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OFFICE OF THE LEGAL DEFENDER Marty Lieberman, Legal Defender MARICOPA COUNTY Memo To: Honorable Janet Barton, Presiding Judge Honorable Steve Chucri, Chairman, Board of Supervisors, District 2 Honorable Denny Barney, Board of Supervisors, District 1 Honorable Andrew Kunasek, Board of Supervisors, District 3 Honorable Clint L. Hickman, Board of Supervisors, District 4 Honorable Steve Gallardo, Board of Supervisors, District 5 Barbara B. Broderick, Chief Adult Probation Officer From: Marty Lieberman, Legal Defender Date: October 26, 2015 Subject: Legal Defender Cost per Case Annual Report Pursuant to Arizona Revised Statutes Section 11-584(B)(2), I am submitting to you this document which provides the average cost of defending a felony case in this law office. Our felony costs, which average $2,326.80 per case, include complex cases and capital cases. Also included below is the average cost per case for appeals and parental dependency representation. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Direct Expenses Plus Administrative Cases Cost Per Division Allocation Assignedl Case Adult Felony $8,953,534.08 3,848 $2,326.80 Appeals $383,444.03 112 $3,423.61 Parental Dependence $3,053,167.62 1,134 $2,692.39 Total $12,390,145.73 5,094 $2,432.30 period 1"Cases with Assigned" the following are calculated dispositions: as total no complaint, cases opened administrative during the transfer, time period, withdrawal minus cases due to closed workload, during withdrawal the time due to conflict, withdrawal due to lack of client contact/participation, and withdrawal due to retention of private counsel. 'For with purposes prior years' of repotting. this calculation, Historically only dependency all dependency filings financial are counted activity as was case divided assignments by new dependency in order to be determination consistent phase cases cc: Tom Manos, County Manager RECEIVED Fran McCarron, Clerk of the Board Raymond Billotte, Court Administrator OC I 2 7 2 015 MARICOPA GuLINTY CLERK BOARD OF SUPERVISORS 222 North Central Avenue, Suite 8100, Phoenix, AZ 85004 602-506-8800 / Fax: 602-506-8862