A judge has denied the Jackson County district defender’s request that a new judge hear her office’s concerns about public-defender caseloads.

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Jackson County Presiding Judge John Torrence has asked another judge to consider the Jackson County District Defender’s motion to disqualify Torrence from presiding over her case seeking relief for attorney caseloads.

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Jackson County’s district defender is asking for a new judge to hear her concerns about attorney caseloads following Presiding Judge John Torrence’s recent comments in a Kansas City Star interview in which he questioned the work ethic of young lawyers in her office.

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