District No. 8: Baltimore County
James E. Kardash, Chairman
Louis L. Depazzo, Charles E. Foos, C. Vic-
tor McFarland, Raymond E. Pryor.
Paul J. Feeley, District Public Defender
District No. 9: Harford County
Harry E. Dyer, Chairman
Stanley Getz, John A. Goodman, John S.
Landbeck, Jr., E. Edward Toscani.
Henry C. Engel, Jr., District Public
Defender
District No. 10: Howard and Carroll
Counties
Guy J. Cicone, Chairman
Stanford Hoff, William R. Hymes, Marker
J. Lovell, Vacancy.
Bernard F. Goldberg, District Public
Defender
District No. 11: Frederick and
Washington Counties
Fred C. Wright III, Chairman
Benjamin B. Rosenstock, Seymour B. Stern,
James F. Strine, John B. Wolfkill.
William R. Leckemby, Jr., District Public
Defender
District No. 12: Allegany and Garrett
Counties
Stuart F. Hamill, Jr., Chairman
Albert A. Doub, Matthew J. Mullaney,
Harry 1. Stegmaier, William Walsh.
Paul J. Stakern, District Public Defender
The terms of all members of the District
Advisory Boards for the Public Defender
System expire on January 1, 1978.
800 Equitable Building,
Baltimore 21202 Telephone: 383-3053
The Public Defender System was created
by Chapter 209, Acts of 1971, to provide
for the realization of the constitutional guar-
antees of counsel in the representation of
indigents, including related necessary serv-
ices and facilities, in criminal and juvenile
proceedings within the State, and to assure
effective assistance and continuity of counsel
to indigent accused taken into custody and
indigent defendants in criminal and juvenile
proceedings before the Courts of the State |
of Maryland, and to authorize the Office of
the Public Defender to administer and as-
sure enforcement of these provisions.
The Board of Trustees of the Public De-
fender System consists of three members
appointed by the Governor for three-year
terms. Two of the members must be active
attomeys-at-law. The Board elects its own
Chairman.
"The Public Defender is appointed by the
Board of Trustees and serves at the Board's
pleasure. He must be an attorney-at-law,
admitted to practice law in Maryland by the
Court of Appeals, and must have engaged
in the practice of law for a period of five
years prior to his appointment. The Public
Defender, with the approval of the Board of
Trustees, appoints the Deputy Public De-
fender and one District Public Defender
for each District of the District Court who
must possess the same qualifications as the
Public Defender. Assistant Public Defenders
may also be appointed by the Public De-
fender with the advice of the District Public
Defenders.
Each District has a District Advisory
Board composed of five members. One
member is the judge of the Circuit Court
or the District Court in the district. The
other four must be active attomeys-at-law
and are appointed by the Governor for
three-year terms. The Governor designates
the chairman of each board annually.
The Public Defender provides legal repre-
sentation for any indigent defendant in crim-
inal or juvenile proceedings requiring the
presence of counsel before a commissioner
or judge, proceedings under the Defective
Delinquents laws, post-conviction proceed-
ings, and any other proceeding where in-
carceration pursuant to a judicial commit-
ment of individuals in institutions of a
public or private nature may result.
In January and July 1975, the Public
Defender installed three Divisions in the
headquarters office, i.e.. Mental Health,
Appellate and Inmate Services. Each Divi-
sion provides services as indicated by fur-
nishing representation to all persons invol-
untarily committed to facilities under the
jurisdiction of or licensed by the State
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, |
