Bill Text: IA SF2327 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the appointment of counsel for indigent persons by the court in certain cases.(Formerly SSB 3021.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-03-30 - Withdrawn. S.J. 654. [SF2327 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-SF2327-Introduced.html
Senate
File
2327
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2327
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
JUDICIARY
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SSB
3021)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
appointment
of
counsel
for
indigent
1
persons
by
the
court
in
certain
cases.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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2327
Section
1.
Section
815.10,
subsection
1,
paragraph
b,
Code
1
2022,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
b.
An
indigent
person
is
entitled
to
the
appointment
of
3
one
attorney
in
all
cases,
except
that
the
court
may
appoint
4
two
attorneys
in
class
“A”
felony
cases
the
court
may
appoint
5
two
attorneys
and
in
cases
where
an
assistant
state
public
6
defender
from
the
wrongful
convictions
division
of
the
office
7
of
the
state
public
defender
enters
an
appearance
after
a
8
private
attorney
has
been
appointed
to
represent
the
indigent
9
person
.
However,
in
a
class
“A”
felony
case,
a
person
who
is
10
represented
by
a
privately
retained
attorney
or
by
an
attorney
11
who
has
agreed
to
represent
the
person
is
not
entitled
to
have
12
an
attorney
appointed
to
represent
the
person
based
upon
the
13
indigence
of
the
person.
14
EXPLANATION
15
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
16
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
17
This
bill
relates
to
the
appointment
of
counsel
for
indigent
18
persons
by
the
court
in
certain
cases.
19
Current
law
provides
that
an
indigent
person
is
entitled
20
to
the
appointment
of
one
attorney
in
all
cases,
except
that
21
in
class
“A”
felony
cases
the
court
may
appoint
two
attorneys
22
under
certain
circumstances.
23
The
bill
provides
that
in
addition
to
cases
involving
class
24
“A”
felonies,
the
court
may
also
appoint
two
attorneys
when
25
an
assistant
public
defender
from
the
wrongful
convictions
26
division
of
the
office
of
the
state
public
defender
enters
27
an
appearance
after
a
private
attorney
has
been
appointed
to
28
represent
the
indigent
person.
29
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