Use cases · Criminal Defense Attorneys
Constitutional defense research at the speed your clients need
Break the charge into its elements, research the suppression issue, review the discovery in bulk and draft the motion in Word, with every citation checked before the hearing.
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Project files
- Charging document.pdf
- Police report.pdf
- Search warrant and affidavit.pdf
- Body-cam transcript.pdf
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Ask what criminal defense attorneys ask
Pick a question. Each answer cites the statutes and cases it came from.
- IllinoisWhat are the elements of residential burglary in Illinois?
- FederalWhen may police search a car without a warrant under the automobile exception?
- CaliforniaWhat are the speedy trial time limits for a felony case in California?
- FederalWhat must a defendant show to get a Franks hearing on a search warrant affidavit?
Each question opens CaseRead’s answer page, ready to ask. These are example questions, not answers.
Your workflow
Start to finish, in one place
Each step names the work and the part of CaseRead that does it.
The charge
Ask for the statute and its elements, and the case law that interprets each one. The answer cites the statute and cases it came from.
CaseReadCited researchDiscovery review
Upload the police reports, warrant papers and transcripts to the client’s project, ask what they say, or run them through bulk review for a memo per document and a findings memo.
CaseReadVault Q&A · bulk reviewSuppression research
Describe the stop, the search or the statement. Research the warrant requirement, the exceptions and the case law of your jurisdiction, cited. Deep research adds a web pass.
CaseReadCited research · deep researchDraft the motion
Draft the motion to suppress from the record and the authority you found, then edit in Word, where every AI change is a tracked change you accept or reject.
CaseReadAI drafting · Word add-inShield before the hearing
Every citation in the motion gets two checks: does the source exist, and does it support the sentence. What can’t be confirmed is flagged for you.
CaseReadHallucination ShieldHearing dates
CaseRead lists the dates written in a notice or an order. Confirm each one and it goes to Google Calendar; it doesn’t calculate deadlines from court rules.
CaseReadCalendar → Google Calendar
Every answer links to the source it came from. Anything CaseRead can’t match to a source it retrieved is flagged, not asserted.
Capabilities
Tools for criminal defense attorneys
Cited research
Statutes, rules and case law for federal court and every state, with every citation linked to the source it came from.
Bulk review of discovery
Review up to 12 documents in one run: a memo for each, plus a cross-document findings memo.
- Police report.pdf
- Search warrant and affidavit.pdf
- Body-cam transcript.pdf
Ask the discovery
Questions about the reports and transcripts come back cited to the document they came from.
- Searching public law (Illinois)
- Searching the web
- Reading sources in full
- Shield: checking citations
Deep research for suppression issues
Deep research searches longer and adds a web pass before it answers. It comes with Pro.
- Case cited on p. 3Cite foundClaim supported
- Statute cited on p. 5Cite foundClaim supported
- Case cited on p. 7Cite not found
Check every citation
Two checks on every citation in the motion: the source exists, and it supports the claim.
- Jun 12Suppression hearingConfirmed
- May 29Motions dueNeeds confirmation
Add to GoogleOnly dates you confirmHearing dates you confirm
CaseRead lists the dates written in an order or notice. You confirm each one, and it can go to Google Calendar.
Recordings are from CaseRead. Illustrations show the layout, not real results.
Who it fits
How criminal defense attorneys put it to work
Solo defense attorneys
Research, discovery and the motion in one place, on Lite at $15/mo or Pro at $149 a month.
Court-appointed and panel counsel
No per-search fees and no annual contract, with Lite at $15/mo to start.
Defense firms
On Team, share a case project so the discovery and the research sit in one place.
Federal practice
The Federal Rules and federal case law, cited, beside the client’s discovery.
Why it is different
Generic AI tools vs CaseRead
Generic AI tools
- Answers about suppression law with no source.
- Can’t read the police report or the warrant with you.
- Drafts a motion with citations nobody checked.
- The client’s discovery sits in a general chat history.
CaseRead
- Your jurisdiction’s statutes and cases, cited and linked.
- Answers from the discovery, cited to the document.
- Two checks on every citation before the hearing.
- A private project per client, in your firm’s own database schema.
Client files stay inside your firm. CaseRead gives every firm its own database schema, encrypts data in transit and at rest, and trains no AI model on what you upload.
How we protect client filesCommon questions from criminal defense attorneys
For firms of 5 or more
Rolling CaseRead out across a firm? We’ll set it up with you.
For firms of five or more attorneys, we start with a short call: your practice areas, who needs access, and the security questions your firm will ask.
- Shared projects and invite links for the whole team
- Two-factor sign-in a firm admin can require, and an activity log you can export
- A one-page security summary for your file
Start researching smarter today
Lite is $15 a month for 20 research questions a month, up to 4 a day, with a Hallucination Shield check on any answer.
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