                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL FOR INDIGENT PRISONERS (§ 53.1-40)

The judge of a circuit court in whose county or city a state correctional
facility is located shall, on motion of the attorney for the Commonwealth for
such county or city, when he is requested so to do by the superintendent or
warden of a state correctional facility, appoint, for a period of no less than
thirty days nor more than one year, one or more discreet and competent
attorneys-at-law to counsel and assist indigent prisoners therein confined
regarding any legal matter relating to their incarceration.
		An attorney so appointed shall be paid as directed by the court from the
criminal fund reasonable compensation on an hourly basis and necessary expenses
based upon monthly reports to be furnished the court by him.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 53-21.2; 1972, c. 773; 1979, c. 700; 1982, c. 636; 1997,
c. 207.