District of Columbia § 24-704 Right to counsel.

District of Columbia Statutes

§ 24-704 — Right to counsel.

District of Columbia·Title 24 Prisoners and Their Treatment.·Ch. 7 Rehabilitation of Users of Narcotics.

(a)A patient shall have the right to the assistance of counsel at every stage of the judicial proceeding under §§ 24-701 to 24-711 , and the court shall assign counsel to represent him if the patient is unable to obtain counsel.

(b)The counsel for a patient may inspect the reports of the examination made pursuant to the authority contained in § 24-705 . No such report and no evidence resulting from such personal examination or evidence offered by the patient shall be admissible against him in any judicial proceeding except a proceeding under §§ 24-701 to 24-711 .

(c)The patient may, prior to the examination made pursuant to the provisions of § 24-705 or prior to the hearing provided for by § 24-707 , waive his rights to an examination, to counsel, or to such hearing, and voluntarily s

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(a) A patient shall have the right to the assistance of counsel at every stage of the judicial proceeding under §§ 24-701 to 24-711 , and the court shall assign counsel to represent him if the patient is unable to obtain counsel.

(b) The counsel for a patient may inspect the reports of the examination made pursuant to the authority contained in § 24-705 . No such report and no evidence resulting from such personal examination or evidence offered by the patient shall be admissible against him in any judicial proceeding except a proceeding under §§ 24-701 to 24-711 .

(c) The patient may, prior to the examination made pursuant to the provisions of § 24-705 or prior to the hearing provided for by § 24-707 , waive his rights to an examination, to counsel, or to such hearing, and voluntarily submit himself to commitment pursuant to the provisions of §§ 24-701 to 24-711 .

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