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SPD MONEY MAY RETURN

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DAILY BUSINESS REVIEWReinventing the wheel appointment if ruling is upheld"A ruling allowing the Miami-Dade public defender to opt out of many felony cases has been stayed on appeal but, if upheld, it could revive the private attorney appointment wheel that was drastically cut by the state Legislature. Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Stanford Blake ruled last week that the public defender would be allowed to withdraw from third-degree felony cases ? up to 29,000 cases a year. Next in line to take them would be the Regional Office of Conflict and Civil Counsel.The conflict counsel office has already said its mostly part-time staff can?t handle the additional caseload. In the trickle-down system, cases where the conflict counsel declares a conflict go to private attorneys who have signed up to take the extras...continue to full post

Full post as published by JAABlog on September 16, 2008 (boomark / email).