Posted: Monday, 24 September 2012 10:40AM

LOCAL DEFENDER WEIGHS IN ON SUPREME COURT DECISION



A recent State Supreme Court decision to have state public defense lawyers log their hours could result in potential clients being turned away. The effort is to reduce their workload.

A Moberly public defender says the change won't become a problem here, for now. Ray Legg knows his office is challenged but not overburdened.

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It doesn't mean the decision doesn't have other consequences.

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Moberly public defender Ray Legg calls the current formula used to calculate the current average number of hours worked accurate, but public defenders are still evaluating aspects of the state trial system to see if the formula can't be fine tune in some way.

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