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New Litigation Tools to Fight Failure-to-Pay Warrants
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Has a court imposed insurmountable fines and fees against your client?<br /><br />Has your client been arrested on a warrant for unpaid court costs?<br /><br />Do you want new tools to advocate for your clients and protect their rights?<br /><br />Join the Fines & Fees Justice Center for a webinar as they discuss how a public defender in Idaho used an often-overlooked common law writ to get the state’s highest court to prohibit the unconstitutional imprisonment — even temporarily — of a client due to an inability to pay fines and fees. <br /><br />This webinar is your opportunity to:<br /><br />Hear from lawyers in the case of Beck v. Elmore County Magistrate Court, 489 P.3d 820 (ID 2021) and learn how a writ of prohibition enabled the Idaho Supreme Court to issue a powerful rebuke on the state’s practice of using warrants as a mechanism for initiating contempt or failure-to-pay investigations.<br /><br />Discuss the constitutional implications of the case that can resonate in other states.<br /><br />See how trial attorneys and advocates can use the ruling in other contexts to challenge fines and fees more broadly.<br /><br />Panelists:<br />Orion Danjuma – Amicus Curiae in Beck v. Elmore County<br />Lisa Foster– Co-Director, Fines & Fees Justice Center, Amicus Curiae in Beck v. Elmore County<br />Pete Wood – Elmore County (Idaho) Office of the Public Defender, chief litigant in Beck v. Elmore County