82nd Legislative Session - Senate Committee on Criminal Justice

Task Force on Indigent Defense (TFID)

Materials provided by the Task Force to the committee members for 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)

Key data collected since implementation of FDA:

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:

Senator Whitmire

Senator Seliger

Senator Carona

Senator Ellis

Senator Hegar

Senator Hinojosa

Senator Patrick

Summary of attorney caseloads, compensation and quality of representation

Summary of fiscal and policy monitoring visits

Summary of rules promulgated by Task Force

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

Giving Timbre to Gideon’s Trumpet: Evaluating the Administration and Effectiveness of Legal Representation for Texas’ Indigent Criminal Defendants, Moore & Butcher (May 2007)

Task Force Member and Staff listing

Members of the Task Force who are in the Texas State Senate

Senator Jeff Wentworth

Senator John Whitmire
Chair, Senate Criminal Justice Committee

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Updated: 07-Feb-2011