PUBLIC DEFENDER FY21 FELONY COST PER CASE.PDF

OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER
MARICOPA COUNTY

GARY KULA
Public Defender

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 Prgbation Officer
From: Gary Kula, Public Defender

Date: October 5, 2021

Subject: Public 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
$2,738.64 per case, include complex cases and capital cases.

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

Direct Expenses
2 Plus Administrative Cases Cost Per
Division Allocation Assigned! Case
Adult Felony $30, 706,684.03 13,285 $2,738.64

‘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.

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

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