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In a motion filed Friday in Monroe Circuit Court, the Monroe County Public Defender’s Office said Booker “may not meet the definition of indigency” needed for a public defender, since a GoFundMe has collected over $35,000 for him.

In an order filed Thursday, Indiana Chief Justice Loretta Rush said she assigned Hamner the case in the interest of judicial economy – Hamner already overseeing the criminal cases against Sean Purdy and Jerry Cox, who Booker says jumped him and threatened to lynch him.