Section 16-201 - Policy of StateIt 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.Amended by 2019 Md. Laws, Ch. 8,Sec. 1, eff. 3/27/2019.