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Houston Chronicle: Harris County lawyers way over case limits

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

In the Houston Chronicle last night: Attorneys overworked in capital cases / About one-third are over recommended limit on felonies: Lawyer Jerome Godinich, chastised by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals this year for repeatedly failing to meet federal death penalty deadlines, has represented an average of 360 felony clients per year in Harris County — a caseload that surpasses every other similar attorney. But even among other Harris County attorneys approved for death penalty cases, his heavy workload is no exception. In all, 10 of 32 Harris County lawyers approved by judges to represent clients facing life or death sentences regularly exceeded the recommended limit of 150 felony clients per year — a standard established in 1973 and adopted by the National Legal Aid and Defender Association, the Houston Chronicle found...continue to full post

Full post as published by Law Of Criminal Defense on May 26, 2009 (boomark / email).