Right to counsel
West Virginia
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Legislation
, Forfeiture (incomplete)
W. Va. Code, § 29-21-2 provides for appointment of public defenders in “forfeiture proceedings brought pursuant to article seven, chapter sixty-a of this code [§§ 60A-7-701 et seq.].” The referred-to article is the West Virginia Contraband Forfeiture Act.
The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia has affirmed that proceedings listed in § 29-21-2 are “[t]he legal proceedings to which indigents are entitled to court appointed counsel …” Mooney v. Frazier, 693 S.E.2d 333, 337 (W. Va. 2010).
Appointment of Counsel: Yes
Qualified: No
