Fill and Sign the Assignment of Counsel Form

4.Havi ng appointed the attorney(s) named above to represent the defendant in this case, the IDS Director/Capital De fend er also appoints the attorney(s) to represent the defendant on the following related charges, which were broug ht contemporaneously with or have been joined with the principal offense: Has No Social Security No. 1. NO TE: ASSIG NMENT OF COUNSEL BY OFFICE OF INDIGENT DEFENSE SERVICES IN THE FIRST-DEGREE MURDER (OR UNDESIGNATED DEGREE OF MURDER) CASES AT THE TRIAL LEVEL G.S. 7A-451(c), (d); 7A-452 Na me Of Defendant Having found that the defendant has been charged with first-degree murder (or an undesignated degree of murder),the IDS Director/Capital Defender appoints the attorney named below on a provisional basis to conduct a preliminary in ve stiga tio n, determine whether the defendant is indigent and needs appointed counsel, and protect the defendant’s righ ts pending appointment of trial counsel by the IDS Director/Capital Defender. Social Security No. The Office of Indigent Defense Services/Office of the Capital Defender has provided a copy of this assignment of counsel order to the Clerk of S uperior Cour t where the charges are pending , the Dis tric t Attorney, the appointed attorney(s), and the defendant. II. N OTIFI CATION Date Signa ture of IDS Director/Capital Defender Name Of IDS Director/Capital Defender (Type Or Print) The Office of Indigent Defense Services or Office of the Capi tal Defender completes this form. I. TRIAL APPOINTMENT N OT E:The IDS Office or the Office of the Capital Defender will complete this form in any first-degree murder case or murder case where the degree is undesignated. See IDS Rules for Providing Legal Representation in Capital Cases, Part 2A, Rule 2A.1 (2001). Ema il Telephone Fax 3. The Court having determined that the defendant is indigent and has been charged with first-degree murder (or an undesigna ted degree of murder), and the IDS Director/Capital Defender having determined that the case will likely proce ed capitally as defined by law, the IDS Director/Capital Defender appoints the attorney named below as second t ri al counsel for the defendant. Ema il Telephone Fax Na me And Address Of Attorney 2. The Court having determined that the defendant is indigent and has been charged with first-degree murder (or an undesigna ted degree of murder), the IDS Director/Capital Defender appoints the attorney named below as trial coun sel for the defendant. Ema il Telephone Fax (TYPE OR PRINT IN BL ACK INK) County STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA District S up erior Court Division In The G eneral Court Of Justice File No. Additional File Nos. Na me And Address Of Attorney Na me And Address Of Attorney AOC-CR-624, Rev. 9/02 © 2002 Administrative Office o f the Courts