11.   If an indigent already has an attorney in a related criminal case, the judge may appoint one for the forfeiture case.

12.   If the jury concluded the defendant was not retarded, then the judge would appoint two disinterested experts and make a final decision after hearing their recommendation.

13.   In Tarrant and other counties with specialized family courts, the popularly elected family court judges appoint associate judges who help manage the caseloads.

14.   Instead, he would get a judge to appoint a special prosecutor for them while his office would take care of Henderson.

15.   Instead, judges appoint lawyers for poor defendants and set their compensation, often at low rates.

16.   Instead, judges appoint lawyepoor defendants and set their compensation, often at low rates.

17.   Judges have appointed contributors as defense counsel.

18.   Judges usually appoint a lawyer to represent the child as the case progresses.

19.   Last month, the judges appointed Donald C. Smaltz, a Los Angeles lawyer, who has begun assembling a team of investigators and prosecutors.

20.   Last month, a state judge appointed a special investigator to study the case.