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Graham County approves FY26 indigent defense contracts for nine attorneys
Summary
At a regular meeting, the Graham County Board of Supervisors approved nine indigent defense contracts for fiscal year 2026 (six adult, three juvenile), with terms mirroring FY25 and no pay increases; several contracts include stipends tied to specialty courts.
Graham County—oard of Supervisors voted unanimously at a regular meeting to approve nine indigent defense contracts for fiscal year 2026, covering six adult defense agreements and three juvenile defense agreements, county staff said.
The contracts, presented by Mindy Young of the Superior Court, largely mirror the terms used in fiscal year 2025: 140-case adult appointment baselines for adult contracts, no across-the-board pay increases and a handful of annual stipends tied to specialty courts. "This is gonna be very cumbersome because I have, I think, 9 contracts to present," Mindy Young told the board while summarizing the items.
The approvals fund the court-appointed attorneys who represent defendants who cannot afford private counsel. A board member noted that indigent defense consumes a substantial portion of county expense for legal representation, saying the program "is part of our responsibility to the citizens" and that "that's over $600,000 a year that we use in supporting people,…
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