§ 16-201
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§16–201.
It is the policy of the State to:
(1)provide for the realization of the constitutional guarantees of counsel in the representation of indigent individuals, including related necessary services and facilities, in criminal and juvenile proceedings in the State;
(2)assure the effective assistance and continuity of counsel to indigent accused individuals taken into custody and indigent individuals in criminal and juvenile proceedings before the courts of the State; and
(3)authorize the Office of the Public Defender to administer and ensure enforcement of this title.