Roulan v. County of Onondaga

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be modified, *904without costs, in accordance with this memorandum and, as so modified, affirmed.

Article 18-B of the County Law requires each county to put in place a plan for making counsel available to indigent persons entitled to the appointment of counsel, principally criminal defendants. County Law § 722 provides several options for counties to fulfill this obligation, including ‘‘furnishing counsel] pursuant to ... a plan of a bar association” (see County Law § 722 [3]). To this end, Onondaga County has contracted…