Judge David M. Hicks grew frustrated after a string of gun possession cases were withdrawn by the commonwealth’s attorney, ...

Bradstock, who has been with the Public Defender’s Office for 28 years, said he did not recall filing any such motions before asking a judge to disqualify himself or herself. Sudzina said that ...

It's perhaps the most important debate underway in San Francisco right now - how to combat crime. District Attorney Brooke Jenkins is spotlighting yet another judge who, she says, is letting a ...

Jake Roberts, a public defender, announced his bid for judge of the Court of Common Pleas in Butler County in a statement on Wednesday, Feb. 5. Roberts was chief public defender of Clarion County for ...

Currently, Vermont provides 14 public defense field offices throughout the state, half of which are private law firms that have entered into contracts with the Defender General to provide services.

"They feel strongly that the failure of the public defense system should not go onto ... attorneys while still in custody. A federal judge's ruling upheld by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ...