Court rejects public defender caseload rules

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri's public defenders cannot turn away certain categories of criminal defendants because of excessive caseloads, the state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.

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