Florida Statutes 27.525 – Indigent Criminal Defense Trust Fund
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Terms Used In Florida Statutes 27.525
- Public defender: Represent defendants who can't afford an attorney in criminal matters.
The Indigent Criminal Defense Trust Fund is created, to be administered by the Justice Administrative Commission. Funds shall be credited to the trust fund as provided in s. 27.52, to be used for the purposes of indigent criminal defense as appropriated by the Legislature to the public defender or the office of criminal conflict and civil regional counsel. The Justice Administrative Commission shall account for these funds on a circuit basis, and appropriations from the fund shall be proportional to each circuit’s collections.