Section 7-16A-9 - Persons to be represented--Services provided. - South Dakota Statutes

7-16A-9. Persons to be represented--Services provided. A public defender and his assistants shall represent any indigent person who is:
(1) Detained by a law enforcement officer without charge or judicial process;
(2) Arrested or charged with having committed a crime or of being a juvenile delinquent;
(3) Detained under a conviction of a crime, juvenile delinquency, or mental illness; or
(4) Otherwise an indigent person entitled to representation by law, to the same extent as a person having his own counsel, and with the necessary services and facilities of representation, including investigation and other preparation, authorized or approved by a court.

Source: SL 1978, ch 152, § 9.