Nebraska Revised Statutes
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3403 (2026)
Public defender; assistants; personnel; compensation; office space, fixtures, and supplies
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The public defender may appoint as many assistant public defenders, who shall be attorneys licensed to practice law in this state, secretaries, law clerks, investigators, and other employees as are reasonably necessary to permit him or her to effectively and competently represent the clients of the office subject to the approval and consent of the county board which shall fix the compensation of all such persons as well as the budget for office space, furniture, furnishings, fixtures, supplies, law books, court costs, and brief-printing, investigative, expert, travel, and other miscellaneous expenses reasonably necessary to enable the public defender to effectively and competently represent the clients of the office.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1998–1998 · leading case: State Ex Rel. Garvey v. Cnty. Bd. of Commissioners, 573 N.W.2d 747 (Neb. 1998).
State Ex Rel. Garvey v. Cnty. Bd. of Commissioners, 573 N.W.2d 747 (Neb. 1998). “Accordingly, because we conclude that § 23-3403 transfers the authority to set the salaries of assistants of the public defender to the county board, a writ of mandamus is inappropriate in the instant case, and we reverse.”
Hall Cnty. Pub. Defenders Org. v. Cnty. of Hall, 571 N.W.2d 789 (Neb. 1998). “Based on its findings, the CIR granted an election, holding that the HCPDO had made a sufficient showing of interest to entitle it to an election and that the appropriate bargaining unit would be all Hall County assistant public defenders.”
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