The Office of Indigent Defense Services (known hereinafter as "OIDS") was created as a division of the Alabama Department of Finance by the legislature by Act 2011-678 ("the Act"). The purpose of OIDS is to administer the system of defense for criminal defendants or juveniles found by a court to be unable to pay for legal representation in a trial or appellate proceeding.
Ala. Admin. Code r. 355-9-1-.01
Author: C. Roberts
Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, § 41-4-322(h).