In those counties with a population in excess of two hundred thousand (200,000) under the latest Federal Decennial Census, the county indigent defenders, for those counties subject to the provisions of Section 138.1 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes, 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 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. 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.

Laws 1981, c. 207, § 5, emerg. eff. May 26, 1981; Amended by Laws 1992, c. 303, § 22, eff. July 1, 1992; Renumbered from 22 O.S. § 1359 by Laws 1992, c. 303, § 32, eff. July 1, 1992; Amended by Laws 1993, c. 298, § 3, eff. July 1, 1993.