Table of Contents
Senate Criminal Justice 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)
Ø Key data collected since implementation of FDA:
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:
§ Senator Whitmire
§ Senator Seliger
§ Senator Carona
§ Senator Ellis
§ Senator Hegar
§ Senator Hinojosa
§ Senator Patrick
Ø Summary of attorney caseloads, compensation and quality of representation
Ø Summary of fiscal and policy monitoring visits
Ø Summary of rules promulgated by Task Force
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 Giving Timbre to Gideon’s Trumpet: Evaluating the Administration and Effectiveness of Legal Representation for Texas’ Indigent Criminal Defendants, Moore & Butcher (May 2007)
Ø Task Force Member and Staff listing
