The Public Defender represents eligible individuals at all stages of misdemeanor and felony criminal cases, and in certain summary cases, including pretrial identification procedures, preliminary hearings, pretrial motions, trials, post-trial proceedings, sentencing proceedings, probation and parole violation hearings, etc. Work includes but is not limited to preparing and filing motions and briefs, handling preliminary hearings, summary trials, violation hearings, bail matters, appeals and jury and non-jury trials at the Court of Common Pleas.