...person and were shocked by the charges," said Mr. Brittian's attorney, John Donnelly of the Western Judicial Circuit Public Defender's Office. Mr. Brittian remains at the Clarke County Jail without bond, and a hearing on the bond motion...

...prime source of lawyers for indigent defendants, making way for the newly created, state-funded Western Judicial Circuit Public Defender's Office, which is to begin operations Jan. 1. After a study by the state Supreme Court found existing...