Code of Maryland Regulations
Title 14 - INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
Subtitle 06 - OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER
Chapter 14.06.02 - Panel Attorneys
Section 14.06.02.01 - Definitions
Universal Citation: MD Code Reg 14.06.02.01
Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 19, September 20, 2024
A. As used in this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.
B. Terms Defined.
(1) "Office" means the Office of the Public
Defender, including a district office of the Public Defender.
(2) "District public defender" means:
(a) The attorney-at-law appointed by the
Public Defender to be in charge of a district comprising one or more political
subdivisions conforming to the geographic boundaries of the District Court
districts established in Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article, §
1-602,
Annotated Code of Maryland; or
(b)
A division chief of a Statewide division within the office designated by the
Public Defender.
(3)
"Federal fee maximum" has the meaning stated in §B(6) of this
regulation.
(4) "Panel attorney"
means any attorney licensed to practice law in Maryland and who qualifies and
is eligible for appointment as counsel to an indigent person as defined by
Article 27A, Annotated Code of Maryland.
(5) "Public Defender" means the head of the
Office of the Public Defender.
(6)
"Rate at which federal panel attorneys are compensated" means those rates of
compensation for panel attorneys assigned to represent indigent federal
criminal defendants, promulgated at
18 U.S.C. §
3006A (Criminal Justice Act).
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