How do I do expungements?

Defendants 

Issue

I need to enter an expungement. How do I do that? 

Explanation

An expungement is the legal process of erasing or sealing a criminal record from public view. When a record is expunged, it is as if the offense never occurred, and the person can legally state that they were not convicted of the crime in most situations. 

Solution

To fix this issue, 

• add the expunged record to Modify Existing Defendants. You can skip this step if the "expunged" defendant record already exists. 

• add the expunged record to the defendant. (Defendants > Modify Existing Defendants)

• update the defendant number attached to the case. (Cases > Modify Existing Cases)

• run Recalculate to update the expunged defendant record with the expunged case. (Organization > Recalculate)

 

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Add the expunged record to Modify Existing Defendants

1. Open Connect Court Management > Defendants > Modify Existing Defendants. 

2. Click New (CTRL+N). 

3. Enter Expunged in the First ame and Last name fields. 

 

4. Click Save  (CTRL+S). 

 

Add the expunged record to a defendant

1. Open Connect Court Management > Defendants > Modify Existing Defendants. 

2. Click Search  (F9).  

3. Enter Expunged. 

4. Write the defendant number for the expunged defendant record on a piece of paper. In this example, it's 25. 

 

 

Update the defendant number attached to the case

1. Open Connect Court Management > Case > Modify Existing Case. 

2. Look up the case number being expunged. 

3. Verify the case is the case being expunged. 

4. In the Defendant box, place the cursor at the beginning of the defendant number. 

5. Enter Expunged Defendant #. Press Enter. 

6. Click Save  (CTRL+S). 

 

Apply the expunged defendant record and case

1. Open Connect Court Management > Organization > Recalculate. 

2. Click GO  (CTRL+G). 

 

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