An attorney will be at the Lakewood court full-time to help represent low-income or no-income defendants through their various hearings.
Lakewood Municipal Court Judge Tess Neff. CLEVELAND, Ohio – Individuals deemed indigent, who are accused of a crime in Lakewood Municipal Court, will now be able to receive representation from a Cuyahoga County assistant public defender.
For misdemeanor cases, the attorney will work with clients until the case is disposed of by dismissal, plea, verdict or other outcome, county records say. Representation could also include probation violation hearings and other post-conviction matters. The $225,000 agreement, funded through a state grant, starts Wednesday and runs through April 2024, but the county’s Public Defender Cullen Sweeney told the county board on Monday that it may become permanent.
Other municipal courts, such as Euclid and Shaker Heights, have also inquired about the possibility of adding a public defender as well, Sweeney said.
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