{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-600.044","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 600.044","heading":"Legal services to be furnished by defender, dismissal from case, when, procedure.","body":"A defender who undertakes to represent an eligible person shall continue to do so at every stage of the case or proceeding, including the filing of a motion for new trial and the processing, briefing, and argument of an appeal, until the defender is relieved of his duties by the director or is permitted by a court to withdraw.","path":["Title XXXVIII - CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS","Chapter 600 - Public Defenders"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=600.044","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:29Z","sha256":"c005787349c58a31d8202f4ebbbe6251e5f0aaa1fae561a9bcd689e02d3ed7fb","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-600.043","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-600.048"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}