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2018 Georgia Code 17-12-50 | Car Wreck Lawyer

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O.C.G.A. 17-12-50 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 17-12-50

TITLE 17 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

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

ARTICLE 3A RECOVERY OF ATTORNEY'S FEES AND COSTS

17-12-50. Definitions.

As used in this article, the term:

  1. "Paid in part" means payment by a county or municipality for a part of the cost of the provision of indigent defense services pursuant to a contract with a circuit public defender office as set forth in subsection (d) of Code Section 17-12-23. The term shall not include payment by a county or municipality for office space and other supplies as set forth in Code Section 17-12-34.
  2. "Public defender" means an attorney employed by a circuit public defender office or any other attorney who is paid from public funds to represent an indigent person in a criminal case.

(Code 1981, §17-12-50, enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 710, § 6/SB 203; Ga. L. 2008, p. 846, § 39/HB 1245.)

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 17-12-50

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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

...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 attorney who is paid from public funds to represent an indigent person in a criminal case”)....