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Skewed priorities: Criminal courts raise plenty of revenue but Lege diverts it from indigent defense
15 Jun 2011, 11:48 am
A related CourTex post focuses on the rise of pro se (self-represented) defendants in civil court, estimating that 45% of divorces (around 61,000 cases last year) are now handled without attorneys. [read post]
28 May 2018, 4:24 am
There is no neutral board or commission that appoints the chief in Allegheny County. [read post]
23 May 2022, 1:04 pm
Full disclosure: I knew Reuben briefly when I was on the Board of Directors of the Federal Defenders down here in San Diego and he was the Executive Director. [read post]
15 Feb 2008, 1:55 pm
The Legal Aid Society of Santa Clara County has slipped a little closer to the edge of losing its $7.3 million contract to provide indigent defense in cases when the public defender's office is conflicted out. [read post]
2 Sep 2008, 6:49 am
The irony is, these lawyers will continue to represent indigent defendants at the courthouse, I'm sure. [read post]
25 Jul 2007, 11:41 am
The article notes that attorneys in the Clark County Public Defender's Office currently have a caseload of approximately 400 cases. [read post]
23 Sep 2008, 8:56 am
In Dallas about half of indigent assignments still go to private attorneys. [read post]
25 Jan 2018, 12:24 pm
Defendant Refuses Additional Counsel, Public Defender At a January 2011 hearing, McCoy informed the court that he did not want the public defender’s office involved in the case in any way; that he was prepared to go to trial with one attorney who was not board certified to handle a capital case rather than the standard two attorneys. [read post]
13 Mar 2008, 7:52 am
The Public Defender Agency's board voted 7-0 to hire Hill over the other finalist, attorney Eric K. [read post]
5 Jun 2019, 3:48 am
LAS gets funded, and what it does with those funds is left to the sound discretion of its board. [read post]
23 Nov 2005, 12:46 am
Attorney Kevin Danielson of Tulsa argued the context of the law shows it applies only to proceedings in federal court, not state clemency hearings.He cited a 1994 decision by the appellate judges that said "federal courts should not be required as a routine matter to fulfill the state's obligation to provide an adequate and effective" appeal for indigent criminal defendants. [read post]
23 Jul 2012, 9:46 am
No matter how qualified its own attorneys may be, PDS also worries about the quality of legal representation provided to indigent defendants across the board. [read post]
17 Feb 2019, 5:38 pm
" Texas has been more active using the writ, mainly because our active death penalty provides attorneys to defendants to mount such challenges in habeas writs; non-capital defendants don't get an appointed lawyer at that stage. [read post]
25 Jan 2011, 6:54 pm
Massachusetts’ prosecutors are whining that those big bad criminal defense attorneys who are hired to represent indigent criminal defendantsr, after a proper nickel and diming and receiving only a fraction of what their work is worth, are making too much money. [read post]
15 Feb 2012, 12:14 pm
The attorney general’s office represents the State at the appellate level in murder cases, in cases where the constitutionality of a criminal statute is at question, and on certain occasions to prosecute indigent defendants in trial courts. [read post]
30 May 2008, 8:57 am
Attorney General Larry Thompson and former Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Norman Fletcher are sending letters to the board, requesting clemency for Osborne, Hoffmann said. [read post]
3 Apr 2008, 9:09 am
Among the issues facing the system as this year's General Assembly comes to a close: 1: Last year the cash-strapped council was unable to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars billed by attorneys representing death-penalty defendants. [read post]
7 Apr 2013, 1:32 pm
My favorite part:not later than 30 days before a trial is scheduled to commence for an offense other than a misdemeanor punishable by fine only, the court shall require the attorney representing the state to affirm in open court that the attorney has:(1) been diligent in identifying any exculpatory or impeachment evidence that is material to the defendant's guilt or punishment and in the possession of or otherwise known to any peace officer, investigator, or other… [read post]
9 Sep 2015, 2:02 pm
They may be significantly underpaid.It's often said that indigent defendants take it in the shins, because privately retained counsel are better. [read post]
7 Jul 2017, 12:27 pm
Conflict counsel for indigent defendants must be fully supported and properly compensated. [read post]
