LEGAL ADVOCATE FY21 FELONY COST PER CASE.PDF

Office of the Legal Advocate

Rosemarie Pena-Lynch
Director

Memo To:

Honorable Patricia Starr, Presiding Judge

Honorable Jack Sellers, Chairman, Board of Supervisors, District 1
Honorable Bill Gates, Vice Chairman, Board of Supervisors, District 3
Honorable Steve Chucri, Board of Supervisors, District 2

Honorable Clint Hickman, Board of Supervisors, District 4

Honorable Steve Gallardo, Board of Supervisors, District 5

Michael Cimino, Chief Adult Probation Officer

Rosemarie Pena-Lynch, Legal Advocate ; PL
October 5, 2021
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
$3,954.30 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 $6,667,341.18 1,923 $3,954.30

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 to conflict, withdrawal due to lack of client contact/participation, and withdrawal due to retention of
private counsel. |
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ce: Joy Rich, County Manager
Clerk of the Board
Raymond Billotte, Court Administrator

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