Missouri Supreme Court Nixes Defenders' Relief Plan

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The Supreme Court ruled against the state public defender's system Tuesday, upholding trial judges' appointment of public defenders in cases where private attorneys had withdrawn.

The state's highest court in May had issued preliminary writs barring the trial courts in Boone and Buchanan counties from ordering the public defender's office to step in. But after hearing arguments in early October, the court undid those writs Tuesday without a written opinion explaining its reasoning.

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Missouri Supreme Court Nixes Defenders' Relief Plan

State Public Defender Marty Robinson said he was disappointed, but said the issue in these cases is only a small piece of a much larger problem of an o...

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