Md. Code, Criminal Procedure § 16-201
This is the official text of Md. Code, Criminal Procedure § 16-201, part of Maryland’s Code, Criminal Procedure — sets the procedural rules for criminal cases.
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§16–201.
Official statutory text
It 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.
(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.
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