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Maryland Manual, 1989-90
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DISTRICT 6: MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Chairperson: DeLawrence Beard

Charles F. Chester; Paul E Kemp; Alan
L. Tanenbaum; Maria Vacchio.

DISTRICT 7: ANNE ARUNDEL
COUNTY
Chairperson: Bruce C. Williams

Judith Billage; William A. Franch;
Mettie M. Smith; Edwin A. Lechowicz.

DISTRICT 8: BALTIMORE COUNTY
Chairperson: Gerard W Wittstadt

Michael J. Lambros; C. Victor
McFarland; Raymond E. Pryor; one
vacancy.

DISTRICT 9: HARFORD COUNTY
Chairperson: Edwin H. W Harlan, Jr.

Judith C. H. Cline; Stanley Getz; John
S. Karas; Michael E. Leaf.

DISTRICT 10: HOWARD & CARROLL
COUNTIES
Chairperson: Diane Gail Schulte

Charles O. Fisher, Jr.; Nathan Greene;
Marker J. Lovell; William R.
MacDonald.

DISTRICT 11: FREDERICK &
WASHINGTON COUNTIES
Chairperson: Frederick C. Wright III

Edward L. Kuczynski; Lewis C.
Metzner; Glenn C. Michel; Robert S.
Rothenhoefer.

DISTRICT 12: ALLEGANY &
GARRETT COUNTIES
Chairperson: Paul J. Stakem

Thomas B. Dabney, Jr.; Donald W
Mason; William H. Rudd; William
Walsh.

The Office of Public Defender was created in
1971 (Chapter 209, Acts of 1971). In criminal and
juvenile proceedings within the State, the Office
provides indigent persons with counsel, and re-
lated necessary services and facilities. The Office
assures effective assistance and continuity of counsel
to accused indigent persons in custody and to indi-
gent defendants in criminal and juvenile proceed-
ings before the courts of the State. The Office of the
Public Defender administers and assures enforce-
ment of these provisions.

The Public Defender provides legal representa-
tion for indigent defendants in criminal or juvenile
proceedings that require the presence of counsel
before a commissioner or judge, in post-conviction
proceedings, and in any other proceeding where
incarceration may result pursuant to a judicial com-
mitment of individuals to public or private institu-
tions.

Independent Agencies/467

Within the Office of the Public Defender are the
Mental Health Division, the Appellate Division,
and the Inmate Services Division.

The Mental Health Division furnishes counsel to
all persons involuntarily committed to facilities
under the jurisdiction of or licensed by the Depart-
ment of Health and Mental Hygiene. The Appellate
Division processes all appeals to the appellate
courts. The Inmate Services Division offers legal
assistance to all indigent inmates who have legal
problems concerning their incarceration. Office ser-
vices apply only to representation in or with respect
to the courts of Maryland.

The Board of Trustees of the Public Defender
system consists of three members appointed by the
Governor for three-year terms. Two members must
be active attorneys-at-law.

Appointed by the Board of Trustees, the Public
Defender must be an attorney-at-law, who has been
admitted to practice law in Maryland by the Court
of Appeals and engaged in the practice of law for a
period of five years prior to appointment. The
Public Defender, with the approval of the Board of
Trustees, appoints the Deputy Public Defender
and, for each district of the District Court, appoints
one District Public Defender who must possess the
same qualifications as the Public Defender. Assis-
tant Public Defenders also may be appointed by the
Public Defender with the advice of the District
Public Defenders. The Public Defender must sub-
mit a report annually to the Board of Trustees, the
Governor, and General Assembly (Code 1957, Art.
27 k).

DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARDS FOR THE
PUBLIC DEFENDER SYSTEM

Each District Advisory Board for the Public
Defender system studies and observes the opera-
tion of its district public defender office. The Board
advises the Public Defender and its district public
defender with respect to panels of attorneys, fees,
and other matters pertaining to the operation of the
district public defender office and the Public De-
fender system.

Twelve District Advisory Boards serve the Public
Defender system. Composed of five members, each
Board represents a district of the District Court.
One member is the judge of the Circuit Court or
the District Court in the district. Four members
must be active attorneys-at-law; they are appointed
by the Governor for three-year terms. Annually, the
Governor designates the chairperson of each board
(Code 1957, Art. 27A, sec. 10).



 
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