Sec. 1. The judge of any court having criminal jurisdiction, except in those counties with a population of at least four hundred thousand (400,000), may contract with any attorney or group of attorneys admitted to practice law in Indiana to provide legal counsel for all or some of the poor persons coming before the court charged with the commission of a crime and not having sufficient means to employ an attorney to defend themselves.
Ind. Code § 33-40-8-1
Contracts
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Kenneth Alford v. Johnson County Commissioners (2017)
Most recently applied in Kenneth Alford v. Johnson County Commissioners (December 2017)
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.19.
Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.