8-14-201 - Indigent person Defined.

8-14-201. Indigent person Defined.

For the purposes of this part, an “indigent person” is one who does not possess sufficient means to pay reasonable compensation for the services of a competent attorney:

     (1)  In any criminal prosecution or juvenile delinquency proceeding involving a possible deprivation of liberty; or

     (2)  In any habeas corpus or other post-conviction proceeding.

[Acts 1989, ch. 588, § 1; 1991, ch. 345, § 1.]