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2005 Washington Revised Code RCW 36.26.080: Duty to counsel, defend and prosecute appeals.

    Whenever the public defender represents any indigent person held in custody without commitment or charged with any criminal offense, he must (1) counsel and defend such person, and (2) prosecute any appeals and other remedies, whether before or after conviction, which he considers to be in the interests of justice.

    [1969 c 94 § 8.]

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