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1 Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Justice and Public Safety Office of Indigent Defense Services William Childs Fiscal Research Division 1
2 The North Carolina Judicial Branch Administrative Office of the Courts Sarah Parker Chief Justice Office of Indigent Defense Services The Commission on Indigent Defense Services JUDGES/JUSTICES Supreme Court Court of Appeals Superior Courts District Courts Judge John W. Smith Administrative Officer of the Courts AOC Staff Thomas Maher Director, IDS IDS Staff Public Defenders Contract Defenders Court Staff Clerks of Superior Court District Attorneys Magistrates Private Appointed Counsel Fund Appellate Defender Capital Defender Juvenile Defender Office of the Special Counsel Total GF Budget: $458 million Total GF FTE: 5,831 Total GF Budget: $128 million Total GF FTE: 508 2
3 U.S. Constitution Sixth Amendment: In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense. Fourteenth Amendment: 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges and immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. 3
4 Indigent Defense Services Act (2000) Article 39B of General Statutes NCGA concerned about AOC oversight of Private Appointed Counsel Contract IDS began operations in July 2001 Mission: Oversee the provision of legal representation to indigent defendants and others entitled to counsel under North Carolina law Separate agency in the Judicial Branch from AOC AOC remains responsible for some IDS functions: Purchasing, Personnel, and IT 4
5 Legal Counsel For Indigent Persons State Public Defender Offices (PD) o o o In 16 of 42 District Court districts May overlap in Superior Court districts Includes Regional and Statewide Specialty Defenders Private Appointed Counsel (PAC) o o o Court-appointed private attorneys Provides all indigent defense in areas without PDs Assigned in counties or districts with PDs when PD cannot take a case Contract Defenders o Contracted private attorneys taking bulk PAC cases at preestablished rate 5
6 IDS Certified Budget FY , Total: $128 M Public Defenders $46 M 36% PAC Fund $79 M 62% Source: OSBM, September 6, 2013 Certified Budget Admin $3 M 2% 6
7 Public Defender Services 16 Public Defender Offices Five Specialty Defender Offices: Office of the Juvenile Defender Office of the Appellate Defender Office of Parent Representation Office of the Capital Defender o Regional Offices: Durham, Forsyth, Buncombe, New Hanover Office of the Special Counsel (Mental Health) o Regional Offices: Broughton Hospital (Burke), Cherry Hospital (Wayne), both Central Regional Hospitals in Raleigh (Wake), and Butner (Granville) 7
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9 Private Appointed Counsel Fund Compensates private attorneys appointed to provide defense for indigent defendants when no public defender available In FY , 62% of IDS budget Shortfall: Projected FY : $6 M FY shortfall: $8 M FY and FY : $9.9 M in each 9
10 IDS Budget, FY to FY $160 M $140 M ($0.7 M) ($9.9 M) ($9.9 M) ($8.0 M) $120 M $100 M $80 M $60 M $100.4 M $88.1 M $83.6 M $83.3 M $79.9 M $40 M $20 M $ M $37.4 M $37.7 M $39.4 M $42.1 M $46.0 M Actual: $139.9 M Actual: $127.9 M Actual: $125.0 M Actual: $127.7 M Certified: $128.5 M Source: NCAS, December 11, 2013 FY FY FY FY FY Admin PD PAC Shortfall 10
11 2011 Session Reduce PAC Funds: ($7.9 million) Eliminated Sentencing Services: ($2.1 million) TOTAL: ($10.0 million) Special Provisions: Directed to issue a request for proposals (RFP) for bundled PAC cases (Contract Defenders) Expansion Provision: Out of $2.1 M in funds appropriated, IDS could: Create up to 50 new attorney FTE Create up to 25 new support FTE 11
12 2012 Session No legislative actions Reason: IDS Shortfall of $9.9 million Allow time for previous legislative actions to result in savings 12
13 2013 Session Reduce Prisoner Legal Services: ($0.9 million) Low-level misdemeanor reclassification: ($2.0 million) Admin staff reduction: ($258,634) TOTAL: Additional PAC Funds: ($3.1 million) $3.8 million NR Special Provisions: Senior Resident Superior Court Judge to appoint PDs rather than IDS Commission Conflict of Interest Report 13
14 Current Operations and Capital Improvements Appropriations Act of 2013, Senate Bill 402, Session Law RESOLVING CONFLICTS OF INTEREST IN PUBLIC DEFENDER OFFICES SECTION 18A.6.(a) G.S. 7A is amended by adding a new subsection to read: "(f1) In cases in which a public defender determines that a conflict of interest exists in the office, whenever practical, rather than obtaining private assigned counsel to resolve the conflict, the public defender may request the appointment of an assistant public defender from another office of public defender in the region to resolve the conflict." SECTION 18A.6.(b) The Office of Indigent Defense Services shall report to the Chairs of the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Justice and Public Safety by October 1, 2013, and by October 1 of each year thereafter, on (i) the number of conflicts of interest that arose in public defender offices during the prior fiscal year and the cost to the State in private assigned counsel funds to resolve them and (ii) beginning with the October 1, 2014, report, the number of conflicts of interest resolved through the authorization in G.S. 7A-498.7(f1) during the prior fiscal year and the savings to the State in private assigned counsel funds as a result. 14
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