{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-7-16a-7","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 7-16A-7","heading":"Qualifications of assistant defenders--Assignment to cases.","body":"An assistant public defender, before employment, must be licensed to practice law in this state and be competent to counsel and defend a person charged with a crime. A public defender may assign and substitute his assistant public defenders to cases referred to the office of the public defender without prior approval of the court.","path":["TITLE 7. COUNTIES","CHAPTER 7-16A. PUBLIC DEFENDER"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/7-16A-7","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:56Z","sha256":"f45b78484dd4eaa7d3a346e404a12fecca87908e7c1aff0b7083fe514d80f877","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-7-16a-6","next":"us-sd/sdcl-7-16a-8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}