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Court nixes Nixon’s appointment in criminal case

A Cole County judge ruled Thursday that the Missouri Public Defender’s system doesn’t have the power to appoint Gov. Jay Nixon to represent an indigent defendant. In an order, Judge Patricia Joyce said state law doesn’t permit the defender’s office to appoint private counsel to take on a case without pay. “Only the Courts have the power ...

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