Indiana Judicial Committees and Commissions
Public Defender Commission

 

Purpose

The Indiana Public Defender Commission recommends standards for indigent defense in capital cases, adopts guidelines of salary and fee schedules for individual county reimbursement eligibility, and reviews and approves requests for reimbursement in capital cases.  In addition, the Commission adopts guidelines and standards for county reimbursement eligibility in non-capital cases.

 

Members

David J. Hensel
Indianapolis
Appointed by the Governor
Term Expires: 07.01.10

Mark W. Rutherford
Indianapolis
Appointed by the Governor
Term Expires: 07.01.10

Peter D. Nugent
Indianapolis
Appointed by the Governor
Term Expires: 04.23.11

 

 

 

Bettye Lou Jerrel
Evansville
Appointed by the Chief Justice
Term Expires: 11.16.09

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Appointed by the Chief Justice

Hon. Diane Ross Boswell
Crown Point
Appointed by the Chief Justice
Term Expires: 04.23.12

 

 

 

Susan Carpenter
Indianapolis
Appointed by the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute
Term Expires: 06.30.09

Rep. Amos Thomas
Brazil
Appointed by the Speaker of the House
Term Expires: 06.23.11

Rep. Phil Hoy
Evansville
Appointed by the Speaker of the House
Term Expires: 06.23.11

 

 

 

Sen. Joseph C. Zakas
Granger
Appointed by the Senate Pro Tempore
Term Expires: 08.01.08

Sen. Timothy Lanane
Anderson
Appointed by the Senate Pro Tempore
Term Expires: 06.17.09

 

 

Staff Contact

Deborah Neal, Staff Counsel
Indiana Public Defender Commission
Division of State Court Administration
30 S. Meridian St., Ste. 500
Indianapolis, IN 46204
(317) 232-2542
(317) 232-6586 [fax]
dneal@courts.state.in.us

Jeffrey S. Wiese, Staff Counsel
Indiana Public Defender Commission
Division of State Court Administration
30 S. Meridian St., Ste. 500
Indianapolis, IN 46204
(317) 232-2542
(317) 233-6586 [fax]
jwiese@courts.state.in.us

 
Visit the Public Defender Commission website at
http://www.in.gov/judiciary/pdc/
 
Last modified on Wednesday, May, 07, 2008