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Office of Public Defender
Gary Kula
Director
620 W. Jackson St, Suite 4076
Phoenix, AZ 85003
P: 602.506 7711
F: 602.506 8377
Maricopa.gov
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 Thomas Galvin, 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: Gary Kula, Public Defender
Date: October 23, 2023
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 $3,203.79 per case, include complex cases and capital cases.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
cc:
Jen Pokorski, County Manager
Juanita Garza, Clerk of the Board
Raymond Billotte, Court Administrator
Division
Direct Expenses
Plus Administrative
Allocation
Cases
Assigned
1
Cost Per
Case
Adult Felony
$38,395,418.82
14,258
$3,203.79
7,491,357.65
5,979
1,263.72
1"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.