2019 Maryland Code
Criminal Procedure
Title 16 - Office of the Public Defender
Subtitle 2 - Office of the Public Defender.
§ 16-201. Policy of State

    It is the policy of the State to:

        (1)    provide for the realization of the constitutional guarantees of counsel in the representation of indigent individuals, including related necessary services and facilities, in criminal and juvenile proceedings in the State;

        (2)    assure the effective assistance and continuity of counsel to indigent accused individuals taken into custody and indigent individuals in criminal and juvenile proceedings before the courts of the State; and

        (3)    authorize the Office of the Public Defender to administer and ensure enforcement of this title.

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