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Analyst outlines staffing, overflow-contract costs for State Appellate Public Defender
Summary
Budget analyst Christopher Lahoset told the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee the State Appellate Public Defender seeks a deputy attorney position and reappropriation authority to address increased caseload and costly contracted overflow cases.
Christopher Lahoset, a budget and policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office, told the Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee that the State Appellate Public Defender office is asking for an additional deputy attorney position and reappropriation authority to cover case overflow.
Lahoset said the office is responsible for appeals and related hearings and cited Idaho Code section 19-5905 as the statutory authority that defines the office’s role. He said the office currently has 26 authorized full‑time positions and, as of Dec. 15, had no vacancies. The analyst told the committee the agency’s five‑year average personnel appropriation is “just under $2,800,000” and that roughly 95% of that appropriation…
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