2004 Minnesota Statutes

     590.05 Indigent petitioners. 

    A person financially unable to obtain counsel who desires 
 to pursue the remedy provided in section 590.01 may apply for 
 representation by the state public defender.  The state public 
 defender shall represent such person under the applicable 
 provisions of sections 611.14 to 611.27, if the person has not 
 already had a direct appeal of the conviction.  If, however, the 
 person pled guilty and received a presumptive sentence or a 
 downward departure in sentence, and the state public defender 
 reviewed the person's case and determined that there was no 
 basis for an appeal of the conviction or of the sentence, then 
 the state public defender may decline to represent the person in 
 a postconviction remedy case.  The state public defender may 
 represent, without charge, all other persons pursuing a 
 postconviction remedy under section 590.01, who are financially 
 unable to obtain counsel.  

    HIST: 1967 c 336 s 5; 1991 c 345 art 3 s 1; 1993 c 13 art 2 s 
 1; 1Sp2003 c 2 art 3 s 2