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LCrR 3.1  RIGHT TO AND ASSIGNMENT OF COUNSEL

          Indigent defendants shall have counsel appointed
to represent them in all criminal cases unless the right
to counsel is waived.  Indigency shall mean an inability
to pay an attorney a reasonable fee for the services which
appear to be required by reasons of the crime charged
without substantial hardship to himself or his family.
Defendants who request appointment of counsel may be
required to promptly execute and file a financial
disclosure under oath, which shall substantially comply
with the form set forth in Exhibit A, or the defendant may
be required to provide the information orally to the
court.
          All appointments of counsel by reason of
indigency are expressly contingent upon indigency and full
disclosure of assets.  Where income or assets are
discovered or change subsequent to appointment which
enable the defendant to afford counsel, or if the
defendant can afford partial payment, fees may be ordered
to be reimbursed to the court.

          Upon appointment of counsel for indigent
criminal defendants or other litigants, the Clerk shall
promptly provide counsel with notice of the appointment.

     Attorneys representing defendants in criminal cases,
except when appointed by the Court, must serve prompt
written notice of their employment upon the prosecuting
attorney and file the same with the Clerk of the Court.  To
withdraw, an attorney must serve a motion to withdraw upon
the prosecuting attorney, file the same with the Clerk of
the Court, and note the same for a hearing.  No withdrawal
will be granted by the Court, except for cause deemed
sufficient by the Court.  Approval of withdrawal may, if
necessary to prevent a continuance of a trial or hearing, be
denied, and such attorney be required to proceed with the
trial.
	

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