Standards for the Defense Function - American Bar Association
https://www.americanbar.org/groups/criminal_justice/standards/DefenseFunctionFourthEdition/
WEB(a) As used in these Standards, “defense counsel” means any attorney – including privately retained, assigned by the court, acting pro bono or serving indigent defendants in a legal aid or public defender’s office – who acts as an attorney on behalf of a client being investigated or prosecuted for alleged criminal conduct, or a …
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