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<section article="gcp" article_name="Criminal Procedure" number="16-213" title_number="16" title_name="Office of the Public Defender" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Office of the Public Defender">
  <text>This subtitle does not prohibit the appointment of an attorney, other than through the Office, to represent an indigent individual by the District Court, a circuit court, or the Appellate Court of Maryland if: </text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>there is a conflict in legal representation in a matter involving multiple defendants, and one of the defendants is represented by or through the Office; or</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>the Office declines to provide representation to an indigent individual entitled to representation under this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
</section>
