{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-24-704","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 24-704","heading":"Right to counsel.","body":"(a)\nA patient shall have the right to the assistance of counsel at every stage of the judicial proceeding under §§ 24-701 to 24-711, and the court shall assign counsel to represent him if the patient is unable to obtain counsel.\n\n(b)\nThe counsel for a patient may inspect the reports of the examination made pursuant to the authority contained in § 24-705. No such report and no evidence resulting from such personal examination or evidence offered by the patient shall be admissible against him in any judicial proceeding except a proceeding under §§ 24-701 to 24-711.\n\n(c)\nThe patient may, prior to the examination made pursuant to the provisions of § 24-705 or prior to the hearing provided for by § 24-707, waive his rights to an examination, to counsel, or to such hearing, and voluntarily submit himself to commitment pursuant to the provisions of §§ 24-701 to 24-711.","path":["Title 24. Prisoners and Their Treatment.","Chapter 7. Rehabilitation of Users of Narcotics."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/24-704","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"32225c2991a47956de64b1ee19af9a106808aa31d68fd91d03b805d7cda9c455","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-24-703","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-24-705"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}