Oklahoma Indigent Defense System
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The Oklahoma Indigent Defense System is the system in Oklahoma
that provides trial, appellate, and post-conviction criminal defense services to persons judicially determined to be entitled to legal counsel at expense to the state. The Oklahoma Indigent Defense System was created by and is responsible for implementing the Oklahoma Indigent Defense Act.
for staggered five-year terms with the advice and consent of the Oklahoma Senate
. At least three members of the Board be licensed attorneys with criminal defense experience. The Governor designates one member as the Chair of the Board. No congressional district or county may be represented by more than one member on the Board.
Oklahoma
Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...
that provides trial, appellate, and post-conviction criminal defense services to persons judicially determined to be entitled to legal counsel at expense to the state. The Oklahoma Indigent Defense System was created by and is responsible for implementing the Oklahoma Indigent Defense Act.
Board of directors
The system is governed by the Oklahoma Indigent Defense System Board. The Board is composed of five members appointed by the Governor of OklahomaGovernor of Oklahoma
The governor of the state of Oklahoma is the head of state for the state of Oklahoma, United States. Under the Oklahoma Constitution, the governor is also the head of government, serving as the chief executive of the Oklahoma executive branch, of the government of Oklahoma...
for staggered five-year terms with the advice and consent of the Oklahoma Senate
Oklahoma Senate
The Oklahoma Senate is the upper house of the two houses of the Legislature of Oklahoma, the other being the Oklahoma House of Representatives. The total number of Senators is set at 48 by the Oklahoma Constitution....
. At least three members of the Board be licensed attorneys with criminal defense experience. The Governor designates one member as the Chair of the Board. No congressional district or county may be represented by more than one member on the Board.
Current Board members
- Rod Wiemer - Chair
- Term ending: July 1, 2013
- Don G. Pope
- term ending: July 1, 2012
- Dennis N. Shook
- Term ending: July 1, 2011
- Jake Jones, III - Vice Chair
- Term ending: July 1, 2010
- Randolph S. Meacham
- Term ending: June 30, 2014
Organization
- Board of Directors
- Executive Director
- General Operations Program
- Executive Division
- Trial Program
- Non-Capital Trial Division
- Capital Trial Division (Norman)
- Capital Trial Division (Tulsa)
- Appellate Program
- General Appeals Division
- Capital Direct Appeals Division
- Capital Post-Conviction Division
- General Operations Program
- Executive Director