries and to do such other things necessary to carry out the duties imposed upon them with the approval of the Commission.

(b) To represent or supervise assistants in representing within their respective jurisdictions as set out in § 19.2-163.04 indigent persons charged with a crime or offense when such persons are entitled to be represented by law by court-appointed counsel in a court of record or a court not of record.

(c) To represent or supervise assistants in representing indigent persons who are entitled to be represented by court-appointed counsel in an appeal of their conviction to the Court of Appeals or the Supreme Court of Virginia.

(d) To represent indigent prisoners when a habeas corpus proceeding is brought by such prisoners.

(e) To submit such reports as required by the Commission.