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Free tools for criminal defense attorneys, in one place.
Every BenchRecon tool you can use without paying: officer public-record search, a case-citation verifier, a Florida scoresheet calculator, a CJA eVoucher time formatter, expert-witness opinion search, and the free federal and Florida sentencing data studies. Each one is source-linked and built for defense preparation.
Interactive tools
- Officer public-record lookup
Search a testifying officer by name and jurisdiction against public complaint and certification-discipline records. Every row is source-linked with an identity-confidence note, so you know what to run down in discovery. Live search is free.
- Case-citation verifier
Paste a motion or brief and check every case citation against CourtListener's opinion corpus before you file. Built to catch AI-generated or opposing-counsel citations that do not resolve. No account required.
- Florida scoresheet calculator
Enter the offense factors and get the total sentence points and lowest permissible sentence, computed from the verbatim Fla. Stat. § 921.0024 point values with a § 921.0022 severity lookup. An educational estimate, not legal advice.
- CJA eVoucher time formatter
Paste loose CJA-20 time entries and get the federal eVoucher CSV import schema back, rounded to the tenth-hour and tagged by service type. Runs entirely in your browser.
- Transcript citation copier
Paste a paginated, line-numbered transcript, select a passage, and copy it with the exact page and line pincite (e.g. Tr. 45:12-46:3). The cite is derived only from the parsed structure, never guessed. Runs entirely in your browser.
- Expert-witness opinion search
Search a forensic or expert witness by name against published court opinions, alongside Daubert, Frye, and Kumho references. Verbatim passages, source-linked. A lead tool, not an outcome finding.
- Embeddable widgets
Free iframe widgets, the officer-check search and the Florida scoresheet calculator, that you can paste onto your own firm site. Copy the snippet and go.
Federal sentencing data
- Federal sentencing data studies
An index of free federal sentencing studies derived from public U.S. Sentencing Commission records: district-level disparity, the trial vs. plea penalty, mandatory-minimum impact, and below-guideline departure rates. Each study cites its methodology.
Florida references and data
- Florida attorney reference hub
The Florida reference index: criminal statutes, the Evidence Code, Rules of Criminal Procedure, standard jury instructions, and officer-records surfaces, each source-linked to the official Florida text.
- Florida officer-discipline data study
Aggregate FDLE/CJSTC certification-discipline analysis across Florida agencies, source-backed and reproducible. Free to read and cite.
- Florida sentencing data study
Aggregate Florida sentencing outcomes by county and charge from FDLE clerk-of-court data. Aggregate-only, source-backed, free to read.
Guides
- AI-hallucinated legal citations
A plain explainer on AI-fabricated case citations and how they have drawn sanctions, with the steps to verify a brief before filing. Companion to the free citation verifier.
Beyond the free tools
When you need the filing-ready exhibit.
The free tools give you the search and the estimate. The paid exhibits turn that into a source-cited brief you can attach to a motion or hand to a client. See the full catalog when you are ready.