Maloney v. Bower

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• chief judge of circuit court did not have authority to appoint office of public defender to represent indigents in civil contempt proceedings
• chief judge of circuit court did not have authority to issue general order directing judges to appoint public defenders to represent indigents in civil contempt proceedings, thus enlarging duties of office of public defender beyond what legislature had provided
• chief judge of circuit court did not have authority to issue general order directing judges to appoint public defenders to represent indigents in civil contempt proceedings, thereby enlarging duties of office of public defender beyond what legislature had provided
• chief judge of circuit court did not have authority to issue general order directing judges to appoint public defenders to represent indigents in civil contempt proceedings, thereby enlarging duties of office of public defender beyond what legislature had provided
• the court improperly “enlarge[d] the duties of the office of the public defender beyond what the legislature ha[d] provided” when it appointed the office to represent indigents in civil contempt proceedings where such persons were subject to incarceration

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