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OFFICE OF THE MARICOPA COUNTY Memo To: Honorable Joseph Welty, Presiding Judge 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 From: Sherri McGuire Lawson, Legal Defender KAYA Date: October 15, 2020 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 $4,180.86 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 Per Division Allocation Assigned! Case Adult Felony $9,581,483.66 2,591 $4,180.86 1Cases 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 to conflict, withdrawal due to lack of client contact/participation, and withdrawal due to retention of private counsel. cc? Joy Rich, County Manager Fran McCarroll, Clerk of the Board Raymond Billotte, Court Administrator 222 North Central Avenue, Suite 8100, Phoenix, AZ 85004 602-506-8800 / Fax: 602-506-8862