| Represent defendants who can’t afford an attorney in criminal matters. |
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Connecticut |
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means a public defender, assistant public defender, deputy assistant public defender and Division of Public Defender Services assigned counsel Connecticut General Statutes 51-60 |
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Montana |
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means an attorney employed by or under contract with the office and assigned to provide legal counsel to a person under the provisions of this chapter, including attorneys employed by or under contract with the appellate defender division and the conflict defender division Montana Code 47-1-103 |
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North Carolina |
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means a public defender provided for in N North Carolina General Statutes 135-53 |
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South Carolina |
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means an attorney who is employed in a circuit public defender office or who represents an indigent person pursuant to a contractual arrangement with a circuit public defender office South Carolina Code 17-3-5 |
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Tennessee |
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means any attorney appointed or elected under any act of the general assembly or any provision of a metropolitan charter to represent indigent persons accused of crime Tennessee Code 40-14-201 |
