Definitions
Known as the Public Defender Act
The act spans §§ 16–16 (23 sections).
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case Rushing v. State (2000)
Most recently applied in Arkansas Public Defender Commission v. Pulaski County Circuit Court (May 2010)
Acts 1993, No. 1193, § 17.
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
For the purpose of this subchapter:
(1) “Commission” means the Arkansas Public Defender Commission created by this subchapter;
(2) “Executive director” means the person appointed by the commission pursuant to this subchapter; and
(3) “Indigent person” means a person who, at the time his or her need is determined, is without sufficient funds or assets to employ an attorney or afford other necessary expenses incidental thereto.
Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.