Appointment of counsel; Class 1 felonies. Provides that in any case in which an indigent defendant is charged with a Class 1 felony the court shall appoint two competent, qualified, and experienced attorneys, one of whom shall be the public defender in a jurisdiction in which a public defender office is established, for the defendant. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Criminal Justice Conference.

Statutes affected:
House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100655D: 19.2-163
House: Committee substitute printed 23104727D-H1: 19.2-163
House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2016ER): 19.2-163
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0228): 19.2-163