Md. Code, Crim. Proc. § 16-201

Current with changes from the 2024 legislative session from Chs. 2 through 1049, effective on or before 6/1/2024
Section 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.

Md. Code, CP § 16-201

Amended by 2019 Md. Laws, Ch. 8,Sec. 1, eff. 3/27/2019.