Criminal Court Attorney Fees

0.  Four counties pooling resources to form drug court (Lincoln Journal Star)
WILBER - In her time as a district judge, Vicky Johnson has realized there are two types of drug users. There are the kind who have extensive criminal histories, who sell drugs, who are violent, who have problems that extend far beyond drug use.

1.  County program assists small businesses with bad checks (Mohave Valley News)
KINGMAN - Anyone writing a check without paying for it in the end could find themselves in criminal court. Arizona has been the number one state in the country for identification fraud the last few years, mainly because thieves generally target senior citizens.

2.  Cavallo takes an early lead in Haidl suit (Orange County Register)
Joe Cavallo won another round in court Friday against former ally Don Haidl , but this is shaping up to be a bitter, drawn-out fight as long as neither combatant is willing to give in.

3.  Clerk's Office Scrapping $16 Million Investment (The Tampa Tribune)
TAMPA - The circuit court clerk's office is scrapping a $10 million computer system that was supposed to increase efficiency and speed up record sharing in Hillsborough County's criminal justice system.

4.  One pleads to DUI, one license case continued and one case reduced in Criminal Court (Crossville Chronicle)
One defendant pleaded guilty to drunk driving, another had his revoked license case continued to give him an opportunity to obtain a license and a third defendant had her drunk driving charge dismissed and pleaded guilty to a lesser charge because of a medical condition.

5.  Motion denied at hearing (The Natchez Democrat)
NATCHEZ - A motion to quash the indictment for Circuit Clerk M.L. "Binkey" Vines was denied at a hearing Wednesday. One argument Vines' attorneys used in favor of throwing out the indictment revolved around state statute regarding the repayment of fees originally overpaid to Vines.

6.  Defense fees surge in Otsego (The Daily Star)
The Otsego County Board of Representatives is grasping with the high, rising cost of prividing lawyers for poor people whose cases are in the county's courts.

7.  UP tells TXU: Don't fix transmission line, get it out (Dallas Morning News)
TXU, which has been hammered for its coal plants and business practices, is in the middle of another power struggle.

8.  Psychiatrist Loses License; Doctor Linked to 11 Drug Deaths (RedNova)
By GINA BARTON A psychiatrist linked to 11 drug overdose deaths in Milwaukee and Waukesha counties has agreed to give up his medical license and repay the federal government $509,000 in overbilled charges to Medicare and Medicaid, according to the U.S. attorney's office.

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