Draft plea, sentence or bail submissions from the brief
Key facts
- Human involvement
- RedLawyer-led
- How AI is used
- From the permitted brief, the facts sheet, the antecedents and the client's instructions, the tool tables which prosecution facts the client accepts and which are disputed with page cites to the source, and lists the sentencing or bail authorities the lawyer nominated beside the passages the lawyer marked. It writes no part of the submissions handed up or filed: no outline, no headings, no suggested paragraphs on objective seriousness, remorse or proposed conditions.
- What the lawyer must review
- The lawyer drafts the submissions and checks their own draft against the table: every fact asserted is one the client has instructed and the brief supports, every concession on the facts or the criminal history is one the client has authorised, and each authority, section and maximum penalty is read in the original before it is cited. The lawyer also checks the table has not dropped a fact the prosecution relies on or a prior the antecedents disclose.
- Written for / version
- US
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Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | Supporting preparation only. Potential support includes organising research leads. Confirm the tool’s capability and permitted scope. Substantive advice, judgement and any restricted content remain with the responsible human. |
| Lawyer | Perform the substantive analysis and decisions. Independently check any permitted supporting work and approve the exact output for its intended use. |
Checklist
- Open each relied-on authority independently. Confirm its existence, current status, proposition and any quotation or pinpoint reference.
- Confirm that the wording reflects the client’s instructions and contains no unintended admission, concession or commitment. Check the recipient and tone.
- Confirm the output against the client’s instructions and the complete relevant source material, including omissions or contradictions.
- Resolve exceptions and record the responsible lawyer’s approval of the exact output and intended use.