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Underfunding, Excessive Caseload Not Adequate Basis for Public Defender to Withdraw in Florida

Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal held on May 13, 2009 that public defenders cannot withdraw from representing defendants on the grounds that a conflict of interest exists due to underfunding, excessive caseload, or the prospective inability to adequately represent a client.

Before the court was an appeal of an ...

 

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