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Public defender outlines change to indigent defense agreement; commission adds contract to consent agenda
Summary
Jay Johnson, chief public defender, told commissioners the Georgia Indigent Defense Services Agreement now documents the longstanding county–state refund process for county‑funded staff and asked the board to approve the agreement; commissioners added the item to the consent agenda and approved it.
Jay Johnson, chief public defender for the judicial circuit that serves Dade County, told the Board of Commissioners the Georgia Indigent Defense Services Agreement on the agenda is the same standard contract the counties have used for years with one substantive change.
Johnson said the new language explicitly documents a long‑standing practice: when counties pay personnel…
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