How to consolidate a case with multiple defendants?

How to consolidate a case with multiple defendants?

Why consolidate a case with multiple defendants?

The multi-defendant consolidation is a very complex process. It is more complex than a single defendant because the other cases associated do not get closed, but all the cases are linked together to act as if they are a single case.

To make all the cases that were consolidated appear to be one case, all the other consolidated cases will have the same information as the main case because they are acting as one single case. It is important to remember that consolidating cases with multiple defendants will not close the other cases that were part of the consolidation process.

The case number changes to match the main case and the other cases will have the same case number but a different defendant letter, and that is how the cases are differentiated.

Some functions, like the Add event or Add relationship, behave differently and give users the option to add a new event to all consolidated cases or to only one of the cases attached to the consolidated case.

How to consolidate cases with multiple defendants?

This is a great tool if there is a case with multiple defendants. This tool gives users the ability to join the data from multiple cases and allows the user to see it all in one main case. This also gives the ability to update events for certain defendants on the case or all of the defendants on a case.

To consolidate cases with multiple defendants, Select the case > Right click Menu > More > Consolidation > Multiple Defendant

The user will go through the wizard and select the other cases that should be consolidated together. On the first screen, the users can select or search for other cases that should be included in the consolidation. Once the cases are on the screen the user can define the defendant letter for the cases selected to be in the consolidation. Then, the user will be able to see the charges and add/multiply the necessary charges.

When a case is consolidated with multiple defendants, the other cases that were consolidated do not get closed, they get changed to the same case number and are differentiated by the defendant letters A, B, C, etc.

When looking at the case in STAC, it will only show the events, relationships, charges for the case that is currently selected, even if it is a consolidated case.

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