LETTER TO BOARD 20 PD.PDF

Maricopa County — Formal (2020-11-04)

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OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER

MARICOPA COUNTY

GARY KULA
Public Defender

Memo To: Honorable Joseph Welty, Presiding Judge

From:
Date:

Subject:

Honorable Clint Hickman, Chairman, Board of Supervisors, District 4
Honorable Jack Sellers, Vice Chairman, Board of Supervisors, District 1
Honorable Steve Chucri, Board of Supervisors, District 2

Honorable Bill Gates, Board of Supervisors, District 3

Honorable Steve Gallardo, Board of Supervisors, District 5

Michael Cimino, Chief Adult Probation Officer

Gary Kula, Public Defender GMA
October 15, 2020
Public Defender Cost per Case Annual Report

Pursuant to Arizona Revised Statutes Section 11-5 84(B)(2), [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 $2,334.01 per case,
include complex cases and capital cases.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

cc:

Direct Expenses
Plus Administrative Cases Cost Per
Division Allocation Assigned! Case
Adult Felony $31,464,044.79 15,859 $2,334.01

"Cases Assigned” are calculated as total cases Opened during the time period, minus cases closed during the time
Period with the following dispositions: no complaint, administrative transfer, withdrawal due to workload, withdrawal due
fo conflict, withdrawal due to lack of client contact/participation, and withdrawal due to retention of private counsel.

Joy Rich, County Manager
Fran McCarroll, Clerk of the Board
Raymond Billotte, Court Administrator

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