Chief Justice Leroy Rountree Hassell Sr. says he will appoint a subcommittee of the Committee on District Courts to help develop a policy designed to save $3 million a year in court-appointed attorneys’ fees.
Commonwealth’s attorneys suggested the money could be saved if they adopted a general rule of not seeking jail time for misdemeanor offenses, [...]
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Concerns raised about waiver of jail time
May 4th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Commonwealth's Attorneys, Criminal Law, Public defender
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Lawyer develops expertise in mental illness
April 27th, 2009 · Comments Off · Mental Health, Public defender, Virginia Beach
Virginia Beach public defender Annette Miller helps those with mental health issues.
Miller has worked in the public defender’s office since 1995. In the past five years, she tells The Virginian-Pilot, she has likely handled more than 200 criminal cases involving seriously mentally ill defendants.
The city of Virginia Beach recognized her in 2000 with a Human [...]
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Baugh to become capital defender
February 6th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Indigent Defense Commission, Public defender
David P. Baugh, the prominent Richmond criminal defense attorney, will become the capital defender for the central Virginia office of the Indigent Defense Commission on March 1.
Baugh will succeed John B. Boatwright III, who has been seriously ill for much of the last two years and transferred recently to commission’s central office as special capital [...]
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