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23 Nov 2018, 5:53 am
Federal judges are deeply involved in indigent criminal defense. [read post]
16 Jul 2022, 1:01 am
Clara Shortridge Foltz, via Wikipedia Babcock avers that Foltz’s early experiences representing indigent clients and witnessing shysters, incompetent defense lawyers and prosecutorial misconduct led her to come up with the idea of a public defender to balance the public prosecutor. [read post]
3 Feb 2009, 6:10 pm
Among the requests made by Elsbernd in his letter to the controller: What percentage of the Public Defender's budget is used in defense of indigent and juvenile clients versus social work and other non-criminal defense functions? [read post]
2 Mar 2007, 5:24 am
Hummer, who resigned as a public defender for the Kansas Board of Indigents' Defense Services last November, had faced a total of 72 counts for allegedly harassing, threatening and stalking Lucille Douglass, a Garden City attorney. [read post]
4 Mar 2014, 6:45 am
Keller and Bethke on indigent defenseSee a recent column in the SA Express News by Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Sharon Keller and Indigent Defense Commission chief Jim Bethke titled "Innovation in indigent defense makes for smart justice." [read post]
10 Jul 2018, 4:42 am
One particularly problematic indigent defender** recently found it necessary to not only proclaim his greatness, but to note that he had never, and would never, dirty himself by being a private criminal defense lawyer. [read post]
5 Nov 2006, 1:44 pm
It should use that authority to force the court to do its job or put it out of business.Today's editorial is "Texas needs agency for indigent capital murder defendants. [read post]
13 Sep 2011, 8:37 am
"When a defendant’s race is introduced as a factor in guilt or sentencing – even inadvertently – the integrity of the case is compromised," said Mark MacDougall, a pro bono lawyer at Akin Gump, who often works with indigent defendants in death penalty cases. [read post]
24 Mar 2010, 12:08 pm
Roger Bedford (D-Russellville), among several other objectives, proposes to amend existing law by creating a state level 14-member Alabama Indigent Defense Commission, an office of Indigent Defense Services and 41 five-person indigent defense advisory boards in each of Alabama’s judicial circuits. [read post]
29 Jul 2017, 5:00 am
And this time, Griego is using Marcus’ own words against him in arguing that he is unqualified to represent the county’s indigent defendants as the chief public defender. [read post]
17 Aug 2015, 5:17 am
The story focused on low-level indigent defendants, but it's really a huge problem in all cases as judges have become more and more stingy with bonds, even for first-time non-violent offenders. [read post]
4 Jan 2024, 10:03 am
Currey.And the DJ has Post-conviction appellate specialist nominated for state public defender -- Galit Lipa has been with the Office of the State Public Defender since 2021, serving as executive director of the Indigent Defense Improvement Division. [read post]
12 Apr 2013, 12:11 pm
After graduation, he worked briefly as a teacher and then attended the University of Miami Law School, from which he received his J.D. in 1978.After law school, Judge Moreno was in private practice, and served indigent clients while employed by the Federal Public Defender’s Office in Miami. [read post]
17 Mar 2017, 8:16 pm
Goering and State Board of Indigent Defense Services, No. 116,447 (Sedgwick)Original action (mandamus)Sarah Swain[Petition granted in part; Luckert; July 21, 2017]Whether district court had to hold hearing on whether defendant unable to obtain necessary defense servicesState v. [read post]
8 Nov 2011, 6:44 am
Requires certain defendants to pay court costs for deposit in the fund. [read post]
10 Oct 2018, 7:20 am
”Grits isn't sure if there's a juvenile analog to this policy in Texas, but some counties charge indigent adult defendants for their attorneys fees and even incarceration costs, creating the same conundrum for indigent probationers.Among the reasons the Board of Supervisors took this action:Research shows that juvenile detention fees impose financial hardships and strain on low-income families and weigh disproportionately on black and Latino youth… [read post]
29 Nov 2012, 1:51 pm
A Lawyer said that, plaintiff testified that, just prior to his accident he was in the process of disassembling the free-standing furniture rack system while standing on a particle-board deck located on the third level of the rack. [read post]
29 Dec 2009, 4:31 am
A Houston Chronicle editorial today praises Harris County District Attorney Pat Lykos for her decision to join the rest of the state's large jurisdictions and cease filing state-jail felony cases on defendants found with crack pipes where labs detect traces of drugs. [read post]
24 Feb 2015, 1:13 pm
A rash of state and local governments have responded to budget squeezes by forcing the costs of courts and jails onto defendants, charging them for services like room and board in jail, medical care, and even the use of a public defender. [read post]
3 Jul 2007, 11:01 am
Maybe your average similarly - situated indigent defendant would get the same treatment, maybe not. [read post]
