Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 22 - CORRECTIONS, CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT › Part XV - Public Defender Board › Chapter 3 - Guidelines and Eligibility Criteria › Section XV-303 - Guidelines for Direct and Indirect Supplemental Assistance

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The Louisiana Indigent Defender Assistance
				Board provides direct and indirect supplemental assistance to the state's 41
				judicial district indigent defender boards in accordance with
				R.S.
				15:151 et seq., and the following guidelines.
1. Supplemental assistance to be provided
				shall take into account the provision of defense services by the judicial
				district indigent defender board for indigent persons arrested or detained in
				connection with the investigation or commission of any offense or charged with
				an offense punishable by imprisonment, custody, or confinement.
2. Supplemental assistance to be provided
				shall take into account the employment by the judicial district indigent
				defender board of other than trial counsel or counsel from within the judicial
				district to provide services for appeals. A district indigent defender board
				shall institute and comply with a policy for providing certified counsel in
				appellate cases in accordance with S.Ct. Rule XXXI.
3. Supplemental assistance to be provided
				shall take into account the failure of the judicial district indigent defender
				board to provide local counsel in capital cases. A judicial district indigent
				defender board shall institute and comply with a policy for providing certified
				counsel in capital cases in accordance with S.Ct. Rule XXXI.
4. Supplemental assistance to be provided
				shall consider the cost to a judicial district indigent defender board of
				specialized scientific testing and expert witnesses.
5. Supplemental assistance to be provided
				shall consider the administrative expenses and management practices and
				efficiencies of the judicial district indigent defender board, including its
				level of cooperation with the Louisiana Indigent Defense Assistance
				Board.
6. Supplemental assistance
				to be provided shall consider compensation rates set by the judicial district
				indigent defender board to remunerate an attorney retained to handle a specific
				case or class of cases.
7.
				Supplemental assistance to be provided shall consider the provision by the
				judicial district indigent defender board of financial, caseload, staffing, and
				other information reasonably necessary to carry out the enumerated powers of
				the Louisiana Indigent Defense Assistance Board.
8. Supplemental assistance to be provided
				shall consider the number of capital and appellate cases, the use of expert
				witnesses and specialized testing, and other clearly demonstrated needs of a
				judicial district indigent defender board. The provision of these defense
				services by a judicial district indigent defender board shall be handled in
				accordance with the certification programs mandated by S.Ct. Rule
				XXXI.
9. Supplemental assistance to
				be provided shall consider the participation of a judicial indigent defender
				board in regional defense service centers as provided in
				R.S.
				15:150.