indigent defense system

C12739
concept

An indigent defense system is the network of laws, institutions, and services that provides legal representation at public expense to people who cannot afford to hire their own attorneys in criminal proceedings.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
indigent defense system canonical 2
model public defender statute 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: indigent defense system
Generated description
An indigent defense system is the network of laws, institutions, and services that provides legal representation at public expense to people who cannot afford to hire their own attorneys in criminal proceedings.

Instances (3)

Instance Via concept surface
Assigned Counsel Plan (18-B panel attorneys)
federal defender services
surface form: Federal defender services
"Foltz Defender Bill" model public defender statute
surface form: Foltz Defender Bill
model public defender statute