Bexar County Chief Public Defender Michael Young intends to resign Feb. 1, officials confirmed to KSAT Tuesday.
In a Dec. 27 resignation letter sent to county commissioners and then-County Judge Nelson Wolff, Young wrote that it was time to pursue other interests and opportunities to serve.
Young’s office provides legal representation to indigent defendants who would otherwise not be able to afford an attorney.Young wrote in his resignation letter that under his leadership, the number of courts with a fulltime public defender assigned to it has expanded as has the size of his office’s staff.Also on KSAT.com:
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