TITLE 19

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

CHAPTER 8

EXAMINATION OF CASE AND DISCHARGE OR COMMITMENT OF ACCUSED

19-802.  Sending for counsel. He must also allow the defendant a reasonable time to send for counsel, and postpone the examination for that purpose, and must upon the request of the defendant, require a peace officer to take a message to any counsel in the township or city the defendant may name. The officer must, without delay and without fee, perform that duty.

History:

[(19-802) Cr. Prac. 1864, sec. 144, p. 230; R.S., R.C., & C.L., sec. 7566; C.S., sec. 8744; I.C.A., sec. 19-702.]