California Penal Code

§ 987.2

PEN § 987.2 Effective Sep 18, 2020Title 6 · Part 2 · Ch. 1

Statute text

(a)In any case in which a person, including a person who is a minor, desires but is unable to employ counsel, and in which counsel is assigned in the superior court to represent the person in a criminal trial, proceeding, or appeal, the following assigned counsel shall receive a reasonable sum for compensation and for necessary expenses, the amount of which shall be determined by the court, to be paid out of the general fund of the county:

(1)In a county or city and county in which there is no public defender.

(2)In a county of the first, second, or third class where there is no contract for criminal defense services between the county and one or more responsible attorneys.

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Legislative history

Repealed (in Sec. 33) and added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 92, Sec. 34. (AB 1869) Effective September 18, 2020. Operative July 1, 2021, by its own provisions.