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2008 SESSION
HB 410 Appointment of counsel; indigent defendants.
Introduced by: H. Morgan Griffith | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Appointment of counsel; indigent defendants. Maintains the current provision, due to expire on July 1, 2008, that if there is no attorney reasonably available who is on the list maintained by the Indigent Defense Commission, the court may appoint an appropriately trained and experienced attorney not on the list and must notify the Commission of the appointment. The bill also clarifies that when the public defender is unable to represent the defendant due to a conflict of interest or the court finds that the appointment of other counsel is necessary to attain the ends of justice, the appointment shall be from the list maintained by the Commission. This bill is identical to SB 553.
FULL TEXT
- 01/04/08 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 081501846 pdf | impact statement
- 02/21/08 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB410ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/05/08 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0122) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/04/08 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 081501846
- 01/04/08 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/16/08 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
- 02/08/08 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/08 House: Read first time
- 02/11/08 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/12/08 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/08 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/08 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/13/08 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/13/08 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/18/08 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/08 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/08 Senate: Read third time
- 02/20/08 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/08 House: Enrolled
- 02/21/08 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB410ER)
- 02/22/08 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/25/08 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/02/08 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 122 (effective 7/1/08)
- 03/05/08 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0122)