1. The state public defender shall coordinate the provision of legal representation of indigents under arrest or charged with a crime, on appeal in criminal cases, and on appeal in proceedings to obtain postconviction relief when ordered to do so by the district court in which the judgment or order was issued, and may provide for the representation of indigents in proceedings instituted pursuant to chapter 908, and shall not engage in the private practice of law. The state public defender may represent an indigent under arrest or charged with a crime at the discretion of the state public defender or upon the request of a local public defender.
2. The state public defender may contract with persons admitted to practice law in this state for the provision of legal services to indigents where there is no local public defender office in the area.
[81 Acts, ch 23, § 4, 8]
85 Acts, ch 36, §1; 88 Acts, ch 1161, § 4; 89 Acts, ch 51, § 1; 91 Acts, ch 268, §411; 92 Acts, ch 1242, § 18; 93 Acts, ch 175, §15; 94 Acts, ch 1107, §20; 94 Acts, ch 1187, §17; 91 Acts, ch 268, § 439
Referred to in § 815.7
Intent that state public defender provide for defense of major felony case defendants by public defenders on regional basis; 91 Acts, ch 268, § 440
1991 amendment striking and rewriting section repealed effective July 1, 1995; language of 1991 Code restored per instructions to Code editor; 91 Acts, ch 268, § 439 ~ISee 92 Acts, ch 1242, § 18; 93 Acts, ch 175, § 15; 94 Acts, ch 1107, § 20, and 94 Acts, ch 1187, § 17, for amendments to section as rewritten by 91 Acts, ch 268, § 411, which are stricken in accordance with instructions to Code editor; 91 Acts, ch 268, § 439
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