SF0300 - Minnesota: Public defense system modifications

1E Relating to public defense; updating and clarifying certain public defense provisions; eliminating the defendant representation copayment requirement; making certain technical changes; eliminating state public defender right to decline to represent indigent petitioners in postconviction remedy cases; requiring the state public defender to supervise the public defender system and allowing the state public defender to assist districts, appointed counsel and organizations; providing for the appointment of a chief appellate public defender by the board of public defense, specifying term limit and qualifications; requiring compensation to be set by the board; prohibiting chief public defenders from engaging in the general practice of law; requiring county payment of advisory and standby counsel, allowing chief appellate public defenders to use certain transcripts of testimony in certain situations; clarifying appointed [...]

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