Md. Code Ann., Crim. Proc. § 16-201
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Current — January 1, 2020
As of January 1, 2019
It is the policy of the State to:
It is the policy of the State to:
(1) provide for the realization of the constitutional guarantees of counsel in the representation of indigent individuals, including related necessary services and facilities, in criminal and juvenile proceedings in the State;
(1) provide for the realization of the constitutional guarantees of counsel in the representation of indigent individuals, including related necessary services and facilities, in criminal and juvenile proceedings in the State;
(2) assure the effective assistance and continuity of counsel to indigent accused individuals taken into custody and indigent individuals in criminal and juvenile proceedings before the courts of the State; and
(2) assure the effective assistance and continuity of counsel to indigent accused individuals taken into custody and indigent individuals in criminal and juvenile proceedings before the courts of the State; and
(3) authorize the Office of the Public Defender to administer and assure enforcement of this title.
(3) authorize the Office of the Public Defender to administer and ensure enforcement of this title.
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