Lakewood Municipal Court to staff public defender to represent indigent defendants
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Individuals deemed indigent, who are accused of a crime in Lakewood Municipal Court, will now be able to receive representation f...
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Individuals deemed indigent, who are accused of a crime in Lakewood Municipal Court, will now be able to receive representation from a Cuyahoga County assistant public defender. A new Memorandum of Understanding, approved by the county's Board of Control on Monday, will allow the court to staff an attorney at the court full-time to help represent low-income or no-income defendants through their various hearings. For misdemeanor cases, the attorney will work with clients until the case is disposed of by dismissal, plea, verdict or other outcome, county records say.