Appointment of counsel; indigent defendants. (SB553)

Introduced By

Sen. Robert Hurt (R-Chatham)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Description

Appointment of counsel; indigent defendants. Maintains the current provision, due to expire on July 1, 2008, that if there is no attorney reasonably available who is on the list maintained by the Indigent Defense Commission, the court may appoint an appropriately trained and experienced attorney not on the list and must notify the Commission of the appointment. The bill also clarifies that when the public defender is unable to represent the defendant due to a conflict of interest or the court finds that the appointment of other counsel is necessary to attain the ends of justice, the appointment shall be from the list maintained by the Commission. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Passed

History

DateAction
01/09/2008Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 080554846
01/09/2008Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/14/2008Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
02/06/2008Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/08/2008Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/11/2008Read second time and engrossed
02/11/2008Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/11/2008Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/11/2008Communicated to House
02/12/2008Placed on Calendar
02/12/2008Read first time
02/12/2008Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
02/14/2008Assigned Courts sub: Judicial Panel
02/14/2008Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
02/15/2008Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/16/2008Impact statement from DPB (SB553)
02/19/2008Read second time
02/20/2008Read third time
02/20/2008Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
02/20/2008VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
02/21/2008Enrolled
02/21/2008Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB553ER)
02/21/2008Signed by Speaker
02/25/2008Signed by President
02/26/2008Impact statement from DPB (SB553ER)
03/02/2008G Approved by Governor-Chapter 153 (effective 7/1/08)
03/02/2008G Approved by Governor-Chapter 154 (effective 7/1/08)
03/05/2008G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0154)

Duplicate Bills

The following bills are identical to this one: HB410.

Comments

Marsha Maines writes:

Curious. Indigent Defense Commission?? Since 'when' has an indigent Defendant in a JDR Court been provided this information? NEVER. How many cases have these so called Indigent Defense Attorneys represented Clients and actually 'won'?