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2018 Georgia Code 17-12-33 | Car Wreck Lawyer

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O.C.G.A. 17-12-33 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 17-12-33

TITLE 17 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

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

ARTICLE 2 PUBLIC DEFENDERS

17-12-33. Assistant public defenders' private practice of law or concurrent judicial service prohibited; admission to bar in Georgia.

  1. Any assistant public defender or other attorney at law employed full time by the circuit public defender who is compensated in whole or in part by state funds shall not engage in the private practice of law for profit or serve concurrently in any judicial office.
  2. Any assistant public defender or any other attorney at law employed by the circuit public defender shall be a member of the State Bar of Georgia and shall be admitted to practice before the appellate courts of this state. The assistant public defender shall serve at the pleasure of the circuit public defender and shall have such authority, powers, and duties as may be assigned by the circuit public defender.

(Code 1981, §17-12-33, enacted by Ga. L. 2003, p. 191, § 1; Ga. L. 2004, p. 631, § 17; Ga. L. 2008, p. 846, § 36/HB 1245.)

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 17-12-33

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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

...See, e.g., with all emphases supplied, OCGA §§ 17-12-24 (c) (“The circuit public defender shall keep and maintain appropriate records, which shall include the number of persons represented, including cases assigned to other counsel based on conflict of interest.”); 17-12-33 (a) and (b) (referring to “other attorney[s] at law employed full time by the circuit public defender”); 17-12-50 (2) (defining “[p]ublic defender” as “an attorney employed by a circuit public defender office or any other attorn...
...engage in private law practice. See id.; see also OCGA §§ 17-12-2 (8) (defining “public defender” as “an attorney who is employed in a circuit public defender office or who represents an indigent person pursuant to [the Georgia Indigent Defense Act of 2003]”); 17-12-33 46 (a) (providing that only attorneys who are employed full time by the circuit public defender and who are compensated, in whole or in part, with state funds are ineligible to engage in the private practice of law)....