MikeA legal AI workspace for DUI defense firms
DUI defense firms use Mike to read arrest reports, breath and blood test records and discovery, build a minute-by-minute timeline of the stop, and draft suppression motions from the file. Every statement links to the page it came from, so an attorney can check the record before anything is filed.
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Attorney: Compare the arrest report with the instrument log and tell me whether the 15 minute observation period before the breath test is supported. Then draft the facts section of the motion.
Mike: The record does not clearly support a full observation period. The arrest report says the officer began observing Mr. Brennan at 11:52 [1], but the instrument log shows the test started at 12:03 [2], and the officer's narrative mentions radioing dispatch during that window [3]. I drafted the facts section of the motion with those three points.
- [1] Arrest report, p. 3
- [2] Instrument maintenance log, entry for test 2214
- [3] Officer narrative, p. 5
Mike created Brennan motion, facts.docx.
Example matter. Names and documents are fictional.
A DUI case is decided on small facts: why the officer pulled the car over, when the observation period started, how the instrument was maintained, how the sample was handled. Those facts sit in reports, logs and forms that rarely agree with each other. Mike reads them side by side and lists the places they do not.
Cuanto Labs installs Mike for your firm, connects it to the folders where your case files already live, and loads your motion templates and client intake forms. Clients' driving and medical records stay inside your firm's own installation.
What Mike does for your practice
- Stop and arrest timelines
- Mike reads the arrest report, the citation, dispatch records and any witness statements, then builds a dated timeline of the traffic stop, the field tests, the arrest and the chemical test. Each entry is linked to its source page, and conflicts between documents are flagged for the attorney.
- Instrument and lab records review
- Upload the maintenance and calibration logs for the breath instrument, or the laboratory file for a blood draw, and Mike lays out dates, operators and results in one table. Gaps, missing signatures and entries that do not match the arrest report are marked so you can decide what is worth a motion.
- Suppression motion drafts
- Ask for the statement of facts in a motion to suppress and Mike drafts it in your firm's template from the reports and discovery, with a record cite after every sentence. The draft arrives as a Word document, and revisions come back as tracked changes.
- Case law research on stops and testing
- Mike searches published case law on the questions your hearing turns on, such as reasonable suspicion for the stop, the observation period before a breath test or the handling of a blood sample. It reads the opinions and checks case-law citations against CourtListener before they appear in an answer.
- Administrative license matters
- Mike reads the notice of suspension, the officer's sworn report and the hearing file, and lists the deadlines and issues for the separate license proceeding, so the administrative case is prepared alongside the criminal one instead of after it.
- Cross-examination outlines
- Mike compares an officer's report, prior testimony and training records and lists inconsistencies with the page and line for each, so the outline for the hearing starts from the record and not from memory.
How we set it up for your firm
- Your case folders, connected
- We connect Mike to the drive or document system where your DUI files live, so attorneys ask about a case without uploading discovery twice.
- Your motion bank and checklists
- We load your motions to suppress, discovery requests and hearing checklists, so drafts come back in your format and follow the steps your firm already uses.
- Review templates for discovery
- We build tabular review templates that pull the same fields from every report or log in a production, such as dates, operators, readings and signatures, into one sortable table.
- Your jurisdictions and sources
- We connect the statutes, court rules and research sources your firm already subscribes to, so Mike works from the law of the courts where you appear.
- Officer and instrument history
- We build a template that records each officer's training dates and each breath instrument's calibration and maintenance entries from discovery, so a pattern in one device or officer shows across the files you load.
Questions attorneys ask
Can Mike review the breath test and lab records we get in discovery?
Mike reads the logs, certificates and lab files you load, once scanned pages have been through text recognition, and pulls dates, operators, results and signatures into a table. It points out entries that conflict with the arrest report. Whether a discrepancy matters is the attorney's call, and every row links to its source page.
Can it help with a case that has video evidence?
Mike works from documents, so it does not watch recordings. If your team prepares a log or transcript of the video, Mike can read that and compare it with the reports. Many firms keep a short notes document per recording and let Mike check it against the officer's account. The attorney still watches the recording itself, and Mike is a way to catch contradictions between the reports and what the notes say happened.
Will Mike write the motion for me?
It drafts the sections you ask for, in your firm's template, from the documents in the file. Most firms have Mike draft the facts and the record cites and have an attorney write the legal argument. The output is a Word document, so editing and redlining work the way they always have.
Can Mike find cases on the stop or the observation period?
Mike searches published case law for the question your hearing turns on, reads the opinions, and links each one so you can read it yourself. State statutes and testing rules come from sources your firm connects at setup. Rules differ by state, so the attorney confirms what applies in your court before the argument goes into a motion.
Can Mike compare the arrest report with the dispatch log?
Yes. Load both and Mike lines up the times, locations and observations, listing entries that conflict, such as a stop time that differs by several minutes or a field test the report mentions but the notes do not. Each row cites both pages. The attorney decides whether a conflict affects the stop, the arrest or the test.
Can Mike prepare questions for the officer or the lab analyst?
From the reports, training records and instrument logs in the file, Mike drafts a question outline by topic, with the page behind each question and notes where documents disagree. The attorney edits it, removes what is weak and decides the order. Mike does not know what the witness will say, so the outline is a starting set.
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