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SENATE BILL NO. 1450 – Appellate public defender

SENATE BILL NO. 1450

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S1450aa..............................................by JUDICIARY AND RULES
APPELLATE PUBLIC DEFENDER - Amends existing law to provide that for
defendants sentenced in certain counties in capital cases, if the state
appellate public defender obtains a new sentencing hearing in a
postconviction proceeding or on appeal, the state appellate public defender
shall continue to represent the capital defendant in a resentencing and
shall be responsible for obtaining conflict counsel for postconviction
following reimposition of a sentence.
                                                                        
02/14    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/15    Rpt prt - to Jud
03/04    Rpt out - to 14th Ord
03/11    Rpt out amen - to engros
03/12    Rpt engros - 1st rdg - to 2nd rdg as amen
    Rls susp - PASSED - 34-0-1
      AYES -- Andreason, Boatright, Branch(Bartlett), Brandt, Bunderson,
      Burtenshaw, Cameron, Darrington, Davis, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure,
      Geddes, Goedde, Hawkins, Hill, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, Little, Lodge,
      Marley, Noh, Richardson, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sims, Sorensen,
      Stegner, Stennett, Thorne, Wheeler, Williams
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- King-Barrutia
    Floor Sponsors - Geddes & Risch
    Title apvd - to House
03/13    House intro - 1st rdg - to Approp

Bill Text


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-sixth Legislature                  Second Regular Session - 2002
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1450
                                                                        
                              BY JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO THE STATE APPELLATE  PUBLIC  DEFENDER;  AMENDING  SECTION  19-870,
  3        IDAHO  CODE,  TO PROVIDE THAT FOR DEFENDANTS SENTENCED IN CERTAIN COUNTIES
  4        IN CAPITAL CASES, IF THE STATE APPELLATE PUBLIC  DEFENDER  OBTAINS  A  NEW
  5        SENTENCING  HEARING IN A POSTCONVICTION PROCEEDING OR ON APPEAL, THE STATE
  6        APPELLATE PUBLIC DEFENDER SHALL CONTINUE TO REPRESENT THE CAPITAL  DEFEND-
  7        ANT  IN  A  RESENTENCING  AND  SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR OBTAINING CONFLICT
  8        COUNSEL FOR POSTCONVICTION FOLLOWING REIMPOSITION OF THE  SENTENCE  SHOULD
  9        THAT OCCUR AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
                                                                        
 10    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
 11        SECTION  1.  That  Section  19-870, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 12    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 13        19-870.  POWERS AND DUTIES. (1) Subject to the  provisions  of  subsection
 14    (2)  of this section, the state appellate public defender, upon appointment by
 15    the court, shall provide representation  for  indigent  defendants  in  felony
 16    criminal actions in the following cases:
 17        (a)  Appeals  from  convictions in district court, where the appellant was
 18        convicted on or after September 1, 1998;
 19        (b)  Appeals from the district  court  in  post-conviction  postconviction
 20        relief   proceedings  brought  pursuant  to  the  uniform  post-conviction
 21        postconviction procedure act, chapter 49, title 19, Idaho Code, where  the
 22        denial  of  the post-conviction postconviction relief occurred on or after
 23        September 1, 1998;
 24        (c)  Appeals from the district court in habeas corpus proceedings  brought
 25        pursuant  to  chapter  42,  title  19,  Idaho Code, where the petition was
 26        denied on or after September 1, 1998;
 27        (d)  Post-conviction Postconviction relief proceedings in  district  court
 28        in  capital  cases where the appellant was sentenced on or after September
 29        1, 1998, or where the court  has  appointed  the  state  appellate  public
 30        defender  or  the state appellate public defender has accepted the request
 31        by the court for representation in the case and such event occurred on  or
 32        after July 1, 1998, but before March 1, 1999;
 33        (e)  The  following  shall apply to defendants who were sentenced in coun-
 34        ties with a population of less than sixty-four thousand (64,000) according
 35        to the latest U.S. census figures: in capital cases, if the  state  appel-
 36        late  public defender obtains a new sentencing hearing in a postconviction
 37        proceeding or on appeal, the state appellate public  defender  shall  con-
 38        tinue  to  represent  the capital defendant in a resentencing and shall be
 39        responsible for obtaining conflict counsel  for  postconviction  following
 40        reimposition of the sentence should that occur.
 41        (2)  The  services  of the state appellate public defender shall be avail-
 42    able only to those counties participating in the capital crimes  defense  fund
 43    established pursuant to section 19-863A, Idaho Code.
                                                                        
                                           2
                                                                        
  1        (3)  The state appellate public defender may employ deputy state appellate
  2    public  defenders and other employees necessary to carry out the responsibili-
  3    ties of the office. The state appellate public defender,  in  his  discretion,
  4    may  contract  with  private attorneys to provide representation on a case-by-
  5    case basis when such contracts would conserve budgetary resources.
  6        (a)  A deputy state appellate public defender must be licensed to practice
  7        law in the state of Idaho and possess any other qualifications required by
  8        the state appellate public defender.
  9        (b)  The state appellate public defender shall fix the compensation of all
 10        employees of the office and they shall serve at his pleasure.
 11        (c)  The state appellate public defender, deputy  state  appellate  public
 12        defenders  and  all  employees of the office of the state appellate public
 13        defender shall be nonclassified employees, pursuant  to  section  67-5303,
 14        Idaho Code.
 15        (4)  The  state  appellate  public  defender  shall have any and all other
 16    powers and duties necessary to carry out the purposes of this  act,  including
 17    the authority to promulgate rules in accordance with the provisions of chapter
 18    52, title 67, Idaho Code.
                                                                        
 19        SECTION  2.  An  emergency  existing  therefor,  which emergency is hereby
 20    declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after its
 21    passage and approval.

Amendment


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-sixth Legislature                  Second Regular Session - 2002
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                     Moved by    Geddes              
                                                                        
                                                     Seconded by Risch               
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                             SENATE AMENDMENT TO S.B. NO. 1450
                                                                        
  1                                AMENDMENT TO SECTION 1
  2        On page 1 of the printed bill, in line  34,  delete  "sixty-four  thousand
  3    (64,000)"  and insert: "nine thousand (9,000)".

Engrossed Bill (Original Bill with Amendment(s) Incorporated)


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-sixth Legislature                  Second Regular Session - 2002
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                              SENATE BILL NO. 1450, As Amended
                                                                        
                              BY JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO THE STATE APPELLATE  PUBLIC  DEFENDER;  AMENDING  SECTION  19-870,
  3        IDAHO  CODE,  TO PROVIDE THAT FOR DEFENDANTS SENTENCED IN CERTAIN COUNTIES
  4        IN CAPITAL CASES, IF THE STATE APPELLATE PUBLIC  DEFENDER  OBTAINS  A  NEW
  5        SENTENCING  HEARING IN A POSTCONVICTION PROCEEDING OR ON APPEAL, THE STATE
  6        APPELLATE PUBLIC DEFENDER SHALL CONTINUE TO REPRESENT THE CAPITAL  DEFEND-
  7        ANT  IN  A  RESENTENCING  AND  SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR OBTAINING CONFLICT
  8        COUNSEL FOR POSTCONVICTION FOLLOWING REIMPOSITION OF THE  SENTENCE  SHOULD
  9        THAT OCCUR AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
                                                                        
 10    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
 11        SECTION  1.  That  Section  19-870, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 12    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 13        19-870.  POWERS AND DUTIES. (1) Subject to the  provisions  of  subsection
 14    (2)  of this section, the state appellate public defender, upon appointment by
 15    the court, shall provide representation  for  indigent  defendants  in  felony
 16    criminal actions in the following cases:
 17        (a)  Appeals  from  convictions in district court, where the appellant was
 18        convicted on or after September 1, 1998;
 19        (b)  Appeals from the district  court  in  post-conviction  postconviction
 20        relief   proceedings  brought  pursuant  to  the  uniform  post-conviction
 21        postconviction procedure act, chapter 49, title 19, Idaho Code, where  the
 22        denial  of  the post-conviction postconviction relief occurred on or after
 23        September 1, 1998;
 24        (c)  Appeals from the district court in habeas corpus proceedings  brought
 25        pursuant  to  chapter  42,  title  19,  Idaho Code, where the petition was
 26        denied on or after September 1, 1998;
 27        (d)  Post-conviction Postconviction relief proceedings in  district  court
 28        in  capital  cases where the appellant was sentenced on or after September
 29        1, 1998, or where the court  has  appointed  the  state  appellate  public
 30        defender  or  the state appellate public defender has accepted the request
 31        by the court for representation in the case and such event occurred on  or
 32        after July 1, 1998, but before March 1, 1999;
 33        (e)  The  following  shall apply to defendants who were sentenced in coun-
 34        ties with a population of less than nine thousand (9,000) according to the
 35        latest U.S. census figures: in capital cases, if the state appellate  pub-
 36        lic defender obtains a new sentencing hearing in a postconviction proceed-
 37        ing  or  on  appeal, the state appellate public defender shall continue to
 38        represent the capital defendant in a resentencing and shall be responsible
 39        for obtaining conflict counsel for postconviction  following  reimposition
 40        of the sentence should that occur.
 41        (2)  The  services  of the state appellate public defender shall be avail-
 42    able only to those counties participating in the capital crimes  defense  fund
 43    established pursuant to section 19-863A, Idaho Code.
                                                                        
                                           2
                                                                        
  1        (3)  The state appellate public defender may employ deputy state appellate
  2    public  defenders and other employees necessary to carry out the responsibili-
  3    ties of the office. The state appellate public defender,  in  his  discretion,
  4    may  contract  with  private attorneys to provide representation on a case-by-
  5    case basis when such contracts would conserve budgetary resources.
  6        (a)  A deputy state appellate public defender must be licensed to practice
  7        law in the state of Idaho and possess any other qualifications required by
  8        the state appellate public defender.
  9        (b)  The state appellate public defender shall fix the compensation of all
 10        employees of the office and they shall serve at his pleasure.
 11        (c)  The state appellate public defender, deputy  state  appellate  public
 12        defenders  and  all  employees of the office of the state appellate public
 13        defender shall be nonclassified employees, pursuant  to  section  67-5303,
 14        Idaho Code.
 15        (4)  The  state  appellate  public  defender  shall have any and all other
 16    powers and duties necessary to carry out the purposes of this  act,  including
 17    the authority to promulgate rules in accordance with the provisions of chapter
 18    52, title 67, Idaho Code.
                                                                        
 19        SECTION  2.  An  emergency  existing  therefor,  which emergency is hereby
 20    declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after its
 21    passage and approval.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                 STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                       RS 12067


The purpose of this legislation is to require that in a capital case
where the State Appellate Public Defender has provided representation
to a capital defendant, and receives a new sentencing hearing based 
on a postconviction proceeding or an appeal, the State Appellate 
Public Defender shall continue to represent the capital defendant.


This legislation applies to only counties where the population is 
less than 64,000 residents.


                     FISCAL IMPACT


The fiscal impact will be minimal, as this legislation simply
defines the responsibilities of the State Appellate Public
Defender. Any fiscal impact will be assessed to the State
Appellate Public Defenders annual appropriation.



Contact:   Senator Robert L. Geddes, 332-1300 
           Senator Jim Risch, 332-1303



STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FICAL NOTE          S 1450