2006 Georgia Code - 17-12-22

17-12-22. (a) The council shall establish a procedure for providing legal representation in cases where the circuit public defender office has a conflict of interest. This procedure may be by appointment of individual counsel on a case-by-case basis or by the establishment of a conflict defender office in those circuits where the volume of cases may warrant a separate conflict defender office. (b) Attorneys who seek appointment in conflict cases must have such experience or training in the defense of criminal cases as is necessary in light of the complexity of the case to which they are appointed and must meet such qualifications and standards for the representation of indigent defendants as are established by the council. (c) The circuit public defender shall establish a method for identifying conflicts of interest at the earliest possible opportunity.

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