Standard Adopting the 2005 Federal Poverty Guidelines for Use in Determining Indigence
(adopted 4-06-05)
- 2009 Poverty Guidelines
Note: The 2009 Poverty Guidelines have been extended until at least March 1, 2010.

Performance Standards for Criminal Defense Representation in Indigent Criminal Cases (Adopted 5-21-04 - ratified by the 2006 General Assembly - signed by the Governor on May 5, 2006.)
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Standard For Limiting Case Loads and Determining the Size of Legal Staff in Circuit Public Defender Offices (adopted 8-27-04)
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Amendment to Standard For Limiting Case Loads and Determining the Size of Legal Staff in Circuit Public Defender Offices
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Performance Standards for Juvenile Defense Representation in Indigent Delinquency and Unruly Cases (Adopted 12-10-04 - ratified by the 2006 General Assembly - signed by the Governor on May 5, 2006.)
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Death Penalty Defense Standards:
(Adopted 04-06-05. Revised 01-09-07)

1. GPDSC Death Penalty Defense Standards
2. ABA Guidelines for the Appointment and Performance of Defense Counsel in Death Penalty Cases
3. Final Page of GPDSC Death Penalty Defense Standards

Standard for the Removal of a Circuit Public Defender for Cause Pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 17-12-20 (Adopted 05-27-05 - ratified by the 2006 General Assembly - signed by the Governor on May 5, 2006.)
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Performance Standards for Appellate Counsel
(adopted 12-09-05, amended 12-01-06)
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Performance Standards for Criminal Defense Investigators in Indigent Criminal Cases (adopted 12-01-06)
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Standards and procedures for appointment of counsel for conflict of interest cases (adopted 11-30-07)
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