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O.C.G.A. § 24-6-654 — Indigent hearing impaired defendants to be provided with interpreters | Georgia Code
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TITLE 24 EVIDENCE

Section 6. Witnesses, 24-6-601 through 24-6-658.

ARTICLE 3 USE OF SIGN LANGUAGE AND INTERMEDIARY INTERPRETER IN ADMINISTRATIVE AND JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS

24-6-654. Indigent hearing impaired defendants to be provided with interpreters.

  1. A court shall provide a court qualified interpreter to any hearing impaired person whenever the hearing impaired person has been provided with a public defender or court appointed legal counsel.
  2. The court qualified interpreter authorized by this Code section shall be present at all times when the hearing impaired person is consulting with legal counsel.

(Code 1981, §24-6-654, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2/HB 24.)

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Editor's notes.

- In light of the similarity of the statutory provisions, opinions under former O.C.G.A. § 24-9-108 are included in the annotations for this Code section.

Expenditure for interpreter for indigent criminal defendant.

- When the superior court exercises the court's discretion to appoint an interpreter for an indigent criminal defendant who neither speaks nor understands English, the court has inherent power to assess the cost of the interpreter against the county. 1989 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U89-24 (decided under former O.C.G.A. § 24-9-108).

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