Defendants with lengthy arrest histories can be difficult to view in JABS. Too many case types and judgment codes are mixed together in one long, running list. Conviction information could get misidentified or overlooked.

Pretrial risk assessment tools are becoming more widely used throughout the state. Many risk tools are scored based on prior conviction history. Misidentifying a single conviction could alter the defendant's risk score in a negative way. Having a tab of confirmed convictions could help ensure accuracy and reduce human error.

Judge Amamilo (SCJA) Comments and Questions

* Family law courts use this information in child custody, DV, and guardianship cases.

* What is the downside, if any, of adding this tab?

*Criminal litigants rely on the "conviction history" to determine a basis for the court to make findings at prelims: likely failure to appear, likely to commit a violent offense, likely to intimidate witnesses or interfere with the administration of justice.

This is a request to add a 'Conviction Only' tab in JABS, which will display only those cases and specific charges against defendants that resulted in a guilty finding.

This change will provide the following benefits:
• It will enable JABS users to quickly review convicted cases on a single page.
• It will eliminate the need to sift through lengthy case lists of all statuses to find only those cases that resulted in a guilty finding.

The proposed solution includes two options:
• Option 1: Create a new hyperlink called 'CONV' and place it next to the existing ICH, DCH and PDCH hyperlinks on the case history page in JABS. This new page should be tied to the user's JIS security role. When a user with the required permissions accesses this page, it will display only cases and specific charges that resulted in a guilty finding.
• Option 2: Create a new checkbox labeled 'Convictions Only' and place it above the existing ICH, DCH, PDCH hyperlinks on the case history page in JABS. When a user selects this checkbox and visits either of the pages on: ICH, DCH or PDCH, the page will display only cases and specific charges that resulted in a guilty finding.

AOC proposes the following solution with two options:
1) Create a new hyperlink called 'CONV' and position it alongside the existing ICH, DCH, PDCH hyperlinks on the case history page in JABS. This option provides the following enhancements:
a. A new hyperlink called 'CONV' will be added next to ICH, DCH and PDCH.
b. Clicking the 'CONV' hyperlink will reload the case history section to display only cases and charges that resulted in a guilty finding.
c. The 'CONV' hyperlink can be made accessible to users who currently have access to any of the three hyperlinks: ICH, DCH, PDCH.

d. Access to 'CONV' hyperlink can also be limited to users who have access to DCH and will not be available to users with access only to ICH or PDCH.
2) Introduce a new checkbox titled 'Convictions Only' above the existing ICH, DCH, PDCH hyperlinks on the case history page in JABS. This option provides the following benefits:
a. A checkbox labeled 'Convictions only' will be positioned above the existing hyperlinks ICH, DCH and PDCH.
b. This will be an optional, selectable, checkbox. When checked, depending on the page being viewed (ICH/DCH/PDCH), the case history section will refresh to show only cases and charges that resulted in guilty finding.
c. No need to create any new security rules for viewing cases with convictions only.
d. No changes to the existing user access requirements for the ICH, DCH or PDCH pages.
e. All user roles will be able to utilize this new feature on all three pages: ICH, DCH & PDCH.
Additionally, updates to the JABS user manuals are required to include information about the new hyperlink 'CONV' or checkbox, detailing who can access these tools and what information they will display.