Privilege is a word you hear a lot in the criminal justice system, and this post will go into what it is, what it applies to, and how it works. Specifically, there are two types of privilege we will be discussing: privileged conversations and privilege documentation.
Can I get my case off CCAP?
Wisconsin has one of the most publicly-used criminal case databases in the country with Wisconsin Circuit Court Access Program, or CCAP, for short. Want to know if the guy you started dating has a criminal history? Run him through CCAP. What about if you're a landlord and want to figure out a tenant's likelihood of failing to pay? CCAP them and see if they've got a history of being sued. All sorts of uses (and abuses) of such a public database exist. Most commonly, when clients have cases dismissed or acquitted at jury trial, they want to know -- is there any way I can remove it from CCAP?
