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Appellate Public Defender asks JFAC for deputy post to cut contracting costs
Summary
The Idaho Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee heard a presentation on the Office of the State Appellate Public Defender at a budget hearing in Boise. Christopher Lahoset, budget and policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office, described the office's operations and enhancements and said the agency requested a funded deputy position to handle noncapital felony, misdemeanor and juvenile appeals.
The Idaho Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee heard a presentation on the Office of the State Appellate Public Defender at a budget hearing in Boise. Christopher Lahoset, budget and policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office, described the office's operations and enhancements and said the agency requested a funded deputy position to handle noncapital felony, misdemeanor and juvenile appeals.
Why it matters: The office told the committee that its post-pandemic caseload has grown substantially and that contracting out overflow work is more expensive than hiring in-house. Committee members pressed agency leadership on turnover, contracting and how a new hire would change case assignments.
Lahoset told the committee that the office is charged…
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