Nebraska § 29-3918 Special counsel; appointment; procedure; cost; payment

Nebraska Statutes

§ 29-3918 — Special counsel; appointment; procedure; cost; payment

Nebraska § 29-3918

Ch. 29Criminal Procedure

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Bluebook

Neb. Rev. Stat. § 29-3918 (2026).

Text

Nothing in sections  29-3910  to  29-3918  shall prevent a court from appointing counsel other than the public defender to represent indigent defendants or other persons by law entitled to legal representation, but appointments of counsel other than the public defender shall be limited to situations in which there are multiple defendants requiring separate representation or when other exigent circumstances are present which in the opinion of the court require appointment of other than the public defender. In all such cases of appointments of other than the public defender, the procedure shall be in accordance with sections  43-272  and  43-273  and the cost of such appointments shall be paid by the county as provided in such sections.

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Nothing in sections 29-3910 to 29-3918 shall prevent a court from appointing counsel other than the public defender to represent indigent defendants or other persons by law entitled to legal representation, but appointments of counsel other than the public defender shall be limited to situations in which there are multiple defendants requiring separate representation or when other exigent circumstances are present which in the opinion of the court require appointment of other than the public defender. In all such cases of appointments of other than the public defender, the procedure shall be in accordance with sections 43-272 and 43-273 and the cost of such appointments shall be paid by the county as provided in such sections.

Legislative History

Source: Laws 1969, c. 234, § 10, p. 866; Laws 1988, LB 790, § 2; R.S.1943, (1989), § 29-1805.10; Laws 1990, LB 822, § 36. Cross References: Nebraska Juvenile Code, see section 43-2,129. Annotations: Appointment of counsel other than the public defender are limited to cases of multiple defendants requiring separate representation or circumstances which, in the court's opinion, require outside counsel. State v. Addison, 198 Neb. 166, 251 N.W.2d 895 (1977).