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Ruling on PD's Excessive Caseloads

By Scoplaw

The Circuit court decision addressing the Miami Public Defender's motion to appoint other counsel in unappointed non-capital felony cases just came down.  I'll refrain from a detailed analysis except to note (out of strictly personal curiosity, not official office policy) that one cannot cherry pick when someone is entitled to representation (or perhaps more properly, what pieces of representation someone is entitled to) once the right attaches.  Is it ethically permissible to accept appointments for bond hearing purposes knowing that one will be withdrawing from those cases immediately afterwards?  Not something I have the answer to this morning.IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE ELEVENTH  JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR MIAMI?DADE COUNTY, FLORIDAIN RE: REASSIGNMENT AND                              CRIMINAL DIVISION CONSOLIDATION OF PUBLIC                            DEFENDER?S MOTIONS TO APPOINT               JUDGE: Stanford Blake OTHER COUNSEL IN UNAPPOINTED               SECTION: CF 61 NONCAPITAL FELONY CASES                                                                                                                                                                                       CASE NO...continue to full post

Full post as published by Scoplaw on September 03, 2008 (boomark / email).