Montana Public Defender Commission report to the Governor, Supreme Court and Legislature [47-1-105 (9)] PDF
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s 345.01 L82MPDC 2006 MONTANA PUBLIC DEFENDER COMMISSION Report to the Supreme Governor, Court and Legislature As of December 15, 2006 mtt tKmtHK COLLECTION JAN 1 S 2007 MONTANA STATE LISRARV ISdS e. 6th AVE. HEl''NA. MONTANA 59620 MontanaStateUbraiy 3 0864 1003 8891 Montana Public Defender Commission REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR, SUPREME COURT, AND LEGISLATURE [47-1-105 (9)] TABLE OF CONTENTS Letter from the Chair Policies and Procedures Standards Staffing Report Case Counts and Expenditure Data (coming soon) Training Report Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2010 with funding from Montana State Library http://www.archive.org/details/montanapublicdef2006mont MONTANA PUBLIC DEFENDER COMMISSION BRIANSCHWEITZER AMESPARKTAYLOR J GOVERNOR CHAIRMAN STATE OF MONTANA Phone: (406)496-6080 44WESTPARKSTREET Fax: (406)495-6098 BUTTE,MONTANA59701 December 15, 2006 Governor Brian Schweitzer P.O. Box 200801 MT Helena, 59620-0801 The Montana Supreme Court P.O. Box 203001 MT Helena, 59620-3001 The Montana Legislature c/o Kevin Hayes Legislative Services Division P.O. Box 201706 MT Helena, 59620-1706 RE: Montana Public Defender Commission Report to the Governor, Supreme Court and Legislature Dear Governor Schweitzer, Supreme Court Justices, and Legislators: Pursuant to 47-1-105 (9), MCA, the Office of the State Public Defender (OPD) must provide a biennial report entitled the Montana Public Defender Commission Report to the Governor, Supreme Court and Legislature OPD is reporting information from the . current biennium because the agency had no activity in the previous biennium. The Office of the State Public Defender was established under Title 47 by the 2005 Legislature, and OPD assumed public defender operations throughout the state as of July 1,2006. Description ofReport 1. All policies and procedures in effect for the operation and administration of the statewide public defender system and all standards established or being considered by the commission or the chiefpublic defender. A copy ofthe policies and procedures developed by OPD and the current Standards are attached. This information is also available at http://www.publicdefender.mt.gov/docs/policy/PoliciesTableofContents.pdf. 2. The number of deputy pubHc defenders and the region supervised by each; the number ofpublic defenders employed or contracted within the system, identified ANEQUALOPPORTUNITYEMPLOYER' Page Two by region; and the number ofattorney and non attorney staff supervised by each deputy public defender. This information is attached and updates will be available at http://w\v\v.pubIicdefender.mt.gov/docs/reports/reportstafFmg.pdf 3. The number of new cases in which counsel was assigned to represent a party, identified by region, court and case type; and the total number of persons represented by the office, identified by region, court and case type. We expect this information to be available prior to the beginning ofthe 2007 Legislative session at http://www.publicdefender.mt.gov/docs/reports/reportcasecountscost.pdf 4. The annual caseload and workload of each public defender, identified by region, court and case type. Annual information is not available at this time, because OPD has only been in operation since July 1, 2006. 5. The training programs conducted by the office and the number of attorney and non-attorney staff who attended each program; and the continuing education courses on criminal defense or criminal procedure attended by each public defender employed or contracted within the system. This information is attached and updates will be available at http://v\av-w.publicdefender.mt.gov/docs/reports/reporttraining.pdf 6. Detailed expenditure data by court and case type. We expect this infonnation to be available prior to the beginning of the 2007 Legislative session at http://www.publicdefender.mt.gov/docs/reports/reportcasecountscost.pdf Please feel free to contact our Administrative Director, Harry Freeboum, ifyou have any questions regarding the information in this report. Mr. Freeboum can be reached at 496- 6084, or hfreeboum''rt'mt.gov . Sincerely, Taylor Chairman cc: Montana Public Defender Commission Randi Hood, ChiefPublic Defender Harry Freeboum, Administrative Director
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