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In the check fraud hearing, when discussing court costs and fees due by KC......Andrea Lyon said...."well we can just have her declared indigent". There is a reason thay have not done so...... IMO I believe that it may be due to the fact that a portion of her defense thus far has been paid for out of fees earned in the sale of photos.
I am not sure what the requirements are for qualifying as indigent, but given the fact that JB fought so hard to keep the terms of "KC's Defense Funding" confidential, they may be stuck between a rock and a hard place. If they declare her idigent, those records will become public.......
I do not have any knowledge of this as fact, but it is certainly a plausible explanation...This is MOO with a complimentary contribution of an explanation and supporting statements that helped me arrive at that opinion.
Just a little FYI about this "indigent status" as a refresher...
When KC was originally arrested in July 2008 for the child neglect and false report charges , she applied for, and was granted, "indigent status" and was appointed a public defender........briefly, until JoseBGood came along...
When the charges for the check fraud were made in late August 2008, (SEPARATE CASE #), KC did NOT file for indigent status in THAT case as JB was now her attorney.
In October, the child neglect and false report case was closed and new charges of Murder, etc were brought against her (SEPARATE CASE #), and again, she has not filed for indigent status in THIS case.
I don't believe the "indigent status" filing from the first arrest carries over to the new cases (all have separate case #), so she would have to apply again in this current case...
What I am interested in knowing is whether it is possible to file and ask for public defender right in the middle of a case...don't believe I have ever seen a case where that has happened (and I just a layperson)....
But IF that could happen, and DOES happen....we are probably looking at a trial date of 2015!!