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1377 - Add a 'convictions only' tab in JABS
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| Request Status Summary |
| Request Status |
Awaiting Analysis |
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| Request Detail |
| Requestor Name: |
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Stromberger, Aaron W |
| Origination Date: |
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04/15/2024 |
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Recommended Endorser:
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Superior Court Judges' Association |
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| Request Type: |
Change or Enhancement
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| Which Systems are affected? |
Judicial Access Browser System (JABS)
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| Other affected Systems / Business Processes |
Spokane County Pretrial Services |
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Case History
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| Communities Impacted: |
AOC
Supreme Court Justices
Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Court Judicial Asst.
Appellate Court Judges
Appellate Court Clerks
Superior Court Judges
County Clerks
Superior Court Administrators
Family and Juvenile Law Judges
Juvenile Court Administrators
State Agencies
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| Impact if not Resolved: |
Medium |
| Impact Description: |
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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.
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| What is the Business Problem or Opportunity |
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JABS currently lists felony and misdemeanor convictions under the ICH, DCH, and PDCH links on the top row of a defendant case history search. Convicted charges are currently listed alongside other pending charges, dismissed charges, charges that were not filed, deferred charges, and infractions.
It would be a tremendous benefit to have an additional tab along the top row that only listed cases (and specific charges) that resulted in a guilty finding. This new tab could be labeled 'CONV'.
AOC once created a BIT report for Spokane County Pretrial Services that pulled conviction information from JIS. It was greatly beneficial to the department at the time. This BIT report is no longer reliable as JIS is missing case information from King County and other cases from Odyssey. It is unclear if a similar report could be generated from JABS, but a conviction tab in JABS would serve a similar purpose.
All of this data currently exists in JABS. We are simply requesting that conviction data be displayed in a more focused and reader-friendly format.
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| Expected Benefit: |
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Judges, attorneys, and court staff would be able to quicky sort through criminal history data and review a defendant's conviction history, without having to navigate through a multitude of pending and dismissed cases. This new tab would provide a quick, easy-to-read list of a defendant's conviction history.
Spokane County Pretrial Services prepares first appearance evaluations for both Superior and District Courts, assisting the court's decisions on pretrial release. The reports include all felony, misdemeanor, and juvenile conviction history from Washington State. Convictions are manually counted and entered into a report, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive. Having a 'convictions' tab in JABS that narrowed down criminal history data to just convictions would reduce human error and save time and labor for the department.
There are other Pretrial Services agencies throughout the State that prepare evaluations or risk assessments for their local courts. They too could benefit from a conviction tab in JABS to assist their efforts.
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| Endorsement Detail
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| Endorsing Committee |
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Superior Court Judges' Association |
| Endorser Name: |
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Arsenio Escudero on behalf of SCJA |
| Origination Date: |
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05/01/2024 |
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| Endorsing Action: |
Endorsed |
| Endorser’s Explanation and Comments |
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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.
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