---
title: "Criminal Law: precedents"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/criminal-law"
type: "precedent_area"
site: "AI Law Framework"
area_id: "A20"
precedent_count: 7
last_reviewed: "2026-10-17"
---

# Criminal Law: precedents

> 7 starting-point precedents for Criminal Law, each with the law behind it and how far AI may help.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/criminal-law  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-17

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

## Precedents

| Precedent | Kind | Jurisdictions | AI level | Summary | Law stated as at |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Bail application submissions (NSW release application)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/criminal-law/bail-application-submissions.md) | Court document | New South Wales | Red | Written outline for a release application under the Bail Act 2013 (NSW): show cause where it applies, each bail concern, the s 18 matters, and conditions that meet the s 20A tests. | 2026-10-17 |
| [Letter of advice on the brief of evidence and plea options](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/criminal-law/plea-advice-letter.md) | Letter | New South Wales | Yellow | Privileged advice letter to an accused client: the charges and elements, what the brief shows, the options (defend, plead, negotiate), sentencing discounts, likely penalties and collateral… | 2026-10-17 |
| [Representations to the DPP seeking charge resolution or withdrawal](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/criminal-law/charge-resolution-representations-letter.md) | Letter | New South Wales | Yellow | Without prejudice letter to the NSW ODPP proposing withdrawal of charges or a plea to an alternative, structured around the ODPP charge resolution guidelines, with client authority recorded. | 2026-10-17 |
| [Sentencing submissions and guidance letter for character referees](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/criminal-law/sentencing-submissions-and-character-reference-guide.md) | Court document | New South Wales | Red | Outline of written submissions on sentence under the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), with a letter to character referees explaining what to write and the court's rule that references… | 2026-10-17 |
| [Application under s 14 of the Mental Health and Cognitive Impairment Forensic Provisions Act 2020 (NSW)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/criminal-law/s14-mental-health-application.md) | Court document | New South Wales | Red | Outline of an application in the NSW Local Court to dismiss charges and discharge a defendant with a mental health or cognitive impairment, built on ss 12–15 and a clinician's treatment or support… | 2026-10-17 |
| [Protocol: AI-assisted review of the prosecution brief and digital evidence](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/criminal-law/ai-brief-and-digital-evidence-review-protocol.md) | Checklist | New South Wales | Yellow | Matter-level checklist for using AI to index, transcribe and search a criminal brief: what may never go into an AI tool, the SC Gen 23 conditions for restricted material, tool approval, verification… | 2026-10-17 |
| [Checklist: challenging or authenticating suspected AI-generated (deepfake) evidence](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/criminal-law/deepfake-evidence-objection-checklist.md) | Checklist | New South Wales, Australia, United States | Yellow | Step-by-step checklist for criminal matters where an image, video, audio or message may be AI-generated or altered: preservation, requests for originals, Evidence Act authentication and exclusion… | 2026-10-17 |

The area's guidance on AI use: [Criminal Law](https://ailawframework.com/practice/criminal-law.md). All areas: [Precedents](https://ailawframework.com/precedents.md).

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*