LEGAL DEFENDER FY21 FELONY COST PER CASE.PDF

Maricopa County — Formal (2021-11-17)

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OFFICE OF THE

LEG AL DEFENDER Sherri McGuire Lawson, egal Defender

MARICOPA COUNTY

Memo To:

From:
Date:
Subject:

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

Sherri McGuire Lawson, Legal Defender OrataJoon

October 5, 2021
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 $4,276.84 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 $9,425,592.16 2,498 $4,276.84

*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.

ce: Joy Rich, County Manager
Clerk of the Board
Raymond Billotte, Court Administrator

222 North Central Avenue, Suite 8100, Phoenix, AZ 85004
602-506-8800 / Fax: 602-506-8862