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2011 South Dakota Code
Title 7 COUNTIES
Chapter 16A. Public Defender
§7-16A-5 Appointment and qualifications of public defender.
SD Codified L § 7-16A-5 (through 2011) What's This?
7-16A-5. Appointment and qualifications of public defender. The advisory committee shall appoint and dismiss the public defender. To be appointed, a person shall be licensed to practice law in this state, be competent to counsel and defend a person charged with a crime, and have basic knowledge of, and experience in, criminal law.
Source: SL 1978, ch 152, §§ 3, 4; SL 1983, ch 45, § 2.
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