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Chesterfield judges will stop appointing cases to public defenders amid 'lack of attorneys'

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CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. -- The Chesterfield Public Defender's Office will not be appointed any new cases by circuit court judges until further notice, according to an order issued Chief Judge David Johnson.The order came after the judges were notified by the Chief Public Defender that a "current and historically persistent lack of qualified and suitable attorneys assigned to that office render it unable to provide adequate representation for in…

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