Code of Alabama - Title 15: Criminal Procedure - Section 15-16-65 - Appointed counsel; payment

Section 15-16-65 - Appointed counsel; payment.

Where the defendant does not have an attorney, the court shall appoint him one for purposes of the hearing. Payment of appointed counsel for indigent defendants shall be at the same rates and with the same limitations as would apply if the hearing were a criminal prosecution.

(Acts 1988, No. 88-581, p. 906, §6.)

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