82nd Legislative Session - House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence

Task Force on Indigent Defense (TFID)


 

Materials provided by the Task Force to the committee members for the hearing:

Dr. Tony Fabelo’s “Big Picture Summary” Power Point presentation
Overview of Task Force on Indigent Defense and Fair Defense Act of 2001 (FDA) and key data collected including the following:
Overview categories and amount of state revenue
Expenditure data FY 2001-2009; county v state
ABA’s 50 state survey-excerpts -- chart of state/county funding breakdown
Investigative/Expert witness expenses charts
People served chart (FY 2002-2009)
Chart showing all public defender programs pre and post FDA
Indigent defense county data sheets for counties represented by members
Strategies to improve indigent defense
White paper on Programs, Processes, and Technology: An Overview of the Discretionary Grant Program  
Overview education efforts- workshops and other trainings/conferences
Listing of studies and publications on indigent defense in Texas
ABA’s Ten Principles
Letter from Mr. Don Hase, attorney-at-law, Arlington

Appendix

“Blueprint for Creating a Public Defender Office in Texas”, 2nd Edition, 2008
Task Force members and staff listing

 

 

 

 

Members of the Task Force who are in the Texas House of Representatives



Representative Pete Gallego, Chair, House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee


Representative Roberto Alonzo

 

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Updated: 07-Feb-2011