INDIGENT DEFENSE TRUST FUNDS
Board Meeting Agenda
Division of Finance, 2110 State Office Building, Salt Lake City, Utah  84114 
 
Public Meeting Notice and Agenda
September 16, 2014
11:30 a.m.


1. Welcome: 

2. Review and approval of minutes from the meeting held on June 24, 2014.

3. Washington County Attorney and Gary Pendleton to join the meeting by phone to address the appointment of Mr. Pendleton to the “Rule 8 Qualified” attorney list, and counsel for Brandon Perry Smith. (See Assignments from last meeting #2.) 

4. Mary Corporon to address Board about additional funding on the Stephanie Sloop case.

5. Assignments from the last meeting.

1. Send Aric Cramer letter to inform him of the Board’s intent to remove him from the pre-contracted list of Rule 8 Qualified Attorneys. (Letter sent on Aug. 5, 2014.)

2. Send Gary Pendleton letter and information to submit back to the Board to be considered for the Rule 8 Qualified list. Judge appointed Mr. Pendleton to the Brandon Smith case. (Sent July 3, 2014) 

3. Paul Tonks will look at the contract and the statute, to determine if co-counsel will need to be appointed in the Thad Robertson case.

6. Fund Balances as of 9/11/14, and County Assessments for 2015:

7. Review of Current Cases:

Stephanie Sloop-Davis County, Mary Corporon Attorney
Sun Cha Warhola-Davis County, Edward K. Brass Attorney
Thad Douglas Robertson-Iron County, Douglas Terry Attorney
William C. Lawton-Sevier County, James A. Valdez Attorney
Richard Andrew Jones-Washington County, Stephen McCaughey Attorney
Brandon Perry Smith-Washington County, State Counsel has been appointed, no contract yet.
Stephen Crutcher-Sanpete County, Ed Brass Attorney
Glen Howard Griffin appeal-Box Elder County, Jennifer Gowans Attorney
David Drommond appeal-Davis County, Arnold Wiggins Attorney
Robert Cameron Houston appeal, Davis County, John Pace Attorney
Martin Chris Nelson appeal-Iron County, Liz Hunt Attorney

Indigent Inmate Fund Cases Sanpete County, (Gunnison Prison):

Andre Bryant, Doug Neeley Attorney
Steven Crutcher, aggravated murder, Sanpete County, Ed Brass Attorney
Steven Crutcher, additional charges, Doug Neeley Attorney
Abel Castillo, Doug Neeley Attorney

8. Contract language changes about monthly billings (see 2 F. in the contract). Define the language in the contract “exceptional circumstances” (see 2 C in the contract) to be more specific. Change contract to $.10 per copy (see 2 D in the contract). 

9. Board Members Terms that are Expiring:

10. Other Business:

11. Next Meeting