BLMLcR 3.1
OBLIGATION OF DEFENDANTS TO APPEAR IN COURT; CONSEQUENCES OF FAILURE TO APPEAR
               IN CASES WHERE PUBLIC DEFENDER HAS BEEN APPOINTED


   (a)  The appointment by this court of a public defender attorney for any
defendant  deemed to be indigent shall be conditioned on the defendant
appearing in court for all hearings where his/her appearance has been
required by the court.

   (b)  If any defendant for whom a public defender has been appointed fails
to appear in court when so required without being excused in advance by the
court, the order/appointment whereby the public defender was appointed for
said defendant may be vacated immediately upon such failure to appear.

   (c)  Upon such appointment being vacated, the public defender shall be
relieved from any requirements to appear in court with such defendant.

   (d)  The provisions of this Rule, however, do not preclude the defendant
from reapplying to the court for the appointment of the public defender to
represent him/her.


[Adopted October 7, 1998; renumbered effective September 1, 2008]