What changed in HF 2516

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Section 1. Section 815.10, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:

b. An indigent person is entitled to the appointment of one attorney in all cases, except that the court may appoint two attorneys in class “A” felony cases the court may appoint two attorneys and in cases where an assistant state public defender from the wrongful convictions division of the office of the state public defender appears. enters an appearance after a private attorney has been appointed to represent the indigent person. However, in a class “A” felony case, a person who is represented by a privately retained attorney or by an attorney who has agreed to represent the person is not entitled to have an attorney appointed to represent the person based upon the indigence of the person.