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public defender
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public defender, governmental official who represents indigent persons accused of crime. U.S. Supreme Court decisions expanding the right to counsel to pretrial proceedings and holding that a person cannot be sentenced to even one day in jail unless a lawyer was provided have created a need for more lawyers to represent the indigent. Proponents of the public defender office claim that it is the most efficient and effective method of protecting the indigent. Other systems include court-appointed counsel from the local bar, clinics operated by law schools, and legal aid societies. The societies are privately funded and offer civil and criminal representation.


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Judge Kahn noted the Florida Supreme Court has already held that Regional Conflict Counsel are not public defenders and do not perform the constitutional duties of public defenders.
ISLAMABAD, July 28, 2009 (Balochistan Times) -- Government to establish Public defenders offices to provide free legal aid to the indigent persons throughout the country.
13, The Defense (1973), recommended that full-time public defenders not accept more than 150 felony cases during a year; not more than 400 misdemeanor cases; not more than 200 juvenile cases; and not more than 25 appeals.
 
 
 
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