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Caprock Regional PD Approved for Rural Texas Area

By Steve Hall

The current issue of Texas Lawyer reports, "Funding OK'd for Public Defender Office to Assist 16 Counties."  It's written by Mary Alice Robbins.With financing from a $566,701 grant, Dickens County and as many as 15 other counties extending from the Panhandle to the Rolling Plains region will address their need for lawyers to represent indigents in criminal cases through a regional public defender program.On June 9, the Texas Task Force on Indigent Defense (TTFID) approved funding for the Caprock Regional Defender Office. Dickens County is the sponsor for the office, which will provide representation to indigents in the other counties through local agreements.The Fair Defense Act, passed by the Texas Legislature in 2001, requires trial courts to make prompt appointments of attorneys to represent indigents in criminal cases and sets deadlines for getting that done...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on June 22, 2010 (boomark / email).