The Compendium of Standards For Indigent Defense Systems presents national, state, and local standards relating to five functions of indigent defense:


• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
  
• Administration of defense systems (Volume I)
• Attorney performance (Volume II)
  
• Capital case representation (Volume III)
  
• Appellate representation (Volume IV)
  
• Juvenile justice defense (Volume V)

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