ISLAND COUNTY (WA) - DEFENDERS ASSOCIATION - PROGRAM EVALUATION

• NCJ Number: 42410
• Author(s): S READIO; J NIVEN
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 67 pages
• Grant Number(s): 76-C-0177
• Corporate Author: Northwest Regional Council
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THE EVALUATION CENTERS ON ELIGIBILITY FOR COUNSEL, THE QUALITY OF REPRESENTATION, AND PROGRAM COSTS.

Abstract

THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE PROGRAM MADE 166 ATTORNEY APPOINTMENTS DURING 1976. THE COST FOR THESE APPOINTMENTS DURING THIS TIME WAS $38,255. FORTY-SEVEN PERSONS WHO SOUGHT COUNSEL WERE REFUSED, AT A SAVINGS OF ROUGHLY $10,831. THE EVALUATOR CONCLUDED THAT ELIGIBILITY FOR COUNSEL DECISIONS WERE FAIR, TIMELY, AND CONSISTENT. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF DISPARITY IN SENTENCES RECEIVED BETWEEN ASSIGNED AND RETAINED COUNSEL CASES. THOUGH HAMPERED BY A LOW NUMBER OF RESPONDENTS, CLIENTS ARE APPARENTLY SATISFIED BY THE REPRESENTATION THEY RECEIVED. THE AVERAGE TIME SPENT BY ATTORNEYS ON ANY GIVEN CASE WAS 6.7 HOURS.. HOURLY COSTS WERE THEREFORE CLOSE TO $34.00....RCB