Section 15-12-29 Contract counsel system - Construction of sections. - Alabama Statutes

Section 15-12-29

Contract counsel system - Construction of sections.

Sections 15-12-26, 15-12-27, and 15-12-28 shall not be construed to preclude judges from appointing counsel for indigent defendants, or from assigning representation of an indigent defendant to other contract counsel where there is a conflict of interest involving the contract counsel, or if the contract counsel is unable to provide prompt and adequate representation. Sections 15-12-26, 15-12-27, and 15-12-28 shall not be construed to supersede any provision of the Alabama Rules of Criminal Procedure or any other provision of law relating to public defenders.

(Acts 1995, No. 95-757, p. 1770, §5.)