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Prosecuting attorney tells commissioners caseloads are above recommended levels, requests position conversions
Summary
Kootenai County Prosecuting Attorney Stan Lawrence told commissioners felony and misdemeanor caseloads exceed public defender benchmarks and requested converting misdemeanor assignments to felony work and a promotion to redistribute workload; he estimated next-year cost of about $24,000 and presented attrition statistics.
Prosecuting Attorney Stan Lawrence told the Kootenai County Board of Commissioners on May 7 that his office is facing unusually high caseloads and asked the board to convert several existing positions to address felony workload.
Lawrence presented caseload figures and staffing changes he said would rebalance work: he said felony attorneys averaged about 221 cases per attorney per year, well above the public defender benchmark he cited, and that some misdemeanor attorneys averaged roughly 521 cases per attorney. "Our felony attorneys are ...…
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