APPELLATE DEFENDER ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 620 of 1978
780.713 Appellate defender; appointment; dismissal; duties.
Sec. 3.
(1) An appellate defender shall be appointed and serve at the pleasure of the appellate defender commission. An appellate defender shall not be dismissed except for cause determined after a hearing. Dismissal shall require a majority vote of the commission.
(2) The appellate defender shall appoint and supervise the work of a deputy appellate defender and assistant appellate defenders and supporting personnel as authorized by the commission.
History: 1978, Act 620, Imd. Eff. Jan. 6, 1979
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