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Using Technology to Manage Discovery in Criminal Cases

Using Technology to Manage Discovery in Criminal Cases. Brad Craley Computer Systems Administrator FPD Southern District of Ohio brad_craley@fd.org 614-469-2999. … not ‘Mega Cases’. THINGS TO THINK ABOUT. Is all of your discovery in one centralized location?

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Using Technology to Manage Discovery in Criminal Cases

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  1. Using Technology to Manage Discovery in Criminal Cases Brad Craley Computer Systems Administrator FPD Southern District of Ohio brad_craley@fd.org 614-469-2999

  2. … not ‘Mega Cases’

  3. THINGS TO THINK ABOUT • Is all of your discovery in one centralized location? • Are your documents searchable? • What file formats do you have?

  4. KEY WORD SEARCHING Keyword: Caddy

  5. KEY WORD SEARCHING The process of examining documents by matching a word or group of words specified by a user to those in the documents.

  6. KEY WORD SEARCHING • Benefits: • Forces you to think about your case • The most common way of searching that most users are familiar with • Is usually over-inclusive

  7. KEY WORD SEARCHING • Limitations: • Completely depends on the quality of the OCR for scanned documents • There could be typographical errors that effect the accuracy of your search results • Is usually over-inclusive

  8. KEY WORD SEARCHING

  9. BOOLEAN SEARCHING Boolean Search: Caddy and Gopher

  10. BOOLEAN SEARCHING Form of searching in which an operator such as “and”, “or”, “not” is used to identify documents that contain both terms, either term or one term and not the other

  11. BOOLEAN SEARCHING • Benefit: • A way to refine broad searches resulting in a smaller set of documents

  12. BOOLEAN SEARCHING • Limitations: • Quality and accuracy of the documents are still important • Must have multiple terms in mind when running searches

  13. BOOLEAN SEARCHING

  14. Adobe Acrobat • Convert • Organize • BATES • OCR

  15. Convert to PDF • Create PDF From… • Print to PDF • Use of a batch process

  16. Organize the documents into a single location • Save files to a folder structure that makes sense to your case • Be broad in your folder naming • Narrow categories by using search abilities

  17. Bates the documents

  18. OCR • Optical Character Recognition • Only as good as the engine it’s built on • Garbage in = Garbage out

  19. OCR

  20. Other things to do with Adobe • Combine several files into a single file • Annotate with ‘sticky notes’ • Bookmark pages within a document • Redact • Remove Metadata

  21. Creating an Index • Choose the Index Location • Choose the files to include in the index • Name the index • Create a schedule

  22. Searching an Index • Simple or Complex searches • Single or Multiple Indexes • Menu-Assisted Query • Word Wheel • Wildcards such as * or ?

  23. Working with Results • Search results appear in the ‘Results’ tab • Every instance where the term was found is considered a ‘hit’ • Documents can be previewed from within ISYS • Refine the results

  24. Audio and Video Discovery

  25. Audio and Video Discovery CONVERT IT!! Audio converts to MP3 Video to MP4

  26. Audio and Video Discovery

  27. Apple or Android…. Windows 8? • Use the cloud… • Wi-Fi USB drive might be the answer

  28. Using Technology to Manage Discovery in Criminal Cases • Adobe Acrobat Pro - $429 • ISYS Personal Edition – FREE • AVS4YOU Bundle - $59 (www.avs4you.com) • Snag-IT - $59 (www.techsmith.com)

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