Section 7-16A-12 - Assignment of substitute when public defender unable to perform--Duty--Compensation of substitute.
7-16A-12. Assignment of substitute when public defender unable to perform--Duty--Compensation of substitute. If at any stage of proceedings, including appeal or other post-judgment proceedings, a public defender is unable to represent an indigent person, because of a conflict of interest or other good cause, the court concerned may assign a substitute private attorney to represent him.
A substitute attorney has the same duty to the indigent person as the public defender for whom he is substituted. The court shall prescribe reasonable compensation for the substitute attorney and approve the expenses necessarily made by him for the defense of the indigent person in the manner prescribed in § 23A-40-8.
Source: SL 1978, ch 152, § 10.