Caseload Limits for Indigent Defense Standards Delayed Until January 1, 2015
April 10, 2013
by Bob Meinig
Category:
Courts, Criminal Justice and Corrections
As part of the new Standards for Indigent Defense, caseload limits were to take effect on September 1, 2013, while the rest of the standards took effect on October 1, 2012. However, the state supreme court has now delayed the implementation of caseload limits until January 1, 2015, to provide time for the Washington State Office of Public Defense to conduct a "statewide attorney time study" and...
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