INDIGENT DEFENSE TRUST FUNDS
Board Meeting
4112 State Office Building, Salt Lake City, Utah 84114
450 North State Street
Salt Lake City, UT 84114
Public Meeting Notice and Agenda
December 4, 2018
11:30 a.m.
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1. Welcome:
2. Review and approval of the minutes from the meeting held on August 28, 2018, and the October 30, 2018 Telephonic Meeting.
3. Special thanks to Rick Schwermer, Administrative Office of the Courts, who is retiring, and Scott Garrett, Iron County Attorney, who did not run for reelection, for their many years of service on the Indigent Defense Trust Funds Board.
4. Assignments from the August 28, 2018 meeting.
1. Paul Tonks to send letter to the Attorney General's Office, for an advisory opinion on the selection process for Indigent Defense cases. (See agenda item 5.)
2. Barbara to prepare and send letter to Department of Corrections requesting reimbursement for withheld medical records on the Crutcher case. (Completed, sent November 30, 2018)
3. Contact Ed Brass for final billings on the Crutcher case. (Completed)
5. Discussion about the Attorney General's response on the Selection Process for Indigent Defense cases.
6. Enforcement of Contract Terms and Conditions with Contracted Attorneys.
7. Discuss Gunnison Inmate Representation and Statutory Performance Requirements.
8. Fund Balances as of November 28, 2018.
9. Review of Current Cases:
Glenn Howard Griffin appeal-Box Elder County, Jennifer Gowans Attorney
David Drommond appeal-Davis County, Arnold Wiggins Attorney
Joshua Shoenenberger-Davis County, Ed Brass, Attorney
a) Ed Brass request for additional funding on the Joshua Shoenenberger case.
Clint Corydon Nokes-Davis County, Jeremy Delicino
Sun Cha Warhola-Davis County, Edward K. Brass, Attorney (competency issues)
James Hudson Main-Duchesne County, Kent Morgan, Attorney
Samantha Tuinman-Duchesne County, Rudy Bautista
Stephanie Ann Tuinman-Duchesne County, Kent Morgan, Attorney
Thomas Tuinman-Duchesne County, Mary Corporon
a) Mary Corporon request for additional funding on the Thomas Tuinman case.
Mark S. Mair-Iron County, Douglas Terry, Attorney
Thad Douglas Robertson appeal- Iron County, B. Kent Morgan, Attorney
William C. Lawton-Sevier County, James A. Valdez Attorney (competency issues)
Indigent Inmate Fund Cases Sanpete County, (Gunnison Prison):
Julio Cesar Garza (Capital Case), Rich Gallegos, Attorney
Izaak D. King, Doug Neeley, Attorney
Rondall Eddie, Gregory Ferbrache, Attorney
Michael Call, Gregory Ferbrache, Attorney
Gustav Adolf Denecamp, Gregory Ferbrache, Attorney
Ricardo Alberto Ramirez, Gregory Ferbrache, Attorney
10. Other Business:
a) Proposed legislation - Senator Weiler Indigent Defense Act Amendment 2019FL-0544/014.
b) Potential to move Indigent Defense Trust Funds support from Division of Finance to Indigent Defense Commission.
11. Next Meeting:
Notice of Special Accommodations (ADA)
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, individuals needing special accommodations (including auxiliary communicative aids and services) during this meeting should notify Barbara Sutherland at 801 538-3020, at least three days prior to the meeting.