O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A. § 17-12-41 (2019)
Assistance of public defender by third-year law student or staff instructor
✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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An authorized third-year law student or staff instructor, when under the supervision of a circuit public defender, may assist in criminal proceedings within this state as if admitted and licensed to practice law in this state except that all pleadings and other entries of record must be signed by a circuit public defender or by his or her duly appointed assistant and that, in the conduct of a trial or other criminal proceeding, a circuit public defender or his or her duly appointed assistant must be physically present.
History
Code 1981, § 17-12-41, enacted by Ga. L. 2003, p. 191, § 1.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 1990–1990 · leading case: Birt v. State, 387 S.E.2d 879 (Ga. 1990).
Birt v. State, 387 S.E.2d 879 (Ga. 1990). “Notwithstanding the practice of the Middle Circuit in other cases, compensation in death penalty cases should be consistent with the indigent defense guidelines as to fees and expenses, promulgated pursuant to either OCGA § 17-12-41, or SCR 29.9. Although advances may properly…”
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