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Kentucky Revised Statutes Title IV. Judicial Branch § 31.220.When chapter applies to United States courts

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

This chapter applies only to representation in the courts of this state, except that it does not prohibit a defending attorney from representing a needy person in a federal court of the United States, if:

(1) The matter involves a challenge to the validity, timing, or method of implementation of a judgment of a Kentucky state court in a criminal case;

(2) The matter relates to the fact, duration, or conditions of confinement for a juvenile offender represented under KRS 31.100(5); or

(3) Representation is under a plan of the United States District Court as required by the Criminal Justice Act of 1964.

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