A new initiative to provide criminal defendants upstate with a lawyer at their initial court appearance has sparked ethics inquiries from local judges questioning their role in administering the program.
The inquiries came after some judges were asked to determine which criminal cases most needed a public defender, such as when defendants are facing incarceration, and others wondered if defenders and judges could discuss the program without the district attorney present.
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