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The National Defender Investigator Association (NDIA) is the only international organization to represent a constituency dedicated solely to the investigative arm of indigent defense.
Facial Recognition/Biometrics Expert Needed...
Mark Cunningham, Investigator and NDIA member in Cattaraugus County PDO, needs a Facial Recognition/Biometrics expert for an upcoming trial.
There is a videotape that shows a suspect in a residence, and he needs an expert to do facial/height measurments and identification. Mark"s contact information is below. His email address is:
Mark A.Cunningham, NDIC-NDIA
Investigator
Cattaraugus County
Public Defender's Office
P. (716)-373-0004
F. (716)-373-3462
C. (716)-904-0411
Important Conference Update!
GOOD NEWS!
The Riviera Hotel has notifed NDIA that the room rate for our National Conference has been lowered from the current rate of $79 to $65 per night (plus tax).
It is important to NDIA that all attendees book their rooms directly through the Riviera. Be sure to indicate you are with the NDIA room block in order to get the $65 rate.
All attendees who have already booked their rooms will automatically be given the $65 rate. If you have any questions call Beverly Davidson at the NDIA office 860-635-5533.
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UPDATE: Lexis Nexis Will Sponsor President's Reception at the 2010 National Conference in Las Vegas, NV
Lexis Nexis has upped the ante! They have agreed to be the President's Reception and the Lanyard sponsor at the upcoming 2010 National Conference in Las Vegas, NV. Please be sure you stop by the Lexis Nexis booth at the conference and thank them.
And don't forget to support Lexis Nexis by visiting their Government Support website by clicking here.
Ryan Forensic DNA Consulting Will Be Conference Exhibitor
One of the Featured Exhibitors at this years 2010 NDIA National Conference in Las Vegas, NV will be Ryan Forensic DNA Consulting. The company is owned by Suzanna Ryan, who, according to her website, has worked for The Bode Technology Group, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement Crime Lab, and the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Crime Lab. Ms. Ryan also serves as an adjunct professor for National University's Master of Forensic Science program where she teaches the Advanced Forensic Serology and DNA course as well as the Advanced Criminalistics course. She has also contributed to the online version of LawOfficer.com.
To visit her website, please go here.
2010 NDIA NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Memorandum
TO: Federal Public and Community Defenders
FROM: Chuck Arberg
SUBJECT: Seminar for Federal Defender Investigators and Paralegals
April 7, 2010, Las Vegas, Nevada
The Federal Judicial Center is holding a national seminar for federal defender investigators and paralegal specialists on April 7, 2010, in Las Vegas, Nevada (immediately preceding the National Defender Investigator Association conference scheduled from April 8-9). The program is being developed in conjunction with an advisory group of investigators and paralegal specialists and the AO Office of Defender Services. An agenda and further information will be sent to all registrants as the program draws nearer.
The NDIA planning committee is developing its conference April 8-9 to contain a variety of subjects to meet the needs of paralegal specialists as well as investigators. Participants in the NDIA conference must register directly with NDIA and pay tuition in advance or at the conference. A registration form is available at NDIA’s website (ndia.net). If you need further information regarding the NDIA seminar, please contact Beverly Davidson, NDIA Executive Secretary (860-635-5533 or
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You are cordially invited to send investigators and paralegals from your office. Please register by February 25 via the link provided below:
http://www.fjc.gov/jed/sfdip10.nsf
To access the participant list at the link, please use the following:
User name: [see Arberg for User name]
Password: [see Arberg for Password]
Please pass on to each registrant a copy of the following information:
A. AIR AND GROUND TRANSPORTATION: Omega World Travel, the official travel agency for the United States Courts, can assist you in obtaining the lowest available fare. For information, call 866-450-0401. In planning your travel, please note that the FJC seminar will begin Wednesday, April 7 at 8:30 a.m. and the NDIA seminar will conclude Friday, April 9 at 5:00 p.m.
The taxi fare from McCarran International Aiport is about $20.00.
B. ACCOMMODATIONS: All sessions will take place at the Riviera Hotel, 2901 Las Vegas Boulevard, South, Las Vegas, Nevada 89109, 702-734-5110. Our special group rate is $79.00 single occupancy (less than government per diem rate). To make your reservations, please call the Riviera by March 2 at 702-794-9412 and indicate that you are with NDIA. All attendees are guaranteed to be placed in renovated rooms.
C. REIMBURSEMENT FOR EXPENDITURES: As you know, funds to attend educational programs are contained in your office budgets. The per diem rate for this conference (using $79.00 hotel cost + $71.00 M&IE) is $150.00 ($71.00 for the last day of travel).
Thank you very much for your support. Please call me at 202-502-4050 if you have any questions. We look forward to a productive seminar.
2010 Federal Day Draft Agenda
2010 NDIA National Conference Raffle
The next raffle will take place at the 2010 NDIA National Conference in Las Vegas, NV, during the President's Reception. The top prize will be a limited edition, hand-numbered glicee print entitled "Mallards of Mattamuskeet" by North Carolina artist Mike Helsabeck. In addition to the print, a multitude of other prizes will be raffled off so make sure to purchase your raffle tickets at the Conference before the drawing begins!
Proceeds from the raffle tickets will go to a local charity yet to be determined. If you have any suggestions as to which charity the NDIA should pick, please email your suggestions to
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Mallards of Mattamuskeet
by
Mike Helsabeck
THE MIKE HELSABECK GALLERY
In the fall of 2006 Helsabeck opened his first gallery at The Shoppe’s at the Richard Childress Winery in Lexington, NC and he’s added his own wine to a wide variety of products now bearing his name. The Mike Helsabeck Collection is located at exit 89 on Highway 52 at the intersection with 64 in Lexington, NC and opened in October, 2006. For more information contact Executive Director Susan Hargett @ 336-249-DUCK (3825).
New Website Feature: Babelfish Translation of Website Pages
You may now translate the NDIA web pages into French, German, Italian, Portugese, or Spanish by clicking the respective flag in the "Translate this site" area in the left-hand column just below the menu tabs.
Former Shot-Caller Is Now Spilling Gang's Secrets
Source: L A Times
Pancho Real was at Our Lady Queen of Angels Church with his wife and daughter one Sunday in October 2006 when his cellphone rang.
He was summoned to a park near his home on Drew Street, a drug and gang haven in Northeast Los Angeles, to kill a man he didn't know. The Mexican Mafia wanted a paroled Avenues gang member named Frank "Kiko" Cordova dead...
Read more here.
Organized Crime Muscles In On Health Care
(NPR)...Federal agents arrested more than a dozen people in the Detroit area in a $14 million Medicare fraud scheme that focused on home health care. The investigation was launched by a federal strike force that is trying to crack down on Medicare and Medicaid fraud. Scott speaks to Tim Menke, deputy inspector general for investigations at the Department of Health and Human Services, about how organized crime and street gangs have been getting in on health care fraud..
Read a transcript here.
Listen to the interview here.
Don't Talk To Police Videos
TigerText: New Phone App Lets You Erase All Evidence of Text Messages
Source: NY Times
The National Academy of Sciences calls for improvements in forensic labs...
click here.
To read the full report click here.
Public Defender Offices, 2007--Statistical Tables Released
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "The Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) released Public Defender Offices, 2007 - Statistical Tables (NCJ 228538), which examines offices that provide representation for indigent defendants through a salaried staff of full-time or part-time attorneys who are employed as direct government employees or through a public, nonprofit organization..."
To read the PRNewswire-USNewswire article, click here.
To read the BJS abstract and report, click here.
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Rockdale Citizen - March 9, 2010
CONYERS — Rockdale County will be spared from any major overhaul of part of its public defender program even if state legislators decide to have counties ..
 
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WDBO Radio - March 9, 2010
The state provides money for cases in three pots - one for the prosecution, one for the public defender's office and one for defendants declared indigent ...
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The National Law Journal - March 5, 2010
Witness statements recorded or taken in writing by attorneys or their representatives aren't privileged work product and, therefore, are open to discovery, ...
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Dayton Daily News, OH - March 7, 2010
In late 2008, Nicole Davis called the Montgomery County Public Defender's Office to ...
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MiamiHerald.com - March 7, 2010
He totes a briefcase and wears an employee ID tag from the Public Defender's Office. But even when he swaps his shirt and tie for casual wear on weekends, ...
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The Newark Advocate, NJ - March 8, 2010
Licking County was one of 10 counties to use a $500 cap as of January 2009, according to the Ohio Public Defender's Office. Twelve counties had the same or ...
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The New Orleans public defenders' office, swamped with felony cases, is stopping some of its lawyers from accepting more defendants ...
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Providence Journal, RI - March 3, 2010
But critics said her plan, if enacted, would put individuals' privacy at risk and overburden a stateDNA testing system that can't meet the lesser workload ..
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Minnesota Public Radio - March 5, 2010
(AP) — Several attorneys in Minnesota's state public defender's office are being unusually vocal with criticisms of a new colleague hired to lead their ...
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San Jose Mercury News - February 2, 2010
... goal of the law was to "change behavior," not arrest people. Public defender Jeff Adachi said his office would likely challenge the law's constitutionality.
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The Star-Ledger - NJ.com - February 3, 2010
Montgomery smacked Philip Pagano in the face after the public defender called Montgomery to testify. The judge, jury and spectators were cleared from the ...
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CBS13.com, CA - February 3, 2010
Murder suspect Melissa Huckaby's public defender may accuse a Tracy detective violated his client's constitutional rights — triggering the internal ...
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San Jose Mercury News - February 3, 2010
Public Defender Mary Greenwood said she will immediately hire three additional lawyers and support staff to represent jailed misdemeanor suspects and those ...
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