Right to counsel – Challenge of any confinement
South Dakota
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Legislation
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Indigent persons “committed, detained, imprisoned or restrained of [their] liberty, under any color or pretense whatever, civil or criminal” must be assigned counsel in a petition for habeas corpus upon a good-faith application for such a writ. S.D. Codified Laws § 21-27-4. [1]
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[1] Although § 21-27-4 authorizes the appointment of an attorney in habeas proceedings in cases of indigency, the statute does not create a constitutional right to counsel. Krebs v. Weber, 608 N.W.2d 322, 324 (S.D. 2000) (relying on interpretation of Sixth Amendment’s reach), overruled in part on other grounds, Jackson v. Weber, 637 N.W.2d 19 (S.D. 2001).
Appointment of Counsel: Yes
Qualified: No
