South Dakota § 7-16A-10 - Proceedings in which indigents represented--Co-counsel.
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§ 7-16A-10. Proceedings in which indigents represented--Co-counsel.
An indigent person who is entitled to be represented by a public defender shall be counseled and defended at all stages of the matter beginning with the earliest time when a person providing his own counsel would be entitled to be represented by an attorney, including the revocation of probation or parole, appeal, and any other post-conviction proceeding that the public defender and the indigent consider appropriate, unless the court in which a proceeding is brought determines that it is not a proceeding that a reasonable person with adequate means would be willing to bring at his own expense. Representation may include co-counsel or associate counsel in appropriate cases.
Source: SL 1978, ch 152, § 9.
Source: official South Dakota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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