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12 Jun 2008, 6:44 am
In Tarrant, the increase was a whopping 87% over that period.Dallas never absorbed those extra costs because the public defender office buffered county taxpayers from the blow. [read post]
10 Jun 2008, 5:52 pm
Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price took some cheap shots at head public defender Brad Lollar as the latter man resigned today. [read post]
4 Jun 2008, 8:14 am
You have to wonder what incentives Dallas judges act on when they fail to use the public defender office? [read post]
3 Apr 2007, 5:38 am
The Dallas Morning News has a nice article about the Public Defenders' Office and Dallas County judges' use of PDs vs. private court appointed lawyers. [read post]
31 Jul 2008, 2:57 pm
An informant brings word that the Dallas Public Defender Office may soon lose two more spots because county commissioners are requiring courts to assign felony PD lawyers 40 felony cases each month. [read post]
1 Jul 2008, 8:50 am
Several readers emailed recently to say the axe continues to fall around the Dallas Public Defender's office in the wake of top PD Brad Lollar's forced resignation. [read post]
3 Apr 2007, 5:26 am
Last year, Dallas County criminal district judges assigned just 38 percent of cases to public defenders, county budget office figures show. [read post]
7 Jul 2008, 2:01 pm
Texas Lawyer published a detailed adumbration of the imbroglio surrounding allegedly politicized firings at the Dallas Public Defender's Office beginning with the chief, Brad Lollar. [read post]
5 Jan 2008, 4:21 am
From the blog : "Public Defender StuffPublic defender's office wants to add DNA testing position by Gideon From the Dallas Morning News:The Dallas County public defender's office is seeking funding to add a position dedicated to reviewing and applying for post-conviction DNA testing. [read post]
8 Sep 2008, 7:18 am
If Dallas County can't afford to hire enough public defenders to keep caseloads reasonable or pay enough staff to guard the jail, why does the Commissioners Court have more than $48 million in a rainy day fund they're refusing to spend? [read post]
10 Apr 2008, 9:16 am
Harris County (Houston) Commissioners have instructed the county's budget officer to examine public defender offices with the possibility of creating one for the county. [read post]
23 Sep 2008, 8:56 am
Generally I'm a big supporter of public defender offices. [read post]
5 Nov 2006, 10:39 pm
Kaufman County just hired a young ex-prosecutor as its new chief public defender. [read post]
22 Jul 2008, 7:02 pm
In Dallas County, public defenders could handle as little as 50 misdemeanor cases a month and 26 felony cases a month and still be cost effective, the report says. [read post]
13 Jun 2008, 11:37 am
John Wiley Price: Move to slash public defender budget couldn't come at worse timeDallas public defender budget saves county money compared to neighbors [read post]
2 Sep 2008, 6:49 am
Five attorneys have resigned from the Dallas Public Defender's office in the past month thanks to oversized caseloads and pressure from the county commissioner's court to short-change clients legal representation via a new, weekly reporting system. [read post]
5 May 2008, 7:22 am
Reported the Dallas News ("Dallas officer convicted in fake drug scandal begins prison term," May 5): A Dallas police officer convicted in what became known as the fake drug scandal turned himself in Monday morning to the Dallas County Jail to begin serving his sentence, the Dallas County District Attorney's office said. [read post]
18 Nov 2009, 11:08 pm
Should county employees be required to resign before they run for public office? [read post]
13 Mar 2008, 2:17 am
Even in Texas, other large counties such as Dallas, Bexar and El Paso use public defender offices. [read post]
23 Dec 2016, 9:30 am
Dallas County is implementing a couple of significant criminal justice reforms, as described in this Morning News article. [read post]
