Also includes the Department of Public Advocacy's Capital Trial Branch which represents clients at the trial level in mainly contract counties. In Fayette and Jefferson Counties, the cost of post-trial representation was subtracted from DPA dollars, recoupment dollars, and local dollars received to provide indigent legal services. Recoupment is used for statewide purposes and is added in the grand total. Includes 6 death penalty appeals, requiring 2 lawyers per case. Includes percentage of Post-Trial Division administrative costs.
Percentage is based on number of cases reported by function compared to total post-trial cases.
In Jefferson County, costs associated with processing and perfecting appellate cases are not separated from the total cost of providing criminal legal services to indigents. Due to this fact, the costs attributed to the processing and perfecting of appellate cases is an assumption based on the number of original appellate briefs filed versus staff closing appeals. This is due to the unique nature of capital litigation. Besides other dollars listed in Trial, includes the percentage of the Department of Public Advocacy's overall administrative and support function costs devoted to the defender component of the Department's two primary mandates. The other mandate being KRS Chapter 31, Protection and Advocacy.