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Kentucky Revised Statutes · § 31.220 — When chapter applies to United States courts

31.220. When chapter applies to United States courts

This chapter applies only to representation in the courts of this state, except that it does not prohibit a defending attorney from representing a needy person in a federal court of the United States, if:

(1) The matter involves a challenge to the validity, timing, or method of implementation of a judgment of a Kentucky state court in a criminal case;

(2) The matter relates to the fact, duration, or conditions of confinement for a juvenile offender represented under KRS 31.100(5); or

(3) Representation is under a plan of the United States District Court as required by the Criminal Justice Act of 1964.

Source notes

Effective: July 15, 2014

History and annotations

Amended 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 87, sec. 7, effective July 15, 2014. -- Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 283, sec. 17, effective July 15, 2002. -- Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 177, sec. 9. -- Created 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 353, sec. 22.

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