Catchline at repeal: Requirement if county elects local office -- Failure to provide
attorney -- Responsibility for payment.
History: Repealed 2023 Ky. Acts ch. 144, sec. 6, effective July 1, 2024. -- Repealed,
reenacted, renumbered, and amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 283, sec. 8, effective July
15, 2002. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 491, sec. 4, effective July 15, 1998. --
Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 188, sec. 12, effective July 15, 1980. -- Amended 1978
Ky. Acts ch. 155, sec. 34, effective June 17, 1978; and ch. 309, sec. 1, effective July
1, 1979. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 358, sec. 9. -- Created 1972 Ky. Acts ch.
353, sec. 17.
Formerly codified as KRS 31.170.
Notes of Decisions
Moore v. Commonwealth, 199 S.W.3d 132 (Ky. 2006).
· cites it 2× “071(1)(b) ("In order to be qualified for appointment as [local] public advocate, a person must have been admitted to the practice of law and licensed to practice in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and be competent to counsel and defend a person charged with a crime.”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 31.071(1)(b) — 1 case
Moore v. Commonwealth, 199 S.W.3d 132 (Ky. 2006).
“071(1)(b) ("In order to be qualified for appointment as [local] public advocate, a person must have been admitted to the practice of law and licensed to practice in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and be competent to counsel and defend a person charged with a crime.”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 31.071(l)(b) — 1 case
Moore v. Commonwealth, 199 S.W.3d 132 (Ky. 2006).
“071(1)(b) ("In order to be qualified for appointment as [local] public advocate, a person must have been admitted to the practice of law and licensed to practice in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and be competent to counsel and defend a person charged with a crime.”
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