House
File
2516
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2516
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
APPROPRIATIONS
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
2162)
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
589)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
appointment
of
counsel
for
indigent
1
persons
by
the
court
in
certain
cases.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
3
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H.F.
2516
Section
1.
Section
815.10,
subsection
1,
paragraph
b,
Code
1
2022,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
b.
An
indigent
person
is
entitled
to
the
appointment
of
3
one
attorney
in
all
cases,
except
that
the
court
may
appoint
4
two
attorneys
in
class
“A”
felony
cases
the
court
may
appoint
5
two
attorneys
and
in
cases
where
an
assistant
state
public
6
defender
from
the
wrongful
convictions
division
of
the
office
7
of
the
state
public
defender
appears
.
However,
in
a
class
8
“A”
felony
case,
a
person
who
is
represented
by
a
privately
9
retained
attorney
or
by
an
attorney
who
has
agreed
to
represent
10
the
person
is
not
entitled
to
have
an
attorney
appointed
to
11
represent
the
person
based
upon
the
indigence
of
the
person.
12
EXPLANATION
13
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
14
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
15
This
bill
relates
to
the
appointment
of
counsel
for
indigent
16
persons
by
the
court
in
certain
cases.
17
Current
law
provides
that
an
indigent
person
is
entitled
to
18
the
appointment
of
one
attorney
in
all
cases,
except
that
in
19
class
“A”
felony
cases
the
court
may
appoint
two
attorneys.
20
The
bill
provides
that
in
addition
to
cases
involving
class
21
“A”
felonies,
the
court
may
also
appoint
two
attorneys
when
one
22
of
the
court-appointed
attorneys
is
an
assistant
state
public
23
defender
from
the
wrongful
convictions
division
of
the
office
24
of
the
state
public
defender.
25
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