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New Office of Indigent Legal Services begins appellate work; commission reports flat FY26 request
Summary
The commission created by last year’s House Bill 1057 told the Joint Appropriations Committee it has hired a chief defender and two staff attorneys to start a statewide appellate office and expects to produce savings for counties by centralizing appeals work.
The Commission on Indigent Legal Services and the newly formed Office of Indigent Legal Services told the Joint Appropriations Committee they are implementing the statewide indigent defense structure established in House Bill 1057 and now beginning appellate representation.
"The commission on Indigent Legal Services was created by the legislature last year in House Bill 1057 directly in response to two things: a constitutional obligation, and second, a vision from the chief justice," commission chair Neil Fulton said, citing the Sixth Amendment as the constitutional basis for…
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