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Appellate defender’s office faces the budget ax  (access required)

By Alan Cooper
Published: March 9, 2010

The executive director of the Indigent Defense Commission is proposing elimination of the four-attorney appellate defender office as a way of addressing the budget shortfall. “They’ve done a really good job,” said David J. Johnson, the executive director, said of the office. “It’s a loss, no question about it.” Johnson suggested that the office is to a ...
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