8-14-211 - Special personnel for expedition of post-conviction proceedings in capital cases.
8-14-211. Special personnel for expedition of post-conviction proceedings in capital cases.
The district public defender is authorized to employ, reassign, or contract with individuals utilizing special funds appropriated solely for the purpose of providing prompt and fair adjudication of post-conviction proceedings in capital sentence cases, including authority to assign the additional personnel the duties of personnel reassigned to the post-conviction cases. In no event shall the employment, contract, or expenditures under this authority extend beyond a two-year period.
[Acts 1993, ch. 472, § 3.]