The Fresno Bee recently ran an article regarding the Fresno County Public Defender refusing its first case last week due to the recent lay offs in its office. The article points out that the Public Defender, Ken Taniguchi, declined to represent Ms. Seneca Turner, a twenty-eight-year-old Fresno resident who is charged with homicide and DUI involving great bodily injury. In turn, the Fresno Superior Court asked me to accept appointment on the case and I accepted. Due to the complexity of the case and the lack of attorney's available to handle serious cases of this nature, the Public Defender was forced to turn it down. While the Public Defender's Office claims that the county will pay more in the long run by assigning cases out to private attorneys such as myself- that remains to be seen. The entire article can be viewed at the following link:
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