The Hays County Commissioners Court voted to execute another year of the Texas Indigent Defense Commission’s Hays County Indigent Defense Coordinator Program, accepting the grant for $51,531.
The commissioners' court submitted the original grant application on Aug. 6, 2019. Since then, the grant has funded the indigent defense coordinator’s position, which works to improve the appointment process and document that Hays County is in compliance with the Fair Defense Act.
Indigent Defense Coordinator Kelli Pulpan said her efforts have taken a lot of work off of court staff and judges. She has been appointing felony attorneys to misdemeanor cases and sending representation applications to inmates to increase representation rates.
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