Except for direct appeals for indigent defendants represented by the county indigent defender in counties subject to the provisions of Section 138.1a of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes, judges of the district courts shall assign all indigent criminal appeals which are felony or misdemeanor appeals, appeals by petition for writ of certiorari, juvenile appeals pursuant to the Oklahoma Juvenile Code other than appeals for in-need-of-supervision proceedings, appeals from revocation of a parole, appeals from revocation of a suspended sentence and appeals from acceleration of deferred judgments to the System for the perfection of such appeals. If a judge of the district court finds that a conflict exists or if the Executive Director determines that a conflict exists after evaluating such an assigned case, the Executive Director shall reassign the case in the same manner as is provided for conflicts at the trial level in Section 1355.7 of this title.

Added by Laws 1981, c. 207, § 4, emerg. eff. May 26, 1981; Amended by Laws 1992, HB 1364, c. 303, § 13, emerg. eff. July 1, 1992; Amended by Laws 1994, c. 328, § 7, eff. July 1, 1994; Amended by Laws 1996, c. 301, § 10, eff. July 1, 1996.