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NC Office of Indigent Defense Services—July 2012
Key Indigent Defense Indicators This guide provides a blue-print detailing a comprehensive set of indigent defense metrics. It identifies indicators for all aspects of indigent defense, which are too many to implement all at once. So SEP borrowed a familiar concept among metric systems and developed a set of key or core indicators, similar to the economy’s top 10 economic indicators or the Institute of Medicine’s 20 key indicators of health. NCSEP has identified what we believe are the most important indicators to develop first. For example, one core indicator, if not the most important core indicator, is case outcomes, including determination of guilt, sentence, sentence type, and financial fees, fines, and restitution. Case outcome data is the building block for evaluating all aspects of the indigent defense system. If you want to evaluate bond motion practices, caseload standards, delivery systems, compensation systems, access to attorneys, alternative service models, such as holistic representation, and other aspects of the indigent defense system, you will evaluate these aspects in light of the case outcomes they produce. Key Indigent Defense System Performance Indicators Goal Objectives Performance Measures/Indicators A Defendant’s Constitutional Right to an Attorney Is Preserved
Access to attorney is real
1. % of defendants who waive counsel the first time they appear before a judge (in court or by remote appearance)
2. % of defendants who waive counsel and plead guilty the first time they appear before a judge (in court or by remote appearance)
3. % of waivers made on the record
Access to attorney is timely enough to preserve constitutional rights
1. # of days between arrest and appointment of counsel
2. # of days between arrest and first client interview with attorney by type of contact (in-person, video conference, telephone) Best Possible Outcomes for Clients
The direct consequences of a criminal case are as beneficial to the client as possible
1. Case Outcomes: determination of guilt, sentence, sentence type (active, intermediate, community), sentence length, and financial costs (court fees, fines, and restitution) by type of case
2. % of convictions resulting in alternatives to incarceration
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| Title | The challenge : evaluating indigent defense : North Carolina systems evaluation project performance measures guide - Page 16 |
| Full Text | NC Office of Indigent Defense Services—July 2012 Key Indigent Defense Indicators This guide provides a blue-print detailing a comprehensive set of indigent defense metrics. It identifies indicators for all aspects of indigent defense, which are too many to implement all at once. So SEP borrowed a familiar concept among metric systems and developed a set of key or core indicators, similar to the economy’s top 10 economic indicators or the Institute of Medicine’s 20 key indicators of health. NCSEP has identified what we believe are the most important indicators to develop first. For example, one core indicator, if not the most important core indicator, is case outcomes, including determination of guilt, sentence, sentence type, and financial fees, fines, and restitution. Case outcome data is the building block for evaluating all aspects of the indigent defense system. If you want to evaluate bond motion practices, caseload standards, delivery systems, compensation systems, access to attorneys, alternative service models, such as holistic representation, and other aspects of the indigent defense system, you will evaluate these aspects in light of the case outcomes they produce. Key Indigent Defense System Performance Indicators Goal Objectives Performance Measures/Indicators A Defendant’s Constitutional Right to an Attorney Is Preserved Access to attorney is real 1. % of defendants who waive counsel the first time they appear before a judge (in court or by remote appearance) 2. % of defendants who waive counsel and plead guilty the first time they appear before a judge (in court or by remote appearance) 3. % of waivers made on the record Access to attorney is timely enough to preserve constitutional rights 1. # of days between arrest and appointment of counsel 2. # of days between arrest and first client interview with attorney by type of contact (in-person, video conference, telephone) Best Possible Outcomes for Clients The direct consequences of a criminal case are as beneficial to the client as possible 1. Case Outcomes: determination of guilt, sentence, sentence type (active, intermediate, community), sentence length, and financial costs (court fees, fines, and restitution) by type of case 2. % of convictions resulting in alternatives to incarceration 8 |
