{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-7-16a-10","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 7-16A-10","heading":"Proceedings in which indigents represented--Co-counsel.","body":"An indigent person who is entitled to be represented by a public defender shall be counseled and defended at all stages of the matter beginning with the earliest time when a person providing his own counsel would be entitled to be represented by an attorney, including the revocation of probation or parole, appeal, and any other post-conviction proceeding that the public defender and the indigent consider appropriate, unless the court in which a proceeding is brought determines that it is not a proceeding that a reasonable person with adequate means would be willing to bring at his own expense. Representation may include co-counsel or associate counsel in appropriate cases.","path":["TITLE 7. COUNTIES","CHAPTER 7-16A. PUBLIC DEFENDER"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/7-16A-10","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:56Z","sha256":"0d52928b77ad87180d588419192d7b6cc1349d0d396e29713d5f3efbf1bf5b5b","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-7-16a-9","next":"us-sd/sdcl-7-16a-11"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}