California Government Code

§ 27706

GOV § 27706 Effective Sep 18, 2020Div. 2 · Title 3 · Part 3 · Ch. 13

Statute text

The public defender shall perform the following duties:

(a)Upon request of the defendant or upon order of the court, the public defender shall defend, without expense to the defendant, any person who is not financially able to employ counsel and who is charged with the commission of any contempt or offense triable in the superior courts at all stages of the proceedings, including the preliminary examination. The public defender shall, upon request, give counsel and advice to such person about any charge against the person upon which the public defender is conducting the defense, and shall prosecute all appeals to a higher court or courts of any person who has been convicted, where, in the opinion of the public defender, the appeal will or might reasonably be expected to result in the reversal or modification of the judgment of conviction.

(b)Upon request, the public defender shall prosecute actions for the collection of wages and other demands of any person who is not financially able to employ counsel, where the sum involved does not exceed one hundred dollars ($100), and where, in the judgment of the public defender, the claim urged is valid and enforceable in the courts.

…

Legislative history

Repealed (in Sec. 12) and added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 92, Sec. 13. (AB 1869) Effective September 18, 2020. Operative July 1, 2021, by its own provisions.