99-18-3 - Office of Capital Defense Counsel created; personnel; appointment to office; qualifications; removal. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 99-18-3. Office of Capital Defense Counsel created; personnel; appointment to office; qualifications; removal.
 

There is hereby created the Mississippi Office of Capital Defense Counsel. This office shall consist of four (4) attorneys, two (2) investigators, one (1) fiscal officer and two (2) secretaries/paralegals. One of these attorneys shall serve as director of the office. The director shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate for a term of four (4) years or until a successor takes office. The remaining attorneys and other staff shall be appointed by the director of the office and shall serve at the will and pleasure of the director. The director and all other attorneys in the office shall be active members of The Mississippi Bar. The director may be removed by the Governor upon finding that the director is not qualified under law, has failed to perform the duties of the office, or has acted beyond the scope of the authority granted by law for the office. 
 

Sources: Laws, 2000, ch. 569, § 20, eff from and after July 1, 2000.