Appointment of counsel; public defenders; caseload exception. Exempts the public defender, in counties and cities where public defender offices are established, from providing defense services for indigent clients if the public defender, with the concurrence of the executive director of the Virginia Indigent Defense Commission or his designee, determines that the public defender's current active caseload would preclude the public defender from providing adequate representation to new clients.

Statutes affected:
House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100774D: 19.2-159, 19.2-163.4
House: Printed as engrossed 24100774D-E: 19.2-159, 19.2-163.4
House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB306ER): 19.2-159, 19.2-163.4
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0524): 19.2-159, 19.2-163.4