Wed, Nov 25 2009
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Indigent cases increase faster than money By Donna HalesPhoenix Staff Writer Statewide, there are about 38,000 to 40,000 non-capital cases a year, Laughlin said.
Muskogee County District Attorney Larry Moore said he remembers that back in the 1980s an indigent defense attorney got $150 for representing a client through a preliminary hearing and $500 for a jury trial. The numbers of indigent clients have increased since then, he said. OIDS took a 6 percent cut in its budget in the fiscal year ending June 30. The total annual budget was a little more than $19 million, which means the cut was a little more than $1 million, Laughlin said. There was a shortfall in the budget in June of 1.4 percent, he said. The OIDS is very important, Moore said Friday. “There are lots of indigents who cannot afford an attorney,” he said. The attorneys who work with indigent clients here do have a huge responsibility, just on the sheer numbers they represent, Moore said. “I think they do a more than an adequate job,” he said. Being able to manage the caseload they have takes as much talent as being able to handle the actual defense, he said. Reach Donna Hales at 684-2923 or dhales@muskogeephoenix.com. 
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