US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

                                  TITLE  19
                              CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
                                  CHAPTER 8
                      EXAMINATION OF CASE AND DISCHARGE
                           OR COMMITMENT OF ACCUSED
    19-861.  PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE -- EMPLOYEES -- COMPENSATION --
FACILITIES. (a) If an office of public defender has been established, the
public defender may employ, in the manner and at the compensation prescribed
by the board of county commissioners, as many assistant public defenders,
clerks, investigators, stenographers, and other persons as the board considers
necessary for carrying out his responsibilities under this act. A person
employed under this section serves at the pleasure of the public defender.
    (b)  If an office of public defender has been established, the board of
county commissioners shall:
    (1)  provide appropriate facilities (including office space, furniture,
    equipment, books, postage, supplies, and interviewing facilities in the
    jail) necessary for carrying out the public defender's responsibilities
    under this act; or
    (2)  grant the public defender an allowance in place of those facilities.
    (c)  A defending attorney is entitled to use the same state facilities for
the evaluation of evidence as are available to the county prosecutor. If he
considers their use impractical, the court concerned may authorize the use of
private facilities to be paid for on court order by the county board of
commissioners.