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Table of Contents

House Criminal Jurisprudence Hearing Notebook May 13, 2010

Ø  Dr. Tony Fabelo’s “Big Picture Summary” Power Point presentation

Ø  Overview of Task Force on Indigent Defense and Fair Defense Act of 2001 (FDA) and key data collected including the following:

o   Overview categories and amount of state revenue

o   Expenditure data FY 2001-2009; county v state

o   ABA’s 50 state survey-excerpts -- chart of state/county funding breakdown

o   Investigative/Expert witness expenses charts

o   People served chart (FY 2002-2009)

o   Chart showing all public defender programs pre and post FDA

o   Indigent defense county data sheets for counties represented by members

Ø  Strategies to improve indigent defense

o   White paper on Programs, Processes, and Technology: An Overview of the Discretionary Grant Program  

o   Overview education efforts- workshops and other trainings/conferences

o   Listing of studies and publications on indigent defense in Texas

Ø  ABA’s Ten Principles

Ø  Letter from Mr. Don Hase, attorney-at-law, Arlington

Appendix

Ø  “Blueprint for Creating a Public Defender Office in Texas”, 2nd Edition, 2008

Ø  Task Force members and staff listing