CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Indigent Defense: Amend Chapter 12 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the “Georgia Indigent Defense Act of 2003,” so as to Extensively Revise Said Act; Reconstitute the Georgia Public Defender Standards Council wi...

The bill would have removed the Georgia Public Defender Standards Council’s authority over the public defender system and changed it to an advisory body only. The public defender system itself would have changed from an independent entity to a state agency named the Georgia Public Defender Agency.