public defender
a lawyer appointed or elected by a city or county as a full-time, official defender to represent indigents in criminal cases at public expense.
Origin of public defender
1- Compare assigned counsel.
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How to use public defender in a sentence
The cop with his arm around the man’s neck, later identified by the victim’s public defender as Officer David Afanador, releases the man after onlookers complain about the chokehold and a fellow officer taps the cop to release his hold.
Still Can’t Breathe | by Topher Sanders, ProPublica, and Yoav Gonen, THE CITY, video by Lucas Waldron, ProPublica | January 21, 2021 | ProPublicaBrock did not respond to a request for comment, and his public defender could not immediately be reached.
Here are some of the people charged since a mob breached the Capitol | Washington Post Staff | January 15, 2021 | Washington PostAmong the proposed reforms are expanded staffing to increase oversight and the creation of a pilot public defender office in Kennebec County.
Maine Hires Lawyers With Criminal Records to Defend Poor Residents. The Governor Wants Reform. | by Samantha Hogan, The Maine Monitor | October 14, 2020 | ProPublicaMaine is the only state in the country with no public defenders.
She Was Afraid of Her Lawyer. Then the Text Messages Started. | by Samantha Hogan, The Maine Monitor | October 8, 2020 | ProPublicaIn Florida, there’s a $100 fee for using a public defender, a $50 fee for applying to use a public defender — even a $100 fee to cover the cost of prosecution — all tacked on at the end of the sentence.
In Florida, the Gutting of a Landmark Law Leaves Few Felons Likely to Vote | by Lawrence Mower and Langston Taylor, Miami Herald and Tampa Bay Times | October 7, 2020 | ProPublica
And, as any good public defender would, Wolf says the allegations are absurd.
The Strange Case of the Christian Zionist Terrorist | Creede Newton | December 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe talked to his family using the cell phone of his public defender, David Patton, says the family contact.
Libya Eyes Funding Al-Liby Defense In Terrorism Trial | Jamie Dettmer | October 16, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTSuddenly the public defender told me I could leave, as she pulled the young man aside.
The American Bar Association recommends that a public defender not take on more than 150 felony cases each year.
Fifty Years Later, Right to Lawyer Remains ‘Unfunded Mandate’ | Chris Opfer | March 18, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBetween 2011 and earlier this year, Miami public defender Josh Cooley represented one of two brothers who are sovereigns.
Sovereign Citizens Are a Sometimes Violent Fringe Group Rejecting All Government | Winston Ross | December 30, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTRevering the eloquence and influence of Petrarch, he importuned him to be his public defender.
British Dictionary definitions for public defender
(in the US) a lawyer engaged at public expense to represent indigent defendants
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Cultural definitions for public defender
An attorney who is appointed and paid by a court to defend poor persons who cannot afford a lawyer.
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