Kan. Admin. Regs. § 105-2-1 - Definitions
Unless the context otherwise requires, terms used in K.A.R. 105-1-1 et seq., forms, and instructions shall have the following meanings.
(a) "Board" means the state board of
indigents' defense services.
(b)
"Director" means the state director of indigents' defense services appointed by
the board.
(c) "District" means
judicial district.
(d) "Legal
representation" means representation of indigent defendants by a qualified and
effective attorney, as well as transcript preparation and other related defense
services by investigators, expert witnesses, and others when requested by the
attorney and properly approved in accordance with K.A.R. 105-7-1, 105-7-2, and
105-7-3.
(e) "Panel" means the
list of qualified attorneys in a county or judicial district who are eligible
for appointment or assignment to represent indigent defendants and who
voluntarily request to be considered for appointment or assignment.
(f) "Public defender" means an attorney
selected and employed on a full-time basis by the board to provide quality
legal representation to indigent defendants.
(g) "State appellate defender" means an
attorney selected and employed on a full-time basis by the board to provide
appellate representation to indigent defendants in the appellate courts of
Kansas.
(h) "Trial counsel" means
an attorney or public defender appointed or assigned under the terms of these
regulations to provide legal representation to indigent defendants in the
district courts of Kansas and as provided by K.A.R. 105-3-9.
(i) "Conflicts attorney office" means the
office designated by the board to provide indigent felony and related defense
services for cases that cannot be handled by a public defender office due to
potential conflicts of interest.
(j) "Contract counsel or attorney" means an
attorney who has entered into a contract with the board to provide
representation to indigent defendants in the district and appellate courts of
Kansas.
(k) "Assigned counsel or
attorney" means a panel attorney appointed by the court to represent an
indigent defendant in a case in which a public defender, contract counsel, or
designated conflicts office has a conflict of interest and the public defender,
the designated conflicts office, or contract counsel is not able to undertake
representation.
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