A public defender shall represent any indigent person who is:
- (1) Detained by a law enforcement officer without charge or judicial process;
- (2) Arrested or charged with having committed a crime or of being a juvenile delinquent;
- (3) Detained under a conviction of a crime, juvenile delinquency, or mental illness; or
- (4) Otherwise an indigent person entitled to representation by law, to the same extent as a person having his or her own counsel, and with the necessary services and facilities of representation, including investigation and other preparation, authorized or approved by a court.
Source: SL 1978, ch 152 , § 9; SL 2016, ch 44 , § 35.