19-856 APPOINTMENT OF SUBSTITUTE ATTORNEY.

TITLE 19

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

CHAPTER 8

EXAMINATION OF CASE AND DISCHARGE OR COMMITMENT OF ACCUSED

19-856. Appointment of substitute attorney. At any stage, including appeal or other post-conviction proceeding, the court concerned may for good cause assign a substitute attorney. The substitute attorney has the same functions with respect to the needy person as the attorney for whom he is substituted. If the substitute attorney is not in the office of the public defender the court shall prescribe reasonable compensation for him and approve the expenses necessarily incurred by him in the defense of the needy person.