Louisiana Judicial District 34

Parish: St. Bernard

LA Judicial District Number: 34

Contact(s)

District Defender/Supervisor
Gregory S. Duhy (Interim)
1009 West Moreau Street
Chalmette, LA 70043

Overview

Delivery Mechanism: 
Contract
Public Defender Office: 
Yes
Specialized Juvenile Court: 
No
Private Caseload: 
Permitted
Adult or Juvenile Drug Court: 
Yes, adult and juvenile

Budget

Report Year: 
2007
Annual Budget: 
$301,403

Staff

Report Year: 
2005
Total Staff: 
8
Contract Attorneys: 
7
Non-Attorney Staff: 
1

Caseload

Report Year: 
2007
Total assigned cases: 
943
Number of Capital Cases: 
2
Number of Felony Cases: 
543
Number of Misdemeanor Cases: 
254
Number of Delinquency Cases: 
38

Note: Staffing, caseload and financial information is taken from public records filed with the Louisiana Public Defender Board. The most recent data on staffing is from 2005. LJC is working to update that information shortly. The state reports adding about 80 staff positions across the state since the last staffing report. Caseload and expenditure data is current through 2007.

Demographics

Parish: 
St. Bernard

Race

Education

Income

Other Demographic Information

 


OTHER DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION 34th District (St. Bernard Parish) Louisiana
English Not Spoken at Home 7% 9%
Number of Persons Living with a Disability 14,518 880,047
Population Density (per square mile) 144.6 102.60
Population, 2006 estimate                      15,514 4,287,768
Population, pct change, 00 to 06     -77% -4%
Foreign born 3% 3%