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Public Defender Association reports steady caseloads, highlights social-worker program and IDC-funded support
Summary
Utah County Public Defender Association told commissioners its semiannual workload is roughly consistent with past periods but showed an early third‑quarter uptick; presenters credited three social workers and IDC funding for case support and county jail-time savings and said a $230,000 non‑lapsing IDC allocation affected budget timing.
Benjamin Young, executive with the Utah County Public Defender Association, presented the office’s semiannual report to the Utah County Commission, saying overall case totals through June 30 were roughly consistent with past years but that early third‑quarter data show an increase as some matters shifted back from justice court to district court.
Josh, the association’s workload lead, told commissioners person‑crime, property‑crime and drug cases remain the majority of the caseload and reported the addition of two homicide matters after the report was…
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