Following up on a discussion item from a month prior, at their Oct. 23 meeting, the Randolph County Board of Commissioners approved a resolution concerning the public defender’s office.
Randolph County Judge Jeremy Walker was again on hand to discuss the matter with the commissioners.
“The state is basically taking over the public defender system,” Walker said. He added that their options are basically to stay with the current system or to opt into the new system.
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