Qualifications of assistant defenders--Assignment to cases
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SD Code › Title 7 › Chapter 16A › Section 7-16A-7
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An assistant public defender, before employment, must be licensed to practice law in this state and be competent to counsel and defend a person charged with a crime. A public defender may assign and substitute his assistant public defenders to cases referred to the office of the public defender without prior approval of the court.
Source: SL 1978, ch 152, §§ 7, 11.
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