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Public defender office has backlog of 663 cases in Billings

by Associated Press
| August 20, 2021 3:00 PM

BILLINGS (AP) — A judge in Billings ordered the director of the state's public defender office to appear before him next month to explain why her office is failing to assign public defenders to Billings-area cases in a timely manner and why she shouldn't be held in contempt of court.

District Judge Donald Harris set a Sept...

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