Section 780.713 - Appellate defender; appointment; dismissal; duties.

APPELLATE DEFENDER ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 620 of 1978

780.713 Appellate defender; appointment; dismissal; duties.

Sec. 3.

(1) An appellate defender shall be appointed and serve at the pleasure of the appellate defender commission. An appellate defender shall not be dismissed except for cause determined after a hearing. Dismissal shall require a majority vote of the commission.

(2) The appellate defender shall appoint and supervise the work of a deputy appellate defender and assistant appellate defenders and supporting personnel as authorized by the commission.


History: 1978, Act 620, Imd. Eff. Jan. 6, 1979