The public defender may appoint any assistants that may be deemed necessary, whose power and duties shall be similar to those imposed upon the public defender by law and shall be performed under and by the advice and direction of the public defender.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-15-6
Assistant defenders
P.L. 1941, ch. 1007, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 12-15-6; P.L. 1968, ch. 3, § 3.
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