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Judges say public defender backlog taking a toll in Great Falls city court
Judges said the shortage is stretching public defender capacity and forcing some defendants to wait in jail without counsel.
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Judges say public defender backlog taking a toll in Great Falls city court
While most defendants get public defender assignments within a couple of weeks, some wait nearly a month in jail before seeing an attorney for misdemeanor charges.
·Missoula, United States
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