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O.C.G.A. § 17-12-29 — Employment of supplemental personnel; compensation | Georgia Code
O.C.G.A. § 17-12-29 (2018) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Scholar Amendments

TITLE 17 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Section 12. Legal Defense For Indigents, 17-12-1 through 17-12-128.

ARTICLE 2 PUBLIC DEFENDERS

17-12-29. Employment of supplemental personnel; compensation.

  1. Each circuit public defender is authorized to employ administrative, clerical, and paraprofessional personnel as may be authorized by the council based on funds appropriated by the General Assembly or otherwise available; provided, however, that each circuit public defender shall be authorized not less than two such personnel. In authorizing administrative, clerical, and paraprofessional personnel, the council shall consider the caseload, present staff, and resources available to each circuit public defender and shall make authorizations as will contribute to the efficiency of individual circuit public defenders in providing effective criminal defense for indigent defendants.
  2. Personnel appointed pursuant to this Code section shall be compensated based on a salary range developed in accordance with Code Section 17-12-30.
  3. All personnel actions involving personnel appointed pursuant to this Code section shall be in accordance with the provisions of Code Section 17-12-30.

(Code 1981, §17-12-27, enacted by Ga. L. 2003, p. 191, § 1; Ga. L. 2004, p. 631, § 17; Ga. L. 2004, p. ES3, § 22/HB 1EX.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in Ga. Public Defender Stds. Council v. State of Ga., 284 Ga. App. 660, 644 S.E.2d 510 (2007).

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 17-12-29

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·Duke v. State, 856 S.E.2d 250 (Ga. 2021).

Cited 7 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Mar 15, 2021 | 311 Ga. 135

...indigent defendants, which includes attorneys and investigators. See OCGA §§ 17-12-23 (discussing representation of indigent defendants by circuit public defenders); 17-12-28 (authorizing employment of investigators by circuit public defenders); 17-12-29 (authorizing employment of administrative, clerical, and paraprofessional personnel by circuit public defenders)....
...for the 21 its own employees and the circuit public defenders and their employees, but also through contracts with outside counsel and ancillary service providers. See, e.g., OCGA §§ 17-12-12.1; 17-12-28; 17-12-29; 17-12-31 (a)....
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Cited (see also)NORTH AMERICAN SENIOR BENEFITS, LLC v. WIMMER (2024)
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Cited as authorityDwight Lleywilln Nails v. State (2022)
Cited as authorityRodrigo Adolpho Amaya v. State Public Defender (2022)
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