Indiana Statutes

§ 33-40-7-5 — Comprehensive plan

Indiana·Art. 40 PUBLIC DEFENDERS·Ch. 7 County Public Defender Boards
(a)The board, or joint board of a multicounty public defender's office created under section 3.5 of this chapter, shall prepare a comprehensive plan that must include at least one (1) of the following methods of providing legal defense services to indigent persons:
(1)Establishing a county or multicounty public defender's office.
(2)Contracting with an attorney, a group of attorneys, or a private organization.
(3)Using an assigned counsel system of panel attorneys for case by case appointments under section 9 of this chapter.
(4)In a county described in section 1(5) of this chapter, establishing a public defender's office for the criminal division of the superior court.
(b)The plan prepared under subsection (a) shall be submitted to the Indiana commission on court appointed attorneys

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Kenneth Alford v. Johnson County Commissioners
92 N.E.3d 653 (Indiana Court of Appeals, 2017)
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Legislative History

As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.19. Amended by P.L.69-2019, SEC.6; P.L.104-2022, SEC.139; P.L.111-2024, SEC.13.

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