Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-138.9
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Counties of 200,000 or more
Official statutory text
In those counties with a population in excess of three hundred
thousand (300,000) under the latest Federal Decennial Census, the
county indigent defenders, for those counties subject to the
provisions of Section 138.1a of this title, shall perfect appeals
for those defendants which they represented in the trial court
unless an appellate conflict exists between two or more such
defendants, in which case the county indigent defender shall
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 74
represent one defendant, the Oklahoma Indigent Defense System shall
represent one defendant, and the court may assign the appeal of the
case for any other defendants in the same manner as provided for
conflict at the trial level in Section 138.7 of this title. If an
appellate conflict of interest exists between the defendant and the
county indigent defender in a case in which the defendant has
received the death penalty, the district court may appoint the
Indigent Defense System to represent the defendant on appeal. The
Oklahoma Indigent Defense System shall also represent all indigent
defendants from such counties who were not represented at trial by
the county public defenders unless a conflict of interest on appeal
exists between defendants, in which case the Oklahoma Indigent
Defense System shall represent one defendant, the county indigent
defender shall represent one defendant and the court may assign the
appeal of the case for any other defendants in the same manner as
provided for conflict at the trial level in Section 138.7 of this
title.
thousand (300,000) under the latest Federal Decennial Census, the
county indigent defenders, for those counties subject to the
provisions of Section 138.1a of this title, shall perfect appeals
for those defendants which they represented in the trial court
unless an appellate conflict exists between two or more such
defendants, in which case the county indigent defender shall
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 74
represent one defendant, the Oklahoma Indigent Defense System shall
represent one defendant, and the court may assign the appeal of the
case for any other defendants in the same manner as provided for
conflict at the trial level in Section 138.7 of this title. If an
appellate conflict of interest exists between the defendant and the
county indigent defender in a case in which the defendant has
received the death penalty, the district court may appoint the
Indigent Defense System to represent the defendant on appeal. The
Oklahoma Indigent Defense System shall also represent all indigent
defendants from such counties who were not represented at trial by
the county public defenders unless a conflict of interest on appeal
exists between defendants, in which case the Oklahoma Indigent
Defense System shall represent one defendant, the county indigent
defender shall represent one defendant and the court may assign the
appeal of the case for any other defendants in the same manner as
provided for conflict at the trial level in Section 138.7 of this
title.
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