| SIGNATURE Member
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_______________ ___________________________
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Type/Print NAME ADDRESS TELEPHONE
Year Appointed ___ By (circle one)
Chief Judge County Comm.
Bar Assoc.
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COUNTY COMMISSION
This application is approved on behalf of the County, which
agrees to operate the local Indigent Defense Program within the Guidelines of
the Georgia Indigent Defense Council, by:
_______________ ________________________________________
Type/Print NAME SIGNATURE Chair, County
Commission
If there are more than 3 members on the Indigent
Defense
Committee, please make additional copies of
the
Certification page for signatures.
I. INDIGENT CASELOAD FOR CALENDAR YEAR
1992
Please indicate below the number of CASESopened in this county in the CALENDAR YEAR
1992.
ONE CASE is a single indigent defendant charged
with one or more counts arising out of a single event or incident.
PUBLIC DEFENDER programs employ full-time salaried
attorneys to handle indigent cases exclusively.
APPOINTED ATTORNEY programs are ones in which
private attorneys receive appointments, and paid per case.
CONTRACT DEFENDER programs are ones in which
private attorneys contract with the county to provide indigent defense for a
certain period of time.
TYPE CASE NUMBER OF INDIGENT CASES BY PROGRAM
FOR 1992
Public Appt Contr
Defender Attorney Defender TOTAL
Felony ________ ________ ________ ________
Misdemeanor ________ ________ ________ ________
Juvenile ________ ________ ________ ________
Prob Revoc ________ ________ ________ ________
Appeals ________ ________ ________ ________
Other ________ ________ ________ ________
TOTAL ________ ________ ________ ________
II. 1992 EXPENDITURES FOR INDIGENT DEFENSE
List all indigent defense expenditures directly related to
provision of indigent defense in Superior, State, or
Juvenile Courts. Include:
Salaries of public defenders, yearly contract fees of contract
attorneys, total expenditures for appointed attorneys, expenses for defense
experts and investigations, administrative costs of providing indigent
defense.
DO NOT INCLUDE:
Costs of jailing indigent defendants, Court-appointed counsel
in civil or probate matters, Representation of
Unruly or Deprived Children, Transcripts, or other related
court costs.
1992 EXPENDITURES
Public Defender Contract Defender Appointed Atty
TOTAL
$______________ $________________ $_____________
$______
III. PUBLIC DEFENDER PROGRAM
If your county has a Public Defender Program, answer the
following:
PUBLIC DEFENDER: __________ TELEPHONE: (__)___ FAX:
(__)___
ADDRESS:
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Number of Full-time attorneys __________
Number of Part-time attorneys __________
Number of Investigators/paralegals __________
Number of Administrative Staff __________
Does the program undertake representation in death penalty
cases? YES/ NO
Have attorneys from your office attended seminars sponsored by
the GIDC? YES/ NO
If YES, how many seminars? __________
What is average caseload per attorney? __________
Does the program specify caseload limits for attorneys? YES/
NO
If YES, what is the caseload limit? __________
If NO, on a separate page, describe what procedures are used to
prevent excessive caseloads (See Guideline 6.1) from interfering with the
quality of representation.
Are the salaries of assistant Public
Defenders comparable to those of assistant
District Attorneys? YES/ NO
If NO, by how much do they differ? $_________
Does the Public Defender have a contract? YES/ NO
If YES, attach a copy of this contract.
Does the local indigent defense committee select the Public
Defender, per Guideline 2.3? YES/ NO
Does the local indigent defense committee observe the Public
Defender's performance,
per Guideline 3.1? YES/ NO
IV. CONTRACT DEFENDER PROGRAM
If your county maintains a Contract Defender Program,
answer
the following questions and
those in Section V.
Number of contract defenders _______
Number of cases per contract defender _______
Are there any caseload limits for contract defenders? YES
NO
If YES, what is the limit? _______
Do Contract Defenders attend seminars sponsored by the GIDC?
YES NO
Do Contract Defenders undertake representation in death penalty
cases? YES NO
If YES, are they paid hourly for the representation? YES
NO
If YES, what hourly fees are paid in cases where the death
penalty is sought? $______
Does the local indigent defense committee select the Contract
Defenders, per Guideline 2.7? YES NO
Does the local indigent defense committee observe the Contract
Defender's performance,
per Guideline 3.1? YES NO
On a separate page, attach a list of all contract
attorneys
& attach copies of any contracts.
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V. APPOINTED ATTORNEY PROGRAM
Answer these questions even if appointed attorneys are
used
only for conflict cases.
Please attach a list of attorneys on your
panel. This list will be used to disseminate
information about upcoming seminars.
Do you have a panel or list of attorneys
to receive appointments? YES NO
Number of attorneys on the list _______
Average yearly caseload per appointed atty. _______
What in-court hourly rates are paid?
$______
What out-of-court hourly rates are paid?
$______
Does the program specify maximum fees for
Certain types of cases? YES NO
If YES, do they meet Guideline 2.6 of
not less than $500 for misdemeanors,
$1,000 for non-capital felonies, and
$2,500 for capital felonies where the
death penalty is NOT
sought? YES NO
If NO, attach a copy of the maximum fee guideline which your
program currently uses.
Guideline 2.6 prohibits the setting of
maximum
fees in capital felony cases where the
death
penalty is sought.
Does your program have maximum fees for death penalty cases?
YES NO
If YES, attach a copy of the maximum fee guideline which your
program currently uses for death penalty cases.
What hourly fees arc paid in cases where the death penalty is
sought? $______
Who approves fee requests from appointed attorneys? Specify
below - Indigent Defense
Committee, Trial Judge, Administrator, Other:
NAME ____________________________ TITLE ____________
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V(a).
Selection of Appointed Attorneys
(CIRCLE any YES or NO Answers)
Do you require appointed attorneys to have a certain amount of
experience before they can receive appointments? YES NO
Are cases assigned based on the complexity of the case and/or
the experience of the attorney? YES NO
Is participation by private attorneys in the indigent defense
program,
voluntary or mandatory: VOLUNTARY MANDATORY
Does the Indigent Defense Committee select attorneys for the
panel? YES NO
If NO, who makes the selection?
NAME ________________________ TITLE ______________
Are attorneys appointed on a rotating basis? YES NO
Are appointed attorneys informed about GIDC
sponsored seminars? YES NO
Does your program have Standards of
Performance and Conduct for appointed attorneys [see
Guideline 2.5]? YES NO
If YES, please attach any written guidelines or descriptions of
your appointed attorney program.
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VI. APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL AND ELIGIBILITY
DETERMINATION
Does the program appoint counsel within 72 hours of arrest for
in-custody defendants as required
by Guideline 1.3? YES NO
Do you require Indigency Affidavits to be completed by
defendants? YES NO
When are defendants provided with
Indigency Affidavits?
_____________________________________
(At booking, initial appearance before magistrate, first day in
jail, other)
How many hours/days after arrest? ____ hours ____ days
Who notifies defendants of their right to an appointed
attorney?
NAME ________________________ TITLE ______________
Who provides defendants with Indigency Affidavits?
NAME ________________________ TITLE ______________
Who reviews Indigency Affidavits to determine whether a
defendant is eligible for an appointed attorney?
NAME ________________________ TITLE ______________
Who does the appointing/selecting of attorneys?
NAME ________________________ TITLE ______________
Do you follow Guideline 1.5 which establishes
eligibility for defendants with net monthly income of $500 or less (with an
additional
$170 for each dependent)? YES NO
If NO, please attach the eligibility schedule
in
use in your County.
Does your program require the appointed attorney, public
defender or contract attorney to contact the defendant within a certain time
after appointment? YES NO
If YES, within what time-frame must the appointed attorney
visit each new defendant? __________
When is indigency determined for
defendants on bond?
_______________________________________
Who makes determination? NAME ___________ TITLE
___________
VII. RECOVERY OF COSTS OF REPRESENTATION FROM
DEFENDANTS
(CIRCLE any YES or NO Answers)
Does your program make any effort to recover costs of
representation from defendants? YES NO
If YES, how much did your program collect in
Calendar Year 1992? $______
Does your program collect costs
pretrial from defendants? YES NO
Does the court order as a condition of probation that costs for
representation be paid? YES NO
VIII. DEATH PENALTY CASES - CALENDAR YEAR 1992
Indicate the total number of death penalty cases
currently pending in the county as of the
date of this application _______
Indicate the total number of INDIGENT cases in
which:
(a) the death penalty was sought in 1992. _______
(b) the death penalty was obtained in 1992. _______
If available, indicate the total indigent defense expenditures
for death penalty cases in 1992. $______
Who assigns attorneys to death penalty cases?
NAME ______________________ TITLE____________
Who determines which attorneys are qualified for
death penalty appointments?
NAME ______________________ TITLE____________
What criteria, if any, does your county have for selecting
attorneys to handle death penalty cases?
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