Public Defender in a sentence

It represents the vast majority of those charged in the local state courts and operates four separate components — the Primary Public Defender, Alternate Public Defender, Multiple Conflicts Office and the Office of Assigned Counsel.

Bowden-Lewis is also asking the federal court to reinstate her as Connecticut’s chief public defender, a position that would once again place her in charge of the more than 400 employees in the Division of Public Defender Services.

Cheng said the public defender’s office shares Kim’s concerns about the situation in Kona, but it is difficult to fill public defender vacancies on the neighbor islands because of the cost of living.

Deputy Public Defender Ernest Hinman, representing Foreman with Public Defender Pam Singh, peppered Ratliff with questions on how coroner's officials stored records and other evidence in the death of Dawn Koons, and who had access to them.

The Public Defender’s Office and State’s Attorney’s Office denied requests for an interview, they did allude to the possibility of Daniel slowing down the process by firing a public defender each time the case gets close to trial.

Garza and his team plan to bring in partners, like the Capital Area Private Defender Service and Travis County Public Defender’s Office, to help.

Public defender offices are also struggling to find lawyers, despite recent legislation to bring parity to the starting salaries of public defenders and prosecutors, he said.

Wisconsin public defender budget request includes proposals to cut down criminal chargeswas originally published by Wisconsin Public Radio.

The justice system is buttressed by the independent offices of public prosecutor and the public defender.

The Pitcairn Public Prosecutor - Simon Moore (also the Crown Solicitor at Auckland) and Public Defender - Paul Dacre - were also appointed.

According to her biography on the court website, Chutkan “argued several appellate cases and tried over 30 cases, including numerous serious felony matters” as a public defender.

According to her biography – which as of Wednesday morning was still posted on her office’s website – Worrell worked as a public defender in the Orlando area and later as a clinical law professor at the University of Florida College of Law.

After graduating from University of Pennsylvania Law School, Chutkan spent more than a decade working as a public defender in Washington, DC.

An Orange County public defender is seeking new records from the sheriff’s department they say will prove deputies illegally used the same evidence to try and convict two different men in separate cases.

Assistant Public Defender Jennifer DeFlitch said two suspicious fires reported on the 400 block of South Fifth Street 10 days after the fatal row house fire are of specific interest to the defense.

As the investigation was still ongoing, Kohberger to his parents’ house in Pennsylvania, arriving there about a week before Christmas, Monroe County Chief Public Defender Jason LaBar told CNN in December.

Blaschke's public defender has not responded to our request for comment at the time of publication.

Chasing Horse’s public defender, Kristy Holston, told The Associated Press that she was looking forward to revealing holes in the state’s case during a preliminary hearing that was cancelled Wednesday morning ahead of the indictment.

Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee Chairman MK Simcha Rothman on Monday submitted a bill denying terrorists who participated in the October 7 massacre representation by the Public Defender’s Office.

Diego has since taken legal advice and is currently waiting to hear back from a public defender to file an official complaint.