Summary of Contents (Page numbers included for benefit of users of paper edition)

Introduction	i
Detailed Table of Contents	iv-v
Chapter 1: U.S. Supreme Court Cases	1-2
Chapter 2: Kentucky Cases	3-4
Chapter 3: Defense Expert Help to Tell Client's Side of the Story: Neutral Expert Not Enough	5-11
Constitutional Inadequacy of Police or State Expert's Assistance	12
Chapter 4: Experts Make Mistakes, Misjudgments, and More	13-15
Chapter 5: Persuading and Preserving: 10 Factors to Make the Threshold Showing	16-27
10 Components of the Persuasive Request for Funds	28
Chapter 6: Confidential Request for Funds: Lack of Money Does Not Mean Less Protection	29-33
Chapter 7: Funds for Consulting Experts: One Expert Cannot Serve Two Masters	34-38
Characteristics of an Effective Mental Health Consultant	39
Chapter 8: What National Benchmarks Require	40-44
Chapter 9: Funds for Resources for Indigent Defendants Represented by Retained Counsel	45-51
DPA Morton Policy	52-54
Chapter 10: Failure to Employ of Present Defense Experts: Ineffective Assistance	55-61
Points to Ponder about Mental Health Cases	62
Chapter 11: The 1994 and 1998 Changes to KRS 31.185 and 31.200	63-65
Chapter 12: The KRS 31.185 Statewide Indigent Defense Fund: Amount & Expenditures; Inflation	66
Chapter 13: Funds for Experts in Drug and Alcohol Cases	67-74
Chapter 14: Effectively Seeking Funds for a Defense Statistical Expert: Factfinding in the Face of Uncertainty	75-84
Chapter 15: Funds for Firearms and Gunshot Wound Experts	85-88
Chapter 16: Funds for Defense Forensic Pathologists	89-97
Chapter 17: Funds for Defense DNA Experts Required	98-103
DNA Points to Ponder	104
Chapter 18: Sample AOC & Defender Tendered Order for Funds for Resources	105
Chapter 19: Sample Motion for Funds for Mental Health Experts in Capital Case and for Ex Parte Hearing and Order	108-119
Chapter 20: Letters Concerning KCPC	120-140
Chapter 21:Letters Concerning Kentucky State Police	141
Chapter 22: Sample Affidavits of Experts	146

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