While New York City struggles to reduce its reliance on private lawyers to represent indigent criminal defendants in conflict cases, many upstate counties already have taken that path.
Acting Supreme Court Justice Anil C. Singh (See Profile) in Manhattan is expected to rule soon on a suit by five local bar groups, backed by several defender organizations, contesting the city’s plan to shift 44,000 conflict cases from private lawyers to institutional providers like the Legal Aid Society (NYLJ, Dec. 16).
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