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Minn. Stat. § 611.14

RIGHT TO REPRESENTATION BY PUBLIC DEFENDER.

Known as the Incarceration and Exoneration Remedies Act

The act spans §§ 611–611 (61 sections).

Applied in 11 court decisions — leading case In Re the Welfare of J.B. (2010)

Most recently applied in In Re the Welfare of J.B. (May 2010)

1965 c 869 s 1; 1969 c 655 s 1; 1976 c 2 s 153; 1983 c 247 s 213; 1987 c 384 art 2 s 111; 1991 c 345 art 3 s 2; 1998 c 367 art 8 s 12; 1999 c 139 art 4 s 2; 2000 c 357 s 2; 1Sp2…

How often courts cite this section

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citing decisions per year

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.

The following persons who are financially unable to obtain counsel are entitled to be represented by a public defender:

(1) a person charged with a felony, gross misdemeanor, or misdemeanor including a person charged under sections 629.01 to 629.29 ;

(2) a person appealing from a conviction of a felony, gross misdemeanor, or misdemeanor, or a person convicted of a felony, gross misdemeanor, or misdemeanor, who is pursuing a postconviction proceeding and who has not already had a direct appeal of the conviction;

(3) a person who is entitled to be represented by counsel under section 609.14, subdivision 2 ; or

(4) a minor ten years of age or older who is entitled to be represented by counsel under section 260B.163, subdivision 4 , or 260C.163, subdivision 3 .

Official source: Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Minnesota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.