Indigent Defense / Public Defender Systems

Expenditures

 State and County Expenditures for Indigent Defense Services in Fiscal Year 2005 (PDF) (Report ) (Table ) - ABA Bar Information Program (December 2006)

 State and County Expenditures for Indigent Defense (PDF) in the U.S. in FY 2002 - ABA Bar Information Program (September, 2003)

 Comparative Analysis of Indigent Defense Expenditures and Caseloads in States with Mixed State and County Funding (PDF) - ABA Bar Information Program for Georgia Indigent Defense Council (February 1998)

 Additional Revenue Sources for Indigent Defense Programs (PDF) - ABA Bar Information Program (1994)

Charging Clients Fees

 ABA Guidelines on Contribution Fees for Costs of Counsel in Criminal Cases (2004)

 Public Defender Application Fees: 2001 Update (Narrative Report ) (Table ) - ABA Bar Information Program (May 2001)

 Determination of Eligibility for Public Defense (PDF) - ABA Bar Information Program for Texas Task Force on Indigent Defense (May 2002)

 Time of Entry of Counsel in Indigent Defense Cases (PDF) - ABA Bar Information Program for Texas Task Force on Indigent Defense (June 2002)

ARIZONA

• Report on the Status of Indigent Defense in Arizona (PDF) - ABA Bar Information Program for Arizona Judicial Counsel, Chief Justice Feldman (January 1993)

ARKANSAS

• Analysis of Arkansas Public Defender Commission Attorney Salaries (PDF) - ABA Bar Information Program (August 1999)

GEORGIA

• Report on the Growing Crisis in the City Court of Atlanta (PDF) - Office of the Public Defender, ABA Bar Information Program (April 2002)
• Promises to Keep: Achieving Fairness and Equal Justice for the Poor in Criminal Cases (PDF) - A Preliminary Report on Georgia's Compliance with the Constitutions of Georgia and the United States in Providing Representation to Poor People Accused of Crimes, Southern Center for Human Rights (November 2000)
• A Review of the Legal Aid and Defender Clinic at the University of Georgia-Athens (PDF) - ABA Bar Information Program (May 1999)
• A Review of the Fulton County Conflict Defender (PDF) - ABA Bar Information Program (June 1998)

KANSAS

• Comparative Analysis of Kansas Board of Indigents' Defense Services Attorney Salaries with Selected States' Attorney Salaries (PDF) - ABA Bar Information Program (November 1998)

KENTUCKY

• Assessment of Indigent Cost Recovery in Fayette and Jefferson County, Kentucky (PDF) - ABA Bar Information Program for Department of Public Advocacy (October 2001)

LOUISIANA

• Review of the Caddo Parish Indigent Defender Office (February 22, 2007)
• The Children Left Behind: 2002 Annual Update (PDF), Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana (June 2002)

MASSACHUSETTS

• An Evaluation of the Youth Advocacy Project of the Committee on Public Counsel Services (PDF) - ABA Bar Information Program (May 2001)
• Overview of major legislative changes to the indigent defense system (PDF) - The Spangenberg Group (August, 2005)

MICHIGAN

• Model Plan for Public Defense Services in Michigan (PDF) - Task Force for Improving Public Defense Services in Michigan (2002)

MINNESOTA

• Case Studies of Two Indigent Defense Systems: Minnesota and Wyoming (PDF) - ABA Bar Information Program for North Dakota Legal Counsel for Indigents Commission (February 2001)

MISSISSIPPI

• Assembly Line Justice: Mississippi's Indigent Defense Crisis (PDF) - NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (February 2003)
• Update: The State of Indigent Defense Services in Mississippi (PDF) - ABA Bar Information Program for Mississippi Indigent Defense Committee (January 1997)
• Update: The State of Indigent Defense Services in Mississippi in Fiscal Year 1998 (PDF) - ABA Bar Information Program for Mississippi Public Defender Commission (December 1998)

NORTH DAKOTA

• Review of Indigent Defense Services in North Dakota (PDF) - ABA Bar Information Program (January 2004)

OKLAHOMA

• Capital Post-Conviction Representation in Oklahoma: A Status Report, (Narrative (PDF) ) (Appendix A-F (PDF) ) (Appendix G (PDF) ), ABA Bar Information Program (March 1996)

PENNSYLVANIA

• A Review of the Allegheny County Public Defender Office (PDF) - ABA Bar Information Program (November 1995)

TENNESSEE

• Resources of the Prosecution and Indigent Defense Functions in Tennessee (May 2007)

TEXAS

• The Fair Defense Report: Analysis of Indigent Defense Practices in Texas (PDF) - Texas Appleseed Fair Defense Project (December 2000)
• An Overview of the Indigent Defense System in Cameron County (PDF) - ABA Bar Information Program for Texas State Bar Committee for the Provision of Legal Services for the Poor in Criminal Matters (June 1996)

VIRGINIA

• A Comprehensive Review of Indigent Defense in Virginia (Full Report (PDF) ) & (Executive Summary (PDF) ) - ABA Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defendants (January 2004)
• Progress Report: Virginia's Public Defense System - Virginia Indigent Defense Coalition (March 2003)

WASHINGTON

• Overview of Clark County, Washington Indigent Defense System in 2002 (PDF) - ABA Bar Information Program for Board of Clark County Commissioners (December 2002)

WEST VIRGINIA

• Comprehensive Central Administrative Salary Information of State-Funded Indigent Defense Systems (PDF) - ABA Bar Information Program for West Virginia Public Defender Services (February 2001)

WYOMING

• Case Studies of Two Indigent Defense Systems: Minnesota and Wyoming (PDF) - ABA Bar Information Program for North Dakota Legal Counsel for Indigents Commission (February 2001)

 Gideon's Broken Promise: America's Continuing Quest for Equal Justice - A Report on the American Bar Association's Hearings on the Right to Counsel in Criminal Proceedings (2003) Executive Summary (PDF)

 1982 - Gideon Undone: The Crisis in Indigent Defense Funding (PDF) (1982) - Report of ABA hearing held 20 years after Gideon v. Wainwright