Md. Code, Criminal Procedure § 16-201
Md. Code, Criminal Procedure § 16-201
in effectIt is the policy of the State to:
(1) provide for the realization of the constitutional guarantees of counsel in the representation of indigent individuals, including related necessary services and facilities, in criminal and juvenile proceedings in the State;
(2) assure the effective assistance and continuity of counsel to indigent accused individuals taken into custody and indigent individuals in criminal and juvenile proceedings before the courts of the State; and
(3) authorize the Office of the Public Defender to administer and ensure enforcement of this title.
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