DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - PUBLIC DEFENDER SERVICE - ANNUAL REPORT, 3D, FISCAL YEAR 1973

• NCJ Number: 18300
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 36 pages
• Corporate Author: District of Columbia Public Defender Service
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Report (Annual/Periodic)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS REPORT DESCRIBES THE 1973 OPERATIONS OF THE D.C. PUBLIC DEFENDER SERVICE, WHICH EMPLOYS A MIXED SYSTEM OF REPRESENTATION THROUGH THE UTILIZATION OF PRIVATE COUNSEL AND STAFF COUNSEL.

Abstract

SPECIFIC ASPECTS OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER PROGRAM THAT ARE DISCUSSED ARE: STAFF POSITIONS; LEGAL SERVICES (INCLUDING STAFF ASSIGNMENTS AND PERSONS REPRESENTED, APPELLATE AND SPECIAL LITIGATION, CORRECTIONAL LAW PROGRAM, AND PERSONNEL AND TRAINING); APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL PROGRAM; SERVICES TO THE PRIVATE BAR AND COMMUNITY; INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES; AND, SOCIAL SERVICES. THE APPENDIXES INCLUDE A MEMORANDUM REGARDING THE CASELOAD LEVELS OF STAFF ATTORNEYS, STATISTICAL INFORMATION ON THE PUBLIC DEFENDER SERVICE AND A FINANCIAL STATEMENT.