Aug 5, 2016
Frustrated public defender head assigns a case to Governor Jay Nixon
Missouri law says any member of the bar can be called to a case, so one official put the Governor on the hook.
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon hasn't commented on being assigned to an assault case as a public defender yet.
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“Chutzpah” I think…is the word you’re looking for here.
Michael Barrett, the head of the public defender system in the great state of Missouri, has about had it with his office being chronically underfunded.
He has the authority to assign any member of of the Missouri state bar to a case, so he assigned a recent assault case to Governor Jay Nixon.
Nixon, a Democrat, has vetoed funding increases for the defenders office the past couple of years.
No response yet from the Governor’s office.
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