19.2-326 - Payment of expenses of appeals of indigent defendants. - Virginia Statutes

§ 19.2-326. Payment of expenses of appeals of indigent defendants.

In any felony or misdemeanor case wherein the judge of the circuit court,from the affidavit of the defendant or any other evidence certifies that thedefendant is financially unable to pay his attorneys' fees, costs andexpenses incident to an appeal, the court to which an appeal is taken shallorder the payment of such attorneys' fees in an amount not less than $300,costs or necessary expenses of such attorneys in an amount deemed reasonableby the court, by the Commonwealth out of the appropriation for criminalcharges. If the conviction is upheld on appeal, the attorney's fees, costsand necessary expenses of such attorney paid by the Commonwealth under theprovisions hereof shall be assessed against the defendant.

(Code 1950, § 17-30.2; 1962, c. 419; 1964, c. 651; 1975, c. 495; 1980, c.626; 1984, c. 703.)