CHAPTER 481

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 14.1-184, as amended, and 19.1-241.5 of
the Code of Virginia, relating to compensation of court-appointed
counsel.

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Approved April 4, 1968

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §§ 14.1-184, as amended, and 19.1-241.5 of the Code of Virginia
be amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 14.1-184. Compensation of attorneys appointed to defend poor
persons.—When a judge of the circuit court of a county or city or a cor-
poration or hustings court of a city appoints an attorney to defend a poor
person charged with an offense that may be punishable by death, or by
confinement in the penitentiary for a period of more than * twenty years,
he may direct that not to exceed * four hundred * dollars shall be paid out
by the Commonwealth to the attorney so appointed to defend such person
as compensation for such defense, and when such person is charged with
the commission of a felony other ‘than those mentioned the court may in
its discretion direct the payment of a sum not to exceed two hundred
dollars payable as aforesaid. The court shall direct the payment of such
reasonable expenses incurred by such court appointed attorney as it deems
appropriate under the circumstances of the case. When such direction is
entered upon the order book of the court, the Commonwealth shall provide
for the payment out of its treasury of the sum of money so specified. If
the defendant is convicted, the amount allowed by the court to the attorney
appointed to defend him shall be taxed against the defendant as a part of
the costs of the prosecution, and if collected, the same shall be paid to the
Commonwealth. An abstract of such costs shall be docketed in the judg-
ment docket and execution lien book maintained by such court.

§ 19.1-241.5. Compensation of court-appointed counsel.—Counsel
appointed to represent the defendant upon a felony charge shall be com-
pensated for his services in an amount fixed by each of the courts in which
he appears, except that in no event shall the payment for services rendered
a the proceedings before the court not of record exceed the sum of seventy

ve dollars.