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IDAHO STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER


THE IDAHO STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER OFFICE PROVIDES HOLISTIC LEGAL REPRESENTATION
MEETING THE HIGHEST ETHICAL AND PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF
PEOPLE WHO CANNOT AFFORD TO RETAIN COUNSEL.

When Idaho Governor Brad Little signed House Bill 735 in 2022, it moved all
financial and legal responsibility for public defense in criminal cases from
Idaho’s 44 counties to the State of Idaho.

Governor Little and the Idaho Legislature established the Idaho State Public
Defender agency in 2023 to unite and manage all public defense in the state and
appointed former Idaho State Public Appellate Defender Eric Fredericksen to lead
the effort.

Combining all public defense under a single agency will create efficiencies in
the system and establish a state-wide system of professional standards to help
ensure any person who is charged with a crime in Idaho who cannot afford a
defense attorney gets a robust and professional legal defense.

Every employee of the State Public Defender will work to ensure all criminal
defense supports a fair and just legal defense system that values the humanity
and dignity of all.

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MEET ERIC FREDERICKSEN

July 11, 2024 by State Public Defender’s Office

Governor Little appointed Eric Fredericksen as Idaho’s State Public Defender in
the fall of 2023. Eric now manages the state-wide network of county employees
and contractors who provide indigent public defense across Idaho.

Eric is an Idaho native who grew up in Jerome and earned his law degree from the
University of Idaho in 2002. Eric has been a practicing attorney in the state
for over 20 years, having spent much of his career working for Idaho’s State
Public Appellate Defender office, representing indigent defendants who had been
convicted of felonies who appealed their cases.

Eric took over as Idaho’s State Appellate Public Defender in 2016 for Sara
Thomas, who was appointed Idaho’s Administrative Director of Courts. Eric also
served as the chairman of the Idaho Criminal Justice Commission from 2019 to
2022.

Eric now runs Idaho’s indigent criminal defense system. The State Public
Defender’s office has approximately 300 employees and contracts with over 100
attorneys across the state to provide public defense for indigent Idahoans.

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