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23 May 2013, 3:15 pm by Legal Profession
The Florida Supreme Court has remanded a case involving public defender claims that they should be permitted to decline appointments and withdraw from cases due to their overloaded dockets. [read post]
19 Aug 2019, 12:00 pm by Jonathan Pyzer, B.A. L.L.B.
Caution should be used when trusting a public defender or duty counsel to handle your case. [read post]
6 Feb 2014, 9:54 pm by Sean Hayes
  I would assume most of these defendants plead guilty, thus, the role of the public defender was not as significant of a role as a case when a defendant is pleading guilty. [read post]
4 Oct 2007, 6:30 am
The public defender who represents defendants in some of Vermont’s most high profile criminal cases is out of a job. [read post]
16 May 2018, 4:34 pm by CrimProf BlogEditor
John Gross (The University of Alabama School of Law) has posted Case Refusal: A Right for the Public Defender but Not a Remedy for the Defendant (Washington University Law Review, Vol. 95, No. 1, 2017) on SSRN. [read post]
24 Feb 2007, 6:31 am
Last year in Missouri, 88,000 cases were handled by 350 public defenders. [read post]
1 Feb 2007, 5:24 am
He explained that last year the state reimbursed the county $558,000 for public defenders assigned to cases in which a defendant was indigent. [read post]
5 Mar 2021, 9:57 am by Mike Worgul
Public Defenders Have Experience With a Wide Range of Cases Public defenders don’t get to pick their cases. [read post]
18 Sep 2008, 3:36 am
  Typically, at the end of a criminal case, a judge will order a defendant to pay a small sum of money as a public-defender fee. [read post]
31 Jan 2007, 4:59 am
From The Columbia Missourian:A report released late Monday on the state's struggling public defender system calls for reforms that include raising the base salaries of public defenders, reducing their case loads and offering a student loan forgiveness program. [read post]
21 Mar 2007, 5:41 am
The new office takes cases when the public defender has a conflict in representing multiple defendants in a case. [read post]
13 Nov 2008, 11:41 am by Legal Talk Network
Case overload is just one issue causing seven Public Defender's offices across the country to refuse to take on new cases or sue to limit their workload. [read post]
6 Feb 2014, 9:54 pm by Sean Hayes
  I would assume most of these defendants plead guilty, thus, the role of the public defender was not as significant of a role as a case when a defendant is pleading guilty. [read post]
25 Jan 2023, 10:05 pm by dougkans
Public defenders represent the majority of felony defendants, and most minors accused of crimes as well. [read post]
21 Apr 2007, 10:43 am
From The DeKalb (Illinois) Daily Chronicle:Kane County's first assistant public defender was appointed DeKalb County's new public defender, the chief judge of the 16th Judicial Circuit announced Friday. [read post]
18 Jul 2007, 6:52 am
(TN) It costs roughly $191 per case for a public defender to handle a case. [read post]
17 May 2007, 5:39 am
From The Boulder (Colorado) Daily Camera:The Boulder County public defender's office is making fewer house calls to the jail these days for misdemeanor cases. [read post]