Asistencia legal para indigentes en Carolina del Sur

Explicación Simple

Esta ley ayuda a las personas que no tienen dinero para pagar un abogado. Si alguien necesita un experto o investigador para su caso, el juez puede autorizar que se pague con fondos públicos.

Es como si tuvieras que hacer una tarea escolar, pero no tienes los materiales necesarios. La escuela te presta lo que necesitas para que puedas completar tu trabajo.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan es acusado de un delito y no puede pagar un abogado. El juez le asigna un abogado público y, si se necesita un experto para su defensa, el juez puede permitir que se pague con dinero del estado para asegurar que Juan tenga una buena defensa.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

ion shall not exceed twenty-five thousand dollars and shall be paid from funds available to the Office of Indigent Defense for the defense of indigent represented by court-appointed, private counsel. (C)(1) Upon a finding in ex parte proceedings that investigative, expert, or other services are reasonably necessary for the representation of the defendant whether in connection with issues relating to guilt or sentence, the court shall authorize the defendant's attorneys to obtain such services on behalf of the defendant and shall order the payment, from funds available to the Office of Indigent Defense, of fees and expenses not to exceed twenty thousand dollars as the court shall deem appropriate. Payment of such fees and expenses may be ordered in cases where the defendant is an indigent represented by either court-appointed, private counsel or the public defender. (2) Court-appointed counsel seeking payment for fees and expenses shall request these payments from the Office of Indigent Defense within thirty days after the completion of the case. For the purposes of this statute, exhaustion of the funds shall occur if the funds administered by the Office of Indigent Defense and reserved for death penalty fees and expenses have been reduced to zero. If either the Death Penalty Trial Fund or the Conflict Fund has been exhausted in a month and the other fund contains money not scheduled to be disbursed in that month, then the Indigent Defense Commission must transfer a sufficient amount from the fund with the positive fund balance to the fund with no balance and pay the obligation to the extent possible. (D) Payment in excess of the hourly rates and limit in subsection (B) or (C) is authorized only if the court certifies, in a written order with specific findings of fact, t