Indigent Defense definition

Indigent Defense means the legal requirement for government to provide an attorney and other defense costs on behalf of adult defendants and juvenile respondents whose life or liberty are at stake and who are financially unable to employ an attorney or pay other defense costs.
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Indigent Defense means services and incidental costs that are provided for the legal representa- tion of indigent persons on both the adult court and the juvenile court level, and on the trial level and the appellate court level.
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Indigent Defense. The software system developed through TechShare and used by Participants to manage attorney appointments for indigent criminal defendants and, as enhanced pursuant to this Addendum, juveniles referred to a juvenile court.
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Examples of Indigent Defense in a sentence

  • Associated counsel shall be admitted to and be in good standing to practice law in the State of Washington, pursuant to the rules of the Supreme Court of Washington, and are subject to the Washington State Bar Association Standards for Indigent Defense Services.

  • To the extent that this contract might conflict with Washington State Standards for Indigent Defense or any law or court rules pertaining to the responsibility of the court to provide indigent defendants with adequate legal representation, the Washington State Standards for Indigent Defense, law or the court rules shall control.

  • All expenses incurred by the Attorney under this agreement, except the costs of obtaining investigative, expert or other services necessary to an adequate defense, as per Washington State Standards for Indigent Defense and CrRLJ 3.1(f), shall be the sole responsibility of the Attorney.

  • ATTORNEY shall comply with the Washington State Standards for Indigent Defense adopted by the Washington Supreme Court including, but not limited to qualification for particular case level assignment, case load limits taking all legal work from any source into consideration in maintaining limit compliance, quarterly certification of compliance, and requisite CLE trainings as set forth in para.9 below.

  • ATTORNEY shall file a quarterly Certification of Compliance as required by Washington State Standards for Indigent Defense with the South District Court.

  • Any alleged violation of any Standard for Indigent Defense shall be determined by reference to the applicable standard in effect at the time of the alleged offense.

  • The Contractor agrees to perform services consistent with the requirements contained in the Standards for Indigent Defense Services adopted by the Washington Supreme Court and as hereafter amended.

  • A qualified attorney shall mean an attorney licensed to practice law in the state of Washington who is able to certify that he or she complies with the applicable Standards for Indigent Defense Services as adopted by the Washington Supreme Court and as hereafter amended.

  • The stand-in attorney must meet the Washington State Bar Association Standards for Indigent Defense minimum qualifications.

  • DUTIES OF ATTORNEY In exchange for the compensation described in Section 4.1 below, Attorney agrees to provide the following duties in their representation of Assigned Respondents: Attorney will provide effective and timely representation and counsel for Assigned Respondents in Qualifying Matters consistent with the standards adopted by the Indigent Defense Commission pursuant to §78B-22-404.

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