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The provisions of this Part are intended to facilitate the providing of legal services and related expenses only to the extent required by the Constitution of Louisiana or the Constitution of the United States of America and specific statutory provisions affording the right of counsel to indigent defendants in criminal cases.  No provision of this Part or rule adopted pursuant thereto creates or shall be construed to confer substantive or procedural rights in favor of any person accused of an offense.

Acts 1997, No. 1361, §1, eff. Dec. 31, 1997; Acts 2007, No. 307, §16; Acts 2008, No. 220, §6, eff. June 14, 2008.