diff --git a/apps/judicial-system/backend/src/app/modules/defendant/defendant.controller.ts b/apps/judicial-system/backend/src/app/modules/defendant/defendant.controller.ts
index 71922368ffe9..c7f86416e0f0 100644
--- a/apps/judicial-system/backend/src/app/modules/defendant/defendant.controller.ts
+++ b/apps/judicial-system/backend/src/app/modules/defendant/defendant.controller.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import {
   districtCourtRegistrarRule,
   prosecutorRepresentativeRule,
   prosecutorRule,
+  publicProsecutorStaffRule,
 } from '../../guards'
 import { Case, CaseExistsGuard, CaseWriteGuard, CurrentCase } from '../case'
 import { CreateDefendantDto } from './dto/createDefendant.dto'
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ export class DefendantController {
     districtCourtJudgeRule,
     districtCourtRegistrarRule,
     districtCourtAssistantRule,
+    publicProsecutorStaffRule,
   )
   @Patch(':defendantId')
   @ApiOkResponse({
diff --git a/apps/judicial-system/web/src/components/InfoCard/DefendantInfo/DefendantInfo.css.ts b/apps/judicial-system/web/src/components/InfoCard/DefendantInfo/DefendantInfo.css.ts
index b6f2ad3ddc6d..1e529137bfe4 100644
--- a/apps/judicial-system/web/src/components/InfoCard/DefendantInfo/DefendantInfo.css.ts
+++ b/apps/judicial-system/web/src/components/InfoCard/DefendantInfo/DefendantInfo.css.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
-import { style } from '@vanilla-extract/css'
+import { style, styleVariants } from '@vanilla-extract/css'
 
 import { theme } from '@island.is/island-ui/theme'
 
-export const gridRow = style({
+const baseGridRow = style({
   display: 'grid',
-  gridTemplateColumns: '5fr 1fr',
   gridGap: theme.spacing[1],
   marginBottom: theme.spacing[1],
 })
 
+export const gridRow = styleVariants({
+  withButton: [baseGridRow, { gridTemplateColumns: '5fr 1fr' }],
+  withoutButton: [baseGridRow, { gridTemplateColumns: '1fr' }],
+})
+
 export const infoCardDefendant = style({
   display: 'flex',
   flexDirection: 'column',
diff --git a/apps/judicial-system/web/src/components/InfoCard/DefendantInfo/DefendantInfo.tsx b/apps/judicial-system/web/src/components/InfoCard/DefendantInfo/DefendantInfo.tsx
index dfcbbeb911c7..37946284b531 100644
--- a/apps/judicial-system/web/src/components/InfoCard/DefendantInfo/DefendantInfo.tsx
+++ b/apps/judicial-system/web/src/components/InfoCard/DefendantInfo/DefendantInfo.tsx
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ export type DefendantActionButton = {
   text: string
   onClick: (defendant: Defendant) => void
   icon?: IconMapIcon
+  isDisabled: (defendant: Defendant) => boolean
 }
 
 interface DefendantInfoProps {
@@ -29,7 +30,14 @@ export const DefendantInfo: FC<DefendantInfoProps> = (props) => {
   const { defendant, displayDefenderInfo, defendantActionButton } = props
 
   return (
-    <div key={defendant.id} className={styles.gridRow}>
+    <div
+      key={defendant.id}
+      className={
+        defendantActionButton
+          ? styles.gridRow.withButton
+          : styles.gridRow.withoutButton
+      }
+    >
       <div className={styles.infoCardDefendant}>
         <span>
           <Text as="span" fontWeight="semiBold">
@@ -78,6 +86,7 @@ export const DefendantInfo: FC<DefendantInfoProps> = (props) => {
             onClick={() => defendantActionButton.onClick(defendant)}
             icon={defendantActionButton.icon}
             iconType="outline"
+            disabled={defendantActionButton.isDisabled(defendant)}
           >
             {defendantActionButton.text}
           </Button>
diff --git a/apps/judicial-system/web/src/routes/PublicProsecutor/Indictments/Overview/Overview.tsx b/apps/judicial-system/web/src/routes/PublicProsecutor/Indictments/Overview/Overview.tsx
index 5e758d541cfd..eab3ef01ee06 100644
--- a/apps/judicial-system/web/src/routes/PublicProsecutor/Indictments/Overview/Overview.tsx
+++ b/apps/judicial-system/web/src/routes/PublicProsecutor/Indictments/Overview/Overview.tsx
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ export const Overview = () => {
     setModalVisible('REVIEWER_ASSIGNED')
   }
 
-  const handleDefendantViewVerdict = () => {
+  const handleDefendantViewsVerdict = () => {
     if (!selectedDefendant) {
       return
     }
@@ -113,10 +113,6 @@ export const Overview = () => {
     )
   }, [data?.users, user])
 
-  const handleViewVerdict = () => {
-    setModalVisible(undefined)
-  }
-
   return (
     <PageLayout
       workingCase={workingCase}
@@ -144,6 +140,8 @@ export const Overview = () => {
                       setModalVisible('DEFENDANT_VIEWS_VERDICT')
                     },
                     icon: 'mailOpen',
+                    isDisabled: (defendant) =>
+                      defendant.hasViewedVerdict || false,
                   }
                 : undefined
             }
@@ -224,7 +222,7 @@ export const Overview = () => {
           primaryButtonText={fm(
             strings.defendantViewsVerdictModalPrimaryButtonText,
           )}
-          onPrimaryButtonClick={() => handleDefendantViewVerdict()}
+          onPrimaryButtonClick={() => handleDefendantViewsVerdict()}
           secondaryButtonText={fm(core.back)}
           onSecondaryButtonClick={() => setModalVisible(undefined)}
         />