Lubbock attorney Artie Aguilar will continue representing indigent defendants in district court here under a contract approved Tuesday by the Dawson County Commissioners Court. The contract with Aguilar, as recommended by District Judge Reed Filley, will cost Dawson County $34,983 for the 2020 fiscal year, according to County Judge Foy O’Brien. O’Brien presented Filley’s recommendations to the commissioners court, as Filley was unable to attend Tuesday’s meeting. The contract, O’Brien reported, will save the county substantially compared to the estimated cost of $127,000 to hire attorneys on an individual basis to represent defendants who cannot afford to hire their own attorney. As in the ...