Georgia Code, Title 17, Chapter 12, Article 2 - Public Defenders

• § 17-12-20 - Public Defender Selection Panel for Each Circuit; Appointment of Public Defender; Removal; Vacancies
  (a) On and after July 1, 2011, there is created in each judicial circuit in this state a circuit public defender supervisory panel to...
• § 17-12-21 - Qualifications for Public Defender Position
  To be eligible to fill the position of circuit public defender, a person must: (1) Have attained the age of 25 years; (2) Have...
• § 17-12-22 - Procedure for Appointment of Attorneys for Indigent Defendants in Event of Public Defender's Conflict of Interest; Identification of Conflict
  (a) The director, with input from the council, shall establish a procedure for providing legal representation in cases where the circuit public defender office...
• § 17-12-23 - Cases in Which Public Defender Representation Required; Timing of Representation; Juvenile Divisions; Contracts With Local Governments
  (a) The circuit public defender shall provide representation in the following actions and proceedings: (1) Any case prosecuted in a superior court under the...
• § 17-12-24 - Financial Eligibility for Indigent Defense Services Representation; Operation of Public Defender's Office
  (a) The circuit public defender, any other person or entity providing indigent defense services, or the system established pursuant to Code Section 17-12-80 shall...
• § 17-12-25 - (for Effective Date, See Note) Salary of Public Defender; Private Practice Prohibited
  (a) (For effective date, see note) Each circuit public defender shall receive an annual salary of $99,526.00, and cost-of-living adjustments may be given by...
• § 17-12-25.1 - (Effective January 1, 2016) Accountability Court Supplement
  (a) Whenever a circuit has implemented a drug court division, mental health court division, or veterans court division, then on and after January 1,...
• § 17-12-26 - Budget of the Council
  The council shall prepare and submit to the director of the Office of Planning and Budget its budget estimate necessary for fulfilling the purposes...
• § 17-12-27 - Appointment of Assistant Public Defenders; Salary; Promotions
  (a) Subject to the provisions of this Code section, the circuit public defender in each judicial circuit is authorized to appoint: (1) One assistant...
• § 17-12-28 - Appointment of Investigator; Role and Responsibilities; Compensation; Promotions
  (a) Subject to the provisions of this Code section, the circuit public defender in each judicial circuit is authorized to appoint one investigator to...
• § 17-12-29 - Employment of Supplemental Personnel; Compensation
  (a) Each circuit public defender is authorized to employ administrative, clerical, and paraprofessional personnel as may be authorized by the council based on funds...
• § 17-12-30 - Classification of Personnel; Responsibilities; Compensation; Local Supplements
  (a) All state paid personnel employed by the circuit public defenders pursuant to this article shall be employees of the executive branch of state...
• § 17-12-31 - Employment of Additional Personnel
  (a) The circuit public defender in each judicial circuit may employ additional assistant circuit public defenders, deputy circuit public defenders, or other attorneys, investigators,...
• § 17-12-32 - Contracting With the Council for Personnel Paid by Local Government
  The governing authority of any county or municipality within the judicial circuit which provides additional personnel for the office of circuit public defender may...
• § 17-12-33 - Assistant Public Defenders' Private Practice of Law or Concurrent Judicial Service Prohibited; Admission to Bar in Georgia
  (a) Any assistant public defender or other attorney at law employed full time by the circuit public defender who is compensated in whole or...
• § 17-12-34 - Pro Rata Sharing of Expenses and Resources by Counties in Each Circuit
  The governing authority of the county shall provide, in conjunction and cooperation with the other counties in the judicial circuit and in a pro...
• § 17-12-35 - Acceptance of Other Funding
  A circuit public defender office may contract with and may accept funds and grants from any public or private source.
• § 17-12-36 - Alternative Delivery System; Annual Review of Operations by Council; Record Keeping
  (a) The council may permit a judicial circuit composed of a single county to continue in effect an alternative delivery system to the one...
• § 17-12-37 - Effective Date of Article
  This article shall become effective on January 1, 2005; provided, however, that the council and the circuit public defender selection panels shall be authorized...

Last modified: October 14, 2016