LETTERTOBOARD19 OLA.PDF

Maricopa County — Formal (2019-11-20)

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Office of the Legal Advocate
Rosemarie Pena-Lynch
Director
Memo To: Honorable Joseph Welty, Presiding Judge
Honorable Bill Gates, Chairman, Board of Supervisors, District 3
Honorable Clint Hickman, Vice Chairman, Board of Supervisors, District 4
Honorable Jack Sellers, Board of Supervisors, District 1
Honorable Steve Chucri, Board of Supervisors, District 2
Honorable Steve Gallardo, Board of Supervisors, District 5
Michael Cimino, Chief Adult Probation Officer
From: Rosemarie Pena-Lynch, Legal Advocate
Date: October 9, 2019
Subject: Legal Advocate Cost per Case Annual Report
Pursuant to Arizona Revised Statutes Section 11 -584(B)(2), I am submitting this document which
provides the average cost of defending a felony case in this law office. Our felony costs, which average
$5,670.25 per case, include complex cases and capital cases.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
Direct Expenses
Plus Administrative Cases Cost
Division Allocation Assigned' Per Case
Adult Felony $6,239,239.43 1,243 $5,670.25
time "Cases period Assigned" with the are following calculated dispositions: as total cases no complaint, opened during administrative the time period, transfer, minus withdrawal cases closed during the
private withdrawal counsel. due to conflict, withdrawal due to lack of orient contact/participation, and withdrawal due due to to retention workload, of
cc: Joy Rich, County Manager
Fran McCarroll, Clerk of the Board
Raymond Billotte, Court Administrator
222 North Central Avenue, Suite 154 • Phoenix, Arizona 85004
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