The Superior Court of Fulton County is using COVID-19 relief money to cope with its share of a statewide shortage of public defenders in multi-defendant cases.
“I’m proud of the fact that we’ve been able to roll this out in relatively quick succession and I appreciate the County being willing to fund it…” said former Chief Judge Christopher Brasher, calling the effort important to providing justice and addressing a pandemic case backlog.
Indigent defendants in criminal cases are entitled to a free attorney typically provided through a public defender’s office. But the situation gets complicated in cases with multiple defendants...Read Full Article HERE