State Appellate Public Defender sued over 'decades' of delayed representation; Maag: 'Justice delayed is justice denied'
Yeager EAST ST. LOUIS — A man found guilty of theft for allegedly obtaining control of a Granite City property by deception is suing the State Appellate Public Defender's office, alleging "literally decades" of delays in securing representation has affected his appeal of the verdict. Jerry Yeager, Jr., individually and on behalf of others similarly situated, filed a complaint March 3 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois against Office of the State Appellate Defender, Thomas Breen, Carol Brook, James Brusatte and others in their official...
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