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14 Mar 2012, 6:07 am
A federal judge sounded the alarm Tuesday over across-the-board cuts that will take effect in 2013 if Congress fails to reach a deal on reducing the deficit. [read post]
15 Nov 2010, 8:06 am
The first cases to be represented will involve mentally ill people charged with misdemeanors and appeals by indigent defendants. [read post]
22 Jul 2013, 12:06 pm
It has forced the layoffs of many experienced lawyers who have devoted their professional careers to the underappreciated and underpaid work of representing indigent federal defendants. [read post]
24 Jul 2009, 12:36 pm
In June, the board took $1.2 million from the indigent defense fund. [read post]
1 Jan 2014, 11:01 am
There are fewer public defenders available to vindicate the Constitution’s guarantee of counsel to indigent criminal defendants, which leads to postponed trials and delayed justice for the innocent and guilty alike. [read post]
12 Sep 2006, 3:49 pm
" Alarcon's criticism, which has been echoed by other judges at Criminal District Court, comes as Singer and a new board for the indigent defense program have begun to institute sweeping changes, including requiring all attorneys to work full time instead of allowing them to have private practices on the side. [read post]
20 May 2014, 1:55 pm
First , file a motion to have yourself declared indigent in hopes the court waives your fines and costs. [read post]
3 Jun 2010, 7:52 am
While all 15 county courts at law are expected to use a public defender office for mentally ill defendants in misdemeanor cases, only nine of the 22 district courts are on board to use it for appellate cases, and five for felony trial cases. [read post]
28 Mar 2019, 10:52 am
Here's an overview of interests framing the topic:Federal court injunctions have mainly focused on representation of indigent defendants at bail hearings and eliminating discrimination based on ability to pay.Counties oppose requiring appointment of counsel for indigent defendants earlier in the process, considering this an "unfunded mandate. [read post]
29 Jan 2009, 6:35 pm
s $500 million deficit, Public Defender Jeff Adachi??? [read post]
8 Feb 2014, 5:02 pm
Because not everyone sentenced to interlocking can afford it, the Department had to contrive a means to pay for interlocking for indigent drivers or, "operators". [read post]
23 Apr 2008, 5:45 am
Or perhaps the DA's Association could have recognized the need for improved defense representation from cases in which indigent defendants were wrongfully convicted, and later released from custody, based in substantial part upon the performance of their court appointed counsel. [read post]
3 Feb 2010, 8:12 am
A plan to dramatically increase the size and geographic representation on the Board of Trustees of the Office of the Public Defender, and to change the way the state public defender could be removed, went unopposed and unquestioned at a House Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday. [read post]
3 Jan 2007, 6:01 am
She had served at the pleasure of the Public Defender Board of Directors, a nine-member body appointed by the Charleston County Bar Association to oversee the office responsible for indigent defense. [read post]
28 Nov 2013, 6:38 am
It is a good bet that the State Appellate Defenders Office is about to get really busy. www.clarkstonlegal.cominfo@clarkstonlegal.com [read post]
1 Nov 2017, 7:32 am
Glad they hired someone who will be familiar with the DNA mixture controversy, as well as Texas crime-lab people and practices.The Texas Indigent Defense Commission hired Geoffrey Burkhart, a public defender out of Illinois, to replace Jim Bethke as executive director. [read post]
22 Jul 2011, 9:16 am
The Board of Public Defense intervened in the case and argued that since the statute did not require the State Public Defender to represent indigent defendants in misdemeanor appeals, the appellate division could not be appointed to represent Randolph. [read post]
16 Nov 2019, 11:09 am
Amarillo defendants pressured to forego counselThe Sixth Amendment Center has issued a massive 200+ page study of indigent defense practices in Potter and Armstrong Counties. [read post]
9 Mar 2007, 5:37 am
The Senate appears to be on board. [read post]
17 Oct 2014, 7:38 am
We know that although 95% of cases end in pleas, it's not possible that 95% of defendants are guilty. [read post]
