Draft routine charging memos with AI, for lawyers
You spend late afternoons turning stacks of police narratives and incident logs into basic charging memos. Let AI read the officer notes and assemble the first draft so you can focus on the legal call.
What to gather first
- Arresting officer incident narrative
- List of potential statutory charges
- A past charging memo for reference
Which app
For this one, a plain AI chat window is enough. Open the chat, paste what you gathered, and type the message below.
How to do it
- Paste your preferred memo layout. Copy an old charging memo that worked well and strip out the old names. Paste the layout into the chat window so AI knows the exact structure your office uses.
- Add the raw officer notes. Drop in the incident facts, officer statements, and evidence lists. AI matches the raw narrative against the sections of your layout.
- Review the drafted elements. AI drafts the timeline, matches facts to statutory elements, and flags missing pieces. Read the draft closely against your file notes.
- Edit and file the memo. Adjust the legal conclusions and fix any phrasing. Copy the finished text into your internal case management record.
What to type first
I pasted an incident narrative from an officer along with our standard charging memo format and the statute elements. Draft a first version of the memo matching the facts to the elements. List any facts the narrative left out. Do not invent any details, do not decide the charge, and do not send anything outside this chat.
Change the words to match your business. AI follows what you say, so say what done looks like.
Before you trust it
- Check that every fact in the draft comes directly from the officer narrative.
- Verify that the statutory elements align with your local charging standards.
- Make sure witness names, dates, and evidence tags match the source file exactly.
Once this works, try having AI draft routine responses to standard discovery motions using your past filings.
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