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Guides for understanding a criminal case
Practical, question-based guides on police reports, discovery, timelines, and how families and defense teams can get organized — written and reviewed by founder Christine Burke.
How to Review a Police Report for Inconsistencies
A step-by-step method for reading a police report closely and spotting internal contradictions, timeline gaps, and details that conflict with other records.
Read guideWhat Is Criminal Discovery?
A plain-English explanation of criminal discovery: what it is, what it typically includes, and why reviewing it carefully matters for the defense.
Read guideCriminal Discovery Documents: A Family's Checklist
A practical checklist families can use to gather, label, and organize the discovery documents in a loved one's criminal case.
Read guideHow to Build a Timeline From Police Reports
How to turn narrative police reports into a clear, chronological timeline that exposes gaps and contradictions.
Read guidePolice Report vs. Probable Cause Affidavit
The difference between a police report and a probable cause affidavit, and why comparing the two can be revealing.
Read guideWhat to Do When Criminal Discovery Appears Incomplete
Steps to take when the discovery you have seems to be missing reports, recordings, or exhibits referenced in the record.
Read guideQuestions to Ask a Defense Attorney About the Police Investigation
A focused list of questions to bring to a defense attorney about how the police investigation was conducted and documented.
Read guideWhat AI Can and Cannot Do When Reviewing a Criminal Case
An honest look at where AI helps with criminal case review — and where human judgment and licensed professionals remain essential.
Read guideHow Families Can Help Organize a Loved One's Criminal Case
Concrete ways family members can support a defense by organizing documents, tracking dates, and preparing questions.
Read guideWhy Page-Level Citations Matter in Criminal Case Review
Why every finding in a case review should point to a specific page — and how citations make a review trustworthy and usable.
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