Idaho Code § 19-855 : — CRIMINAL PROCEDUREEXAMINATION OF CASE AND DISCHARGE OR COMMITMENT OF ACCUSED —855 - [Renumbered Effective 7/1/2024] QUALIFICATIONS OF COUNSEL TEXT PDF No person may be given the primary responsibility of representing an indigent person unless he is licensed to practice law in this state and is otherwise competent to counsel and defend a person charged with a crime. Idaho Code § 19-855 [19-855, added 1967, ch. 181, sec. 5, p. 599; am. 2013 , ch. 220, sec. 5 , p. 518.] Renumbered as Section 19-6212 by 2023 Session Laws, ch. 220,sec. 8, eff. 7/1/2024. Amended by 2013 Session Laws, ch. 220, sec. 5, eff. 7/1/2013.