Missouri Laws 600.044 – Legal services to be furnished by defender, dismissal from case, when, ..
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Terms Used In Missouri Laws 600.044
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Director: the state public defender director. See Missouri Laws 600.011
- Eligible person: a person who falls within the financial rules for legal representation at public expense prescribed by section 600. See Missouri Laws 600.011
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
A defender who undertakes to represent an eligible person shall continue to do so at every stage of the case or proceeding, including the filing of a motion for new trial and the processing, briefing, and argument of an appeal, until the defender is relieved of his duties by the director or is permitted by a court to withdraw.