West Texas Regional Public Defender for Capital Cases

1. West Texas Regional Public Defender for Capital Cases

2. Current Method for Capital Indigent Defense in most counties • Assigned Counsel • Two attorneys required to be appointed for each capital case from the list of attorneys approved by the regional selection committee • Cost varies depending on number and complexity of case • Number of attorneys are limited in rural areas • Private counsel indicate practice is strained during representation in capital case

3. Participating counties 65 counties participating Covering 64,353 square miles Serving 1,445,015 people

4. Offices • Lubbock • Amarillo • Midland

5. Regional Map

6. Pending Cases Crane County - 1 Deaf Smith County - 1 Ector County – 1 Lubbock County - 1 Potter County – 1 Randall County – 2 Reeves County – 1 Taylor County – 1 Tom Green - 1

7. Time Spent on Cases • Crane 69.45 total hours 1st chair 30.70 2st chair 7.25 Mitigator 27.50 Investigator 2.00 Support staff and Interns 2.00

8. Deaf Smith 196.20 total hours 1st chair 32.50 2nd chair 17.25 Mitigator 76.05 Investigator 31.00 Support staff and interns 39.40

9. Ector 84.35 total hours 1st chair 10.85 2nd chair Mitigator 49.00 Investigator 21.50 Support staff and interns 3.00

10. Hale 53.50 total hours 1st chair 12.00 2nd chair 5.00 Mitigator 15.00 Investigator 8.50 Support staff and interns 13.00

11. Lubbock 481.15 total hours 1st chair 42.75 2nd chair 44.25 Mitigator 94.60 Investigator 194.00 Support staff and interns 105.55

12. Potter 68.75 total hours 1st chair 10.75 2nd chair 13.90 Mitigator 22.00 Investigator 12.35 Support staff and interns 9.75

13. Randall 720.75 total hours 1st chair 132.25 2nd chair 68.95 Mitigator 258.25 Investigator 134.30 Support staff and Interns 127.00

14. Reeves 49.30 total hours 1st chair 8.80 2nd chair 2.50 Mitigator 22.00 Investigator 15.00 Support staff and interns 1.00

15. Taylor 140.00 total hours 1st chair 21.75 2nd chair 30.10 Mitigator 60.50 Investigator 20.90 Support staff and Interns 6.75

16. Tom Green 394.90 total hours 1st chair 105.00 2nd chair 29.45 Mitigator 223.50 Investigator 23.25 Support staff and Interns 13.65

17. Cost of cases • Appointed counsel 1st chair – 150.00/hr. 2nd chair - $125.00/hr. Mitigator - $60.00/hr. Investigator - 50.00/hr.

18. What County Would Have Paid • Crane $ 7,261.25 • Deaf Smith 13,144.25 • Ector 9,192.50 • Hale 3,750.00 • Lubbock 27,319.75 • Potter 5,287.50 • Randall 50,666.25 • Reeves 3,702.50 • Taylor 32,841.25 • Tom Green 11,700.00