Idaho § 19-5902 LEGISLATIVE INTENT

Idaho Statutes

§ 19-5902 — LEGISLATIVE INTENT

Idaho § 19-5902

Title 19CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Ch. 59STATE APPELLATE PUBLIC DEFENDER ACT

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Idaho Code § 19-5902 (2026).

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The legislature recognizes that the cost of legal representation of indigent defendants upon the appeal of their criminal convictions, particularly convictions for first-degree murder, is an extraordinary burden on the counties of this state. In order to reduce this burden and provide competent counsel, but avoid paying high hourly rates to independent counsel to represent indigent defendants in appellate proceedings, the legislature finds it necessary to create the office of the state appellate public defender.

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The legislature recognizes that the cost of legal representation of indigent defendants upon the appeal of their criminal convictions, particularly convictions for first-degree murder, is an extraordinary burden on the counties of this state. In order to reduce this burden and provide competent counsel, but avoid paying high hourly rates to independent counsel to represent indigent defendants in appellate proceedings, the legislature finds it necessary to create the office of the state appellate public defender.